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Cephiro
Profile Joined May 2011
Finland1934 Posts
January 05 2012 00:10 GMT
#221
EBWOP: Also see my other EBWOP near the end of page 10, I forgot to quote it as well.
Jitsu
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States929 Posts
January 05 2012 00:15 GMT
#222
On January 05 2012 09:04 Cephiro wrote:
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On January 05 2012 07:14 Cephiro wrote:
@Jitsu: I'm actually starting to be really suspicious of him at the moment. He had a very active start, even though his content was somewhat fluffy. I've changed my opinion about him since my earlier post, partly due to many people providing good reasoning about his play so far. I am actually wondering a bit as he hasn't said anything since yesterday's start, so I'm interested to hear if he has some actual opinions or reads to give when he comes back.


I did not ignore your question. I will however give you an up-dated opinion once Cookie posts the rest of his reads, so please wait until that. (I am waiting for it myself quite eagerly)


Ohhhhh, Cephiro. I read that wrong. I was under the impression that you we're claiming those things on me. Totally read it wrong.

Zerg Player in CheckMate Gaming - http://checkmategaming.webs.com/
Jitsu
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States929 Posts
January 05 2012 00:16 GMT
#223
I will very much enjoy an updated opinion as well, after his new thing comes out. As for the moment, I will assume you are still suspicious of him as well.
Zerg Player in CheckMate Gaming - http://checkmategaming.webs.com/
Cephiro
Profile Joined May 2011
Finland1934 Posts
January 05 2012 00:25 GMT
#224
On January 05 2012 09:16 Jitsu wrote:
I will very much enjoy an updated opinion as well, after his new thing comes out. As for the moment, I will assume you are still suspicious of him as well.


My bad for formatting the message badly, I just re-read it and understood how easily it could be misunderstood. So I'll be more exact the next time I respond to a question of yours! But yeah, I will post my updated opinion as soon as possible. But I want to hear his new thing before claiming anything, since in all honesty I'm not entirely sure on my read on him at the moment.
AnxiousHippo
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia1451 Posts
January 05 2012 00:30 GMT
#225
@jitsu
gretorp because he still hasn't done anything yet, I'm waiting for him to contribute something
An apple a day keeps the Protoss away | TLHF
AnxiousHippo
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Australia1451 Posts
January 05 2012 00:33 GMT
#226
Jitsu who would you vote for and why? you seem to have several rough targets.
An apple a day keeps the Protoss away | TLHF
Jitsu
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States929 Posts
January 05 2012 00:50 GMT
#227
RE: Hippo

CookieMaker. He is currently on the bottom of my list.
Zerg Player in CheckMate Gaming - http://checkmategaming.webs.com/
Probulous
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia3894 Posts
January 05 2012 01:14 GMT
#228
[image loading]

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury I present my case to you today in the attempt to clear this town of the scum that is defiling it.
NOTE: I wrote this over the last hour or two so I may be missing the latest info
First off here are my definite town reads.

Tunkeg
Aggressive and keen to point out inaccuracies he has been very active. Looks even better than his last game. My highest town read.
Jitsu
Less active than Tunk but what he says has been of value. Particularly his pressure on Cookie for regarding a no-lynch. He seems to be focusing on Cookie, Hippo and Cats all for either stupid logic or lack of contribution. I like everything I see.
Gonzaw
This is a funny one because Gonz, I had you pegged as a red initially. Your support of discussing WIFOM scenarios was particularly bad. It just distracts town and adds nothing to finding scum. Your start was underwhelming with lots of posts but nothing concrete.
This was particularly bad filler
On January 04 2012 12:35 gonzaw wrote:
EBWOP:

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On January 04 2012 12:21 Cephiro wrote:
On January 04 2012 12:11 gonzaw wrote:
So this is your first forum game ever? Not just first game on TL?

You seem to know quite a bit about the game though, may explain why?

Also, I'm fairly good with statistics/probabilities myself (just ask Jackal58), and I use them fairly in mafia games.
If the situation arises, it can be very helpful, as long as everything in the game is RNGed.

I assume this setup is RNGed, right?

On January 04 2012 12:06 Probulous wrote:
That is a good point Jitsu.

As I have stated, I am aiming for a mafia lynch. Only if I believe that we are headed for a miss-lynch will I advocate a no-lynch.

Again, where are the other US guys?
Sheth, Gretorp? You're asking for a vote.


The day is 48 horus long, right?

I would suggest pressure voting lurkers/inactives after 24 hours or so are past.

Although I don't know if you guys do that here or not.

Yeah, it's my first forum game ever. Haven't played this anywhere else either. I've read through quite a bunch of advanced games on different forums though, and I generally consider myself good at mindgames or understanding what people think / why they do something etc. So I'm really excited to see if it's correlates to success in here. Yeah, you heard right, watch out mafia!

I am going to sleep now though. I will re-read the thread (especially the new posts) a few times once I wake up and will try to join in as much as I can. If you have a hard time of trying to find out who is scum, then please do the town a favor and at least try to find some most-likely-town reads, since even that will help us narrow down the possible lynch.

I do agree that we could pressure vote lurkers/inactives later on in D1, hopefully forcing them to defend themselves and give us better reads.


Interesting.

If you are town, I really hope you are right about you being "good at mindgames".
If you are scum I really hope you aren't.

It was this post that started your resurgence
On January 05 2012 04:26 gonzaw wrote:
I like how Probulous is pressuring people, gives me a town feel.
I doubt scum would want to start town discussion as badly as him at this point.



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On January 05 2012 03:41 Cephiro wrote:
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On January 05 2012 03:05 Jitsu wrote:
There are reasons for this. And there hasn't been a major reason to post a lot yet. I think I've spoken a fair amount in the posts I have written. Quality of quantity.


I see what you mean. But regardless of what your reasons are, you need to be available enough so that we can get a read on you. Not being able to get any kind of read on you doesn't help your case at all. But I'll trust you... for now.



You know, the problem I have with you for now is that you "trust" a lot of people and think a lot of people are town.

Although finding out who's town is benefitial (since then it becomes a process of elimination to find scum), you should specially try to find scum directly.



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On January 04 2012 13:48 Liquid`Sheth wrote:
Well, more then one. But the one that worries me the most.


You better come here soon and explain that.

I hate it when some players just post "I'll give my thoughts in a second" and never show up, whether town or scum.


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On January 05 2012 03:20 Gretorp wrote:
haha aws just kidding with the post but I will definitely once I analyze more ;-)


Again, this is what I'm talking about.


Also, your "joke" doesn't help us at all.
If you are town, you just confused the hell out of every one of us, you appeared scummy as hell and we will waste time and effort analyzing this "joke" of yours.
If you are scum, then you can just use it as a justification for making a super-scummy-OMGUS first post and get away with it. Or you can use it to confuse town.

