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DarthPunk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Australia10857 Posts
March 17 2024 22:06 GMT
#9881
On March 18 2024 06:45 Palmar wrote:
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On March 18 2024 06:39 DarthPunk wrote:
On March 18 2024 06:37 Palmar wrote:
Do you like actually want a response to the case? I have a little time now so I'll do it.


Well I think it was a good case and you said you would defend yourself.

I’m more interested in your dmb case though.

I was never going to case her, just gonna do the same as with everyone else.

I just literally had to stand up and leave my computer right there.

The entire case against her is really simple. If I make a list of how effective/influential/loud/central people that are alive have been over the course of the game, she is right at the bottom of that list.

The current list goes something like:

DP
Vivax
Palmar
Iamp
Jat
Jealous
Rels
MZ
DMB

Mafia really likes to hide in the lower tiers of these kind of lists. I'm not necessarily saying being high up means you've played well or anything like that. The main reason I'm so high up is that everyone and their mothers have been trying to murder me all game (thanks jealous for proving it). But I've at least been there to respond and continue developing my stuff.

I think this is a valid way to reach a PoE, which is how I'm approaching the game. in a 6v3, if I can eliminte even just 2 townies I'm at 50% chance of voting mafia. If I eliminate 2 more I'm at like 75% chance of hitting mafia. That's how I'm approaching the game.

I know I can be wrong on jealous, I can't prove he's mafia, he's played well if he is. He's actually played ok if he's town as well.

I'll go read your case on me and do a defense thing


Is this the entire argument against dmb.

I would love to see you make a post you can only make as town tbh. And this is not that.
"If I wanted your opinion, I'd have told you what it was."
Vivax
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
21972 Posts
March 17 2024 22:08 GMT
#9882
Should I post votecounts without comment? Maybe it‘ll get him lynched
iamperfection
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States9642 Posts
March 17 2024 22:09 GMT
#9883
heading out for dinner and stuff will phone post later
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=406168&currentpage=78#1551
Vivax
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
21972 Posts
March 17 2024 22:09 GMT
#9884
I mean he already called me mafia why is there any doubt ?
If you can‘t them off you as scum that‘s the last thing you got to try
iamperfection
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States9642 Posts
March 17 2024 22:09 GMT
#9885
vivax is right about that votecount stuff.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=406168&currentpage=78#1551
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10146 Posts
March 17 2024 22:10 GMT
#9886
On March 18 2024 06:45 Palmar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2024 06:39 DarthPunk wrote:
On March 18 2024 06:37 Palmar wrote:
Do you like actually want a response to the case? I have a little time now so I'll do it.


Well I think it was a good case and you said you would defend yourself.

I’m more interested in your dmb case though.

I was never going to case her, just gonna do the same as with everyone else.

I just literally had to stand up and leave my computer right there.

The entire case against her is really simple. If I make a list of how effective/influential/loud/central people that are alive have been over the course of the game, she is right at the bottom of that list.

The current list goes something like:

DP
Vivax
Palmar
Iamp
Jat
Jealous
Rels
MZ
DMB

Mafia really likes to hide in the lower tiers of these kind of lists. I'm not necessarily saying being high up means you've played well or anything like that. The main reason I'm so high up is that everyone and their mothers have been trying to murder me all game (thanks jealous for proving it). But I've at least been there to respond and continue developing my stuff.

I think this is a valid way to reach a PoE, which is how I'm approaching the game. in a 6v3, if I can eliminte even just 2 townies I'm at 50% chance of voting mafia. If I eliminate 2 more I'm at like 75% chance of hitting mafia. That's how I'm approaching the game.

I know I can be wrong on jealous, I can't prove he's mafia, he's played well if he is. He's actually played ok if he's town as well.

I'll go read your case on me and do a defense thing

Putting yourself so high because a lot of other people suspected you of being scum at some point is hilarious. How does that make you townie? Doesn't that just make you scummy?

Let's talk facts. Only one of your votes has resulted in a lynch, and it was a mislynch on day 1. In terms of impact on the game, it would be hard to find anyone still alive who has stood out so little in terms of actual outcomes. In fact, never being on a wagon that results in a lynch is arguably pretty suspicious in and of itself.

As far as DMB goes, I agree that their impact in the thread has been limited. Unfortunately, they are also basically CopCake 2.0.
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
Vivax
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
21972 Posts
March 17 2024 22:11 GMT
#9887
I have been fair towards Jealous.

I asked him to look at Rels.

I‘m tired of having to argue with people who aren‘t him and have him as scum why he should be lynched.

And both of them called me crazy while agreeing with me.
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10146 Posts
March 17 2024 22:12 GMT
#9888
On March 18 2024 07:08 Vivax wrote:
Should I post votecounts without comment? Maybe it‘ll get him lynched

At this point I'm just making sure that when I flip town and if people look through my filter, they see how terrible you are playing and maybe stop listening to you.
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
Vivax
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
21972 Posts
March 17 2024 22:13 GMT
#9889
I think my girlfriend may be right on DP and Rels and because I want to give her the trust mile I‘d be willing to look at Rels as well.

