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Chromatically
Profile Joined January 2012
United States1700 Posts
July 12 2013 23:54 GMT
#281
On July 13 2013 08:42 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2013 08:33 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:03 Hurricane Sponge wrote:

The following was written on the contingency I got Town in my role PM. I generally don't like early Day 1 town conversations because it's 100% fluff and teasing and clouds the filters. Necessary evil? Perhaps. But let's try to kick this game into overdrive early, shall we?

Why did you include this? Are you saying you wouldn't have posted this if you were scum?


Correct. I would not have posted this particular post as scum.

On July 13 2013 08:46 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2013 08:43 Rainbows wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:41 Umasi wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:33 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:03 Hurricane Sponge wrote:

The following was written on the contingency I got Town in my role PM. I generally don't like early Day 1 town conversations because it's 100% fluff and teasing and clouds the filters. Necessary evil? Perhaps. But let's try to kick this game into overdrive early, shall we?

Why did you include this? Are you saying you wouldn't have posted this if you were scum?

On July 13 2013 08:20 Rainbows wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:07 StiMaDDict wrote:
I can only look at jrkirby's post as a pressure vote at this point. He didn't seem to be the type to joke around from the pre game though.


This post is scummy. Gives a reason for jkirbys post and then casts doubt on it. U scum?

I'd be very interested in hearing your explanation as to why you honestly think this is scummy.


I certainly wouldn't post that if I were scum, it is nothing but a good thing for town. Why WOULD he want to post that as scum?


to look town. Scum love to spew general pro town thingsvto get ez town cred..



This is correct. In general, these sorts of posts should result in a null read in a veteran game. But Early Day 1, when it's generally assumed nothing interesting is happening, seemed like a good time to get PSA's out of the way for a newbie crowd.

The info is valuable, but it should not get me town cred. It's more important to me that there's a town consensus on the actual content of the post, not my alignment. (Plenty of time for that later.)

You obviously think that your post was pro town, right? That's why you shouldn't have posted it as scum.

But then you say that you shouldn't get town cred from it, indicating that you don't think it's pro town.

?
Hurricane Sponge
Profile Joined March 2010
868 Posts
July 12 2013 23:54 GMT
#282
Umasi, stop defending me. Don't defend people in general. It's more valuable to hear them defend themselves by tenfold.

(Also, I don't want you handcuffing yourself to my ankle then flipping scum and having Town waste a bunch of time re-vetting me.)

On July 13 2013 08:48 jrkirby wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2013 08:47 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:46 jrkirby wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:42 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:33 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:03 Hurricane Sponge wrote:

The following was written on the contingency I got Town in my role PM. I generally don't like early Day 1 town conversations because it's 100% fluff and teasing and clouds the filters. Necessary evil? Perhaps. But let's try to kick this game into overdrive early, shall we?

Why did you include this? Are you saying you wouldn't have posted this if you were scum?


Correct. I would not have posted this particular post as scum.


But you might have posted another post starting with the same line. Or maybe you did post that as scum. But you certainly would never have said: The following was written on the contingency I got Scum in my role PM.


Hahaha! Very right you are, I hadn't thought of that.


So then show us the post that you would have posted if you rolled scum, eh?


This is a very reasonable request, but unfortunately I will not be posting it at this time for a couple reasons. First, it's not as impressive as the one I posted. Second, I intend to stay active in this community and will probably end up using a version of it at some point when (if?) I ever get that 'You Are Scum' PM.
Hurricane Sponge
Profile Joined March 2010
868 Posts
July 12 2013 23:57 GMT
#283
On July 13 2013 08:54 Chromatically wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2013 08:42 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:33 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:03 Hurricane Sponge wrote:

The following was written on the contingency I got Town in my role PM. I generally don't like early Day 1 town conversations because it's 100% fluff and teasing and clouds the filters. Necessary evil? Perhaps. But let's try to kick this game into overdrive early, shall we?

Why did you include this? Are you saying you wouldn't have posted this if you were scum?


Correct. I would not have posted this particular post as scum.