Doesn't help us at all. And with this "I will analyze more" but not doing anything makes me think you are the 2nd.

For now I'll pressure vote Xeris to come here and post his thoughts, but if we have nothing to go on by the time the day ends I'll vote for you

##Vote: Xeris


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On January 05 2012 01:44 CatsnHats wrote:
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On January 05 2012 01:13 Gretorp wrote:

Tuneg,

It doesnt make sense to vote me. If you have watched any NASL or seen me play mafia, you know i'm genius level but inexperienced with mafia. ALL times i've been in tl mafia, i've been a townie so my ability play townie is better than mafia. If you take my genius brain and then apply the situations, the EV for me in general is positive to the point where you dont want to vote me. But you probably know this, hence you want to kick me off because youre a mafia.

SO I VOTE YOU, AND YOUR COUNTRY.

#VOTE TUNEG


Lurking around at the beginning, writing a paragraph of text that amounts to nothing, and then OMGUS-ing the person that prods you... not a good look Gretorp. Pretty scummy if you ask me.



Is it scummy enough for you to vote him?

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On January 04 2012 12:13 CookieMaker wrote:
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On January 04 2012 11:59 Jitsu wrote:
EBWOP: Hypothetical no lynch today - we end up in the same boat we are in tomorrow. We have no more information, and down a townie, possibly a blue. Bad.



Incorrect: We get more information, especially if we can get the participation level up a little bit.

There's also going to be more posts from all players(god hopefully) before the day is through. Clearly the pool of prime lynch candidates is shallow at the moment. I will be voting for the player with the lowest vote total until I see a better option.



I don't like how you are advocating the "no-lynch" here.

You also say you will vote for "the player with the lowest vote total".
Why would you do that? Are you trying to avoid voting anyone so no suspicions fall on you?
The whole "no-lynch" discussions could be a way to justify yourself into doing this and just not having to deal with any votes or pressures whatsoever and have a free pass throughout the game.


Also, I'd like to see your thoughts on Gretorp.

You point out that scum-hunting is the priority and that trust is pretty useless. I like your pressure on Sheth and Gretorp to post, even though Sheth had actually posted his stuff already. Your point about Cats wishy-washiness on Gretorp was well received. But the best thing was you pointed out Cookie’s stupidity for voting for the lowest total. I noticed that too.
The rest of your posts got better and better except for the diversion about random voting. No-one was suggesting it, Xeris mentioned and bam, the thread goes into diversion over-drive. Come on people stay focused.
Those are my green feels

These people are null to me
  • Sheth
  • Xeris
  • Gretorp
  • Blurry

Mostly due to lack of posting but in Sheth’s case, he started well but his unwillingness to go after Cephiro took him back to null. Something Jitsu pointed out. Come on Sheth, apply the blow torch.
So onto my Scum reads.

I will go from easiest read to hardest, might need an extra post for the last one


CookieMaker

Your first post was terrible. Here it is in all its glory
On January 04 2012 10:11 CookieMaker wrote:

Okay townies... we are presented with a dilemma. Disadvantage #1: There are few (if any) roles in this game, making identity confirmation scarce.
However, that being said, the significant advantage we have over the mafia is their lack of killing power. They are only going to be able to snipe (at most, with any luck we got a doc) one person each night. This means the pressure is really going to be on them to avoid being lynched. I urge you, when voting time comes, do your homework, and proofread the homework of others carefully. Rash vote swings by emotional players only help the scum hide on their bandwagons.

I am making an assumption here, but the other likely advantage we possess is the experience of a few key players. I'd be absolutely shocked if all three mafiasifarians were players who had (lots of) prior experience playing, but I'd also be surprised if they were three complete newbies. My impression is that one mafia will be a strong player and will deftly manipulate and lead the other two.

So this is the first day. I elect #thefirstpersontocomeupwithaplan for mayor


You point out the lack of roles. Why bring up roles. People have read the OP, they should see the lack of roles for themselves. Besides, we can do nothing about that and we don’t want to out our blues, if we have any. Why focus on them. Only scum do that.

You then point out the lack of scum killing power, alright fair point. But then the rest of that paragraph is just filler about pressure which is always there. Finally you end with a point about voting for mayor which doesn’t even exist. Not a great way to start the game.

Your next post is useful to me as you point out me missing the second setup option. But then you raise the possibility of a DT. Why? Again, this does nothing for how we play the game and can only serve to out our blues.

Then comes the kicker

On January 04 2012 11:33 CookieMaker wrote:
DAY 1: Right now from my perspective we have the following lynching objectives as town:

1. Not Lynch Innocents

-The only way we can be absolutely certain of this to happen is with a no-lynch (tied vote).
-This benefits us strongly if there is a DT in the game. It is understandable that the DT won't reveal because of the threat of being killed.

2. Lynch mafia

-Currently hopeful at best. Statistically extremely low chance of getting this right, especially with mafia votes.

Right now I'm in favor of a no-lynch until more pressure is applied and reads can be made.


Number one priority is always to lynch scum. We cannot kill them any other way. My point was that a no-lynch is better than a miss-lynch, which is obvious really. You however took to be better than a lynch of mafia. Sorry scum you don’t get away that easy.

You keep digging your hole when Jitsu rightly points out the stupidity of advocating a no-lynch.
When I ask Cats for his thoughts on you, you respond with a snarky

"Jab and dodge eh? I like your style. "


If you don’t like something, say it. This kind of soft undermining is exactly what mafia would do. You cast doubt without specifically saying anything. I wanted Cats to analyse you specifically because he had changed his position away from yours. I wanted to see him argue. The rest of that post is just filler.

You have come back to thread since then but I have not had time to analyse your posts. At this point, pushing a no-lynch over lynching mafia, focusing on blue roles and undermining both myself and Cats with snarky comments makes you mafia bro.

CatsnHats
This one caused me pain. I had you pegged as an uncertain newb at first, but you haven’t redeemed yourself.
Sheth rightly pointed out the extreme uncertainty of this first post
On January 04 2012 11:52 CatsnHats wrote:
Yeah I'm around. Just reading the thread and getting a sense of the situation since I've never played before. It would seem that not lynching unless reasonably certain would be the way to go. Although I'm not sure how we could be certain of anything on D1.

I want to point out the emphasis on his newness. Apologising for being new is a great way to excuse yourself from participating. Sheth calls you out and you respond with more uncertainty
On January 04 2012 12:34 CatsnHats wrote:
Thanks CookieMaker for the link. And you're right Sheth, if I am leaning toward no lynch that would be a red flag for scum. But wouldn't emphatically being in favor of a lynch be a red flag for scum too since the odds are in favor of townie being accidentally chosen? Oh God this is gonna be so meta.

