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Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 01:17 GMT
#643
I guess I thought scott31337 was super easy lunchbait. But I checked his past games and he survived a surprising amount, like three of the past six, compared to only being mislynched twice.

I still think he is lynchbait though, regardless of the "facts"

Nothing wrong with him at all, just the way he communicates makes it really easy to find logical inconsistencies. There was one game in particular I remember being mafia and I got him lynched, every single one of his posts gave me more and more ammunition. The poor guy just couldn't make a post that I couldn't make look really bad.
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 01:19 GMT
#644
On June 08 2024 10:10 rsoultin wrote:
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On June 08 2024 09:57 die_meatbaby wrote:
On June 08 2024 09:52 rsoultin wrote:
On June 08 2024 09:46 die_meatbaby wrote:
On June 08 2024 09:36 Oatsmaster wrote:
On June 08 2024 09:04 die_meatbaby wrote:
On June 08 2024 08:17 AlphaZero wrote:
I’ll lynch vivax with you oats.

Vote:vivax



Is first time you play with vivax?
I am used to always read vivax first because for me are 2 option with vivax
first when i am mafia I have to get him out of the game as fast as possibole
second is if i am town he is still the "easiest" read for me.
If vivax is mafia he just posting random shit, jokes, memes, off the topic stuff and hating the government of austria
if he is Town he actually trys to tell us his opinion, try to find scummy shit, beeing paranoid about chez but he is not in the game and hating the government of austria.

For me he looks like Town (atm)
you have any other scum reads?

Source on the mafia meta read?


Are you looking for the weakest players again like in your last mafia game?


do you feel vivax is one of the weakest players in this game? this is a genuine question because i wouldn't normally consider him a weak player in a vacuum, at least as town


No not at all. V already played a lot of mafia games on many different websides and some of that are really good. It´s just my thing that I am always try to read him first.
And this was more like a general question to oats, because in his last game (mafia Oats) just posted kill dmb. vote dmb. scum dmb... and he came almost through with this bs on just hitting on the weak players, newbe or how ever you want to call me


just because my husband (artanis) mentioned this pre-game, i want to confirm, you and viva are a thing? is that why you try to always read him first? and if so, why would you assume others would? or is that not what you were trying to say when you entered the thread
This is true, at least that they are together.

Also, getting advice from Artanis? Seems helpful
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 01:38 GMT
#653
Idk, I guesssss we could talk about AlphaZero but I don't think it'd be that helpful to talk about them today. I guess we still have over 24 hours but I'd kinda rather start to focus on lynch targets for Day 1.

Unless you want to lynch AlphaZero today, in which case feel free to explain, but currently I think that is very unlikely to happen.
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 01:51 GMT
#656
My main worry with Kelsi3r is that I worry I just bullied him out of the thread. Which wasn't my intention at all, but I could see the possibility of him taking it that way.

I don't really think any other lynch makes sense right now though?

I'm conflicted/unsure about Oatsmaster, a lot of people think he is town though. I'm hesitant to lynch scott31337. I think die_meatbaby, Alakaslam, sandroba, marvellosity, and Vivax would benefit from more time. Mocsta too, but I think it's a little easier to read him.

It's a combination of Kelsi3r looking really suspicious and no one else looking like a sensible lynch target. Lynching scott31337 wouldn't be the worst thing in the world I guesssss but it would be very far from ideal imo.
On June 08 2024 10:45 die_meatbaby wrote:
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On June 08 2024 10:38 Trfel wrote:
Idk, I guesssss we could talk about AlphaZero but I don't think it'd be that helpful to talk about them today. I guess we still have over 24 hours but I'd kinda rather start to focus on lynch targets for Day 1.

Unless you want to lynch AlphaZero today, in which case feel free to explain, but currently I think that is very unlikely to happen.

