In post 9, StrangeMatter wrote:Anyways, what’s everyone’s favorite flavor of ice cream?
VOTE: StrangeMatter
In post 9, StrangeMatter wrote:Anyways, what’s everyone’s favorite flavor of ice cream?
UNVOTE: StrangeMatterIn post 15, JamesTheNames wrote:Just going to get the backlash to the comment out the way:
UNVOTE: ClarkBar
VOTE: JamesTheNames
In post 41, StrangeMatter wrote:I'd like you to say more about the topic other than just showing "this is a really bad move, and this is the reason I'm going to vote him."In post 36, Salsabil Faria wrote:UNVOTE: StrangeMatterIn post 15, JamesTheNames wrote:Just going to get the backlash to the comment out the way:
UNVOTE: ClarkBar
VOTE: JamesTheNames
VOTE: JamesTheNames
In post 42, JamesTheNames wrote:I replaced into a game in your slot, 2064 like 2 months ago. It was fun. We won.In post 38, Salsabil Faria wrote:
In post 47, Val89 wrote:Hello all,
Happy to have been able to slip into another Nahdia newbie game. I do like these games particularly because they attract a certain type of player. I've yet to venture outside the newbie queue, so I am not sure if this happens in other queues, but I've found if I go back and look very carefully at the players who eventually flip mafia, I have found they leave a very subtle clue in their very early posts that they have in fact rolled scum. I'm not sure of the psychology myself, but I guess it's a kind of taunt, perhaps? A sort of "look at me, I'm so smart I can TELL you I'm scum and you still can't catch me", maybe?
In any case, I've started the habit of looking very closely at the early posts in my newbie games, seeing if I can pick up one; and guess what? I think I have one in this game. Let me present:
This pinged me straight away. Like, what? If you are adding caramel to something, it's no longer vanilla, is it? Then I remembered - a long time ago my uncle taught me how to solve the cryptic crossword, of the variety you might find in the The Times or other UK broadsheets. This reads a little bit like one of those - "go to" being an anagram indicator, maybe? It's not standard, and I don't recall seeing a clue with that exact one, but I guess if you are in a rush and you have to make the surface spot on in order to make it fit the exact RQS question that has been offered to you you might have to be a bit loose with the construction. "With a little x", however, is absolutely standard. Seen it loads of times. You take a 'little' of the word X, ie: not the complete word, and add it to your anagram fodder, in this case: 'vanilla'. Let's do that, and let us see if we get a solution: (vanillacara)* =In post 20, ClarkBar wrote:vanilla with a little caramel is my go toAaran Cavill. First attempt. Easy.
Now, for any of you that didn't follow Second division English football around the turn of the millenium (although I doubt there are many in this player list that wouldn't recognise at least a few of the big name stars, like Mr Cavill), he was a midfielder for Northampton Town FC around 2001 to 2004ish. Can you guess what colour home strip Northampton Town play in? You are probably way ahead of me even if you aren't a fan of Association Football - it's Red, of course. ClarkBar is mafia.
Think about it. Think of all the coincidences that would have to align for that to be a simple accident. The construction is weird. It happens to be an almost perfect fit for a cryptic crossword clue. Solving it brings up a single unique solution that very neatly ties it to a red role PM? Could I be talking out my arse? I think that's highly unlikely. I think ClarkBar must have done that deliberately, and I'm only sorry I spoiled it this early. I do want to take a moment to express my respect for the cleverness of the construction there, Clark, and I almost feel guilty for voting you because of it.
Almost.
VOTE: ClarkBar
I also want to point out that it's been a good 40 minutes since Nahdia announced I was replacing into this game, and me and JamesTheNames still haven't death-tunneled each other in all that time. I think that has to be regarded with suspicion also, but clearly ClarkBar is obviously the lim for today, and we can look at James tomorrow if he still isn't convinced I am scum by then.