Why explain the WIFOM? This post adds nothing and keeps you painted as not wanting to make a stand.
When Sheth puts the blowtorch you respond with
On January 04 2012 14:06 CatsnHats wrote:
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On January 04 2012 13:47 Liquid`Sheth wrote:
CatsnHats come on, be counteragressive. I'm picking on you for no real reason. I just want to get you to toughen up. If it comes down to it at the end and someone is agressive like this against you, and you just KNOW hes mafia, you better toughen up.

As of now, I'm going to sleep. So far I've seen one post that worries me. Will tell you guys in the morning :D!


But it's so hard to counteraggressive to the nicest guy in esports! Haha thanks for the advice. Lynching someone is definitely the way to go. Any information gleaned, even at the cost of a townkill, is better than no info at all. I don't have a lot new to add that hasn't been said already, but that's my stance. As for picking who to lynch, I going to reserve judgement until the last few people have started posting.

Sheth, that was bad. Don’t let him off the hook. You finally take a stand in the most conciliatory way possible. You say lynching is definitely the way to go, then again emphasize your newness. We specifically ask you to take a stand and you discredit it in the same breath that you make it. BAD!
I then specifically ask you to analyse Cookie, because you had changed your stance to opposite of his. I wanted you to argue for your position, provide something to thread. You have not responded to this post.
On January 04 2012 14:21 Probulous wrote:
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On January 04 2012 14:06 CatsnHats wrote:
On January 04 2012 13:47 Liquid`Sheth wrote:
CatsnHats come on, be counteragressive. I'm picking on you for no real reason. I just want to get you to toughen up. If it comes down to it at the end and someone is agressive like this against you, and you just KNOW hes mafia, you better toughen up.

As of now, I'm going to sleep. So far I've seen one post that worries me. Will tell you guys in the morning :D!


But it's so hard to counteraggressive to the nicest guy in esports! Haha thanks for the advice. Lynching someone is definitely the way to go. Any information gleaned, even at the cost of a townkill, is better than no info at all. I don't have a lot new to add that hasn't been said already, but that's my stance. As for picking who to lynch, I going to reserve judgement until the last few people have started posting.


If you are finding it difficult to add stuff to the thread, try playing devils advocate with the position you have taken. Read the thread carefully and find posts that are not consistent. I am glad you have taken a stance but you need to be sure why you chose it and be prepared to argue it. Sheth is being generous, your ealier post was very wishy-washy and was a legitimate reason to pressure you. I am still not convinced you are town, prove it to me by posting some analysis.

What are your thoughts on CookieMaker?

Cookie even got a little touchy about me asking you.
I come back this morning (my time) hoping for an analysis of Cookie and I get this
On January 05 2012 01:25 CatsnHats wrote:
If Cephiro won't analyze himself, I will. You've advocated lynching from the beginning and have added a lot of original content in the way of statistics and your recent D1 analysis. And even though you admitted earlier that you consider yourself good at mindgames, I still have a town read on you for now.

I also agree that Probulous is strongest town read right now. He has put himself in the spotlight from the beginning with his magnitude of posts, trying to rally the town to discuss and such. It would be hard, especially as the game goes on, to stay with the attention on him that much if he was mafia.

As for my flip-flopping of position, I hope you all can excuse it as my one noobie mistake. I want to clarify that this is my first game ever of mafia in any medium (forum or IRL), not just on TL. And you won't hear anymore noobie excuses from me after this.

Cepiro, alright I have him pegged as well. What the hell is that analysis? Original content? Day stats that were useless filler? His Day 1 analysis is so soft and contradictory it is enough to lynch him alone.
So instead of responding to me you “go after” Cephiro with three lines of nothing. You point out I am town, which is obvious by this point. Then point out your flip-flop again as a newbie mistake. You realize you can’t really use this excuse so you say it is the last time. So mate, too late.
The rest of your posts are also non-aggressive crap. You don’t like Tunk’s aggression even though he his taking stance and pushing people. You then getting upset with Gretorp for his stupid first post.
For everyone listening both Gretorp’s and Xeris first posts say nothing! That does not mean they are scummy. It means they are yet to contribute, call them out on that.
But even when you have a target for your vote you write this
On January 05 2012 04:17 CatsnHats wrote:
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On January 05 2012 01:44 CatsnHats wrote:
On January 05 2012 01:13 Gretorp wrote:

Tuneg,

It doesnt make sense to vote me. If you have watched any NASL or seen me play mafia, you know i'm genius level but inexperienced with mafia. ALL times i've been in tl mafia, i've been a townie so my ability play townie is better than mafia. If you take my genius brain and then apply the situations, the EV for me in general is positive to the point where you dont want to vote me. But you probably know this, hence you want to kick me off because youre a mafia.

SO I VOTE YOU, AND YOUR COUNTRY.

#VOTE TUNEG


Lurking around at the beginning, writing a paragraph of text that amounts to nothing, and then OMGUS-ing the person that prods you... not a good look Gretorp. Pretty scummy if you ask me.


I said this earlier in regard to Gretorp's first post and I still stand by it. He backs off in his second post but adds nothing, just promising analysis later, which I look forward to seeing because right now I'm suspicious .

@Sheth You would have a better read on Gretorp though since you have played with him before and invited him to this game. What do you think about his first posts?


Wishy-washy again. You were called out for being non-commital and this is how you commit? Then Gonz, please his soul, calls you out for not voting and you respond with
On January 05 2012 05:37 CatsnHats wrote:
@gonzaw I haven't voted for Gretorp because I thought we weren't supposed to vote until near the end of D1. Throwing a vote out with so many hours left to use for reads isn't very smart. Plus I was waiting for his response, as well as the first posts of Xeris and the return of Blurry, who seems to have fallen off the face of the Earth.

You say that you didn’t vote for Gretorp because and I quote ”I thought we weren’t supposed to vote near the end of D1.” But then you don’t follow it up with a vote.

SCUM!

Right Cephiro is next but he will need his own post
"Dude has some really interesting midgame switches that I wouldn't have expected. "I violated your house" into "HIHO THE DAIRY OH!" really threw me. You don't usually expect children's poetry harass as a follow up " - AmericanUmlaut
CatsnHats
Profile Joined October 2011
United States199 Posts
January 05 2012 01:46 GMT
#229
On January 05 2012 08:19 CatsnHats wrote:
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On January 05 2012 07:31 Jitsu wrote:

RE: Catsnhats

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On January 05 2012 01:52 CatsnHats wrote:
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@ CatsnHats, slightly better. What do you think about Tunkeg's aggressive playstyle?


As for Tunkeg's aggression, right now I'm leaning towards overaggressive townie prodding for reads as opposed to a mafia running smokescreen for himself by accusing others. That being said, 3 accusations on 3 different targets in 3 subsequent posts is a little too much. If he keeps it up at that pace I'll be much more suspicious.


3 accusations on 3 targets in 3 posts might be too much, but it's a shit-ton better than 0 accusations on 0 targets in a small amount of posts. Out of the three players, you are giving me the hardest scum read out of all. The filler in his post is basically him going through the motions and agreeing/disagreeing with what people have said already.