Pls feel free to explain
What part do you want me to explain? People haven't talked about suspecting AlphaZero very much so far. Most of what people have shared is that they are inclined to think they are town, tbh. So I think it's pretty ambitious to expect people's minds to change that dramatically, that quickly. Like, it takes time for discussion to happen and for people to share ideas. Also, it's typical to lynch a less active/involved player on Day 1, it's not a rule, it's just much more common. AlphaZero doesn't fit that mold. Those things combined make me think that realistically, AlphaZero is extremely unlikely to be lynched today, so with the deadline coming up, I'd rather start to focus on people who are more realistic targets.
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 01:56 GMT
#660
@Kelsi3r, if you see this and are town, please, please, please talk to me. I'm not trying to attack you, just trying to discuss and figure things out. If it would help I'm happy to let you do your thing and see where that leads us. If there is anything I am missing, please let me know.
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 02:02 GMT
#662
On June 08 2024 10:55 rsoultin wrote:
tbf this is largely how i make reads on people, discussing the entire game with others in thread rather than just focusing on today's lynch? but point taken. don't want to make the thread completely unreadable
I think it depends on how much time there is until the lynch, imo when it gets closer to the lynch it's helpful to focus a bit. Night 1 I'd be more than happy to talk about anything and everything.
On June 08 2024 10:56 Oatsmaster wrote:
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On June 08 2024 10:51 Trfel wrote:
My main worry with Kelsi3r is that I worry I just bullied him out of the thread. Which wasn't my intention at all, but I could see the possibility of him taking it that way.

I don't really think any other lynch makes sense right now though?

I'm conflicted/unsure about Oatsmaster, a lot of people think he is town though. I'm hesitant to lynch scott31337. I think die_meatbaby, Alakaslam, sandroba, marvellosity, and Vivax would benefit from more time. Mocsta too, but I think it's a little easier to read him.

It's a combination of Kelsi3r looking really suspicious and no one else looking like a sensible lynch target. Lynching scott31337 wouldn't be the worst thing in the world I guesssss but it would be very far from ideal imo.
On June 08 2024 10:45 die_meatbaby wrote:
On June 08 2024 10:38 Trfel wrote:
Idk, I guesssss we could talk about AlphaZero but I don't think it'd be that helpful to talk about them today. I guess we still have over 24 hours but I'd kinda rather start to focus on lynch targets for Day 1.

Unless you want to lynch AlphaZero today, in which case feel free to explain, but currently I think that is very unlikely to happen.

Pls feel free to explain
What part do you want me to explain? People haven't talked about suspecting AlphaZero very much so far. Most of what people have shared is that they are inclined to think they are town, tbh. So I think it's pretty ambitious to expect people's minds to change that dramatically, that quickly. Like, it takes time for discussion to happen and for people to share ideas. Also, it's typical to lynch a less active/involved player on Day 1, it's not a rule, it's just much more common. AlphaZero doesn't fit that mold. Those things combined make me think that realistically, AlphaZero is extremely unlikely to be lynched today, so with the deadline coming up, I'd rather start to focus on people who are more realistic targets.

Make your stance on alphazeros alignment please the waffle is tiresome
I don't have much to discuss about AlphaZero. I kinda think they are town but it's a weak read. I generally don't like to talk about townreads, especially not weak ones. How have I been waffling on AlphaZero, of all people, since I haven't said anything about them?
On June 08 2024 10:55 Oatsmaster wrote:
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On June 08 2024 10:51 Trfel wrote:
My main worry with Kelsi3r is that I worry I just bullied him out of the thread. Which wasn't my intention at all, but I could see the possibility of him taking it that way.

I don't really think any other lynch makes sense right now though?

I'm conflicted/unsure about Oatsmaster, a lot of people think he is town though. I'm hesitant to lynch scott31337. I think die_meatbaby, Alakaslam, sandroba, marvellosity, and Vivax would benefit from more time. Mocsta too, but I think it's a little easier to read him.

It's a combination of Kelsi3r looking really suspicious and no one else looking like a sensible lynch target. Lynching scott31337 wouldn't be the worst thing in the world I guesssss but it would be very far from ideal imo.
On June 08 2024 10:45 die_meatbaby wrote:
On June 08 2024 10:38 Trfel wrote:
Idk, I guesssss we could talk about AlphaZero but I don't think it'd be that helpful to talk about them today. I guess we still have over 24 hours but I'd kinda rather start to focus on lynch targets for Day 1.

Unless you want to lynch AlphaZero today, in which case feel free to explain, but currently I think that is very unlikely to happen.