Show nested quote +
On July 13 2013 08:46 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:43 Rainbows wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:41 Umasi wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:33 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:03 Hurricane Sponge wrote:

The following was written on the contingency I got Town in my role PM. I generally don't like early Day 1 town conversations because it's 100% fluff and teasing and clouds the filters. Necessary evil? Perhaps. But let's try to kick this game into overdrive early, shall we?

Why did you include this? Are you saying you wouldn't have posted this if you were scum?

On July 13 2013 08:20 Rainbows wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:07 StiMaDDict wrote:
I can only look at jrkirby's post as a pressure vote at this point. He didn't seem to be the type to joke around from the pre game though.


This post is scummy. Gives a reason for jkirbys post and then casts doubt on it. U scum?

I'd be very interested in hearing your explanation as to why you honestly think this is scummy.


I certainly wouldn't post that if I were scum, it is nothing but a good thing for town. Why WOULD he want to post that as scum?


to look town. Scum love to spew general pro town thingsvto get ez town cred..



This is correct. In general, these sorts of posts should result in a null read in a veteran game. But Early Day 1, when it's generally assumed nothing interesting is happening, seemed like a good time to get PSA's out of the way for a newbie crowd.

The info is valuable, but it should not get me town cred. It's more important to me that there's a town consensus on the actual content of the post, not my alignment. (Plenty of time for that later.)

You obviously think that your post was pro town, right? That's why you shouldn't have posted it as scum.

But then you say that you shouldn't get town cred from it, indicating that you don't think it's pro town.

?


Pro town in a newbie game, yes. Probably wouldn't have posted it in a Veteran game unless I really felt the Day 1 conversation stagnating early.

I think all my posts are pro-town. Otherwise, why would I post them? (That should apply to everyone but those with a severe inferiority complex.)
Umasi
Profile Joined October 2012
United States1399 Posts
July 12 2013 23:59 GMT
#284
##VOTE SUPERFLUOUS

Where the hell are you. You popped in, gave a single post, that I think is scummy as crap, still haven't show back up. Pretty confusing, because the post you gave was irrelevant.
"Sir, we finally have enough corpses to serve as a ramp for your horse." "THEN LET THE REAPING BEGIN!!"
Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25558 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-07-13 00:02:35
July 13 2013 00:02 GMT
#285
forgot to mention: as a general rule, you're not supposed to mention coaching, having been coached, or anything your coach may or may not have said to you. same goes for any sort of private PMs you may have with the hosts, unless we specifically say it's cool

also, there is a voting thread and only votes in that thread count!
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
TL+ Member
jrkirby
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1510 Posts
July 13 2013 00:03 GMT
#286
On July 13 2013 08:54 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
Umasi, stop defending me. Don't defend people in general. It's more valuable to hear them defend themselves by tenfold.

(Also, I don't want you handcuffing yourself to my ankle then flipping scum and having Town waste a bunch of time re-vetting me.)

Show nested quote +
On July 13 2013 08:48 jrkirby wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:47 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:46 jrkirby wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:42 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:33 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:03 Hurricane Sponge wrote:

The following was written on the contingency I got Town in my role PM. I generally don't like early Day 1 town conversations because it's 100% fluff and teasing and clouds the filters. Necessary evil? Perhaps. But let's try to kick this game into overdrive early, shall we?

Why did you include this? Are you saying you wouldn't have posted this if you were scum?


Correct. I would not have posted this particular post as scum.


But you might have posted another post starting with the same line. Or maybe you did post that as scum. But you certainly would never have said: The following was written on the contingency I got Scum in my role PM.


Hahaha! Very right you are, I hadn't thought of that.


So then show us the post that you would have posted if you rolled scum, eh?


This is a very reasonable request, but unfortunately I will not be posting it at this time for a couple reasons. First, it's not as impressive as the one I posted. Second, I intend to stay active in this community and will probably end up using a version of it at some point when (if?) I ever get that 'You Are Scum' PM.