In post 57, Dannflor wrote:a player with that level of verbosity and apparent dedication to analysis can spare a few words to at least attempt to get some sort of conversation going on a useful game levelIn post 54, StrangeMatter wrote:Why?
In this case, the amount of words read to me as a nervous cover for rolling scum
In post 59, StrangeMatter wrote:More or less is here to make them talk, so somewhat serious but not really. See post #41 please.In post 56, cowsloveSushirolls wrote:this vote is built on really shaky grounds, how serious is it?
In post 77, cowsloveSushirolls wrote:james is totally marinating me by making funny cow puns and soft defenses. not on my watch! i am not to be eaten
VOTE: JamesTheNames
if you guys want an awesome towncore already i suggest me-val-salsa-leaven-dann. condemn the scraps in no particular order, smile
In post 84, Ythan wrote:Hi Sal I'm awake how's it going?
In post 85, cowsloveSushirolls wrote:thanks for keeping my mom in mind. i have 4 minutes to relay the good vibesIn post 65, Ythan wrote:Idk your time zone but happy birthday to ur mom.In post 27, cowsloveSushirolls wrote:snip
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In post 96, JamesTheNames wrote:I'm a VT.
In post 100, Leaven wrote:If I'm catching up, is it preferably to multi-quote in response to multiple people are just 1 by 1 them?
In post 100, Leaven wrote:Is there any reason for colored text? I'm assuming personal preference but wanted to be sure.In post 78, Salsabil Faria wrote:Oki...
this is a really bad move, and this is the reason I'm going to vote him
In post 100, Leaven wrote:Would a more experience player let me know if there is something to take away from this at this point of Day 1?In post 96, JamesTheNames wrote:I'm a VT.
In post 110, Ythan wrote:Sorry to hear that.In post 108, Salsabil Faria wrote:In post 84, Ythan wrote:Hi Sal I'm awake how's it going?Not good buddy, not feeling well... what about you?
I'm on the road for a mini vacation because I got two whole days in a row off work.
In post 112, Dannflor wrote: Salsabi also came up for specific excuses why they wouldn't vote Val.
In post 135, Val89 wrote:Why doesn't a troll simply repeat themselves?
In post 161, Dannflor wrote:There was nothing wrong with what Ythan did and continuing to use it to push suspicions against him is frankly gross, use another line of reasoning please
In post 165, StrangeMatter wrote:Assuming I'm wrong about this, it'll look absolutely bad that I said that.
In post 173, cowsloveSushirolls wrote:read accuracy is not really something i'm trying to track yet with my limited playing data, but I'd imagine that it'd be better for people I'm more familiar with, since i naturally pay more attention to them and what they say. i don't have enough familiarity to use meta, however (except for EchoV maybe, who I've played a ton of games with offsite. sad that they're gone)In post 99, Leaven wrote:Would you say you are better or worse at correctly identifying players you are familiar with or more prone to mistakes? Personally don't mind either way, but wondering if your familiarity is an advantage to leverage, a crutch to be aware of, or just neutral/not sure/varies.In post 55, cowsloveSushirolls wrote: mark it in the charts that 4 people in my ambiguous "want to play with" list are gaming with me (but 1 replaced out, making it back to 3 currently playing)
it won't actually impact the game much, and probably won't in the future until I've had multiple games in the charts with specific people
if it matters, i (coincidentally) have read the most on strangematter, but i still don't think I'm familiar with them, so the same goes to all of you
In post 199, Leaven wrote:Not really. I was first to take offense to Ythan's name calling, but I'm also getting the sense you're doing the same with anyone not following your argument here? Is calling people idiots just par for the course here?
In post 213, cowsloveSushirolls wrote:I dont really have one yet. i pointed out that their vote in you was based on an assumption on what you were thinking when James voted themselves, but they didn't acknowledge me or respond to you after you talked to them about their vote (but I need to make sure this is true, I haven't looked back in a while)In post 210, Salsabil Faria wrote:I don't understand your read on StrangeMatter
With all of that information in one place, they are null-scum to me
In post 219, StrangeMatter wrote:I'm wondering, what makes you think scum would reasonably QH this? I could see this at 5 people left with two scum, but not all 9 players in the game.In post 211, Salsabil Faria wrote:Nope? We have 2 scums remember?
