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ik u...In post 8, MiniMegabyte wrote:Nice to meet ya! I’m MiniMegabyte (inserts shaking hands emoji here cause the site doesn’t allow the actual emoji)
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flailing scumIn post 13, Cook wrote:CRASH
The skylight breaks open.
Down on a bungee cord, Cook comes sailing down in all her majesty. Into an earpiece, he responds to someone, "See what I told you? It worked," before addressing the rest of the shocked patrons.
Cook searches her coat. "I left my random vote in here somewhere... AHA! Wait, don't want to cast a vote for T3..."
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holy shit, another flailing scum, is mini + val the scum team?In post 25, Val89 wrote:All,
I am so sorry I am so late to the thread - you've all given me so much to think about, so it has taken me a little while to gather my thoughts and process it all.
One advantage of waiting until there has been a bit of back and forth is that one can start to get a sense of how the game is going to go, and start to make some initial reads. Lots to unpack here, so I'll get straight to it.
I don't like this post. Clearly, post 6 is not post 1, and lying to us straight out of the bad is not a good look. In fact, I propose that we should make it a sort of agreement between us that if any of us are caught lying - about anything - we should give strong consideration to eliminating said person as a result. In addition, the whole post - the content, the tone, the context in which it was posted just gives me a general sense of unease. It was a gut read initially, but I think it's clear I was consideringIn post 6, MiniMegabyte wrote:First!MiniMegabyteas at least a slight leanscum here already. Hence far, I have to say the rest of the players are null reads, which considering how advanced the game state is we can start to stop chucking random votes around, this took me a surprise - I was about to say we have some very good mafia players here, but then it occurred to me that if you were truly that skilled you would have convinced me to give you at least a slight townread by now.
Ahh, and here is it; the smoking gun that grants some confidence to that earlier gut read. I am aware of the existence of confirmation bias, so I have gone through all the contributionsIn post 8, MiniMegabyte wrote: (inserts shaking hands emoji here)MiniMegabytehas made very carefully several times to try and guard against that, but no -MiniMegabyteis a strong scum read at this point. Let me explain.
MiniMegabyteis clearly trying to insinuate that she has no personal knowledge ofVFP, particularly as this comes of the back ofVFPsexplicit (and as it turned out - also false) statement that they don't knowanyonein the game. Also of interest is the actual emoji chosen here - a handshake. Between two persons. To the exclusion of the rest of the group. See where I am going with this? She also specifically and pointedly says "Nice to meetya!" instead of "nice to meetyou". We all know English is one of those languages where 'you' can refer to a singular or an individual. Using it here would be natural, avoid the wavy red line most modern day browsers would assign to the word, and give her the benefit of the ambiguity if anyone paying attention catches it. Instead, we get the informal 'ya', standing in contrast to 'y'all', which to me is a further indication the introduction is addressed specifically toVFPand she wants us to know it.
The question now becomes why? In my view, the only explanation that makes any sort of sense is she wants us to think, even if only subconsciously, that this over the top, public performance is the first time these two have ever came in to contact, and they most definitely haveNOTalready said hi to each other in the scum thread. No sir, definitely not! Nothing to see here folks! Shake my hand and smile!
You might think that this makesVFPher scum partner then, and the game is solved. Putting aside my feelings towards how I would feel if my first ever game of Mafia was solved and ended on the first IRL day, I don't actually think this is the case. I thinkMiniMegabyteknew that someone might pick up on the vibes between the two here and our first thought would be that they are scum partners. But equally, perhaps that what they just want us to think? I wish there was some term to describe this, but I've checked the wiki inside out and can't find one, so I have invented one, both to refer to this situation and the approach I think we should take to try and come to some sort of conclusion as to how to deal with it. I call it Written Information Follows Overt Meta (WIFOM) - in other words, when what you see written down is in line with what would be expected from your experience you should assume that it is true. No sane scum player wants to associate themselves so strongly with their scum partner so obviously and early, so when we see it happening, we should assume that ISN'T what is happening, that makes no sense. Thus, this is all a big play, and we can actually rule outVFPas the other scum. As an aside, feel free to use that acronym in your future posts, but do try to remember who invented it and give credit every now and again.
There is the open question as to whyVFPalso lied about their association with other players, but I am going to assume for the moment that was a legitimate mistake - I know what I said about eliminating proven liars, but I don't think they would be so fast to walk it back. In contrast, I thinkMiniMegabytefully expected that "First!" lie to slip under the radar.
So;townread,VFPMiniMegabyteeveryone else[/b]null. I think it's pretty clear given that set of reads where my vote should go. I'm going to put my vote where it obviously belongs, and strongly feel that we should make them the elimination for the day. Obviously there is quite a bit of time left before deadline, and I would like to see some more discussion, but I will put my vote on them and see what happens with the rest of the votes. Being the first, I won't be able to hammer, but I want to make it clear that I would be prepared to hammer, and it will take a lot now to convince me to switch my vote.
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ok vfp is def town lolIn post 31, VFP wrote:I got to 328 and thats enough for me.
But I think Val can be locked town and Grampa locked scum."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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i don't know if you were serious at all, but I wasn't in any of the posts I made expect for the VFP townread so far. Let me go ahead and actually analyze. You are the type that is more alignment indicitivate when pressure occurs. So if town never pressures you, you are most likely to get away as scum!Val.In post 27, Val89 wrote:You know,
Cookwas the other person you call 'flailing scum' not more than one page ago. Do we collectively think scum would pay so little attention to the game they would forget who they were calling scum from one page to the next? I'm not so sure myself. Slight towncred for this. On the other hand, calling 3 people scum and not putting your vote on any of them seems scummy, so I guess it's still a nullread over all.
It will, however, be interesting to hearalstroemeriainject some thoughts on the implied case you make against them in this post, though - don't think I didn't see it. If you feel that way, you should come straight out and say it, in my opinion.
First; I do not not know why you are taking any of my reads serious lol as "flailing scum" that should have gave you the hint especially when I replied to your post and realized it was just a BS post to make it seem long, with no content providing and voting someone other than your scumread xD, hence why I just said flailing scum as a joke. So please do not townread me nor scumread me for this.
Second; You contradict yourself in the second statement where you say, "On the other hand, calling 3 people scum and not putting your vote on any of them seems scummy, so I guess it's still a nullread over all. " -- I don't know if this was suppose to be a reaction post, but this quote looks bad for you. It was a RVS vote. Calling 3 people scum (technically two, I don't where you got three from), then continue to say it could be more of "null read" it seems like you were trying to manipulate the context into making it how I could be scum for this lol.
Please elaborate more on that because I don't know if you are trying to like get a specific reaction or what -- but if you deep analyze this quote, you can see how it's bad and you should admit that."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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In post 44, Zyla wrote:Hm. As an SE, I find it surprising you'd open with this. Why not a random vote, or some questions to get the ball rolling?
That is such a weird thing to point out wtf. LOL
I was curious and looked through some of your threads, of the ones that I checked, this is the only one with this type of opening. What made the cook decide to spice up the meal today?
True, but it's worth seeing your responseIn post 43, T3 wrote:
I appreciate the sentiment but I sincerely doubt anyone can form an actual meta read on page 2.In post 37, Zyla wrote:Unless T3 improved a lot from the last time we played, he doesn't look like scum based on his meta. That said, I'm not ruling him out entirely since meta does change over time, but we'll see!"With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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DANG ALMOST HAD ITIn post 50, Nahdia wrote:vc"With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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it seem like you were obliged just to follow up on it as being a scummy thing to do to no lim as an rvsIn post 53, Zyla wrote:What's weird about pointing out the no elim vote?"With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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nvm its irrelavent anyways, just thought it was funny the way u pointed it out lmaoIn post 55, Zyla wrote:I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying there"With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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Okay this was also sort of a wifom post to see your reaction to how well you took pressure early game. You took it well, unless this how you play good as scum. But I will give you towncreds for now as this post was not expected (yes, I expected a manipulative scummy post for some reason lol) but you did well responding to my points.In post 63, Val89 wrote:
No, I wasn't.In post 49, GrandpaMo wrote:i don't know if you were serious at all
Absolutely correct. It was a straight-forward RVS vote dressed up in the style of a serious wall post. You correctly identify the most obvious punchline there, but I dropped a few other things that should have made it clear it was entirely non-serious. I don't really claim to have invented the acronym 'WIFOM', to take another example. Of course, if it transpires thatIn post 49, GrandpaMo wrote:and realized it was just a BS post to make it seem long, with no content providing and voting someone other than your scumread xDMiniMegaByteis scum, I reserve the right to imply I was in fact being serious and I knew from day one.