You ought to post it anyway. Having something that you'd post on the condition that you're scum is foolish in any respect, even if no one knows what it is. Ideally, a scum player would want to post the same way as scum as they do town in almost all situations.
Umasi
Profile Joined October 2012
United States1399 Posts
July 13 2013 00:05 GMT
#287
Kirby, I disagree.
Scum has more than one goal in a game, believe it or not. It's not just to build towncred, otherwise being scum would be easy. (imo)
Since all you'd have to do is be like me in the past game and post so fucking much and so irrationally that you won't get lynched
"Sir, we finally have enough corpses to serve as a ramp for your horse." "THEN LET THE REAPING BEGIN!!"
Hurricane Sponge
Profile Joined March 2010
868 Posts
July 13 2013 00:10 GMT
#288
On July 13 2013 09:05 Umasi wrote:
Kirby, I disagree.
Scum has more than one goal in a game, believe it or not. It's not just to build towncred, otherwise being scum would be easy. (imo)
Since all you'd have to do is be like me in the past game and post so fucking much and so irrationally that you won't get lynched


If that's your strategy for this game, I strongly urge you to reconsider. Activity is only half the battle.
Chromatically
Profile Joined January 2012
United States1700 Posts
July 13 2013 00:10 GMT
#289
On July 13 2013 08:57 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2013 08:54 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:42 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:33 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:03 Hurricane Sponge wrote:

The following was written on the contingency I got Town in my role PM. I generally don't like early Day 1 town conversations because it's 100% fluff and teasing and clouds the filters. Necessary evil? Perhaps. But let's try to kick this game into overdrive early, shall we?

Why did you include this? Are you saying you wouldn't have posted this if you were scum?


Correct. I would not have posted this particular post as scum.

On July 13 2013 08:46 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:43 Rainbows wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:41 Umasi wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:33 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:03 Hurricane Sponge wrote:

The following was written on the contingency I got Town in my role PM. I generally don't like early Day 1 town conversations because it's 100% fluff and teasing and clouds the filters. Necessary evil? Perhaps. But let's try to kick this game into overdrive early, shall we?

Why did you include this? Are you saying you wouldn't have posted this if you were scum?

On July 13 2013 08:20 Rainbows wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:07 StiMaDDict wrote:
I can only look at jrkirby's post as a pressure vote at this point. He didn't seem to be the type to joke around from the pre game though.


This post is scummy. Gives a reason for jkirbys post and then casts doubt on it. U scum?

I'd be very interested in hearing your explanation as to why you honestly think this is scummy.


I certainly wouldn't post that if I were scum, it is nothing but a good thing for town. Why WOULD he want to post that as scum?


to look town. Scum love to spew general pro town thingsvto get ez town cred..



This is correct. In general, these sorts of posts should result in a null read in a veteran game. But Early Day 1, when it's generally assumed nothing interesting is happening, seemed like a good time to get PSA's out of the way for a newbie crowd.

The info is valuable, but it should not get me town cred. It's more important to me that there's a town consensus on the actual content of the post, not my alignment. (Plenty of time for that later.)

You obviously think that your post was pro town, right? That's why you shouldn't have posted it as scum.

But then you say that you shouldn't get town cred from it, indicating that you don't think it's pro town.

?


Pro town in a newbie game, yes. Probably wouldn't have posted it in a Veteran game unless I really felt the Day 1 conversation stagnating early.

I think all my posts are pro-town. Otherwise, why would I post them? (That should apply to everyone but those with a severe inferiority complex.)

That doesn't answer the point. The point is that your logic is inconsistant.

You say that you wouldn't have posted this as scum. Why? You think that the post is valuable enough to town that scum wouldn't want to post it. You think that only a townie would post it.

However, you say that you shouldn't get a town read for it, even though you think that only town would post it.
Umasi
Profile Joined October 2012
United States1399 Posts
July 13 2013 00:11 GMT
#290
haha~that's not a strategy, that's just a byproduct of how I play, since I do think I put good thought into what I said
"Sir, we finally have enough corpses to serve as a ramp for your horse." "THEN LET THE REAPING BEGIN!!"
Chromatically
Profile Joined January 2012
United States1700 Posts
July 13 2013 00:12 GMT
#291
On July 13 2013 08:41 Rainbows wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2013 08:33 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:03 Hurricane Sponge wrote:

The following was written on the contingency I got Town in my role PM. I generally don't like early Day 1 town conversations because it's 100% fluff and teasing and clouds the filters. Necessary evil? Perhaps. But let's try to kick this game into overdrive early, shall we?