As of right now, I think you need to post something with substance. You said that you are waiting for the last few lurkers to post. The last few lurkers have posted. Where are you're reads at?



God you all type so fast. By the time I compose a post 5 more have popped up, including posts by AH and CM who were starting to worry me with their inactivity.

The last of the lurkers have not posted. The day started about 22 hours ago and Blurry has said nothing. That certainly doesn't bode well for him.

You want accusations, here are my slight scum reads.

RE: Xeris

Inactive early and his only posted content centers on not lynching after much discussion has already taken place amongst the town about why that is a bad idea. That would seem to be a play for a mafia freekill on N1.

RE: CookieMaker

Even with recent read on Ceph, which I agree with. I cannot let you off the hook yet for shady opening play. The poem, Odin/Thor references, fluff posts, "jabbing and dodging" who you accused of jabbing and dodging, etc. All of this leans towards scum I think.

RE: Gretorp

He is the scummiest player so far. From the joke in post one to the back down in post two to this new third post, every response is just too cute and offers nothing in the way of analysis or contribution. Two to three sentence posts of no substance seem very suspicious.

My vote right now would be for Gretorp, but I'm not going to make it official cause I still want to hear more from the three I listed here and Blurry. I hope this is enough for you Jitsu.




Hey Probulous. I don't know if you saw this before you posted. It was about 2 hours before you posted so it's in the time range you gave for not being able to read it yet. It includes my thoughts on CookieMaker you asked for. As for Xeris and Gretorp. I don't think not contributing at this point is an excuse for them being clean. In regards to make vote, I asked for clarification on the voting process and AnxiousHippo answered. I didn't want to be locked in because there are 23 hours left til the deadline. After I learned that I wouldn't be locked in, I voted for Gretorp to pressure him to add content. I even explained that in the post quoted below. I hope you just hadn't read these yet. Otherwise you just picked posts that supported your case and blatantly left off the one's that exonerated me.



On January 05 2012 08:39 CatsnHats wrote:
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On January 05 2012 08:31 AnxiousHippo wrote:
On January 05 2012 08:25 CatsnHats wrote:
EBWOP: There are still about 24 hours left in D1 as well. For those who have played before: Does everyone wait to vote at around the deadline or is it more scattered? And to clarify since Tunkeg's post happened while I was posting, I don't have very pro town reads on anyone, just slight/neutrals at this point.
People usually just vote whenever they feel like it (once the thread is made of course...), you can change your vote later if need be.


So the pressure votes people are making aren't set in stone? That's good to know. If that's the case then, I feel pretty comfortable throwing out a pressure vote.

##Vote Gretorp Say something, anything of substance please.

meow
CatsnHats
Profile Joined October 2011
United States199 Posts
January 05 2012 01:49 GMT
#230
EBWOP: As for Gretorp, the rest of the town and I are still waiting for you to add content. I'll be more specific so you can't wiggle your way into a non-response. What are your reads on Sheth and Xeris? You have played with them before IRL so I think you opinion is important in regards to them.
meow
Probulous
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia3894 Posts
January 05 2012 01:51 GMT
#231
Cephiro

You are one smart SOB, but not smart enough Mr Scum. I am going to go slowly because you have a lot of posts and you look like your contributing, but when you look closely, you ain’t saying nothing!

Your first post

On January 04 2012 10:42 Cephiro wrote:
I'll have to say CookieMaker provides a few good points to start with.
Even though none of us knows the exact set up, I would have to argue that we as town have a much better starting point.
Considering the case that the mafia would have a role blocker, it will most likely be less useful until later game when people are starting to have better reads on each other.
If the town has both the medic and detective, it is quite likely that they will be able to do something useful. (Mafia role blocker would have 9 persons to choose from, since he/she would know the 3 mafia.)
That leaves a 2/9 = around 22% chance of roleblocking on the first day, since I'm quite sure there will be no roleclaims this early.
On the other hand, the medic has a very small chance of blocking the first kill on N1 (1/11 * 8/9 ~ 8% chance), but the detective has a chance of as much as 27% finding scum on N1 if he doesn't die.
(Which would be about 24% in total, which is still higher than the chance of mafia roleblocking.)

Note: You may notice I'm into maths a lot....

Also, it might even be that the mafia has a roleblocker but the town has no power roles, which renders the mafia roleblocker useless, making the situation even worse for them.

Anyway, I think that we should try to be provocative and try to raise as much discussion as possible. In my opinion we should aim to lynch someone (hopefully scum) on D1.
A no-lynch would essentially give the mafia a free kill, and not necessarily get us that much more information.


Also...
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On January 04 2012 10:12 Probulous wrote:
Come on town let the streets flow with red red blood!


What a lovely way to start the game... but on the other hand, I doubt even a newbie scum player would slip that early, even though it could be done on purpose to make us think even a newbie wouldn't slip such, but in fact being scum anyway?


Sheth rightly pointed out the lack of content in this post. It looks great from a distance but says nothing. I point this out and you eventually play down the stats. More damning from my point of view is your support for Cookie’s first post.

His post was way worse than mine, but you call me out and my stupid pun and support him? You still haven’t explained how what I wrote was a supposed “scum-slip” but it was enough to paint me suspicious straight up.

In addition, you like Cookie go on about blue roles. This is a scum tactic, there is no reason for town to discuss the possible setup until we have information from the night events. Anything else risks outing blues, but you keep on about it.

Then comes a nice filler post

On January 04 2012 10:54 Cephiro wrote:+ Show Spoiler +

On January 04 2012 10:49 AnxiousHippo wrote:
I'm pretty sure scum are sometimes referred to as Reds, I guess he was trying to make a pun? I don't think it was a slip.


Myeah, You're probably right, since as I said, I wouldn't expect even a newbie mafia slip this early.

Gotta be careful about puns though, they could be misunderstood. Even though it actually could be good scumbaiting, fishing for the player's reactions for better reads?

Well, in any case we'll have to get some discussion going on. Or random accusations to get people to talk.
(Or maybe I'm just too eager regardless of the fact I know most people in Europe won't be awake at a time like this.)

Your response to my question about what purpose the stats offer is
On January 04 2012 11:21 Cephiro wrote:
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On January 04 2012 11:05 Probulous wrote:
Lovely maths, does it say anything

For one Mafia cannot have a roleblocker with no town power roles. The only setup with a roleblocker is one where we have both a medic and DT. Secondly, the maths doesn't help us actually do anything, unless there is something I am missing.

Thirdly a no-lynch is better than a miss-lynch. I will be more happy to not lynch someone than lynch someone I think is town.

Yes it was a bad pun, I am not sure how it could be a scum tell. So much for trying to be entertaining


Well, it was mainly some statistics to prove how the situation is better for town in case the mafia has a role blocker and we have power roles.