My post #27 was equally non-serious. Technically, reading you as null was serious, but the reasons equally BS. The clue there was the fact the that you HAD put your vote on one of the 3 - and Cook, MiniMegaByte and me are definitely 3, by the way - with the kicker being the reference toalstroemeria, whom was yet to be mentioned. I read you as null because I was reading everyone as null. There is nothing upto #27 I consider indicative either way.
Okay I guess we both misunderstood? LOL. I just thought my RVS didn't really count as a "joke" scumread or whatever you want to read it as and so I just assumed you would imply that the people I scumread (and not the person I voted!) was scum.
Indeed.In post 60, MiniMegabyte wrote:Who would've thought that at the beginning of the game people joke around
To be clear - I do nothing of the sort.In post 49, GrandpaMo wrote:you can see how it's bad and you should admit that."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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This is very very ironic because a No Lim has caused this conversation to get started and maybe get a read on you and maybe see interactions with other people. This is why I pointed you out earlier.In post 68, Zyla wrote:
True, but it's one of two options I know of to get the ball rolling. If you don't like RVS, how would you prefer town getting conversation going?In post 67, VFP wrote:RVS sucks
I lied.
Yes, I lied to you, it wasn't just because I pointed it out to say "it was funny", I pointed it out because I knew this was going to happen, and you weren't going to realize it after questioning hence why I had to lie so I can drop it off. But since, it has escalated ever since, the only reason this conversation happened was because VFP did a no lim. It's really NAI, and it seems like you are trying to set him up as scum for it. Yes, maybe he could be scum however, this is something more of NAI in my opinion, and shouldn't be taken as a regard. Many people no lim on day 1 and many people vote on day 1.
We will all be voting regardless by day 1, so there is no point to continue this conversation. I thought you would stop because you would find it unnecessary and NAI to keep going about a specific vote, specifically a no lim.
But you didn't.
So I will give you scumpings for this. I don't fully scumread you because you initiating this conversation could be towny of you but the way you are handling it could be scummy of you if you understand."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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Look at the full context please. Smh. The answer you are looking for should be within the conversation. I will give you a hint; the reason relates to a misunderstanding we BOTH had. (I am assuming)In post 86, JamesTheNames wrote:
How well he took pressure? He just said his stuff wasn't serious? That get's town cred?In post 84, GrandpaMo wrote:
Okay this was also sort of a wifom post to see your reaction to how well you took pressure early game. You took it well, unless this how you play good as scum. But I will give you towncreds for now as this post was not expected (yes, I expected a manipulative scummy post for some reason lol) but you did well responding to my points.In post 63, Val89 wrote:
No, I wasn't.In post 49, GrandpaMo wrote:i don't know if you were serious at all
Absolutely correct. It was a straight-forward RVS vote dressed up in the style of a serious wall post. You correctly identify the most obvious punchline there, but I dropped a few other things that should have made it clear it was entirely non-serious. I don't really claim to have invented the acronym 'WIFOM', to take another example. Of course, if it transpires thatIn post 49, GrandpaMo wrote:and realized it was just a BS post to make it seem long, with no content providing and voting someone other than your scumread xDMiniMegaByteis scum, I reserve the right to imply I was in fact being serious and I knew from day one.
My post #27 was equally non-serious. Technically, reading you as null was serious, but the reasons equally BS. The clue there was the fact the that you HAD put your vote on one of the 3 - and Cook, MiniMegaByte and me are definitely 3, by the way - with the kicker being the reference toalstroemeria, whom was yet to be mentioned. I read you as null because I was reading everyone as null. There is nothing upto #27 I consider indicative either way.
Okay I guess we both misunderstood? LOL. I just thought my RVS didn't really count as a "joke" scumread or whatever you want to read it as and so I just assumed you would imply that the people I scumread (and not the person I voted!) was scum.
Indeed.In post 60, MiniMegabyte wrote:Who would've thought that at the beginning of the game people joke around
To be clear - I do nothing of the sort.In post 49, GrandpaMo wrote:you can see how it's bad and you should admit that."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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bad reaction.
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I explained to you with your question. And you didn't even bother to look/comment on that.In post 91, JamesTheNames wrote:Still much better than yours regarding Val89.
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Yea, that's why I said bad reaction because it was a weird omgus. I don't fully scumread you but you are like the only one who I see that could be possible scum. Also I agree with T3 and I do think your introduction is actually towny.In post 105, alstroemerial wrote:Thanks for condensing everything a bit more, Zyla. I interpreted post 78 as a joke, kind of like someone who's never played chess saying they're undefeated in chess. To be honest, so far, the only post in VFP's ISO that I interpret as serious is 57, and I would be curious for more of their thoughts.
Also, I'm not going to quote it again, but here's my interpretation of GrandpaMo's post 87... I didn't totally follow the first sentence so it kind of starts from after that.
1) VFP's no-lim is NAI, so he thinks it is suspicious that you are scumreading them for it.
2) Everyone will eventually vote by the end of D1, including VFP, so stressing about the no-lim is pointless. So, he expected you to stop pushing the issue, but you didn't.
3) Pushing something that Mo thinks is NAI makes you suspicious a bit.
Now that I write it out like that it seems a little less compelling than it was in my head, to be honest, but that combined with the OMGUS still has you slightly on the red side for me. But I do agree that it's been confusing.
You did hit all the parts right. That was the main reason but it's also the way she ended up going with the convo -- just seemed like a way for scum to, I don't know, maybe drive a possible condemn? See this is why I give them scumpings not a full scumread because they could defeinitly be town for initiating the scumread or this convo -- which is has to be found, a very towny thing to do. So if that is the case (which will need to be decided later) then yea there is a chance for her to flip town.
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yea see this is why zyla could be town lmaoIn post 108, VFP wrote:No, I don't think a no lim is actually better.
And Zyla is basically hard stuck town for keep pressuring it. Scum Zyla would have backed off by now.
but honestly, u wouldn't rlly know that info ? as zyla says they only have played 1 scum game? have they done that, in that specific game?"With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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In post 103, Zyla wrote:Alright, I'm going to try to condense the "No Lim" convo so far.
Here's the original post, they posted a vote for no lim. They could be posting it as a joke, they could seriously be not wanting an elimination day 1, this might be their way of getting the ball rolling. (If the last one, mad props my friend, as it certainly worked) I don't know why they posted it, which is why I pointed it out so I could figure out the purpose of it.
In post 44, Zyla wrote:Hm. As [you are] an SE, I find it surprising you'd open with this. Why not a random vote, or some questions to get the ball rolling?
I'll be honest, I completely missed this post the first time around. Unfortunately I'm not really sure what they mean with the part past '[nothing] scum motivated', so I don't have a responseIn post 57, VFP wrote:Zyla maybe town, I don't see anything scum motivated to point out the no lim and as an experienced player probably just isn't used to this.
In post 78, VFP wrote:I have never lost a game with a D1 no lim on here.Hereis where it goes from "what's the meaning of your vote?" to scum reading.
Why are they saying that they never lost a game that they've never played? (And if I missed the one where it did, why are they treating 1 or 2 as a rule?)In post 80, Zyla wrote:That's quite interesting, considering I haven't even found a game of yours that had a D1 No Lim. I guess you're 0for0 instead of 7for7
This part is true, and again, if this was VFP's point, props to them.In post 87, GrandpaMo wrote:
This is very very ironic because a No Lim has caused this conversation to get started and maybe get a read on you and maybe see interactions with other people. This is why I pointed you out earlier.In post 68, Zyla wrote:
True, but it's one of two options I know of to get the ball rolling. If you don't like RVS, how would you prefer town getting conversation going?In post 67, VFP wrote:RVS sucks
I lied.
Then there's this. I'm not sure if I'm somehow not understanding a couple of sentences in there or something, but I don't follow the logic at all. Frankly, this post just confuses me , and I'm struggling to understand where his scum read is coming from.Yes, I lied to you, it wasn't just because I pointed it out to say "it was funny", I pointed it out because I knew this was going to happen, and you weren't going to realize it after questioning hence why I had to lie so I can drop it off. But since, it has escalated ever since, the only reason this conversation happened was because VFP did a no lim. It's really NAI, and it seems like you are trying to set him up as scum for it. Yes, maybe he could be scum however, this is something more of NAI in my opinion, and shouldn't be taken as a regard. Many people no lim on day 1 and many people vote on day 1.
We will all be voting regardless by day 1, so there is no point to continue this conversation. I thought you would stop because you would find it unnecessary and NAI to keep going about a specific vote, specifically a no lim.
But you didn't.
So I will give you scumpings for this. I don't fully scumread you because you initiating this conversation could be towny of you but the way you are handling it could be scummy of you if you understand.