Why did you include this? Are you saying you wouldn't have posted this if you were scum?

On July 13 2013 08:20 Rainbows wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:07 StiMaDDict wrote:
I can only look at jrkirby's post as a pressure vote at this point. He didn't seem to be the type to joke around from the pre game though.


This post is scummy. Gives a reason for jkirbys post and then casts doubt on it. U scum?

I'd be very interested in hearing your explanation as to why you honestly think this is scummy.


It's scummy because it's renouncing jkirbys jokepost while he gave a reason for it. He never explains why this joking around is suspicious just passively finger points.

I want to hear elaboration.

"It's a pressure vote, but his joking is wierd because he doesn't seem like a joker."

Where's the inconsistency?
Hurricane Sponge
Profile Joined March 2010
868 Posts
July 13 2013 00:14 GMT
#292
On July 13 2013 09:10 Chromatically wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2013 08:57 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:54 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:42 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:33 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:03 Hurricane Sponge wrote:

The following was written on the contingency I got Town in my role PM. I generally don't like early Day 1 town conversations because it's 100% fluff and teasing and clouds the filters. Necessary evil? Perhaps. But let's try to kick this game into overdrive early, shall we?

Why did you include this? Are you saying you wouldn't have posted this if you were scum?


Correct. I would not have posted this particular post as scum.

On July 13 2013 08:46 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:43 Rainbows wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:41 Umasi wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:33 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:03 Hurricane Sponge wrote:

The following was written on the contingency I got Town in my role PM. I generally don't like early Day 1 town conversations because it's 100% fluff and teasing and clouds the filters. Necessary evil? Perhaps. But let's try to kick this game into overdrive early, shall we?

Why did you include this? Are you saying you wouldn't have posted this if you were scum?

On July 13 2013 08:20 Rainbows wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:07 StiMaDDict wrote:
I can only look at jrkirby's post as a pressure vote at this point. He didn't seem to be the type to joke around from the pre game though.


This post is scummy. Gives a reason for jkirbys post and then casts doubt on it. U scum?

I'd be very interested in hearing your explanation as to why you honestly think this is scummy.


I certainly wouldn't post that if I were scum, it is nothing but a good thing for town. Why WOULD he want to post that as scum?


to look town. Scum love to spew general pro town thingsvto get ez town cred..



This is correct. In general, these sorts of posts should result in a null read in a veteran game. But Early Day 1, when it's generally assumed nothing interesting is happening, seemed like a good time to get PSA's out of the way for a newbie crowd.

The info is valuable, but it should not get me town cred. It's more important to me that there's a town consensus on the actual content of the post, not my alignment. (Plenty of time for that later.)

You obviously think that your post was pro town, right? That's why you shouldn't have posted it as scum.

But then you say that you shouldn't get town cred from it, indicating that you don't think it's pro town.

?


Pro town in a newbie game, yes. Probably wouldn't have posted it in a Veteran game unless I really felt the Day 1 conversation stagnating early.

I think all my posts are pro-town. Otherwise, why would I post them? (That should apply to everyone but those with a severe inferiority complex.)

That doesn't answer the point. The point is that your logic is inconsistant.

You say that you wouldn't have posted this as scum. Why? You think that the post is valuable enough to town that scum wouldn't want to post it. You think that only a townie would post it.

However, you say that you shouldn't get a town read for it, even though you think that only town would post it.


I'm not in the business of telling people I'm town. I'm going to scumhunt and try to win this game, and a byproduct of that should be that people will view me as town.

Put another way: I don't believe posting specifically with the goal of acquiring towncred is particularly helpful in anything but circumstances where I could be mislynched. I'm prioritizing getting the Town ducks in a row here in the early going so we can move on to the scumhunt, not establishing my Townie-ness.