But not while Jealous blatantly avoids doing that.
Vivax
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
21972 Posts
March 17 2024 22:14 GMT
#9890
On March 18 2024 07:12 Jealous wrote:
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On March 18 2024 07:08 Vivax wrote:
Should I post votecounts without comment? Maybe it‘ll get him lynched

At this point I'm just making sure that when I flip town and if people look through my filter, they see how terrible you are playing and maybe stop listening to you.


That‘s nonsense look at the current votecount.

You have one target: Palmar.

You can have a second one: Rels.

You don‘t try to convince me you just howl about me sucking
Vivax
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
21972 Posts
March 17 2024 22:15 GMT
#9891
Then call me mafia but if I‘m mafia I can‘t be bad.

Woooo, howl some more
justanothertownie
Profile Joined July 2013
16318 Posts
March 17 2024 22:17 GMT
#9892
On March 18 2024 07:09 iamperfection wrote:
vivax is right about that votecount stuff.

Sure is. That was disappointing.
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10146 Posts
March 17 2024 22:18 GMT
#9893
On March 18 2024 07:11 Vivax wrote:
I have been fair towards Jealous.

I asked him to look at Rels.

I‘m tired of having to argue with people who aren‘t him and have him as scum why he should be lynched.

And both of them called me crazy while agreeing with me.

You didn't vote for Rels even once yesterday. You voted for five other people, and Rels was not on that list. Why do you want a Rels filter read so bad? You'll get it.

Before that though, try to put yourself in my position. Namely, the position of being told to do something by the person who is trying to lynch you when you know you are town, which will result in yet another mislynch, and whenever you start doing the thing that person asked for, that person acts like an ass and misrepresents you habitually in the thread. Almost as if by occupying me with something else, this gives you more opportunity to poison the well. This is also a person who sent you on a wild goose chase in the past.

I think you can understand why I'm not asking "how high?" when you say "jump."
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
DarthPunk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Australia10857 Posts
March 17 2024 22:20 GMT
#9894
Jealous can you do a list like palmar please .
"If I wanted your opinion, I'd have told you what it was."
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10146 Posts
March 17 2024 22:21 GMT
#9895
On March 18 2024 07:14 Vivax wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2024 07:12 Jealous wrote:
On March 18 2024 07:08 Vivax wrote:
Should I post votecounts without comment? Maybe it‘ll get him lynched

At this point I'm just making sure that when I flip town and if people look through my filter, they see how terrible you are playing and maybe stop listening to you.


That‘s nonsense look at the current votecount.

You have one target: Palmar.

You can have a second one: Rels.

You don‘t try to convince me you just howl about me sucking

I'm responding to Palmar and pointing out things that I don't like, I've analyzed his filter and made a post on that, and I'm voting to lynch him. And, trying to convince you from my position is a fool's errand, you've made that incredibly clear. So, I'm doing the next-best thing and discrediting you.
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10146 Posts
March 17 2024 22:21 GMT
#9896
On March 18 2024 07:11 Vivax wrote:
I have been fair towards Jealous.

Lmfao
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
Palmar
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Iceland22633 Posts
March 17 2024 22:23 GMT
#9897
On March 17 2024 15:09 DarthPunk wrote:
Pocketing strong townies:

The first thing that made me think I was being hard pocketed by palmar was the fact that his progression on his read on me entirely oriented around his own survival day one.

For example, Palmar does this thing that struck me as odd at the time, where despite having the most posts in the game by far on day 1, he says I am null and he has only read me in context of other players.

The thing that struck me at the time was that he was commenting on my alingment without reading my filter, but that is not really the issue here.


Not really a weird thing. I have still not read MZ, yours or Iamp's entire filter. That's just not how I play this game, especially one as spammy as this one. I join the thread, post a little to kinda announce I'm here, and talk to whoever about whatever I feel like at the time. Occasionally I will go find something specific from someone's filter from earlier, or read some interactions or whatever. But I'm not diving entire filters at a time. I don't think that's all that valuable.

Additionally, I had noticed you posting a lot, and decided to just call you null until I had a better read of the situation.

On March 17 2024 15:09 DarthPunk wrote:


The issue is that his read on me was almost entirely turned around by the fact that I defended him from a lynch day one.
 
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On March 05 2024 22:25 Palmar wrote:
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On March 05 2024 22:16 justanothertownie wrote:
On March 05 2024 22:14 Palmar wrote:
16/97 pages is just DP, jesus christ

Yeah. Tempted to townread him just for that tbh. Even though I really don't like the way he went about the mayor stuff and the cake push was also meh.

DP is a null, but I've only read his posts in the context of reading other players.

I did like him calling out iamperfection for being wrong about how to deal with Vivax (I'm reading Vivax right now). But some of his other stuff that I've seen has been decidedly meh.

Problem is, he has posted so goddamn much I don't even know what I should read of his postings. I guess I'll go find a list post or something.

But he should maybe just be off the table today just because he has a long filter.


On March 06 2024 06:54 Palmar wrote:
As for other people.

I stand by the sandroba townread, koshi is probably town too. I like Oats a lot more now for actually making sense. I also like JSL and Vivax.