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weird vote imoIn post 118, Zyla wrote:Here's what I have for reads so far
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i forgot u were someone in this game
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no im talking bout zyla here sorry nd yea u right. no comment yet. i would just like to redact that info rn, im looking at something rnIn post 124, alstroemerial wrote:
Can you just confirm if I'm reading right that both of those "yous" are at me? I do agree that I look bad if James flips green, but can you explain a little more why I'm the only possible scum? Besides that you said my post with the most content so far was towny, I'm personally concerned at the number of people we just don't have a lot of information about at this point.In post 111, GrandpaMo wrote: Yea, that's why I said bad reaction because it was a weird omgus. I don't fully scumread you but you are like the only one who I see that could be possible scum. Also I agree with T3 and I do think your introduction is actually towny.
I think maybe we then just had different interpretations of "tunnelling." I was taking it to mean, roughly, "lock onto target with full confidence and push as hard as you can for as long as you can." With the treasure metaphor, I agree for the same reason that I think having a vote somewhere is more productive than not voting at all.In post 116, JamesTheNames wrote: I think it can be very productive. I don't think there are many more efficient ways of getting reads day 1. You have no power role reads, no night kills, no eliminations. You can't use hindsight to justify applying pressure onto somebody either. However tunnelling somebody, especially one who you don't have a town read on, be it null or scum instead, applies more pressure than splitting your attention between multiple people, goes further than split attention pressure would apply, and in general makes the game easier to solve.
You have to dig for treasure, you have a shovel and it could only dig so much, what happens if you split the shovel between multiple holes, maybe you didn't dig deep enough to get the treasure, whereas if you dug as deep as you could on one hole, you'd know if the treasure was there or not. In this analogy shovel = time, treasure = solid read, multiple holes = people.
Also I should probably have clarified instead of making the post so short, it doesn't necessarily mean tunnelling for the entire remaining 8~ days, just for a period of the remaining 8~ days.
Question forZylaregarding your Val read. Does your scum-lean on Grandpa make you think Val is more likely to be town, given all of the back and forth that they had? I ask partially because I have them as flipped. It doesn't read like scum v scum to me."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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what?In post 120, JamesTheNames wrote:
Weren't you aware of GrandpaMo's once putting a horse's head in somebody's bed?In post 119, VFP wrote:No! Not Grampa! >:|"With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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also sad how u and james dont wanna interact wit me right after just replying to u lmfao wit yall answersIn post 118, Zyla wrote:Here's what I have for reads so far
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wait what?In post 81, Zyla wrote:VOTE: VFP I don't like the fact that you seem to have chosen no-elims on D1 to be a hill you're willing to die on, nor the fact that you implied that you've won multiple games with a D1 no-elim when I can't find any examples
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In post 86, JamesTheNames wrote:
How well he took pressure? He just said his stuff wasn't serious? That get's town cred?In post 84, GrandpaMo wrote:
Okay this was also sort of a wifom post to see your reaction to how well you took pressure early game. You took it well, unless this how you play good as scum. But I will give you towncreds for now as this post was not expected (yes, I expected a manipulative scummy post for some reason lol) but you did well responding to my points.In post 63, Val89 wrote:
No, I wasn't.In post 49, GrandpaMo wrote:i don't know if you were serious at all
Absolutely correct. It was a straight-forward RVS vote dressed up in the style of a serious wall post. You correctly identify the most obvious punchline there, but I dropped a few other things that should have made it clear it was entirely non-serious. I don't really claim to have invented the acronym 'WIFOM', to take another example. Of course, if it transpires thatIn post 49, GrandpaMo wrote:and realized it was just a BS post to make it seem long, with no content providing and voting someone other than your scumread xDMiniMegaByteis scum, I reserve the right to imply I was in fact being serious and I knew from day one.
My post #27 was equally non-serious. Technically, reading you as null was serious, but the reasons equally BS. The clue there was the fact the that you HAD put your vote on one of the 3 - and Cook, MiniMegaByte and me are definitely 3, by the way - with the kicker being the reference toalstroemeria, whom was yet to be mentioned. I read you as null because I was reading everyone as null. There is nothing upto #27 I consider indicative either way.
Okay I guess we both misunderstood? LOL. I just thought my RVS didn't really count as a "joke" scumread or whatever you want to read it as and so I just assumed you would imply that the people I scumread (and not the person I voted!) was scum.
Indeed.In post 60, MiniMegabyte wrote:Who would've thought that at the beginning of the game people joke around
To be clear - I do nothing of the sort.In post 49, GrandpaMo wrote:you can see how it's bad and you should admit that.In post 88, GrandpaMo wrote:
Look at the full context please. Smh. The answer you are looking for should be within the conversation. I will give you a hint; the reason relates to a misunderstanding we BOTH had. (I am assuming)In post 86, JamesTheNames wrote:
How well he took pressure? He just said his stuff wasn't serious? That get's town cred?In post 84, GrandpaMo wrote:
Okay this was also sort of a wifom post to see your reaction to how well you took pressure early game. You took it well, unless this how you play good as scum. But I will give you towncreds for now as this post was not expected (yes, I expected a manipulative scummy post for some reason lol) but you did well responding to my points.In post 63, Val89 wrote:
No, I wasn't.In post 49, GrandpaMo wrote:i don't know if you were serious at all
Absolutely correct. It was a straight-forward RVS vote dressed up in the style of a serious wall post. You correctly identify the most obvious punchline there, but I dropped a few other things that should have made it clear it was entirely non-serious. I don't really claim to have invented the acronym 'WIFOM', to take another example. Of course, if it transpires thatIn post 49, GrandpaMo wrote:and realized it was just a BS post to make it seem long, with no content providing and voting someone other than your scumread xDMiniMegaByteis scum, I reserve the right to imply I was in fact being serious and I knew from day one.
My post #27 was equally non-serious. Technically, reading you as null was serious, but the reasons equally BS. The clue there was the fact the that you HAD put your vote on one of the 3 - and Cook, MiniMegaByte and me are definitely 3, by the way - with the kicker being the reference toalstroemeria, whom was yet to be mentioned. I read you as null because I was reading everyone as null. There is nothing upto #27 I consider indicative either way.
Okay I guess we both misunderstood? LOL. I just thought my RVS didn't really count as a "joke" scumread or whatever you want to read it as and so I just assumed you would imply that the people I scumread (and not the person I voted!) was scum.
Indeed.In post 60, MiniMegabyte wrote:Who would've thought that at the beginning of the game people joke around
To be clear - I do nothing of the sort.In post 49, GrandpaMo wrote:you can see how it's bad and you should admit that.In post 103, Zyla wrote:Alright, I'm going to try to condense the "No Lim" convo so far.
Here's the original post, they posted a vote for no lim. They could be posting it as a joke, they could seriously be not wanting an elimination day 1, this might be their way of getting the ball rolling. (If the last one, mad props my friend, as it certainly worked) I don't know why they posted it, which is why I pointed it out so I could figure out the purpose of it.
In post 44, Zyla wrote:Hm. As [you are] an SE, I find it surprising you'd open with this. Why not a random vote, or some questions to get the ball rolling?
I'll be honest, I completely missed this post the first time around. Unfortunately I'm not really sure what they mean with the part past '[nothing] scum motivated', so I don't have a responseIn post 57, VFP wrote:Zyla maybe town, I don't see anything scum motivated to point out the no lim and as an experienced player probably just isn't used to this.
In post 78, VFP wrote:I have never lost a game with a D1 no lim on here.Hereis where it goes from "what's the meaning of your vote?" to scum reading.
Why are they saying that they never lost a game that they've never played? (And if I missed the one where it did, why are they treating 1 or 2 as a rule?)In post 80, Zyla wrote:That's quite interesting, considering I haven't even found a game of yours that had a D1 No Lim. I guess you're 0for0 instead of 7for7
This part is true, and again, if this was VFP's point, props to them.In post 87, GrandpaMo wrote:
This is very very ironic because a No Lim has caused this conversation to get started and maybe get a read on you and maybe see interactions with other people. This is why I pointed you out earlier.In post 68, Zyla wrote:
True, but it's one of two options I know of to get the ball rolling. If you don't like RVS, how would you prefer town getting conversation going?In post 67, VFP wrote:RVS sucks
I lied.