Interestingly, people (Chrom and jrkirby) have seemed more interested in analyzing why I posted rather than what I posted. Can I infer by this that we largely agree with what I have said?
Umasi
Profile Joined October 2012
United States1399 Posts
July 13 2013 00:21 GMT
#293
On July 13 2013 08:33 Superfluous wrote:
While I agree that we should lynch someone if they are super scummy, I'd like to point out that voting for no lynch is an option. Assuming I'm interpreting the rules/setup right, mafia only has 1 kp so there's no immediate motive for lynching such as reducing kp. It may be a stronger play to not lynch and hope that cop(if there is one) gets a turn to check before lynch. It is a risk though because I believe we are not guaranteed to have a cop. Just an idea I wanted to throw out and get your guys' thoughts on.


Can I ask what everyone thinks of this?
Superfluous feels like the most solid lynch at the moment, to me, as I've stated.
Most others have just ignored it
does anyone have thoughts on it?
"Sir, we finally have enough corpses to serve as a ramp for your horse." "THEN LET THE REAPING BEGIN!!"
Rainbows
Profile Joined March 2013
Germany1217 Posts
July 13 2013 00:21 GMT
#294
On July 13 2013 09:12 Chromatically wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2013 08:41 Rainbows wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:33 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:03 Hurricane Sponge wrote:

The following was written on the contingency I got Town in my role PM. I generally don't like early Day 1 town conversations because it's 100% fluff and teasing and clouds the filters. Necessary evil? Perhaps. But let's try to kick this game into overdrive early, shall we?

Why did you include this? Are you saying you wouldn't have posted this if you were scum?

On July 13 2013 08:20 Rainbows wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:07 StiMaDDict wrote:
I can only look at jrkirby's post as a pressure vote at this point. He didn't seem to be the type to joke around from the pre game though.


This post is scummy. Gives a reason for jkirbys post and then casts doubt on it. U scum?

I'd be very interested in hearing your explanation as to why you honestly think this is scummy.


It's scummy because it's renouncing jkirbys jokepost while he gave a reason for it. He never explains why this joking around is suspicious just passively finger points.

I want to hear elaboration.

"It's a pressure vote, but his joking is wierd because he doesn't seem like a joker."

Where's the inconsistency?


The point is he is finger pointing without actually doing anything like asking a question.

I want to hear his response
jrkirby
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1510 Posts
July 13 2013 00:22 GMT
#295
On July 13 2013 09:14 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 13 2013 09:10 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:57 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:54 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:42 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:33 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:03 Hurricane Sponge wrote:

The following was written on the contingency I got Town in my role PM. I generally don't like early Day 1 town conversations because it's 100% fluff and teasing and clouds the filters. Necessary evil? Perhaps. But let's try to kick this game into overdrive early, shall we?

Why did you include this? Are you saying you wouldn't have posted this if you were scum?


Correct. I would not have posted this particular post as scum.

On July 13 2013 08:46 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:43 Rainbows wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:41 Umasi wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:33 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:03 Hurricane Sponge wrote:

The following was written on the contingency I got Town in my role PM. I generally don't like early Day 1 town conversations because it's 100% fluff and teasing and clouds the filters. Necessary evil? Perhaps. But let's try to kick this game into overdrive early, shall we?

Why did you include this? Are you saying you wouldn't have posted this if you were scum?

On July 13 2013 08:20 Rainbows wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:07 StiMaDDict wrote:
I can only look at jrkirby's post as a pressure vote at this point. He didn't seem to be the type to joke around from the pre game though.


This post is scummy. Gives a reason for jkirbys post and then casts doubt on it. U scum?

I'd be very interested in hearing your explanation as to why you honestly think this is scummy.


I certainly wouldn't post that if I were scum, it is nothing but a good thing for town. Why WOULD he want to post that as scum?


to look town. Scum love to spew general pro town thingsvto get ez town cred..



This is correct. In general, these sorts of posts should result in a null read in a veteran game. But Early Day 1, when it's generally assumed nothing interesting is happening, seemed like a good time to get PSA's out of the way for a newbie crowd.

The info is valuable, but it should not get me town cred. It's more important to me that there's a town consensus on the actual content of the post, not my alignment. (Plenty of time for that later.)

You obviously think that your post was pro town, right? That's why you shouldn't have posted it as scum.