Also, there is a set up which contains both power roles (DT+Medic for town), and the mafia roleblocker. You can check the opening post for the 4 possible setups.

I'm not entirely convinced on a no-lynch, but I do agree that lynching a townie on D1 is a bad start. I think it comes down to how much information we'll have, if there are any seemingly scumreads I personally think we gain more as town if we try to lynch the scum, since if we hit, we are at a very good advantage. And even if we don't, it will raise much more discussion and easier reads depending on who has been voting for who and so on.


In other words, nothing. The rest is fairly decent.

Again I pressure you on what purpose the stats offer and you finally agree that it means nothing.

On January 04 2012 11:44 Cephiro wrote:
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On January 04 2012 11:27 Probulous wrote:
My bad, I missed the second one in the list

So essentially, there is a 50/50 chance of every role. How is this useful? I don't see how speculating over power roles helps. They don't change how we play. You still have to actively scum hunt and call out bullshit. Once someone claims or the night actions become apparent this info may be useful, but I don't like the idea of discussing it now.What do you want to do today?

I am happy prodding people to post and then checking their response. Voting for those not contributing.


Heh, such happens. But yeah, the statistics won't be very useful yet, but they are good to know anyway. (I study statistics at uni, and I love to try and apply them into everything.) I am quite sure it will become useful sooner or later, especially if we get the chance of backtracking roles.

What I want to do today is covered in my post you already quoted. I would like us to be able to raise enough discussion and get a decent shot at who could be scum, since 2 mafia versus 8-9 townies (depending on if one dies N1 or not) would be an incredibly good situation for us. CookieMaker has a good point though, there is a 50% chance that there is a DT in the game, and buying him time to find the scum isn't a bad idea either.

But we can't be certain if there is one or not, which why I'm still slightly favour for trying to lynch scum today, at least for now. We have quite a bit of time on us though, so if it seems like we can't get good reads on anyone and it's just a huge mess, we can still go for the no-lynch.

Also, no problem for staying up late, I'm very bad at sleeping early and I'm so excited to play my first game of Forum Mafia!
I will be going to sleep in 20 minutes or so though.


But then you go again about the setup. If the stats of the setup mean nothing, than the setup itself means nothing. We cannot get any info from discussing it until we have night actions.
These posts are long but you haven’t actually said anything. You look like your contributing but you aren’t.

Your last post of the night was
On January 04 2012 12:21 Cephiro wrote:
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On January 04 2012 12:11 gonzaw wrote:
So this is your first forum game ever? Not just first game on TL?

You seem to know quite a bit about the game though, may explain why?

Also, I'm fairly good with statistics/probabilities myself (just ask Jackal58), and I use them fairly in mafia games.
If the situation arises, it can be very helpful, as long as everything in the game is RNGed.

I assume this setup is RNGed, right?

On January 04 2012 12:06 Probulous wrote:
That is a good point Jitsu.

As I have stated, I am aiming for a mafia lynch. Only if I believe that we are headed for a miss-lynch will I advocate a no-lynch.

Again, where are the other US guys?
Sheth, Gretorp? You're asking for a vote.


The day is 48 horus long, right?

I would suggest pressure voting lurkers/inactives after 24 hours or so are past.

Although I don't know if you guys do that here or not.

Yeah, it's my first forum game ever. Haven't played this anywhere else either. I've read through quite a bunch of advanced games on different forums though, and I generally consider myself good at mindgames or understanding what people think / why they do something etc. So I'm really excited to see if it's correlates to success in here. Yeah, you heard right, watch out mafia!

I am going to sleep now though. I will re-read the thread (especially the new posts) a few times once I wake up and will try to join in as much as I can. If you have a hard time of trying to find out who is scum, then please do the town a favor and at least try to find some most-likely-town reads, since even that will help us narrow down the possible lynch.

I do agree that we could pressure vote lurkers/inactives later on in D1, hopefully forcing them to defend themselves and give us better reads.


Is there anything in there that helps town to catch scum? The only thing you say is that if you can’t catch scum, try and prove people are town, but of course you don’t do anything like that do you? Wishy-washy trash.

Now my personal favourite, your analysis. I will you credit for being the first person to post one but god damn you could not have done a worse job. I am going to go through each person and see how wrong you can be.

On January 05 2012 00:16 Cephiro wrote:
Time for a D1 analysis! Obviously I'll leave myself out, but if someone wants to know more about my opinions / ask why I'm in favor of something, please go ahead, discussion is what we need at the moment.

Also, my apologies if I'm wrong with someone's gender, I'll make a mean generalization and expect everyone to be a male until noted otherwise.

Player List:
1.CookieMaker

For now I'm leaning slightly towards town on him, even though he is quite in-favour of the no-lynch possibility. But I think that may be due to the fact that it's his first game, and he may not have read through/followed many mafia games before. So I'm thinking he's rather be safe than sorry, but hopefully he'll realize the amount of information even a possible mislynch will give us, not even mentioning the huge lead we can get if we nail a mafia on D1. His posts could have slightly more actual content, but he's trying so for now he's okay to me.


You lean town because ” But I think that may be due to the fact that it's his first game” Earth to Cephiro, it is everyone’s first (second or third) game. That is no excuse. Essentially you are saying that you disagree with everything he says but think he is town because this is his first game?

BAD Cephiro!

2.Liquid`Sheth

Hasn't posted anything useful aside from welcoming people and pressuring CatsnHats. Sure, pressuring at this point has to be done, but deciding to pick on one person for no real reason at this point and providing no other content? Hopefully he means well and just tries to make sure CatsnHats plays pro-town regardless of being new, I mean, Sheth does have 2 previous games of TL mafia as a base of experience. But for now, I am reading something between neutral or slightly scum. I dare you to prove me your innocence, so I'll be waiting for your morning post.


At this point he had done more than Cookie. He had attempted to out scum by pressuring Cats. A point you recognize. I want you to read this again and again an try tell me why a town would say this

” Sure, pressuring at this point has to be done, but deciding to pick on one person for no real reason at this point and providing no other content?”

Sheth had a reason, he made it clear. Cats was being non-commital. Even if he had not reason, pressure outs people. It is always good at this stage of the game. For this you paint him less town than Cookie AND slightly scummy?

BAD Cephiro!

3.AnxiousHippo

Doesn't seem to have any idea of what he should be doing, but I guess it's understandable since it's only his second game. I am hoping to hear more from you, since you haven't posted enough content to make any kind of read on you. Neutral.


I’m fine with this

5.Tunkeg

Good forewarn on not being able to answer at the start of the game. Appareantly was on the winning side in his first game. He seems like an aggressive type of person, wanting to start the accusations and pressure to get some discussion going on. Thinks that D1 lynch is a must, but backs it up with some very good points. Took the first vote playing it relatively safely, voting for a lurker who hasn't posted yet. Clearly wants something to happen, but I am for now unsure if his method will be very successful. Neutral for now, but if you keep the activity up I should be able to get either a slight-town or slight-scum read on you soon.