Then there's this. I'm not sure if I'm somehow not understanding a couple of sentences in there or something, but I don't follow the logic at all. Frankly, this post just confuses me , and I'm struggling to understand where his scum read is coming from.Yes, I lied to you, it wasn't just because I pointed it out to say "it was funny", I pointed it out because I knew this was going to happen, and you weren't going to realize it after questioning hence why I had to lie so I can drop it off. But since, it has escalated ever since, the only reason this conversation happened was because VFP did a no lim. It's really NAI, and it seems like you are trying to set him up as scum for it. Yes, maybe he could be scum however, this is something more of NAI in my opinion, and shouldn't be taken as a regard. Many people no lim on day 1 and many people vote on day 1.
We will all be voting regardless by day 1, so there is no point to continue this conversation. I thought you would stop because you would find it unnecessary and NAI to keep going about a specific vote, specifically a no lim.
But you didn't.
So I will give you scumpings for this. I don't fully scumread you because you initiating this conversation could be towny of you but the way you are handling it could be scummy of you if you understand.
like look at these intearctions -- and the post after it, zyla goes into reads and james goes into another thing completely deflects on what i said (or ignores)In post 113, GrandpaMo wrote:In post 103, Zyla wrote:Alright, I'm going to try to condense the "No Lim" convo so far.
Here's the original post, they posted a vote for no lim. They could be posting it as a joke, they could seriously be not wanting an elimination day 1, this might be their way of getting the ball rolling. (If the last one, mad props my friend, as it certainly worked) I don't know why they posted it, which is why I pointed it out so I could figure out the purpose of it.
In post 44, Zyla wrote:Hm. As [you are] an SE, I find it surprising you'd open with this. Why not a random vote, or some questions to get the ball rolling?
I'll be honest, I completely missed this post the first time around. Unfortunately I'm not really sure what they mean with the part past '[nothing] scum motivated', so I don't have a responseIn post 57, VFP wrote:Zyla maybe town, I don't see anything scum motivated to point out the no lim and as an experienced player probably just isn't used to this.
In post 78, VFP wrote:I have never lost a game with a D1 no lim on here.Hereis where it goes from "what's the meaning of your vote?" to scum reading.
Why are they saying that they never lost a game that they've never played? (And if I missed the one where it did, why are they treating 1 or 2 as a rule?)In post 80, Zyla wrote:That's quite interesting, considering I haven't even found a game of yours that had a D1 No Lim. I guess you're 0for0 instead of 7for7
This part is true, and again, if this was VFP's point, props to them.In post 87, GrandpaMo wrote:
This is very very ironic because a No Lim has caused this conversation to get started and maybe get a read on you and maybe see interactions with other people. This is why I pointed you out earlier.In post 68, Zyla wrote:
True, but it's one of two options I know of to get the ball rolling. If you don't like RVS, how would you prefer town getting conversation going?In post 67, VFP wrote:RVS sucks
I lied.
Then there's this. I'm not sure if I'm somehow not understanding a couple of sentences in there or something, but I don't follow the logic at all. Frankly, this post just confuses me , and I'm struggling to understand where his scum read is coming from.Yes, I lied to you, it wasn't just because I pointed it out to say "it was funny", I pointed it out because I knew this was going to happen, and you weren't going to realize it after questioning hence why I had to lie so I can drop it off. But since, it has escalated ever since, the only reason this conversation happened was because VFP did a no lim. It's really NAI, and it seems like you are trying to set him up as scum for it. Yes, maybe he could be scum however, this is something more of NAI in my opinion, and shouldn't be taken as a regard. Many people no lim on day 1 and many people vote on day 1.
We will all be voting regardless by day 1, so there is no point to continue this conversation. I thought you would stop because you would find it unnecessary and NAI to keep going about a specific vote, specifically a no lim.
But you didn't.
So I will give you scumpings for this. I don't fully scumread you because you initiating this conversation could be towny of you but the way you are handling it could be scummy of you if you understand.
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is the solve this easy like i really want it to be this obvious ass pair but i think its probably 50 percent wrong"With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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this is a really weird pivot xDIn post 140, JamesTheNames wrote:
This isn't town sided.In post 138, JamesTheNames wrote: "no comment yet"
Combined with 139
The unnecessary tone in 88 and 99
I'm not stubborn enough.
UNVOTE: Val89
VOTE: GrandpaMo
this should make me town LMAO
VFP townreading me, cook scumreading me, Zyla scumreading VFP + Grandpa then pivoting onto me then as soon Zyla pivots, you pivot LMAO.
I think scum lies between u and Zyla could be both.
dw i will anaylyze every maniupulative post that u have misunderstood (half i believe)"With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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Yes I am looking at a specific interaction happening. If I spoil the interaction and it happens to be scum -- Scum know how to coordinate now with each other against me hence why I redacted. This shouldn't be alignment indicative only usually towards EoD or even towards the end of the game where you are trying to garner more specific info.In post 138, JamesTheNames wrote:
"no comment yet"In post 128, GrandpaMo wrote:
no im talking bout zyla here sorry nd yea u right. no comment yet. i would just like to redact that info rn, im looking at something rnIn post 124, alstroemerial wrote:
Can you just confirm if I'm reading right that both of those "yous" are at me? I do agree that I look bad if James flips green, but can you explain a little more why I'm the only possible scum? Besides that you said my post with the most content so far was towny, I'm personally concerned at the number of people we just don't have a lot of information about at this point.In post 111, GrandpaMo wrote: Yea, that's why I said bad reaction because it was a weird omgus. I don't fully scumread you but you are like the only one who I see that could be possible scum. Also I agree with T3 and I do think your introduction is actually towny.
I think maybe we then just had different interpretations of "tunnelling." I was taking it to mean, roughly, "lock onto target with full confidence and push as hard as you can for as long as you can." With the treasure metaphor, I agree for the same reason that I think having a vote somewhere is more productive than not voting at all.In post 116, JamesTheNames wrote: I think it can be very productive. I don't think there are many more efficient ways of getting reads day 1. You have no power role reads, no night kills, no eliminations. You can't use hindsight to justify applying pressure onto somebody either. However tunnelling somebody, especially one who you don't have a town read on, be it null or scum instead, applies more pressure than splitting your attention between multiple people, goes further than split attention pressure would apply, and in general makes the game easier to solve.
You have to dig for treasure, you have a shovel and it could only dig so much, what happens if you split the shovel between multiple holes, maybe you didn't dig deep enough to get the treasure, whereas if you dug as deep as you could on one hole, you'd know if the treasure was there or not. In this analogy shovel = time, treasure = solid read, multiple holes = people.
Also I should probably have clarified instead of making the post so short, it doesn't necessarily mean tunnelling for the entire remaining 8~ days, just for a period of the remaining 8~ days.
Question forZylaregarding your Val read. Does your scum-lean on Grandpa make you think Val is more likely to be town, given all of the back and forth that they had? I ask partially because I have them as flipped. It doesn't read like scum v scum to me."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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Also something really funny to point out is that you said you would never move off ur vote off Val but you just did and contradicted yourself in post 85.In post 140, JamesTheNames wrote:
This isn't town sided.In post 138, JamesTheNames wrote: "no comment yet"
Combined with 139
The unnecessary tone in 88 and 99
I'm not stubborn enough.
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This is a really bad quote holy fuck. The context was actually in post 15 where I made a joking remark towards Val's misleading wallpost then Val makes remarks on my remark on how they may have took it serious. Then in post 49, I explain everything and on how we both misunderstood. Then, in post 63 Val responds to me and reassures. He even lists the post number (27) in that post. It just seems like you didn't even bother reading anything.In post 139, JamesTheNames wrote:
I'm going to apologise for not being able to mind read, there was no mention of any other posts here from you. Nothing. Zilch. Nada. Was it clear you were relating to anything other than just Post 63? No it was not.In post 84, GrandpaMo wrote:
Okay this was also sort of a wifom post to see your reaction to how well you took pressure early game. You took it well, unless this how you play good as scum. But I will give you towncreds for now as this post was not expected (yes, I expected a manipulative scummy post for some reason lol) but you did well responding to my points.In post 63, Val89 wrote:
No, I wasn't.In post 49, GrandpaMo wrote:i don't know if you were serious at all
Absolutely correct. It was a straight-forward RVS vote dressed up in the style of a serious wall post. You correctly identify the most obvious punchline there, but I dropped a few other things that should have made it clear it was entirely non-serious. I don't really claim to have invented the acronym 'WIFOM', to take another example. Of course, if it transpires thatIn post 49, GrandpaMo wrote:and realized it was just a BS post to make it seem long, with no content providing and voting someone other than your scumread xDMiniMegaByteis scum, I reserve the right to imply I was in fact being serious and I knew from day one.
My post #27 was equally non-serious. Technically, reading you as null was serious, but the reasons equally BS. The clue there was the fact the that you HAD put your vote on one of the 3 - and Cook, MiniMegaByte and me are definitely 3, by the way - with the kicker being the reference toalstroemeria, whom was yet to be mentioned. I read you as null because I was reading everyone as null. There is nothing upto #27 I consider indicative either way.