In post 220, Ythan wrote:It sounds like you fail to understand that if you are town this narrows down scum's search for potential power roles.In post 218, JamesTheNames wrote:I will not be retracting my claim, nor claiming a PR further down the game.
You need to understand that this is wrong before you play real games, for real.
In post 224, StrangeMatter wrote:What I'm trying to say, is why would you worry about a QH on Day 1, when it would be probably the worst time to do so?
In post 226, JamesTheNames wrote:Isn't there a Britney Spears song about you?In post 223, Salsabil Faria wrote:In post 220, Ythan wrote:It sounds like you fail to understand that if you are town this narrows down scum's search for potential power roles.In post 218, JamesTheNames wrote:I will not be retracting my claim, nor claiming a PR further down the game.
You need to understand that this is wrong before you play real games, for real.It'll be better if you talk to a wall instead
In post 242, StrangeMatter wrote:However, I do think it's a little weird to be worrying about a hammer if the person is at E-2 from what I think.
In post 246, cowsloveSushirolls wrote:just a thought, i'm thinking that mafia!james has partner equity with only like, ~2 people here
everyone else would have asked them to quit their self-destructive tendencies already in mafia daychat
if they already did, i have no way of knowing but what im saying is that their partner either shuts it down immediately from looking at the self vote or plays around it and future spontaneous acts (like the early claim and threat to death-tunnel) in an attempt to give off the above impression
I hate WIFOM
In post 259, Leaven wrote:And, in my opinion, outside of a better scum target, anyone who defends objectively anti town behavior done with basically the defense of "I know this is bad for town and last time I did it it was bad for town but i did it anyway because I'm experimenting" or because "as vt I'm more valuable to town on day 3 than a town PR" is at least equally if not more sus. Give me a better target, but without one, I'm going to go hard at antitown behavior and doing it doubly so to make it known that I will go hard against anyone who harms town for either scummy or personal gain over pro-town wincon reasons. We gave james an out by admitting this was objectively antitown and his defense was proff he has already done this before with an anti-town outcome. So he knew full well this strat doesnt help town and he did it anyway. If your conclusion is that anyone policing antitown behavior is now sus, town is already lost. Are we now in bizarro world where taking a hard stance against antitown behavior is now anti-town?
In post 262, Leaven wrote:Val, do you accept that james took an objectively anti-town line by claiming vt? If so, then it's that simple anti-town = pro-scum. If not, then that's where we don't see eye to eye.
In post 263, Ythan wrote:You've addressed it repeatedly you just continue to go off regardless because well ya know.In post 260, Val89 wrote:Would you link me to the post where you did so?In post 258, Ythan wrote:Except I did answer clearly and immediately and you're just whining still to fill time.
If I am being a total idiot here, and I've just missed a post where you answered, I will owe you a full apology.
In post 264, Dannflor wrote:townies do outrageously pro-scum things all the time
scum try to look town
In post 270, Ythan wrote:I made a snap vote to him because ridiculous scummy behavior but then switched back when I came to believe he might be genuine albeit foolish.In post 269, cowsloveSushirolls wrote:can you tell me more about James's tentatively town statusIn post 264, Dannflor wrote:townies do outrageously pro-scum things all the time
scum try to look town
In post 285, Ythan wrote:Join date aside he did qualify for this game as a newbie.Salsabil Faria wrote:In post 262, Leaven wrote:Val, do you accept that james took an objectively anti-town line by claiming vt? If so, then it's that simple anti-town = pro-scum. If not, then that's where we don't see eye to eye.Wait, your joining date tells me youshould knowthat anti-town behaviour is not always scum behaviour
UNVOTE: StrangeMatter
VOTE: Leaven
That being said I think it would be lovely if you elaborated on that vote a little more because I can see where you're coming from but also I can see where else you might be coming from if you know what I mean. I expect there's a at least a little more that could be said.