I'd need VE to actually step up some again, same with Trfel. I had some reads on both but they're weak. DMB is also a weak maybe townread.

iamperfection is making sense, but the guy is smart enough to make sense when there is no pressure on him as either alignment.

DP is a little more wildcardy to me this game, I haven't always agreed with his takes.

TTS, JEalous, Hapa just need to be policied out.

I've not read or even noticed Rels at all which is a bad omen.

rayn is weird to me. I'm again getting the feeling that he's just posting a lot and saying very little, also I really, really don't like that he's not pressuring marv at all in the mason QT it seems.

Idk about CopCake, nothjin one way or the other.

MZ looks kinda bad, but it's very weak as I haven't really read him.


On March 06 2024 07:16 Palmar wrote:
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On March 06 2024 06:58 DarthPunk wrote:

The main reason to lynch him was the fact he was being a lazy bastard and not scumhunting or doing anything at all when ostensibly day one is supposed to be his best day.

So, he was a clear lynch going to bed last night my time.

Now that I have started to catch up again, he has just been scumhunting and trying to solve the game as much as he can before he dies.

This is generally the number one way that people are town when they are going to be lynched, just get as much info in the thread.

I think his tone has looked good since he started trying, particularly the joy that he had when he got the same scumread on you with sandro at the same time.

Now you could say that he is faking this level of engagement as mafia, but I happen to have first hand experience that palmar is absolutely terrible and lazy as mafia and I don't buy it.

I think as mafia he would have not coasted so obviously only to then scum hunt and fake mindmelds later on, probably he would just fakeclaim something and roll the dice that way.

Anyway I am not lynching 5 page palmar who is scumhunting and mindmelding with sandro day one.

I just need to figure out who we are lynching instead.

Like, why not you for example, in the obs you were really smart and here you are thoroughly underwhelming.


Btw, yes I know I'm biased because I'm being defended. But this is EXTREMELY good reasoning for me being town. The bolded stuff, that is. I don't agree with his other points. I can do well as scum and I would probably never fakeclaim anything as mafia on day 1.

I'm mostly emphasizing this because it makes DP look really, really good. He's not just correct about my alignment, he is correct for (mostly) the right reasons.


On March 06 2024 07:32 Palmar wrote:
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On March 06 2024 07:30 justanothertownie wrote:
DP is probably town btw. just very misguided.

Speak politely to your betters.

On March 06 2024 19:10 Palmar wrote:
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On March 06 2024 19:07 CopCake wrote:
On March 06 2024 19:02 Palmar wrote:
On March 06 2024 13:57 CopCake wrote:
On March 06 2024 13:54 raynpelikoneet wrote:
On March 06 2024 13:42 CopCake wrote:

Mafia
DP
Iamp
Vivax



this is so bad it deserves to be lynched.


Why?

Explain me why is Darth town?
Because he did a catastrophe yesterday.

Did you read DPs analysis of why I am town?

I may be hard pocketed but I did point out that he is right for the right reasons.


Mafia can do that. You should know this.


Mafia can be right, but because they don't have to actually think to reach the right conclusion they're rarely right for the right reasons.

DP is very high on my town list. Some of the stuff I like him for isn't even alignment indicative (and some is). He thinks reasonably about the game and is very active. I don't think going after him is a viable avenue.


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On March 09 2024 06:59 Palmar wrote:
So like I'm going to try to sort of organize the game in my head, and I'm going to do it out loud, so you can watch me think. It's a fascinating display.

We probably have about 5 mafia in this game. It could be 4, but then they have very strong roles. Normal balance would suggest 5.

This means I need to start sort of filtering down the people I want to think about.

First up, the people I don't really want to lynch or even consider at all:

DarthPunk for huge filter and repeatedly liking his takes on things.
Vivax because that's the gamble we made when we didn't policy lynch him.

Then there's the weaker town reads that are definitely going to contain some mafia:

Koshi was very good early day 1, but I feel like his impact has been reduced. Still not enough to start calling him mafia
marvellosity - I kinda think he's maybe town, he did come around on me correctly, and I kinda trust sandro's read. So for what it's worth, he goes into the "worry later" pile.

Then there's the people who will be resolved by today

Slam - we lynch slam if Oats flips non-miller town. The frame idea is statistically so unlikely
Oats - we lynch Oats today because despite his efforts, there is like 90% chance of him flipping mafia. He does look and say townie things which is pretty well played, but the odds of any other random player flipping red just happen to be significantly lower

Frame math:
Slam check 1/18 (lynches + himself) players = 5.56% chance he checks Oats
Framer frames 1/14 players (21 - 2 lynches - 5 mafia) = 7.14% chance Oats gets framed

This means there's like... 0.3% chance a framer hits the same target the cop checks (but obviously intiution skews this a lot) it's still the best play to do it like that.


Actually as I write this I realize I have way too few townread, which means I really, really need to get work done. For one reason or another I don't trust any of the people below.