Okay I guess we both misunderstood? LOL. I just thought my RVS didn't really count as a "joke" scumread or whatever you want to read it as and so I just assumed you would imply that the people I scumread (and not the person I voted!) was scum.
Indeed.In post 60, MiniMegabyte wrote:Who would've thought that at the beginning of the game people joke around
To be clear - I do nothing of the sort.In post 49, GrandpaMo wrote:you can see how it's bad and you should admit that.
Let's pretend it was telling us to look into context and other posts between 49 and 83.
Post: 65 has no relation to 49
Post: 72 has no relation to 49
Post: 76 has no relation to 49
The only post relating was of course number 63.
His first quote isn't either of your 2 points and he responds by saying he wasn't serious.
His second quote was him confirming that it was a BS non-serious post.
Let's say the whole misunderstanding thing you claim is true, for the sake of your argument holding:
This means he gets town cred either for not having serious posts early, or for having agreed with you on some misunderstanding.
Get back to me on how either are valid before coming at me with the same thing over and over again which holds no value. Thank you.
2nd Argument -- That whole interaction wasn't about getting townread or scumread, it was more for elaboration, to get closure on each other that may help solve each other's alignment and maybe others. I was just saying the way you pointed it out and decided to ignore me, just finds you in a bad spot where you wanted to head out for a manipulative scumcase on me which failed but you found the opportunity to vote me now since you saw Zyla pivot."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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In post 145, JamesTheNames wrote:
You're attempting to pocket Val89, with non-sensical justifications for town cred.In post 141, GrandpaMo wrote:
this is a really weird pivot xDIn post 140, JamesTheNames wrote:
This isn't town sided.In post 138, JamesTheNames wrote: "no comment yet"
Combined with 139
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I'm not stubborn enough.
UNVOTE: Val89
VOTE: GrandpaMo
this should make me town LMAO
VFP townreading me, cook scumreading me, Zyla scumreading VFP + Grandpa then pivoting onto me then as soon Zyla pivots, you pivot LMAO.
I think scum lies between u and Zyla could be both.
dw i will anaylyze every maniupulative post that u have misunderstood (half i believe)
Not to mention there are different reasons for me and Zyla scumreading you. It's also weird you referred to yourself in the third person.
Also it doesn't make you town.
Pocket Val?? Wtf? You should see me trying to pocket VFP LOL. At the most that is who I would be pocketing if I were scum LOL. But Val someone who is in my null read? "It's also weird you referred to yourself in the third person.
Also it doesn't make you town." Again what is this? I literally do this shit in all my games LOL. Just read my meta at this point because it feels like you are trying to find every reason to scumread me for."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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This is literally in post 85 where you said "I'm not moving my vote."In post 144, JamesTheNames wrote:
Funny, I don't remember saying never or ever or anything like that. You going to bend words the entirety of this game?In post 143, GrandpaMo wrote:
Also something really funny to point out is that you said you would never move off ur vote off Val but you just did and contradicted yourself in post 85.In post 140, JamesTheNames wrote:
This isn't town sided.In post 138, JamesTheNames wrote: "no comment yet"
Combined with 139
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I'm not stubborn enough.
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I did it my first newbie game. And I will do it again. Redactions are an amazing utility tool to draw away any distractions -- It only works on the proper time though.In post 149, JamesTheNames wrote:
Unfortunately, redactions aren't particularly something you can do in this game, so I implore you to explain. I'm assuming right now you have some form of scum proof against Zyla. If so, why wait?In post 142, GrandpaMo wrote:
Yes I am looking at a specific interaction happening. If I spoil the interaction and it happens to be scum -- Scum know how to coordinate now with each other against me hence why I redacted. This shouldn't be alignment indicative only usually towards EoD or even towards the end of the game where you are trying to garner more specific info.In post 138, JamesTheNames wrote:
"no comment yet"In post 128, GrandpaMo wrote:
no im talking bout zyla here sorry nd yea u right. no comment yet. i would just like to redact that info rn, im looking at something rnIn post 124, alstroemerial wrote:
Can you just confirm if I'm reading right that both of those "yous" are at me? I do agree that I look bad if James flips green, but can you explain a little more why I'm the only possible scum? Besides that you said my post with the most content so far was towny, I'm personally concerned at the number of people we just don't have a lot of information about at this point.In post 111, GrandpaMo wrote: Yea, that's why I said bad reaction because it was a weird omgus. I don't fully scumread you but you are like the only one who I see that could be possible scum. Also I agree with T3 and I do think your introduction is actually towny.
I think maybe we then just had different interpretations of "tunnelling." I was taking it to mean, roughly, "lock onto target with full confidence and push as hard as you can for as long as you can." With the treasure metaphor, I agree for the same reason that I think having a vote somewhere is more productive than not voting at all.In post 116, JamesTheNames wrote: I think it can be very productive. I don't think there are many more efficient ways of getting reads day 1. You have no power role reads, no night kills, no eliminations. You can't use hindsight to justify applying pressure onto somebody either. However tunnelling somebody, especially one who you don't have a town read on, be it null or scum instead, applies more pressure than splitting your attention between multiple people, goes further than split attention pressure would apply, and in general makes the game easier to solve.
You have to dig for treasure, you have a shovel and it could only dig so much, what happens if you split the shovel between multiple holes, maybe you didn't dig deep enough to get the treasure, whereas if you dug as deep as you could on one hole, you'd know if the treasure was there or not. In this analogy shovel = time, treasure = solid read, multiple holes = people.
Also I should probably have clarified instead of making the post so short, it doesn't necessarily mean tunnelling for the entire remaining 8~ days, just for a period of the remaining 8~ days.
Question forZylaregarding your Val read. Does your scum-lean on Grandpa make you think Val is more likely to be town, given all of the back and forth that they had? I ask partially because I have them as flipped. It doesn't read like scum v scum to me.
This is just something for you to fall back on when you have a bogus claim in the future. If you're not scum trying to place what you think is an easy elimination onto Zyla, then what is it you're hiding? As town you should have something right?
I'm calling the bluff, you have nothing here.
It should be obvious. I already slipped it once while talking to you. It's the interaction right now. Between you + Zyla (Mostly), VFP + T3, Cook + Astro"With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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?? Why are trying to say that is a bad thing? Well now to let you know since obviously you aren't going to utilize that function. I have done that. don't scumread me for it if you aren't going to the time to actually cooperate. I disagree with your statement and I think you can garner a lot of info regardless of it being AI.In post 150, JamesTheNames wrote:
Meta isn't a valid reason to read anybody any direction.In post 147, GrandpaMo wrote:In post 145, JamesTheNames wrote:
You're attempting to pocket Val89, with non-sensical justifications for town cred.In post 141, GrandpaMo wrote:
this is a really weird pivot xDIn post 140, JamesTheNames wrote:
This isn't town sided.In post 138, JamesTheNames wrote: "no comment yet"
Combined with 139
The unnecessary tone in 88 and 99
I'm not stubborn enough.
UNVOTE: Val89
VOTE: GrandpaMo
this should make me town LMAO
VFP townreading me, cook scumreading me, Zyla scumreading VFP + Grandpa then pivoting onto me then as soon Zyla pivots, you pivot LMAO.
I think scum lies between u and Zyla could be both.
dw i will anaylyze every maniupulative post that u have misunderstood (half i believe)
Not to mention there are different reasons for me and Zyla scumreading you. It's also weird you referred to yourself in the third person.
Also it doesn't make you town.
Pocket Val?? Wtf? You should see me trying to pocket VFP LOL. At the most that is who I would be pocketing if I were scum LOL. But Val someone who is in my null read? "It's also weird you referred to yourself in the third person.
Also it doesn't make you town." Again what is this? I literally do this shit in all my games LOL. Just read my meta at this point because it feels like you are trying to find every reason to scumread me for."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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What makes it scumsided? I mean yes, you can bring up the point that it is anti-town to redact info from town. But knowing me, and my experience and my meta on how I play; it would bring that question up as "Why would I do that as scum".In post 153, JamesTheNames wrote:Quote walls have started.
What makes you think withholding a read you have or an idea is town sided?
I am town -- And withholding info that would seem beneficiary to scum would only make my logic and perhaps alstro's (using this as an example for other possible town) logic fail as well because I feel like me and him have this intuitive thought that you or zyla could be scum.