But then you say that you shouldn't get town cred from it, indicating that you don't think it's pro town.

?


Pro town in a newbie game, yes. Probably wouldn't have posted it in a Veteran game unless I really felt the Day 1 conversation stagnating early.

I think all my posts are pro-town. Otherwise, why would I post them? (That should apply to everyone but those with a severe inferiority complex.)

That doesn't answer the point. The point is that your logic is inconsistant.

You say that you wouldn't have posted this as scum. Why? You think that the post is valuable enough to town that scum wouldn't want to post it. You think that only a townie would post it.

However, you say that you shouldn't get a town read for it, even though you think that only town would post it.


I'm not in the business of telling people I'm town. I'm going to scumhunt and try to win this game, and a byproduct of that should be that people will view me as town.

Put another way: I don't believe posting specifically with the goal of acquiring towncred is particularly helpful in anything but circumstances where I could be mislynched. I'm prioritizing getting the Town ducks in a row here in the early going so we can move on to the scumhunt, not establishing my Townie-ness.

Interestingly, people (Chrom and jrkirby) have seemed more interested in analyzing why I posted rather than what I posted. Can I infer by this that we largely agree with what I have said?


Pretty much what you said was: meta is bad, this is the meta that I might accidentally do. That's fine, neither particularly good nor bad imo. But you claimed that you would only post it on the condition that you were town. You admit to having a post that you would post on the condition that you're scum (which I think is foolish), but you won't show it to us, and that's just a tiny bit suspicious.
Rainbows
Profile Joined March 2013
Germany1217 Posts
July 13 2013 00:22 GMT
#296
I think sponge is town for not wanting to take town cred. scum would be all over that ahit.
Hurricane Sponge
Profile Joined March 2010
868 Posts
July 13 2013 00:24 GMT
#297
On July 13 2013 09:22 jrkirby wrote:
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On July 13 2013 09:14 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 09:10 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:57 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:54 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:42 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:33 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:03 Hurricane Sponge wrote:

The following was written on the contingency I got Town in my role PM. I generally don't like early Day 1 town conversations because it's 100% fluff and teasing and clouds the filters. Necessary evil? Perhaps. But let's try to kick this game into overdrive early, shall we?

Why did you include this? Are you saying you wouldn't have posted this if you were scum?


Correct. I would not have posted this particular post as scum.

On July 13 2013 08:46 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:43 Rainbows wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:41 Umasi wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:33 Chromatically wrote:
On July 13 2013 08:03 Hurricane Sponge wrote:

The following was written on the contingency I got Town in my role PM. I generally don't like early Day 1 town conversations because it's 100% fluff and teasing and clouds the filters. Necessary evil? Perhaps. But let's try to kick this game into overdrive early, shall we?

Why did you include this? Are you saying you wouldn't have posted this if you were scum?

On July 13 2013 08:20 Rainbows wrote:
[quote]

This post is scummy. Gives a reason for jkirbys post and then casts doubt on it. U scum?

I'd be very interested in hearing your explanation as to why you honestly think this is scummy.


I certainly wouldn't post that if I were scum, it is nothing but a good thing for town. Why WOULD he want to post that as scum?


to look town. Scum love to spew general pro town thingsvto get ez town cred..



This is correct. In general, these sorts of posts should result in a null read in a veteran game. But Early Day 1, when it's generally assumed nothing interesting is happening, seemed like a good time to get PSA's out of the way for a newbie crowd.

The info is valuable, but it should not get me town cred. It's more important to me that there's a town consensus on the actual content of the post, not my alignment. (Plenty of time for that later.)

You obviously think that your post was pro town, right? That's why you shouldn't have posted it as scum.

But then you say that you shouldn't get town cred from it, indicating that you don't think it's pro town.

?


Pro town in a newbie game, yes. Probably wouldn't have posted it in a Veteran game unless I really felt the Day 1 conversation stagnating early.

I think all my posts are pro-town. Otherwise, why would I post them? (That should apply to everyone but those with a severe inferiority complex.)

That doesn't answer the point. The point is that your logic is inconsistant.