Cephiro, Cephiro, I know you wanted to speak but damn, Tunkeg has had the best posting yet. Much better than yours.

You even say

” Thinks that D1 lynch is a must, but backs it up with some very good points.”

Voting for a lurker is pressuring them to participate. Sure it may have been a safe move, but you can’t say shit since you haven’t even voted yet. You cast doubt on how successful his pressuring will be but don’t offer anything else. In essence you are undermining his methods which you even admit that “He seems like an aggressive type of person, wanting to start the accusations and pressure to get some discussion going on”

Please try and explain why a townie would try and discredit the way someone is trying to out scum without offering an alternative? Any effort is good effort and all your “analysis” does is undermine Tunkeg. You have no proof for why he might be scummy other than his aggressiveness but even that you say is because he wants to start discussion. You admit you have nothing on him, so why cast doubt on his methods?

BAD Cephiro!

6.Jitsu

Seems to want to actively participate, and most of his posts so far are convincing people to lynch on D1. Hasn't posted any actual content other than that though, so I will still stand on a neutral read. I am hoping to hear more content from you soon, I need to get more reads.


Good lordy, he was the first person to pressure Cookie about the stupidity of advocating a no-lynch. That is a damn site more than you have done and far and beyond Cookie, but no Cookie is slightly town but Jitsu is null?

BAD Cephiro!

7.Xeris

All I can say is, no content, not a good sign. Neutral.

8.Gretorp

Same as above, neutral.


Fine with these.

9.Gonzaw

Answering people's questions, trying to explain some of the basic stuff that should be understood, looks good to me. I like the way he pushed to know more about how I seem to know about the game, so he seems like he isn't taking anything for granted. Also suggesting pressure voting to get things going. I have a slight town-read here.


This is where you sunk your ship.

I agree that Gonz is town but put these two quotes together

Took the first vote playing it relatively safely, voting for a lurker who hasn't posted yet.

Also suggesting pressure voting to get things going. I have a slight town-read here


You give the first a slight scum/neutral read and the second a town read.

BAD Cephiro!

10.Blurry

Seems to be in favour of no-lynching, wanting to stay on the safe side. Hasn't talked about anything but different possibilities if a mafia roleblocker exists. Not useful. (Okay, I'll have to admit that my statistics post at start wasn't necessarily very useful either, but I've been at least trying to post other content as well.) Neutral for now, but if you won't be posting more, I would lean on slightly scum.

11.Probulous

Being very active at the start, and the play seems really town-favouring. Constantly asking for opinions and explaining his reasoning. I like his opinion on lynching, definitely wanting to lynch mafia but still keeping in mind the possibility of being careful incase we don't get any reads on D1. Hopefully we will have some scum reads that we can go for so no-lynch won't be necessary. Pressuring the people that should be on according to timezone but haven't posted. I would have to say you are my strongest town-read so far, I want to hear more of your opinions when you're back.


Fine with these (obviously).

12.CatsnHats

Being a new player, it's understandable that he's a bit confused, but you really need to learn that you CAN'T TRUST anyone but yourself. Whatever you think about the situation or someone's reads, say it, don't just agree or disagree randomly. I'm kind of worried of the chance that you are a townie whom the mafia would be able to talk around easily, but I hope you'll prove me wrong. (about the convincing part.) Or you could be mafia that is pretending to be a super-newbie town on his first game... who knows. But you're neutral so far. Start posting your opinions!


This says nothing about Cats at all. You say one thing then produce a nice WIFOM to discredit what you just said. You actually say anything about him at all.

I'm not going to vote yet myself, but I will join the pressure voting in a few hours if Xeris and Gretorp aren't going to turn up.


Whatever man, you are heading for a lynch

## Vote Cephiro
"Dude has some really interesting midgame switches that I wouldn't have expected. "I violated your house" into "HIHO THE DAIRY OH!" really threw me. You don't usually expect children's poetry harass as a follow up " - AmericanUmlaut
Probulous
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia3894 Posts
January 05 2012 01:54 GMT
#232
On January 05 2012 10:46 CatsnHats wrote:
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On January 05 2012 08:19 CatsnHats wrote:
On January 05 2012 07:31 Jitsu wrote:

RE: Catsnhats

+ Show Spoiler +
On January 05 2012 01:52 CatsnHats wrote:
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@ CatsnHats, slightly better. What do you think about Tunkeg's aggressive playstyle?


As for Tunkeg's aggression, right now I'm leaning towards overaggressive townie prodding for reads as opposed to a mafia running smokescreen for himself by accusing others. That being said, 3 accusations on 3 different targets in 3 subsequent posts is a little too much. If he keeps it up at that pace I'll be much more suspicious.


3 accusations on 3 targets in 3 posts might be too much, but it's a shit-ton better than 0 accusations on 0 targets in a small amount of posts. Out of the three players, you are giving me the hardest scum read out of all. The filler in his post is basically him going through the motions and agreeing/disagreeing with what people have said already.


As of right now, I think you need to post something with substance. You said that you are waiting for the last few lurkers to post. The last few lurkers have posted. Where are you're reads at?



God you all type so fast. By the time I compose a post 5 more have popped up, including posts by AH and CM who were starting to worry me with their inactivity.

The last of the lurkers have not posted. The day started about 22 hours ago and Blurry has said nothing. That certainly doesn't bode well for him.

You want accusations, here are my slight scum reads.

RE: Xeris

Inactive early and his only posted content centers on not lynching after much discussion has already taken place amongst the town about why that is a bad idea. That would seem to be a play for a mafia freekill on N1.

RE: CookieMaker

Even with recent read on Ceph, which I agree with. I cannot let you off the hook yet for shady opening play. The poem, Odin/Thor references, fluff posts, "jabbing and dodging" who you accused of jabbing and dodging, etc. All of this leans towards scum I think.

RE: Gretorp

He is the scummiest player so far. From the joke in post one to the back down in post two to this new third post, every response is just too cute and offers nothing in the way of analysis or contribution. Two to three sentence posts of no substance seem very suspicious.

My vote right now would be for Gretorp, but I'm not going to make it official cause I still want to hear more from the three I listed here and Blurry. I hope this is enough for you Jitsu.




Hey Probulous. I don't know if you saw this before you posted. It was about 2 hours before you posted so it's in the time range you gave for not being able to read it yet. It includes my thoughts on CookieMaker you asked for. As for Xeris and Gretorp. I don't think not contributing at this point is an excuse for them being clean. In regards to make vote, I asked for clarification on the voting process and AnxiousHippo answered. I didn't want to be locked in because there are 23 hours left til the deadline. After I learned that I wouldn't be locked in, I voted for Gretorp to pressure him to add content. I even explained that in the post quoted below. I hope you just hadn't read these yet. Otherwise you just picked posts that supported your case and blatantly left off the one's that exonerated me.