2nd; It wasn't an idea nor a read -- It was more of a thought that wouldn't have benefitted town nor disadvantaged town. It was something that was in my head and was going to further analyze it after more interactions happen. I literally said that. I literally said I was going to fully analyze that post but now the interactions that came from me has been spoiled and town may conform and scum may cisconform to create havoc."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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I don't know if that is what you originally meant? But it is quoted in the text, and what other meaning there is other than implying it as should, "I am not moving my vote" -- Which should signal to a normal person that that means they won't pivot off the vote for a long time. I see what you mean though but like I said, from my perspective there was no other implication other than that. You are just now tryning to use that misunderstanding from MY side and scumcase it on me. Blatant read; more of basic in my opinion. You knew it was probably a misunderstanding and you didn't mind to correct me possibly. Or maybe you didn't; then what you said, still stands. Heck, you even pointed it out multiple times in the thread that you were implying to not move your vote. And val had to respond to that.In post 151, JamesTheNames wrote:
What part of 85 do I say I will never move my vote?In post 148, GrandpaMo wrote:
This is literally in post 85 where you said "I'm not moving my vote."In post 144, JamesTheNames wrote:
Funny, I don't remember saying never or ever or anything like that. You going to bend words the entirety of this game?In post 143, GrandpaMo wrote:
Also something really funny to point out is that you said you would never move off ur vote off Val but you just did and contradicted yourself in post 85.In post 140, JamesTheNames wrote:
This isn't town sided.In post 138, JamesTheNames wrote: "no comment yet"
Combined with 139
The unnecessary tone in 88 and 99
I'm not stubborn enough.
UNVOTE: Val89
VOTE: GrandpaMo
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Or is it the case (it very obviously is) that it means at that point in time?
You have nothing, stop bending words."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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James. I will like to lay back off you for now since I have successfully answered everything you may have + giving more insight into your reasonings, and debunking some of your flaws / possible manipulation. (I say possible because if you were scum this would be you manipulating context, I mean shit, I already debunked your context thing, and you just decided to deflect that with another thing based on meta? Idek, it looks you tried lol) But if you aren't scum, then these would be flaws.
This usually happens in a newbie game where a TvT occurs and it becomes aggressive -- but once you lay off, you get to see more interactions happening.
Hm. I want to explore this for now.
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Also, I very much dislike how James just left this conversation. This looks bad for you, James."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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I think cook is the only one that should be reasonably scumreading me as possible town.
This is because cook was the only one to garner a read thru prior context of my info etc while both Zyla + James, got it from pivot changes? I don't even know why the pivot had happened but that pivot results in one scum being in between them. I don't know who at this point -- hence why they are strong null reads, leaning scum. They both play the same way. Nyla, if you are town, then I probably would just talk to you about something you do in post game. James as well, you are both newbs, and you play well. James!scum wouldn't surprise me.
Only people I have payed attention to was T3, VFP, Zyla, and Alstro. (Then recently James). I would probably need to reread the game."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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In post 184, Zyla wrote:
I'm having trouble reconciling the fact that you're saying you wouldn't scum read for differing reads with the fact that that seems to be what your original post was saying in that section, but maybe I misunderstood something thereIn post 174, Val89 wrote:
I'm not expecting for our reads to match, and I don't scum read anyone purely for having different reads. I read VFP as leantown, and VFP reads you town, for example. I see VFPs explanation for it - that he considers a scum!Zyla would continue to prosecute the "no-lim" vote further than you did - and while I disagree with it, it seems a reasonable case for Town!VFP to make.In post 167, Zyla wrote: A) That's fine, we're different players, we look for different things, the important thing isn't that we read people the same, but that we work together
I thought I had shared my reasons for most people:On the other had, we have the exact opposite read on {T3, James, VFP and Grandpa}, and a different read on Cook, too - over fully half the field, and the essential difference is I can't game out the justifications you might have because you haven't shared them. I am aware the same applies to some of the other players also, and that's on my radar also.
T3 | 167 (B),
James | gut read,
VFP | 135,
Grandpa | 103
Like I said, it was originally a gut feeling, my reaction test was 37, and T3's reaction was 42
I'm reading your ISOs side by side, and I don't see it. Which post of his gave that feeling; which post of yours is the one where you act like its clear cut evidence, and which post does he give the response you like?In post 167, Zyla wrote: I had a gut feeling that he was town based on what I've seen of him before, in a game that we played and meta I read for that game (as that's what got him), it wasn't much to go off of, but I was curious to how he'd respond if I acted like it was clear cut evidence. I liked his response, which is where the actual town-lean comes from
This seems, on the surface, to be a reasonable explanation, so if you gave give me those links, I may well find some measure of ease there.
Actually, rereading Cook's ISO, I can't remember which posts gave me any vibes at all, NEI may have been a better spot for them
Fair enough. I can see that. What are your reasons for reading scum!Cook, and what are those for town!Cook?In post 167, Zyla wrote: "Null" means "I see equal ways to read this person as town that I do to read them as scum", whereas "Not enough info" means "I don't have enough info to declare a read yet"
Hm. I hadn't noticed that yet, I'm still leaning town on James, but I'll be watching for sureIn post 179, Val89 wrote:
Can someone just take a moment to look at the combined ISO for James and Zyla and identify where Zyla gives her reasons for voting Grandpa prior to James' #145?In post 145, JamesTheNames wrote:Not to mention there are different reasons for me and Zyla scumreading you.
I can't find it, and it's worrying me.
what?? what quote is this????"With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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In post 176, alstroemerial wrote:Some shorter thoughts now, just as reactions to what's happened while I was gone, with more new content later today...
1) It feels like a jerk move to be like "confusing posts are scummy" when it could just be GrandpaMo having trouble with clarity but the amount of effort spent on decoding posts is a bit of a drain on town's time, if that makes sense. In my more detailed dive today I'm going to be looking at GrandpaMo in more detail. Post 143 really bugged me as misleading, even though I do SR James as well for now. That's the other thing that is troubling me -- the amount of visceral hostility between these two doesn't seem like SvS but I have been SR-ing James and questioning Grandpa now. Also this is NAI, but some of GrandpaMo's posts read as just mean. I know we have to be forceful in our arguments but...
2) I just wanted to clarify the below because upon reading I see that it wasn't explained well.
My thoughts here were a bit tangled yesterday and it shows... What I had been trying to say is that both Val and Grandpa seemed towny but that if one flipped green it makes the odds of the other being red more likely, and at the time my read on Grandpa was a bit more positive than my read on Val. (Caveat that now I am not so sure anymore, see point #1). It could also be TvT of course, but just thinking in terms of relative odds.In post 161, Val89 wrote: Alstroemerial has me and Grandpa as both TRs at present, so the later assertion they think we are flipped (I think that means of opposite alignments?) adds an interesting dimension.[/spoiler]
3) Regarding the quote walls, if people are having a conversation that lasts over several posts, instead of quoting the whole conversation each time, could we maybe just quote the few most recent posts? Some of these are a bit unwieldy. On a similar topic, if I'm posting with a lot of different thoughts (like this post, for example), is it easier to read if I break it up into multiple posts or just do it like this? Let me know and I can change my approach.
4) I am absolutely not following the T3 trust tell legality conversation stemming from post 74. If it's really important can someone give a quick paraphrase or give me a hint of what to search on the wiki?
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them*In post 155, GrandpaMo wrote:And withholding info that would seem beneficiary to scum would only make my logic and perhaps alstro's (using this as an example for other possible town) logic fail as well because I feel like me and him have this intuitive thought that you or zyla could be scum.
Sorry, I hadn't checked ur pronouns!
6) I feel like I need to make one of those boards with everyone's avatars (or a piece of paper that says "T3") with colored strings connecting them..."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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LOL I LOVE HOW U RESPOND THIS AND CALL ME OUT FOR THIS! But you being contradicting; by not even ending up responding with it.In post 162, JamesTheNames wrote:
Hold up. Wait a minute. You're giving me scum points, For Sleeping? How desperate are you?In post 158, GrandpaMo wrote:Also, I very much dislike how James just left this conversation. This looks bad for you, James."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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lol ok i guess i have to explain why i thought alstro was scum so randomly lmfaoIn post 160, T3 wrote:In post 114, GrandpaMo wrote:wait i think alstro is scum lol
wtfIn post 115, GrandpaMo wrote:nvm i think we vote james today and if they flip green, i think ur scum
doublewtf
VOTE: Grandpa
i thought it was obvious. i dont really scumread them, they will probably be in my townreads just because i cant read 3 ppl and the 2 ppl are acting scummy.
and so far you + val have done like the most contributions"With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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i was just reading alstro thru the interactions wit james hence why i said james flips scum >>> alstro most likely town. james flips town >>> alstro most likely scum.
i dont see why you points this out @t3 and said "wtf' like you were suprised?