Jealous - lack of investigation from me, little posting
Meapak_Ziphh - lack of investigation from me, I'm masoned with the dude but I'm a terrible mason partner because I think they're stupid. That's mostly on me. I also recall some of his posting being a little meek
justanothertownie - Some really atrocious takes throughout the game. Bullshit associative reads and voting without any kind of analysis.
die_meatbaby - lack of investigation from me. I remember having a different feel from last game, but she still gets stuck on dumb shit.
CopCake - I kinda liked rayn's point during the night. Also she should really think I'm town after our discussion in the night.
JacobStrangelove - This guy is clearly just smart. I liked his posting because it's all pretty reasonable, but I feel like he isn't moving the needle at all this game. Happy sitting back and not getting listened to.
Iamperfection - One particularly terrible take during the night, but maybe he just doesn't know what a policy lynch is. I didn't follow up enough to understand if it was malicious or just kinda stupid.
ToTheStars - lurker
VisceraEyes - Fell off cliff. Where VE?
Rels - Terrible case on me on day 1 that reeked of mafia trying to "contribute". Super clear he wasn't caught up on the game and lacked opinionsþ









I stand by what I wrote there. I didn't just think you were town for calling me town. I thought your reasoning behind it was really, really solid. I think it's obvious by now that I get very, very distracted by people trying to kill me. This causes me to overemphasize their interactions with and about me heavily. I try not to get pocketed, but the more stupid scumreads I get the higher the chance that a pocket attempt is mistaken for a reasonable townread.

The more I read and saw of your posting the more I liked it.

The trick to differentiating between pocketing attempts and townreads is to look at whether or not the reasoning is something you agree with. In your case, I did, and I talked about it.
On March 17 2024 15:09 DarthPunk wrote:


This also happened with marv:
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On March 06 2024 06:46 Palmar wrote:
Marv is very, very, very likely to be mafia.

I already didn't love his stance on the Vivax thing and his tone in the thread. Then this line of thinking is really what's sealing the deal.

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On March 06 2024 00:13 marvellosity wrote:
On March 06 2024 00:12 Palmar wrote:
On March 06 2024 00:09 iamperfection wrote:
On March 06 2024 00:07 Palmar wrote:
On March 06 2024 00:00 marvellosity wrote:
Do you know why I normally tr read you Palmar?

No idea.

Or well, I do have a guess that it's largely a tone read coupled with some parameters on how I think about the game.

Honestly, doesn't really matter to me. But please do explain because I'm going to enjoy watching your backtrack if I flip before you this game.

Unless....

You just wanna be my friend and give me a townread.

In your mind this is town marv coming after you?

I don't know.

I want marv to be happier, more excited, and maybe a little friendlier.

But I don't really think I can call him mafia for being lazy and boring. He does after all have his little mason society to retreat to.

Mostly, I kinda just don't care at the moment. Marv has integrity and respect for the game. He is, usually, to be counted on to continue playing past day 1, and he is good enough that he can be forced to participate usefully or die. Even if I'm kinda suspicious, or at least uncomfortable, about his alignment at the moment, it's not a productive venue for today.

Also, his reaction to me actually playing the game is going to be very interesting.

Mafia. Should be calling me bad. Isn’t. Mafia.


This isn't a valid complaint.

I'm not gonna call marv bad when he votes for me. In fact, I kinda understand why he voted for me early on. I had done very little as I was busy yesterday. Today I produced a long filter with all kinds of reads and explanations of them and that did absolutely nothing to budge his opinion on me.

I don't really know what sandroba thinks of me but he did come back and kinda changed his mind, at least moved off the scumread a little bit. But marv is dug in. He is not this certain about my alignment if he's town. There should be some doubt in him.

I actually think Oats looks a lot better for this observation

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On March 06 2024 01:21 Oatsmaster wrote:
I’m trying to wrap my head around this Palmar push by marv and what it means for marvs alignment.
I think Palmar has been way more townie this last like 5 pages and that only seems to solidify marvs read


Like this is what I expect people to do who don't just want a kill.

I don't think marv is bad, I just think he's scum.

And if ANYONE buys this logic with me dead, that person is an infinite moron.

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On March 06 2024 00:10 marvellosity wrote:
On March 06 2024 00:07 Palmar wrote:
On March 06 2024 00:00 marvellosity wrote:
Do you know why I normally tr read you Palmar?

No idea.

Or well, I do have a guess that it's largely a tone read coupled with some parameters on how I think about the game.

Honestly, doesn't really matter to me. But please do explain because I'm going to enjoy watching your backtrack if I flip before you this game.

Unless....

You just wanna be my friend and give me a townread.

You’re fairly close. And those things remain consistent despite your time allowances.

And they’re absent here.

So you’re mafia.

And - i know you know I don’t push for you like this as mafia. As if you are town I am putting myself in an incredibly difficult spot when the person I know best flips town. It’s a terrible play. The only logical explanation is I am town and I think you are mafia.

You know this.

If you were town you’d be much more actively calling me stupid and all those normal things. But you’re not.


This is not true.