You say that you wouldn't have posted this as scum. Why? You think that the post is valuable enough to town that scum wouldn't want to post it. You think that only a townie would post it.

However, you say that you shouldn't get a town read for it, even though you think that only town would post it.


I'm not in the business of telling people I'm town. I'm going to scumhunt and try to win this game, and a byproduct of that should be that people will view me as town.

Put another way: I don't believe posting specifically with the goal of acquiring towncred is particularly helpful in anything but circumstances where I could be mislynched. I'm prioritizing getting the Town ducks in a row here in the early going so we can move on to the scumhunt, not establishing my Townie-ness.

Interestingly, people (Chrom and jrkirby) have seemed more interested in analyzing why I posted rather than what I posted. Can I infer by this that we largely agree with what I have said?


Pretty much what you said was: meta is bad, this is the meta that I might accidentally do. That's fine, neither particularly good nor bad imo. But you claimed that you would only post it on the condition that you were town. You admit to having a post that you would post on the condition that you're scum (which I think is foolish), but you won't show it to us, and that's just a tiny bit suspicious.


That's fine. I'll take the suspicion. I put a bit of thought into my scum post, and I want to use it in a later game. I don't see how it helps us win this game, so I'm not going to post it now.
Umasi
Profile Joined October 2012
United States1399 Posts
July 13 2013 00:25 GMT
#298
On July 13 2013 09:22 Rainbows wrote:
I think sponge is town for not wanting to take town cred. scum would be all over that ahit.

Town cred is not something that you can take or refuse, taking and refusing town cred itself can give reads.
"Sir, we finally have enough corpses to serve as a ramp for your horse." "THEN LET THE REAPING BEGIN!!"
StiMaDDict
Profile Joined May 2013
Korea (South)313 Posts
July 13 2013 00:25 GMT
#299
@Rainbow
Also my read on jrkirby is null. This is a response to a request for elaboration from Rainbow.

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On July 13 2013 07:41 jrkirby wrote:
Ok. I've been studying this long and hard, and I think I have enough evidence to make a clear case.

hzflank is scum

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On July 09 2013 04:04 hzflank wrote:
On July 09 2013 03:22 WaveofShadow wrote:
On July 09 2013 03:20 hzflank wrote:
On July 09 2013 02:13 Stutters695 wrote:
Obligatory USE YOUR COACHES

We're great guys and here to help


With WoS as the scum coach, I do not think that town will need your assistance.

Uh, ouch?
Need I remind you that you won a game with Ace as the scum coach too?


I meant it as a compliment. Sometimes the greatest players are the worst coaches because you just cannot teach pure brilliance.


Clearly, hzflank is lying about this compliment. Liars are always scum. And look who he's talking to: the scum coach. Obviously he's in league with them.

He goes on, still talking to the scum:

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On July 09 2013 04:22 hzflank wrote:
On July 09 2013 04:09 Hurricane Sponge wrote:
If you vote for an hzflank lynch based on pregame meta, I will fall instantly in love with you.


Then scum should night kill the first person to vote for me, because as their lover you will also die.


This is an obvious admission that he wants town to die. Anyone who wants town to die is scum, end of story.

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On July 13 2013 04:19 hzflank wrote:
On July 13 2013 04:09 Chromatically wrote:
I won't be here for two hours after start.


Then who will call my first post scummy?


I will. Right here, right now.


Pregame posts when people didn't even get their role pm are evidence to his case. Do I need to say more?

Clearly, hzflank is lying about this compliment. Liars are always scum. And look who he's talking to: the scum coach. Obviously he's in league with them.

He goes on, still talking to the scum:
Not sure where he is going with this one..

This is an obvious admission that he wants town to die. Anyone who wants town to die is scum, end of story.
He hasn't even fucking got his role pm and he's joking around pregame.

I will. Right here, right now.
ok..

+ Show Spoiler +

And for his first post:

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On July 13 2013 07:11 hzflank wrote:
So we are using a majority vote system. As we all know there is much more chance of a No Lynch with this system than with plurality voting.