I have done this multiple times as town in games I have played with you?"With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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the vote looks weird -- hm t3 could be scum just because they are tryna find a reason. but them not providing a reason could be town. idrk honestly.
t3 can u explain? because u never vote me early"With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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also whoever else is town? like no one has actually analyzed the me vs james conversation -- and haven't seen anyone point it out; other than small tid bits. because if you actually analyze it from a townmindset you can see how james is possible scum."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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In post 193, alstroemerial wrote:
Can you please consider being a little nicer...? I still TR you and SR James but you make it very hard for me to be happy about it. Like, yes, people sleep? There's no need to get derisive when someone doesn't respond in the middle of the night.In post 187, GrandpaMo wrote:
LOL I LOVE HOW U RESPOND THIS AND CALL ME OUT FOR THIS! But you being contradicting; by not even ending up responding with it.In post 162, JamesTheNames wrote:
Hold up. Wait a minute. You're giving me scum points, For Sleeping? How desperate are you?In post 158, GrandpaMo wrote:Also, I very much dislike how James just left this conversation. This looks bad for you, James.
On that note, I guess I'll specify that I'll be going offline to sleep within the next hour or so, maybe a post or two still today if something happens.
I haven't insulted or directly said anything that was mean? I was talking about the game. Look James comes back I am assuming and says they went to sleep, that is understandable. But once they come back; including right now! and the previous night, they still have yet to respond to anything I have said.
They just left me on a position where I had to assume they didn't sleep since they never told me. And yes, after they told me, I was like fair. But then they disappear again, and never follow up anything in our interaction. Then James responds in another quote about ME and val but however still never does respond to anything nor interact with me."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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It's okay Alstro -- everyone never agrees with my approaches / ideas. But I end up being right regardless of allignment unfort. However, I will tell you this -- I did give out my reads already. I already called you as possible town if james flips scum. And I am still wondering if there is possible scum in Zyla / James. This would just then imply possible scum in Zyla / Alstro and James as the second scum. But eh; I don't like this right now. Val is still my null read and Cook has a high probabiltiy to be scum at this point and is the playing the way I thought they would play it -- Dodgy scum. That's how I thought Val would play but they have been active + wallposts; so they were leaning town for me ever since. But Cook -- They have this approach different then there town games, it seems more similar to there scum games imo.In post 181, alstroemerial wrote:
Here's my attempt at tackling this...In post 179, Val89 wrote:
Can someone just take a moment to look at the combined ISO for James and Zyla and identify where Zyla gives her reasons for voting Grandpa prior to James' #145?In post 145, JamesTheNames wrote:Not to mention there are different reasons for me and Zyla scumreading you.
I can't find it, and it's worrying me.
86 is the first post where either mentions Grandpa, and it's James questioning Grandpa's logic toward Val. Then, in 89 (less than 30 min later), Zyla includes Grandpa in a hero solve. In 90, Grandpa says that Zyla's 89 is a bad reaction, and James fires back in 91 that it is "better than" what Grandpa did. (Interesting!)
Grandpa doesn't come up really in the combined ISO again until 118, where Zyla SRs Grandpa and votes without giving a reason. Then there's some James stuff, and then we hit post 145.
So, in short, I couldn't find the reasons either. I think the interaction in the 86-91 is an interesting find that could show James sticking up for Zyla, but it also fits in with the fact that James was already angling towards Grandpa a bit -- i.e. it wasn't out of the blue.
Now, using the powerpoint charts I made with everyone's avatars connected by red and green lines (this took WAY too long), it looks like James and Zyla both had "mutual SRs" with Grandpa as of post 117, and between there and post 180, Zyla gave James a TR. I don't have a read from James on Zyla in my chart, but there is this...
The above implies that James' attitude towards Zyla is generally leaning green, if he thinks that there is nothing for Grandpa to have.In post 149, JamesTheNames wrote:I'm assuming right now you have some form of scum proof against Zyla. If so, why wait?
This is just something for you to fall back on when you have a bogus claim in the future. If you're not scum trying to place what you think is an easy elimination onto Zyla, then what is it you're hiding? As town you should have something right?
I'm calling the bluff, you have nothing here.
One more note on this topic -- like I said, I've been thinking about GrandpaMo, and though I disagree with some of his approaches and ideas, I don't know if scum, especially newbie scum, would be so vocal and out there on Day One. Wouldn't it make more sense to try to fly under the radar than get in fights with everyone?
I do have a question for GrandpaMo, which is, do you TR anyone besides VFP? I couldn't find anyone else from you in my notes, but alotof more SR-y type opinions."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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i thought i posted my other read on alstro... explaining this no?In post 196, Val89 wrote:
To be fair, that doesn't really count as an explanation.In post 188, GrandpaMo wrote:lol ok i guess i have to explain why i thought alstro was scum so randomly lmfao
i thought it was obvious. i dont really scumread them, they will probably be in my townreads just because i cant read 3 ppl and the 2 ppl are acting scummy.
"I have to explain why I thought alstro was scum, actually I don't, here is reasons for a town read"
Fine, as you know, I townread them myself, and you can always change your mind if later events warrant it, but let's hear what crossed your mind when said you thought they were scum, even if it was only for a few minutes. It was long enough for you to post a read to that effect before it was recinded.
well to reitreate, at the moment, i had realized alstro could have been following the track of "townread grandpa" as a possible pocket and use this as a decisive measure setup to vote me on day 2 -- they would know james would flip town, so that would set me up right for alstro's push for tmr.
however, that changed because i am looking at this more broadly -- and not too specific so i came up with if james flips town -- alstro could be scum (which is probably wrong but oh well, i believe it)"With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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In post 206, Val89 wrote:
I also noted James' #162 was essentially "I was asleep, the fact I haven't fully addressed your point yet is NAI, stop trying to make a case out of nothing", but the implied part is of course "Now that I am awake, and engaging with the game, I will address it".In post 203, GrandpaMo wrote:I haven't insulted or directly said anything that was mean? I was talking about the game. Look James comes back I am assuming and says they went to sleep, that is understandable. But once they come back; including right now! and the previous night, they still have yet to respond to anything I have said.
The point that was left unaddressed was James' sudden jump onto the GrandpaMo wagon. I gave a clear 24 hours for James to come back to it, in case he was putting something together and we would see a response. In the meantime, Grandpa has already repromoted, in a somewhat aggressive manner that Alstroemerial has pointed out they find a little on the harsh side, without response.
When I come back to the same thing in #196 James does have an answer, although I have already pointed out I find it entirely unsatisfying.
It does appear to me if that was all we were going to get, we could have had it well before now, especially since James has been posting in the time since his #162.In post 199, JamesTheNames wrote:I'm not stubborn enough.
As in I'm not stubborn enough to vote Val89 when GrandpaMo is giving me much scummier vibes.
So, in conclusion, whilst I agreed with Alstroemerial (and James himself) that all this was initially NAI, at this point it does seem to be a pattern emerging which I do think adds to the very strong scum case against James.
THANK U AND JAMES THINKS IM POCKETING BECAUSE OF U HAVING A SCUMCASE just for this particular reason!
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lol just saw this and i think i meant val + alsro or whoever the 2nd activiry person is other than meIn post 197, T3 wrote:In post 188, GrandpaMo wrote:
lol ok i guess i have to explain why i thought alstro was scum so randomly lmfaoIn post 160, T3 wrote:In post 114, GrandpaMo wrote:wait i think alstro is scum lol
wtfIn post 115, GrandpaMo wrote:nvm i think we vote james today and if they flip green, i think ur scum
doublewtf
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i thought it was obvious. i dont really scumread them, they will probably be in my townreads just because i cant read 3 ppl and the 2 ppl are acting scummy.
and so far you + val have done like the most contributionsIhave done the most contribution?
The alstro read seemed really out of the blue and I disagreed with it. Then the second part seemed like you trying to set up for tomorrow.
anyways, it was suppose to be outta blue for a reason. just because u disagree wit me doesnt mean im scum? thats a fallacy right there. and how can i set up a set up as scum? that would involve 200 iq wifom. it doesnt advantage me if i try to set up alstro because i already sorta townread alstro and i probably think james flips scum here"With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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shh i was memezmerized by Not_Mafia's "flailing scum" I was scum that game and somehow won. so ima use the same tactic to scare scumIn post 213, NorwegianboyEE wrote:
How is this flailing Grandpa? Do you look at any big text and just say it's flailing?In post 26, GrandpaMo wrote:
holy shit, another flailing scum, is mini + val the scum team?In post 25, Val89 wrote:All,
I am so sorry I am so late to the thread - you've all given me so much to think about, so it has taken me a little while to gather my thoughts and process it all.