On March 06 2024 07:18 Palmar wrote:
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On March 06 2024 07:15 Koshi wrote:
On March 06 2024 07:13 DarthPunk wrote:
On March 06 2024 07:08 Koshi wrote:
For the people thinking this was a good post by Palmar.

why marv should not be called mafia:
1) marv has a 7 page filter and is actually playing. That alone is enough to not call him mafia D1.
2) Palmar admits the first vote is legit on him. So that means marv came out of hiding to post a legit vote that would and could mean he had to play hard for the rest of the game if town!Palmar brought his A game. It is less likely Mafia!marv would do that because he cba. Town!marv would come out because he thinks it is the best thing to do for town. So this also leans towards a town!marv. This alone would be a good reason not to vote marv D1.
3) marv being wrong on Palmar means fuck all for his alignment. Last game, with Palmar and marv, they both wrongly tunneled Tfrel and Sandroba for 3 days straight, and townread mebaby. They were wrong 3 times, for 3 days. Both didn't catch scum rayn for those 3 days. Maybe I am slightly exaggerating but not too much. So don't think marv is flawless and it makes him mafia.

Why Palmar is mafia:
4) His reads are not good enough. The Oats read; which was at that time his top 1 mafia, was opportunistic and badly thought out. His marv read is just OMGUS and trying to discredit the person who leads his wagon.
5) He can play as a town leader, so him playing like a weasel this game points towards mafia.
6) Doing better is not hard when you start at the bottom of bottoms. It's a horrible point people are making. (calling out DP). He is at his best in this game still doing worse than he did in the previous game.

Kill Palmar.


Koshi if Palmar is town, after last game you realise he SHOULD be scum reading marv because marv prides himself on being the palmar whisperer and saving him from being mislynched etc.

so in this game, assuming palmar is town and marv seems to just be coasting to a palmar lynch here, town!palmar is always going to read marv as mafia.

Why now? Why not 2-3 hours ago

Because I have infinite faith in marv coming around. 2-3 hours ago I didn't actually think I was going to be killed.

I NEED to pre-empt the "well he was playing like mafia" bullshit and "I would never call him mafia as scum because it's risky cause people think I'm the Palmar oracle" that he has already posted in the thread.

If I do get lynched this needs to be in the thread. That's why I'm pointing it out now.



On March 06 2024 08:39 Palmar wrote:
Btw marv backing off means I retract the 100% scum when I flip town thing. I saw the mafia greedily considering a NK on me to make marv look bad and I successfully protected town from their machinations.

Doesn't make marv town, just not lock scum.


Weird marv progression by palmar, entirely tied to his survival and marvs stance on him. Marv and Palmar have a history as well, so all the expectations that palmar has on marv for being correct the same should work the other way.

On March 07 2024 00:17 Palmar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 06 2024 22:37 sandroba wrote:
I'm liking palmar more and more. His night posts read really genuine to me, maybe I'm a fool but I'm prob not going after palmar d2.
Marv had some paranoind behavior in the qt which has fully convinced me he is town.
I think these are the big question marks for people and I think they are both town.

By process of elimination here is what I'm at:
Likely mafia: ve + rels - both didn't care one bit about the lynch imo
Depending on TTS being mafia or town it leave us 2/3 mafia in this pile:
mz, jsl, jat, cop, dmb, slam

This is where I'm at.


You know, if sandro says marv is town, I'll happily accept that and hold on to further shadethrowing in that direction.

Makes the game a lot easier for me if I just assume the two of you are town and work from there.





Palmar calls marv mafia out of the blue because marv is trying to lynch palmar, marv stops trying to lynch palmar then palmar happily flips his read citing Sandro.

I find this highly problematic for Town!Palmar, he is townreading and pocketing strong players when they call him town, and scum reading them when they call him mafia.

If he was actually town I would expect him to be more agentic in his reads and the prosecution of a scum hunting agenda.



So marv is a special case. I think it's pretty well known that we like each other and talk about the game quite a bit. We have pretty reasonable expectations of each other.

So, the entire thing is, I felt like my contributions on day 1 were pretty solid, but then marv started calling me mafia. I was very unsure about how to react to that, but decided to just kinda say nothing about him and continue posting. This being a special case I'm expecting marv to turn around.

Then, later on day 1, I start worrying about getting lynched, and that changes everything. Town marv never, ever, ever pushes for me to be killed on day 1 unless he is absolutely 100% certain that I am scum. Marv likes playing with me and knows that I'm not just going to fuck off and not play. While I can forgive marv being unsure about my alignment, the fact that he only lynches me day 1 when he is 100% certain I'm mafia, coupled with the fact that I'm not mafia, I start preparing to get murdered by calling him out.

Remember though, the whole "marv is mafia" is based on two things. 1) marv never lynches d1 me unless 100% certain and 2) marv is good enough to not be 100% certainly wrong about my alignment. He can think I MAY BE mafia, but he can't say I'm absolutely certainly mafia when I'm town.

So when he stops lynching me, that means he no longer thinks I'm 100% mafia, so the discrepancy to expected behavior immediately disappears. And at that point I had figured out Sandro was probably town, and I'm really, really happy to defer to sandro.

This is not how things work with other people. I expect Town Koshi to think I'm mafia wrongly all game every game because he's Koshi.
On March 17 2024 15:09 DarthPunk wrote:


Which brings me to my second set of problems.