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On January 05 2012 08:39 CatsnHats wrote:
On January 05 2012 08:31 AnxiousHippo wrote:
On January 05 2012 08:25 CatsnHats wrote:
EBWOP: There are still about 24 hours left in D1 as well. For those who have played before: Does everyone wait to vote at around the deadline or is it more scattered? And to clarify since Tunkeg's post happened while I was posting, I don't have very pro town reads on anyone, just slight/neutrals at this point.
People usually just vote whenever they feel like it (once the thread is made of course...), you can change your vote later if need be.


So the pressure votes people are making aren't set in stone? That's good to know. If that's the case then, I feel pretty comfortable throwing out a pressure vote.

##Vote Gretorp Say something, anything of substance please.



This was the last post I read before I started my analysis (I think, can't be 100% certain since it was ages ago)
On January 05 2012 07:00 gonzaw wrote:
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On January 05 2012 06:54 Jitsu wrote:
On January 05 2012 06:40 gonzaw wrote:
On January 05 2012 06:25 Jitsu wrote:
RE: Gonzaw/RNG:

Ahhhh, I see what you are talking about. Well, let's focus on this game, than, eh?

Gonzaw, give me you're opinion on three people: Myself (Jitsu), Cookie, and Cephiro.



Hmm, for one, I agree with most of your posts.
I agree with your points about having a lynch on Day 1.
I agree with you that Cookie is acting strange. The only things he posted where the 50/50 chance of there being a DT thing, and him advocating no-lynch.
Plus what I already stated about him, that he said he just wanted to vote the player with less votes, effectively ridding him of any responsability for the lynch.

However, you only discussed those things and this whole RNG thing, and I'm not that content with that.
You also pressured AnxiousHippo, and then you never came back to that.
At the very least, you could have pressured vote him, so you know he will have to respond to you some time in the future.

I'd like your response to why you didn't continue to pressure AnxiousHippo.
Also I'd like you to contribute more regarding other players, like Liquidseth (sp?), Gretorp, Catshats, etc.


Speaking of which, it might be a good time to actually pressure AnxiousHippo too.




Regarding Cephiro:

I think he's one of the 2 players contributing more here, with the other one being Probulous (although he's been fairly inactive for some hours, I'll just assume it's the time zone thing).
I like his enthusiasm and activity, that seems fairly pro-town, but I don't like that he's "trusting" a lot of people and having too many "town reads" for the moment, and basicly no scum reads.
I'm waiting for his response to my post too.




RE: Hippo Pressure

I was giving him the benefit of the doubt when it came to time zones, seeing as how it's just becoming 7AM where he lives in Australia. If it's painfully obvious that he's blatantly ignoring my posts, than the heat comes on. I pressed him twice, third time is the charm. A lot of people pretend to be aggressive when they just make bullshit posts. I don't believe i'm one of them.

RE: Cookie

I see. I agree mostly with the thoughts on Cookie. Strange indeed.



@Cephiro, what are your thoughts on CookieMaker?



Ehmm Jitsu, when I said I wanted your thoughts on Liquid/Gretorp/Cats/etc I meant it lol.


But really, what are your thoughts on these players?


So no I had not read your thoughts.

Reading now
"Dude has some really interesting midgame switches that I wouldn't have expected. "I violated your house" into "HIHO THE DAIRY OH!" really threw me. You don't usually expect children's poetry harass as a follow up " - AmericanUmlaut
Jitsu
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States929 Posts
January 05 2012 02:01 GMT
#233
@Probulous

Going to skip reading your Cephiro filter until I can look it over, since you obviously think you have him tagged as most scum. I don't want to be biased from you're post.
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GreYMisT
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States6736 Posts
January 05 2012 02:02 GMT
#234
This is directed towards everyone as a general reminder. I have seen a couple of variations, and you will make your hosts happier if you vote in the following format ##vote: thatguy
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GreYMisT
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States6736 Posts
January 05 2012 02:08 GMT
#235
and the happier we are, the less humiliating your death is this game!
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Probulous
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia3894 Posts
January 05 2012 02:11 GMT
#236
On January 05 2012 10:46 CatsnHats wrote:
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On January 05 2012 08:19 CatsnHats wrote:
On January 05 2012 07:31 Jitsu wrote:

RE: Catsnhats

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On January 05 2012 01:52 CatsnHats wrote:
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@ CatsnHats, slightly better. What do you think about Tunkeg's aggressive playstyle?


As for Tunkeg's aggression, right now I'm leaning towards overaggressive townie prodding for reads as opposed to a mafia running smokescreen for himself by accusing others. That being said, 3 accusations on 3 different targets in 3 subsequent posts is a little too much. If he keeps it up at that pace I'll be much more suspicious.


3 accusations on 3 targets in 3 posts might be too much, but it's a shit-ton better than 0 accusations on 0 targets in a small amount of posts. Out of the three players, you are giving me the hardest scum read out of all. The filler in his post is basically him going through the motions and agreeing/disagreeing with what people have said already.


As of right now, I think you need to post something with substance. You said that you are waiting for the last few lurkers to post. The last few lurkers have posted. Where are you're reads at?



God you all type so fast. By the time I compose a post 5 more have popped up, including posts by AH and CM who were starting to worry me with their inactivity.

The last of the lurkers have not posted. The day started about 22 hours ago and Blurry has said nothing. That certainly doesn't bode well for him.

You want accusations, here are my slight scum reads.

RE: Xeris

Inactive early and his only posted content centers on not lynching after much discussion has already taken place amongst the town about why that is a bad idea. That would seem to be a play for a mafia freekill on N1.

RE: CookieMaker

Even with recent read on Ceph, which I agree with. I cannot let you off the hook yet for shady opening play. The poem, Odin/Thor references, fluff posts, "jabbing and dodging" who you accused of jabbing and dodging, etc. All of this leans towards scum I think.

RE: Gretorp

He is the scummiest player so far. From the joke in post one to the back down in post two to this new third post, every response is just too cute and offers nothing in the way of analysis or contribution. Two to three sentence posts of no substance seem very suspicious.

My vote right now would be for Gretorp, but I'm not going to make it official cause I still want to hear more from the three I listed here and Blurry. I hope this is enough for you Jitsu.




Hey Probulous. I don't know if you saw this before you posted. It was about 2 hours before you posted so it's in the time range you gave for not being able to read it yet. It includes my thoughts on CookieMaker you asked for. As for Xeris and Gretorp. I don't think not contributing at this point is an excuse for them being clean. In regards to make vote, I asked for clarification on the voting process and AnxiousHippo answered. I didn't want to be locked in because there are 23 hours left til the deadline. After I learned that I wouldn't be locked in, I voted for Gretorp to pressure him to add content. I even explained that in the post quoted below. I hope you just hadn't read these yet. Otherwise you just picked posts that supported your case and blatantly left off the one's that exonerated me.