One advantage of waiting until there has been a bit of back and forth is that one can start to get a sense of how the game is going to go, and start to make some initial reads. Lots to unpack here, so I'll get straight to it.
I don't like this post. Clearly, post 6 is not post 1, and lying to us straight out of the bad is not a good look. In fact, I propose that we should make it a sort of agreement between us that if any of us are caught lying - about anything - we should give strong consideration to eliminating said person as a result. In addition, the whole post - the content, the tone, the context in which it was posted just gives me a general sense of unease. It was a gut read initially, but I think it's clear I was consideringIn post 6, MiniMegabyte wrote:First!MiniMegabyteas at least a slight leanscum here already. Hence far, I have to say the rest of the players are null reads, which considering how advanced the game state is we can start to stop chucking random votes around, this took me a surprise - I was about to say we have some very good mafia players here, but then it occurred to me that if you were truly that skilled you would have convinced me to give you at least a slight townread by now.
Ahh, and here is it; the smoking gun that grants some confidence to that earlier gut read. I am aware of the existence of confirmation bias, so I have gone through all the contributionsIn post 8, MiniMegabyte wrote: (inserts shaking hands emoji here)MiniMegabytehas made very carefully several times to try and guard against that, but no -MiniMegabyteis a strong scum read at this point. Let me explain.
MiniMegabyteis clearly trying to insinuate that she has no personal knowledge ofVFP, particularly as this comes of the back ofVFPsexplicit (and as it turned out - also false) statement that they don't knowanyonein the game. Also of interest is the actual emoji chosen here - a handshake. Between two persons. To the exclusion of the rest of the group. See where I am going with this? She also specifically and pointedly says "Nice to meetya!" instead of "nice to meetyou". We all know English is one of those languages where 'you' can refer to a singular or an individual. Using it here would be natural, avoid the wavy red line most modern day browsers would assign to the word, and give her the benefit of the ambiguity if anyone paying attention catches it. Instead, we get the informal 'ya', standing in contrast to 'y'all', which to me is a further indication the introduction is addressed specifically toVFPand she wants us to know it.
The question now becomes why? In my view, the only explanation that makes any sort of sense is she wants us to think, even if only subconsciously, that this over the top, public performance is the first time these two have ever came in to contact, and they most definitely haveNOTalready said hi to each other in the scum thread. No sir, definitely not! Nothing to see here folks! Shake my hand and smile!
You might think that this makesVFPher scum partner then, and the game is solved. Putting aside my feelings towards how I would feel if my first ever game of Mafia was solved and ended on the first IRL day, I don't actually think this is the case. I thinkMiniMegabyteknew that someone might pick up on the vibes between the two here and our first thought would be that they are scum partners. But equally, perhaps that what they just want us to think? I wish there was some term to describe this, but I've checked the wiki inside out and can't find one, so I have invented one, both to refer to this situation and the approach I think we should take to try and come to some sort of conclusion as to how to deal with it. I call it Written Information Follows Overt Meta (WIFOM) - in other words, when what you see written down is in line with what would be expected from your experience you should assume that it is true. No sane scum player wants to associate themselves so strongly with their scum partner so obviously and early, so when we see it happening, we should assume that ISN'T what is happening, that makes no sense. Thus, this is all a big play, and we can actually rule outVFPas the other scum. As an aside, feel free to use that acronym in your future posts, but do try to remember who invented it and give credit every now and again.
There is the open question as to whyVFPalso lied about their association with other players, but I am going to assume for the moment that was a legitimate mistake - I know what I said about eliminating proven liars, but I don't think they would be so fast to walk it back. In contrast, I thinkMiniMegabytefully expected that "First!" lie to slip under the radar.
So;townread,VFPMiniMegabyteeveryone else[/b]null. I think it's pretty clear given that set of reads where my vote should go. I'm going to put my vote where it obviously belongs, and strongly feel that we should make them the elimination for the day. Obviously there is quite a bit of time left before deadline, and I would like to see some more discussion, but I will put my vote on them and see what happens with the rest of the votes. Being the first, I won't be able to hammer, but I want to make it clear that I would be prepared to hammer, and it will take a lot now to convince me to switch my vote.
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This is because I disagree with your statement that his aggressiveness felt "geninue" I actually find it very very unnatural for someone to keep coming up with weak logic right after pivoting onto me. Yes, that is understandable to pivot on to me. But after Zyla's conclusion, it just seemed like James was trying to find an area to scumcase me. Look at the whole interaction with me and James...In post 229, NorwegianboyEE wrote:
Ok, you get one chance to convince me.In post 219, GrandpaMo wrote: anyways, it was suppose to be outta blue for a reason. just because u disagree wit me doesnt mean im scum? thats a fallacy right there. and how can i set up a set up as scum? that would involve 200 iq wifom. it doesnt advantage me if i try to set up alstro because i already sorta townread alstro and i probably think james flips scum here
Why is James scum?
Post 145 -- Just comes to the conclusion that I am pocketing Val? In what world that would benefit me? To get a an elim on James as scum? I wasn't even focused too much on James that point and was going to vote Zyla in fact just because of how they went against VFP for a "no lim"
Post 145 -- Also post 145, they say me talking in third person is scum? They never ellaborate and explain why. Just seems more farfetched BS. I then bring up the point to read my meta and see how I talk. Because if you do then you can see I talk in third person as town.
Then I tell them to look at context -- in which (probably) purposefully looks at the wrong context in post 139. I refute every claim -- and come up with reasonings / post numbers to show James the real context in post 146.
Then me redacting my reasonings on particular interactions -- Okay I can see how that could be scum. But it can also seem to be a towny thing after justification. I justified my reasoning on why I didn't wanna give out my thought. Why would I as scum risk just saying no comment when I know someone like James could possibly just scumcase me for it? I could have just kept it for my self. But no -- I wanted town to see that I actually had a point and thought I was thinking there and was going to go back to it after more interactions happened. I explained this in post 152 -- No strong arguement against it / Again just seems like a weak reasoning from James to scumcase me on.
Then , I get on James on how they disappeared. -- Then they reply that they slept. That is understandable and that is not why I fully gave them. (post 162)
Then they interact with others such as in post 163.
Then disappear again. Then I make another remark about them disappearing again because I really wanted them to respond to me at this point.
And see what they said. Then alstro gets offended and makes a point about them sleeping? That frustrated me because through the sequence of events, that is NOT what had happened.
In post 199, James comes back; still IGNORES me and replies to Val. In the mindset of town... Doesn't town become more focused on their scumread more? I feel like scum would try to find areas where they could just interact with another person other than scumread. Also this is a scum quote (also in the same post) where they say "As in I'm not stubborn enough to vote Val89 when GrandpaMo is giving me much scummier vibes." They reply to VAL saying this! But does not directly address it to me? Nor have addressed any other my points? It just looks like scum is hiding now.
Then boom disappears once again."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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I disagree. Town usually is consistent generally through the bigger picture but has a minor inconsistencies that can be justified.In post 248, NorwegianboyEE wrote:
Town stay inconsistent all the time.In post 247, Val89 wrote:You've established you are a fan of conciseness, and James don't post all that much, but what he does post is consistently inconsistent with his own stated position of how town should/do act.
Only scum cares about keeping up an appearance of looking good.
Changing a vote from a player they read as scummy to a new player they read as even more scummy makes sense as an progression so i disagree with your take that it comes from nowhere and that it is necesarilly an scummy act.
I’m not faulting you for the read as i generally think it is an typical reasoning for scumreading slots as an novice town player. But when you’ve played for a bit as i have you learn to recognize town from tells that don’t seem immediately obvious but are clearly there if you know what to look for.
Also it is the HOW they did it -- not what they did in my opinion. They came from a generalized view that Val was scum -- but unvotes me after pressure on him proceeds, this then probably makes them change their vote to me then I apply pressure and now has a general consensus that I am pocketing Val? Which would imply Val is now town in their eyes?
This brings up a question; if I am scum in James eyes, who am I scum with? @James."With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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I did scumread Zyla but I still think James is still scummier. I am not to worried about a Zyla vote but would rather vote on James in my opinion.In post 246, NorwegianboyEE wrote:Zyla has the most chance of flipping scum here imo.
@NEE, do you think that inconsistent where they implicitly townread Val through them scumreading me, comes from town?"With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3- GrandpaMo
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Because in my opinion; they never justified that pivot. They keep bringing up weak statements such as "Grandpa gives off more scummier vibes" etc.
Also hint hint: This post was a continuation of them ignoring my points from the interaction earlier |:"With grandpa in the game the postcount goes up and up and up and up...." - T3 - GrandpaMo
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