Interactions with flipped mafia:

Palmar 'scumreads' TTS day one for basically his first set of posts, but also undermines the read here:

+ Show Spoiler +
On March 05 2024 23:05 Palmar wrote:
Dumbest scumread ever is that TTS just casually assumed he'd be alive by day 4 or something.

Also even talking about a random voting stage like we're some plebeian third world mafia site is pretty scummy.

But he's done nothing so there's no read. Good policy lynch though.



Calls for his PLynch here:
+ Show Spoiler +
On March 06 2024 06:54 Palmar wrote:
As for other people.

I stand by the sandroba townread, koshi is probably town too. I like Oats a lot more now for actually making sense. I also like JSL and Vivax.

I'd need VE to actually step up some again, same with Trfel. I had some reads on both but they're weak. DMB is also a weak maybe townread.

iamperfection is making sense, but the guy is smart enough to make sense when there is no pressure on him as either alignment.

DP is a little more wildcardy to me this game, I haven't always agreed with his takes.

TTS, JEalous, Hapa just need to be policied out.

I've not read or even noticed Rels at all which is a bad omen.

rayn is weird to me. I'm again getting the feeling that he's just posting a lot and saying very little, also I really, really don't like that he's not pressuring marv at all in the mason QT it seems.

Idk about CopCake, nothjin one way or the other.

MZ looks kinda bad, but it's very weak as I haven't really read him.


Again calls for a lynch buried in other townies here:

+ Show Spoiler +
On March 06 2024 08:43 Palmar wrote:
This is just random and for post-game purposes.

We actually have like 4 objectively correct lynches (that is correct from a "how to play mafia" perspective).

1) Vivax - All day 1 claimers should be policy lynched without question
2) TTS - Complete inactivity
3) Hapa - replacement and demotivation is something that happens much more often as mafia
4) Trfel - He literally is voting without having any clue why

But for various reasons I'm not really pushing any of those lynches. Guess I'm bad.


On March 07 2024 01:22 Palmar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 07 2024 01:16 iamperfection wrote:
On March 07 2024 01:14 Palmar wrote:
On March 07 2024 01:13 iamperfection wrote:
On March 07 2024 01:12 Palmar wrote:
On March 07 2024 01:12 iamperfection wrote:
On March 06 2024 08:55 Palmar wrote:
I'm finalizing here.

I like a bunch of mafia in:

rayn
jat
rels
mz
tts

then there's gonna be some mafia in the people who should be killed on policy

vivax
trfel
hapa


then there's the people that need constant monitoring and need to improve

iamp
marv
jealous
copcake
slam
ve

and finally we have the people I have somewhere from mild to good reasons to think are town

sandro
oats
dp
dmb
jls
koshi

None of the lists are in any particular order

I don't really think Trfel will flip mafia. It's just a "I believe in people" read that he wouldn't fuck off like that as mafia with the whole "If I get lynched I get lynched" thing. But it's an objectively good lynch so I'm not going to fight it all that hard. Leaving my vote on jat. I've been burned before by placing too much faith in people not doing crazy things as mafia so it's whatever.

Like looking at this post you have trfel as a policy lynch but in the bottom it isn't.


yeah, makes perfect sense right?

No lol. Looks like your just making up shit to me.

Did you notice that I also called Vivax town!

How cool is that?

Why didn't you have tts as policy btw


Because he and Trfel are different. I liked Trfel's posts, but just dropping the game and fucking off is a lynchable offense. I didn't like TTSs posts. Note that I haven't revisited TTS at all this night, so that list may be out of date, although I can't remember him posting.

A policy lynch is a lynch suggestion that is independent of perceived alignment, but rather based on a policy of expected town behavior. TTS could fit into both categories (policy lynch a lurker and lynching him for bad posting) but obviously when combined he goes into the scum pool.

This is why I'm joking around with you seeing a contradiction in saying Trfel is a policy lynch candidate (or really, a vig target candidate) and then saying I actually think his posts look townie. If you think that's a problem, then you just don't know what a policy lynch is.

This post is way weird and over the top. He goes in at length to talk about why TTS is mafia and not a policy lynch, but has not pushed him as a viable candidate at all.

It's purely distancing, he wants to get credit for calling TTS mafia, but he doesn't actually want to pursue the 'read'

+ Show Spoiler +
On March 16 2024 19:12 Palmar wrote:
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On March 16 2024 18:56 DarthPunk wrote:
Can I ask you why you never really pursued your reads on Oats and TTS on day one?

TTS was never a "read" per se. I noticed he said something like "I'm not going to do anything till day 4" which to me was weird because he expected to be alive by then. But I also recognized it was a very minor thing.

He did post though, and I remember someone asking about the difference between hapa and TTS in my views, and that is exactly that. Hapa just straight up left. TTS made some bad posts and left. Trfel made some decent posts and left. I considered them all vigi targets/possible policy lynches on day 1/night 1, but obviously each situation is different.

I can't claim I "caught" TTS, he was just mafia by measurable heuristics.


This response last night should have pinged me more, basically he is saying that someone was not a scum read (untrue by his own words) and was just mafia by heuristics (how is this different to a scum read?)

and therefore didn't need to pursue the read he had on mafia day one?