In post 288, Ythan wrote:Is all this in response to just 262 or stuff he said later down the page I guess I'd like to know.
In post 294, StrangeMatter wrote:Well, you’d be wrong about only this, if he does flip red.In post 292, Salsabil Faria wrote:Btw, ifLeavenflips red,StrangeMattermost likely their partner I think.
Also, do you have Town reads?
In post 295, Leaven wrote:So if Salsa, Leaven, and James all flip town this game. What are the takeaways.
- With Salsa, scum can freely do anti-town things and even be town-bucketed for it. Furthermore, if people vote that scummy behavior, they will actually be scum-bucketed for it.
- With myself, scum will know they can't easily get away with anti-town things.
What advantage does town get (now or in the future) from laying a red carpet down for scum to freely behave against the interest of town? I'm happy to create an environment that discourages anti-town behavior.
If James was randomly 25% Scum, 25% PR, 50% VT, now I have him at 30% Scum, 5% PR, 65% VT. Still overwhelmingly likely to be VT, but as I've said previously, outside of a better option (which we likely will have in 5 days), my vote lands there.
In post 307, Ythan wrote:I don't disagree with what you're saying i just still want you to explain what all evidence went into you saying it.In post 290, Salsabil Faria wrote:In post 288, Ythan wrote:Is all this in response to just 262 or stuff he said later down the page I guess I'd like to know.Theirurgeto policy elimination someone who is playing anti-town which they think pro-scum material (then why even bother to mentionpolicy eliminationterm) despite of being an old player doesn’t seem right to me.
Btw, do you disagree with that? If so, then why?
In post 310, Ythan wrote:No I'd like for you to answer that question if you don't mind.In post 309, Salsabil Faria wrote:Ok...
So people, let's move the game forward... you'll be in my town block if voteLeaven
In post 308, Val89 wrote:^^ Would you consider her to be a bit scummy if her answer to that is "lol, that's obvious" then refused to answer it when you told her it wasn't?
In post 312, JamesTheNames wrote:This is scummy.In post 306, Salsabil Faria wrote:In post 295, Leaven wrote:So if Salsa, Leaven, and James all flip town this game. What are the takeaways.
- With Salsa, scum can freely do anti-town things and even be town-bucketed for it. Furthermore, if people vote that scummy behavior, they will actually be scum-bucketed for it.
- With myself, scum will know they can't easily get away with anti-town things.
What advantage does town get (now or in the future) from laying a red carpet down for scum to freely behave against the interest of town? I'm happy to create an environment that discourages anti-town behavior.
If James was randomly 25% Scum, 25% PR, 50% VT, now I have him at 30% Scum, 5% PR, 65% VT. Still overwhelmingly likely to be VT, but as I've said previously, outside of a better option (which we likely will have in 5 days), my vote lands there.Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnngggggggg
If you have time, check my meta, will see how townie I am all the time
In post 315, cowsloveSushirolls wrote:i wanted to say this when the votes were 2-2-1 ythan-strange-james, so i could have leaven walk us through why the other wagons are badIn post 300, StrangeMatter wrote:@Leaven any other reads you want to make other than James? It sounds like you have other reads considering he's your top scum read.
nobody really believes that you're scum anymore and that's ok
In post 317, JamesTheNames wrote:Until I replaced into 2064, you were basically a consensus scum in that game. So this is incorrect.In post 306, Salsabil Faria wrote:In post 295, Leaven wrote:So if Salsa, Leaven, and James all flip town this game. What are the takeaways.
- With Salsa, scum can freely do anti-town things and even be town-bucketed for it. Furthermore, if people vote that scummy behavior, they will actually be scum-bucketed for it.
- With myself, scum will know they can't easily get away with anti-town things.
What advantage does town get (now or in the future) from laying a red carpet down for scum to freely behave against the interest of town? I'm happy to create an environment that discourages anti-town behavior.