I think it is in our best interest to try to lynch someone every day. This may seem a bit odd at first, because a mis-lynch is obviously better for scum than for town. However, the only way that town will win is by lynching scum, and we will never be sure if we are lynching town or scum unless the lynch actually goes through. If we narrowly fail to lynch then we end up spending the next day discussing it and do not move forward as much.

Also, scum already know who they are. When someone is lynched the alignment information from their flip benefits town, but not scum.

Therefore, I suggest we work together as much as possible to actually get lynches through, if they are in doubt.


He's trying to get us to sheep together and follow a Bandwagon instead of looking for evidence and finding scum.

Finally:

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On July 13 2013 07:31 hzflank wrote:
On July 13 2013 07:26 Koshi wrote:
Are there experienced players here? People that played a decent amount of games.


Everyone here has played 3 or less games.

On July 13 2013 07:24 Koshi wrote:
Hi all. I played 1 newbie game in the TL+ forums and I am atm also playing in the nuclear mafia game.
I am with Rainbows on the lynching of lurkers. The tl+ game got RUINED because nobody posted. So if you are town, I want you to make around 10 posts a day. Try to make posts that are aggressive and confront people with your thought. Don't be afraid to be wrong. If you are town, please consider doing this to help town and force scum to make posts.


I think it is a bit early to be thinking about policy lynches on lurkers. Policy lynching can stifle discussion and we need discussion today. Once we get 24-36 hours in then we can consider it. Also, sometimes RL just happens for a day or two.

Also, I think that there will be enough activity here. There are several players who I know will post a lot and we (the active players) cannot all die really early.


Trying to defend one of the scum who is planning to lurk.

You can't ignore all this evidence guys. hzflank is scum.

##Vote: hzflank


And for his first post:

He's trying to get us to sheep together and follow a Bandwagon instead of looking for evidence and finding scum.
I am not trying to defend hzflank in any shape or form however I do not agree with jrkirby's "read" on hzflank's post and I do not think it was alignment indicative.

Finally:

Trying to defend one of the scum who is planning to lurk.
Again I do not think this post point hzflank as a scum.
동해 물과 백두산이 마르고 닳도록 하느님이 보우하사 우리나라 만세. 무궁화 삼천리 화려강산 대한 사람, 대한으로 길이 보전하세.
StiMaDDict
Profile Joined May 2013
Korea (South)313 Posts
July 13 2013 00:25 GMT
#300
Another thing that is annoying the fuck out of me is that how Rainbow "interpreted" my post. This is what I wrote.

On July 13 2013 08:07 StiMaDDict wrote:
I can only look at jrkirby's post as a pressure vote at this point. He didn't seem to be the type to joke around from the pre game though.

Explanation: I find a pressure vote to be a strategy for some people. It works sometimes but not all the times. jrkirby's "case" really is not something of content to be honest. I assumed that it was pressure vote to get some discussions going. So that is what I said. As for the second sentence, his "case" is really fucking bullshit, so there are two possibilities. Either he is joking around or he suck at scumhunting.

Now let's look at how Rainbow made me sound like.

On July 13 2013 08:20 Rainbows wrote:
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On July 13 2013 08:07 StiMaDDict wrote:
I can only look at jrkirby's post as a pressure vote at this point. He didn't seem to be the type to joke around from the pre game though.


This post is scummy. Gives a reason for jkirbys post and then casts doubt on it. U scum?

Scummy? Yes, I did give jkirby's post a reason but I didn't doubt it. If I had said it was a joke vote and he didn't seem to be a joker, your statement makes sense. I said pressure vote and nothing more.

On July 13 2013 08:28 Rainbows wrote:
Yes. What is odd about his vote? Why ia this joking around suspicious?

I didn't fucking say it was odd. Jesus, give me a break. I NEVER FUCKING SAID IT WAS SUSPICIOUS.

Note to all:
+ Show Spoiler +
btw, I'm really trying to stay active. Sometimes I write really slow and I might be answering something that is couple of pages back. Sometimes I write one liners. My bad. + Show Spoiler +
If you don't like it, well fuck you
동해 물과 백두산이 마르고 닳도록 하느님이 보우하사 우리나라 만세. 무궁화 삼천리 화려강산 대한 사람, 대한으로 길이 보전하세.
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