Thats just fucking mafia gymnastics right there.



I'm not really following this point, I think you wanted me to push TTS harder? Which would really only be applicable on day 1 since day 2 was a different scenario.

Like I'm confounded by the entire thing. You even quote iamperfection's thing where I was trying to explain to him what a policy lynch is. Do you now not know what it is?

The last post explains it pretty well. I didn't love TTS' early posting, but had no real way of making a case or proving he's mafia. Additionally there is only one person to be killed per day, so I was perfectly happy pointing out his uselessness and calling for a vigi shot on him.

The post you say is "over the top" is to me extremely, extremely readable and simple.

Trfel makes posts I don't hate and lurks -> policy lynch
TTS makes posts I kinda dislike and lurks -> policy lynch or mafia, and he gets the worse treatment of the two

Like is this a hard difference? I explained pretty well back on day 1 that I had no faith Trfel would flip mafia.

I never thought TTS was the primary lynch for the day, and I can only push one thing at a time. I even went so far as to explain that I hadn't caught him.

I guess... I'm sorry for calling mafia maybe mafia?


On March 17 2024 15:09 DarthPunk wrote:


For someone who if town, is not confident in his reads enough to pursue them in any fashion whatsoever, he is confident enough to NOT LYNCH A RED CHECK ON DAY 2.

Just mafia.



I kinda deleted the whole Oats thing because we've talked about it ad nauseum. I got pocketed by his reasonableness in an unreasonable town and fucked up.

Sorry about that.

And I did just vote VE for the lulz, when I did it it was really far from actually changing anything and I didn't expect it too. Read my posting on that day, it flies straight in the face of the voting. I know that doesn't look great for me, but conversely, try to explain why scum!Palmar would do that, KNOWING oats flips red.

I stand by my analysis that mafia is far more afraid of doing dumb shit like that.


On March 17 2024 15:09 DarthPunk wrote:


Now we get to META
Basically my analysis of palmars play in this game vs his last game is town is as follows:

This game:

1.) not agentic in pursuing mafia reads

2.) self awareness of stylistic differences and explaining them away.

3.) referencing a lack of confidence to excuse scummy things away.


Last game:

1.) very confident and forceful in scumhunting

2.) leads wagon on vivax and pushes hard for his lynch choices.

3.)extreme levels of confidence and arrogance.



1) yeah, I'm sheeping good townies more. I think that's a valid strategy and have in the past advocated regularly that being a good sheeping townie is a really good thing to be.

2) yes? Would it be less weird if I didn't know I'm playing differently? Last game was a comeback game after years of not playing mafia. This is just a game.

3) yeah, sorry, see below...

1) Yes, and I murdered town and ignored scum. It took an entire rip out of my mindset to just get back to level. I did it, and I'm actually really proud of overcoming that tunnel part, but it still left me less sure.

2) yep, I have less control of town. Additionally, I wasn't being called mafia as much by everyone and their mother early in that game.

3) That's a good way to get your shit down. Not necessary when I'm more sheeping people. Also I'm working hard on trying to be a little nicer in mafia games. I know I can be abrasive at points.


On March 17 2024 15:09 DarthPunk wrote:



From Town!palmars own analysis last game

+ Show Spoiler +
On December 12 2023 18:15 Palmar wrote:
Some other random thoughts.

HF slides a little towards scummy
Still think DMB is more likely to be town

There is a world where we need to attack Koshi and HF just to get them to do something.

Shooting Chez is a good idea if we have a vigilante. He's never going to reveal his alignment through analysis. Checking into the less useful good players (marv, rayn, HF)

Another thing, I think this list is important. From most to least influential day 1 town play (disregarding some of the bits I haven't caught up on from last night):

Palmar
DP
Trfel
Marv
Koshi
DMB
Rayn
Sandroba
HF
Slam
Chezinu

Aside from the trolls (bottom 2) I think it's somewhat important to think about how much people actually tried to get shit done on day 1. This is not a "bottom mafia, top town" list, but rather an indicator on how much I think people tried to get their vision of the game done in the game on day 1. Mafia likes to not be the initiating factor in town, but rather just follow along.


On December 13 2023 06:59 Palmar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 13 2023 05:09 raynpelikoneet wrote:
Why is Palmar top 1 contributor in his list when Palmar just lead a mislynch and DP top 2 was probably on mafia sandroba?

Isn't that clear? Obviously the primary contributor to the day is the person who got his choice of lynch killed.

I didn't say it was necessarily a positive contribution.

The list is based on how hard and successfully people pushed their ideas in the thread

You know mafia likes to sheep more than they like to lead. It's an important list, but only as extra evidence.

No one got more shit done on day 1 than me. Doesn't really matter if I'm right or wrong.



I will allow you to call me bad for keeping him alive thus far, but I am redeeming myself in the end, it is impossible he is not mafia in this spot.

He will certainly have a very confident and persuasive defense. but to paraphrase the great man himself: Judge him on the things that he did or failed to do this game.