If James was randomly 25% Scum, 25% PR, 50% VT, now I have him at 30% Scum, 5% PR, 65% VT. Still overwhelmingly likely to be VT, but as I've said previously, outside of a better option (which we likely will have in 5 days), my vote lands there.Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnngggggggg
If you have time, check my meta, will see how townie I am all the time
Not to mention, if you were town you'd be able to give reasoning outside of meta. You are trying to play into the "too scum to be scum" category.
Posts: 80, 83, 111, 208, 223, 286, 306. All ping me that way.
I also don't buy the whole unvoting at E-2 nonsense.
In post 320, cowsloveSushirolls wrote:i have timeIn post 306, Salsabil Faria wrote:If you have time, check my meta, will see how townie I am all the time
name a few games?
In post 322, JamesTheNames wrote:2064.In post 320, cowsloveSushirolls wrote:i have timeIn post 306, Salsabil Faria wrote:If you have time, check my meta, will see how townie I am all the time
name a few games?
In post 324, Val89 wrote:You might be overselling this one a bit James. Given the "will see how townie I am all the time" comment came in response to Leaven suggesting that a refusal to vote you for your VT claim is laying a red carpet for scummy behavoir - IIn post 317, JamesTheNames wrote:Until I replaced into 2064, you were basically a consensus scum in that game. So this is incorrect.In post 306, Salsabil Faria wrote:Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnngggggggg
If you have time, check my meta, will see how townie I am all the timethinkshe might actually have been saying in a sarcastic manner "I've been known to do scummy things as town myself", not "I'm always read as town".
In any case, her ISO in that game before you replaced her is literally 6 posts, and I think "consensus scum" is a wildly overstating the matter. I wasn't in that game, but reading it back quickly it looks like there were 3 slots expressing mild reservations about Salsabil, which had translated into one vote, at the point you replaced in.
This isn't to say that Salsabil hasn't done things that do warrant attention in this game. I'm still trying to get my head around what her CCing your VT claim means for her alignment; I literally don't know where to start with that one, which is why I haven't approached it until now; but I don't think that comment and the 2064 game are going to be helpful in sorting her.
In post 326, cowsloveSushirolls wrote:Can I hear more about your read on Dann, Salsa?In post 305, Salsabil Faria wrote:In post 294, StrangeMatter wrote:Well, you’d be wrong about only this, if he does flip red.In post 292, Salsabil Faria wrote:Btw, ifLeavenflips red,StrangeMattermost likely their partner I think.
Also, do you have Town reads?Dan,James,Val.
In post 325, JamesTheNames wrote:Meta = Ree. We know this.In post 324, Val89 wrote:You might be overselling this one a bit James. Given the "will see how townie I am all the time" comment came in response to Leaven suggesting that a refusal to vote you for your VT claim is laying a red carpet for scummy behavoir - IIn post 317, JamesTheNames wrote:Until I replaced into 2064, you were basically a consensus scum in that game. So this is incorrect.In post 306, Salsabil Faria wrote:Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnngggggggg
If you have time, check my meta, will see how townie I am all the timethinkshe might actually have been saying in a sarcastic manner "I've been known to do scummy things as town myself", not "I'm always read as town".
In any case, her ISO in that game before you replaced her is literally 6 posts, and I think "consensus scum" is a wildly overstating the matter. I wasn't in that game, but reading it back quickly it looks like there were 3 slots expressing mild reservations about Salsabil, which had translated into one vote, at the point you replaced in.
This isn't to say that Salsabil hasn't done things that do warrant attention in this game. I'm still trying to get my head around what her CCing your VT claim means for her alignment; I literally don't know where to start with that one, which is why I haven't approached it until now; but I don't think that comment and the 2064 game are going to be helpful in sorting her.
In post 339, Ythan wrote:If you can believe this then ask yourself what scummy means.In post 332, Salsabil Faria wrote:You need to find agenda behind the behaviour, scum will never act scummy.