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On January 05 2012 08:39 CatsnHats wrote:
On January 05 2012 08:31 AnxiousHippo wrote:
On January 05 2012 08:25 CatsnHats wrote:
EBWOP: There are still about 24 hours left in D1 as well. For those who have played before: Does everyone wait to vote at around the deadline or is it more scattered? And to clarify since Tunkeg's post happened while I was posting, I don't have very pro town reads on anyone, just slight/neutrals at this point.
People usually just vote whenever they feel like it (once the thread is made of course...), you can change your vote later if need be.


So the pressure votes people are making aren't set in stone? That's good to know. If that's the case then, I feel pretty comfortable throwing out a pressure vote.

##Vote Gretorp Say something, anything of substance please.



It doesn't exonerate you in my eyes. You do eventually vote, but it is the safest play possible. Plus even though Gretorp has not posted much he noticed the same things I did before I posted. Green in my eyes.

Cephiro is posting like a mad man without saying anything. He accuses people but never votes, when he does it is for an inactive. I am sorry but we are not voting for an inactive today. Mafia would not be so stupid as to not post at all and even then we only have at most three inactives (Blurry, Gretorp, Xeris). Are people seriously suggesting that mafia is just not posting?

You either think these guys are the mafia, or someone who is posting actively is. Besides, if they don't contribute we lynch them tomorrow. Hopefully they don't post at all and get mod-killed. Inactives, lurkers are not a problem. I think it is highly likely that there are active mafia trying to push a lurker wagon. Hence, no lurker lynch for me, there is enough evidence for other mafia, lynch them.
"Dude has some really interesting midgame switches that I wouldn't have expected. "I violated your house" into "HIHO THE DAIRY OH!" really threw me. You don't usually expect children's poetry harass as a follow up " - AmericanUmlaut
Probulous
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia3894 Posts
January 05 2012 02:13 GMT
#237
In light of god's announcement

##vote: Cephiro

I don't mind doing it more than once
"Dude has some really interesting midgame switches that I wouldn't have expected. "I violated your house" into "HIHO THE DAIRY OH!" really threw me. You don't usually expect children's poetry harass as a follow up " - AmericanUmlaut
Probulous
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia3894 Posts
January 05 2012 02:13 GMT
#238
On January 05 2012 11:01 Jitsu wrote:
@Probulous

Going to skip reading your Cephiro filter until I can look it over, since you obviously think you have him tagged as most scum. I don't want to be biased from you're post.


Fair play but take particular notice to his "analysis", it is damning in my eyes.
"Dude has some really interesting midgame switches that I wouldn't have expected. "I violated your house" into "HIHO THE DAIRY OH!" really threw me. You don't usually expect children's poetry harass as a follow up " - AmericanUmlaut
Probulous
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia3894 Posts
January 05 2012 02:19 GMT
#239
On January 05 2012 07:14 Cephiro wrote:
Hello again everyone! Got caught up watching a good movie, but going to catch up on mafia now:

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On January 05 2012 04:26 gonzaw wrote:
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On January 05 2012 03:41 Cephiro wrote:
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On January 05 2012 03:05 Jitsu wrote:
There are reasons for this. And there hasn't been a major reason to post a lot yet. I think I've spoken a fair amount in the posts I have written. Quality of quantity.


I see what you mean. But regardless of what your reasons are, you need to be available enough so that we can get a read on you. Not being able to get any kind of read on you doesn't help your case at all. But I'll trust you... for now.



You know, the problem I have with you for now is that you "trust" a lot of people and think a lot of people are town.

Although finding out who's town is benefitial (since then it becomes a process of elimination to find scum), you should specially try to find scum directly.


I see your point. I consider that you need to be able to trust some people to some extent in this game, and I am trying to find players which I can be fairly sure of to be townies. That does not mean I will analyze them any less though, I'm not taking anyone for granted neither am I setting anything in stone. I think that the first 24-hours of D1 in this game are quite hard to start pointing scum fingers at someone, but I assure you that whenever my scum sensor alerts, I'll let you all know. So I do get your point about finding scum directly, but I don't want to negate trying to find out whom are town. In my opinion, both is better than just the other.

About Gretorp, I am certainly not liking his play so far. He has only posted twice, which of one was appareantly a joke, and the other being an explanation of the first message. The fact that he has posted but still hasn't said anything with content feels suspicious to me. What do you others think?

Random Lynching is a retarded idea in my opinion, (since someone brought it up, I'll have my say in this as well.) because we still have more than a whole day on us to make reads, and since we don't have a mayor in this game, we can't use it in the way you were theorycrafting either. I still stand by what I said at start, I want us to be able to get enough reads on people to lynch a scum on day 1.

Jitsu's post pretty much sums up my opinion.
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On January 04 2012 05:21 Jitsu wrote:
Glean information from posts, sort it, filter it, analyze it. Posting and lynching based on evidence is a better theory than randomly trying to pull numbers out of a hat and hopefully snag mafia. I hope by Day 2, people will have enough reads and analysis where a random lynch wouldn't even have to be mentioned.


I don't approve Xeris's play at all so far, all he has is two posts talking about the different ways of lynching, he hasn't provided any opinions about anyone, nor asked anyone else about their reads. Not very pro-town in my opinion.
If he isn't going to step up soon, I am probably going to pressure vote for either him or Gretorp.

My timezone is GMT +2, so it's around 15 minutes past midnight at the time of this post. I will probably stay up for at least 2 more hours.

@Jitsu: I'm actually starting to be really suspicious of him at the moment. He had a very active start, even though his content was somewhat fluffy. I've changed my opinion about him since my earlier post, partly due to many people providing good reasoning about his play so far. I am actually wondering a bit as he hasn't said anything since yesterday's start, so I'm interested to hear if he has some actual opinions or reads to give when he comes back.


Thanks for nailing the coffin.

In the same post, the very same post, you quote Jitsu as explaining your thinking clearly and then says he is suspicious because his content is fluffy? Surely, a normal logical response is just to ask Jitsu to provide more thinking, because what he has provided has been useful.

Instead you cast doubt on him. Either you think he is suspicious and act on it, or you don't and act on it. Here you do neither, you give and take in the same post. The irony is that you berate Cats for not taking a stand but you do exactly the same thing.
"Dude has some really interesting midgame switches that I wouldn't have expected. "I violated your house" into "HIHO THE DAIRY OH!" really threw me. You don't usually expect children's poetry harass as a follow up " - AmericanUmlaut
Liquid`Sheth
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States2095 Posts
January 05 2012 02:53 GMT
#240
I'm here. Feel free to talk and such. I'm going to do a few filters, post what I've gotten and see from there. Be there in a second ~
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