Hey the one good news is that because I'm not doing as much this game, my defense isn't all that hard to ignore as you stubbornly drive straight into the brick wall.


On March 17 2024 15:09 DarthPunk wrote:


In the words of our fallen town heroes:

Show nested quote +
On March 15 2024 06:34 Koshi wrote:
I will never trust Palmar this game.


Show nested quote +
On March 07 2024 11:59 raynpelikoneet wrote:
Lynch Palmar,+ Show Spoiler +
lynch VE.
After D3 there is noone left to do that anymore and people AGAIN let them slide bewcause noone listen to dead people.


And in the words of even better fallen town heroes:



On March 06 2024 22:46 sandroba wrote:
Nah, I'm not seeing mafia Palmar, he is making too much sense. I think mafia Palmar would be more agenda driven at this point and backing some of the bad interpretations being proposed. Instead he is aligning himself with people I think are town, reading the game in the correct way and improving the direction discussion is going. All pro town things, doesn't make sense to go after him at this point.


On March 10 2024 08:47 marvellosity wrote:
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On March 10 2024 08:46 iamperfection wrote:
what % would you put palmar at for your town read

90! That’s pretty high


You go with your guys, I'll go with mine. Let's see who picked a better team!


Computer says mafia
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10146 Posts
March 17 2024 22:24 GMT
#9898
On March 18 2024 07:20 DarthPunk wrote:
Jealous can you do a list like palmar please .


"A list of how effective/influential/loud/central people that are alive have been over the course of the game"

Top tier:
DP, Vivax

Mid tier:
Iamp, Jat, Jealous,

Mid-low:
MZ

Low tier:
Palmar, Rels, DMB
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Palmar
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Iceland22633 Posts
March 17 2024 22:24 GMT
#9899
On March 18 2024 07:10 Jealous wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 18 2024 06:45 Palmar wrote:
On March 18 2024 06:39 DarthPunk wrote:
On March 18 2024 06:37 Palmar wrote:
Do you like actually want a response to the case? I have a little time now so I'll do it.


Well I think it was a good case and you said you would defend yourself.

I’m more interested in your dmb case though.

I was never going to case her, just gonna do the same as with everyone else.

I just literally had to stand up and leave my computer right there.

The entire case against her is really simple. If I make a list of how effective/influential/loud/central people that are alive have been over the course of the game, she is right at the bottom of that list.

The current list goes something like:

DP
Vivax
Palmar
Iamp
Jat
Jealous
Rels
MZ
DMB

Mafia really likes to hide in the lower tiers of these kind of lists. I'm not necessarily saying being high up means you've played well or anything like that. The main reason I'm so high up is that everyone and their mothers have been trying to murder me all game (thanks jealous for proving it). But I've at least been there to respond and continue developing my stuff.

I think this is a valid way to reach a PoE, which is how I'm approaching the game. in a 6v3, if I can eliminte even just 2 townies I'm at 50% chance of voting mafia. If I eliminate 2 more I'm at like 75% chance of hitting mafia. That's how I'm approaching the game.

I know I can be wrong on jealous, I can't prove he's mafia, he's played well if he is. He's actually played ok if he's town as well.

I'll go read your case on me and do a defense thing

Putting yourself so high because a lot of other people suspected you of being scum at some point is hilarious. How does that make you townie? Doesn't that just make you scummy?

Let's talk facts. Only one of your votes has resulted in a lynch, and it was a mislynch on day 1. In terms of impact on the game, it would be hard to find anyone still alive who has stood out so little in terms of actual outcomes. In fact, never being on a wagon that results in a lynch is arguably pretty suspicious in and of itself.

As far as DMB goes, I agree that their impact in the thread has been limited. Unfortunately, they are also basically CopCake 2.0.


It's not a townie -> scummy list...

Maybe read?
Computer says mafia
Vivax
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
21972 Posts
March 17 2024 22:25 GMT
#9900
On March 18 2024 07:18 Jealous wrote:
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On March 18 2024 07:11 Vivax wrote:
I have been fair towards Jealous.

I asked him to look at Rels.

I‘m tired of having to argue with people who aren‘t him and have him as scum why he should be lynched.

And both of them called me crazy while agreeing with me.

You didn't vote for Rels even once yesterday. You voted for five other people, and Rels was not on that list. Why do you want a Rels filter read so bad? You'll get it.

Before that though, try to put yourself in my position. Namely, the position of being told to do something by the person who is trying to lynch you when you know you are town, which will result in yet another mislynch, and whenever you start doing the thing that person asked for, that person acts like an ass and misrepresents you habitually in the thread. Almost as if by occupying me with something else, this gives you more opportunity to poison the well. This is also a person who sent you on a wild goose chase in the past.

I think you can understand why I'm not asking "how high?" when you say "jump."


You seemed happy when copcake got lynched, maybe a bit agitated.

DP making me vote her and then abusing my trust infuriates me. I gave my trust when I killed Hapa, and when I voted copcake. But I get nothing back.

Maybe then you can understand why it is so important to me that we lynch either you, Rels or DP today.

Remember when me and DP ‚mindmelded‘ on Oats early D1?
How did that die off ? With the Palmar wagon mostly.
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