Pls feel free to explain
What part do you want me to explain? People haven't talked about suspecting AlphaZero very much so far. Most of what people have shared is that they are inclined to think they are town, tbh. So I think it's pretty ambitious to expect people's minds to change that dramatically, that quickly. Like, it takes time for discussion to happen and for people to share ideas. Also, it's typical to lynch a less active/involved player on Day 1, it's not a rule, it's just much more common. AlphaZero doesn't fit that mold. Those things combined make me think that realistically, AlphaZero is extremely unlikely to be lynched today, so with the deadline coming up, I'd rather start to focus on people who are more realistic targets.

Why are you conflicted about me? You’ve said this a couple times but haven’t expanded with posts or reasoning
The issue is that your playstyle, seemingly regardless of alignment, seems scummy to me. This makes it hard to figure out if you are town or mafia, because you always seem scummy. I'm trying to work on it but unfortunately I can't magically get better.

Honestly I don't know. You're going to have to live with that, I am not going to make something up.
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 02:05 GMT
#663
I should add, it's different if you have something to discuss about AlphaZero. I'm happy to discuss them if you have legit reasons. I just don't think this is the right time for nebulous, ungrounded paranoia. And I don't have any legit reasons.
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 02:22 GMT
#670
Gender neutral he/him, trying to respect the smurf-ness. At least in the US they made they acceptable as singular a while back.
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 02:34 GMT
#675
@Oatsmaster, can you read in context? I was talking to people who are suspicious of AlphaZero, hence my posts.

Yes I could say reasons why you could be mafia but how is that productive if I don't know if it makes you mafia? Like why would I do that?
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 03:02 GMT
#684
On June 08 2024 11:49 Oatsmaster wrote:
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On June 08 2024 11:34 Trfel wrote:
@Oatsmaster, can you read in context? I was talking to people who are suspicious of AlphaZero, hence my posts.

Yes I could say reasons why you could be mafia but how is that productive if I don't know if it makes you mafia? Like why would I do that?

? Why are you stopping discussion of someone you don’t have a solid read on then?
Because we can determine if those reasons are good enough? Are you seriously asking why it’s good to explain a read?

Can you stop misinterpreting my posts? I'm sorry I'm trying to play a board game with some friends and don't have a ton of patience for dealing with this :/

I think it is very common to avoid aimless discussions about people who aren't realistic lynch targets when the deadline is approaching. Like I said, if you have actual reasons or arguments, by all means go ahead. Otherwise, let's focus on the upcoming deadline.
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 05:23 GMT
#715
Sorry for getting frustrated earlier. I shouldn't try and play when I have company over.

Again, I'm more than happy to talk about AlphaZero if anyone has any specifics to discuss. I don't want to just point fingers and suspicions for no reason, that doesn't help anyone. Either get serious and give actual reasons or wait until you have actual reasons, if discrediting people for no reason is commonly acceptable, the game becomes a mess. Maybe I'm blind but I haven't seen any substantial reasons to suspect AlphaZero posted so far.
Oatsmaster
On June 08 2024 00:05 Oatsmaster wrote:
Vivax mafia
On June 08 2024 05:08 Oatsmaster wrote:
I think vivax is easily mafia here though, he’s playing super scared to make posts and has resorted to posting inane townreads
On June 08 2024 08:02 Oatsmaster wrote:
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On June 08 2024 07:45 Trfel wrote:
On June 08 2024 07:39 AlphaZero wrote:
On June 08 2024 07:32 Trfel wrote:
On June 08 2024 06:38 AlphaZero wrote:
Oats and Sandro are top town.

Trfel is really worrying me. On the surface is very pro town, but also playing in a clearly different way to his prior games. I don’t really like his scum reads at all. I don’t level as if he is being that proactive in getting kelsier lynched, even though he apparently strongly suspects him.

And I find his reasoning for his scumreads much weaker than his other posts. I agree with a lot of his analysis but not when it comes to finding mafia…

I think his Smurf hunting made more sense logically than his scum reads which bothers me.

I wouldn’t lynch today, but if there is an active mafia hiding it’s this guy.

Scott just looks bad to me, completely forgettable, aside from his question that has already been analysed I couldn’t tell you why exactly. His scum hunting just comes across as manufactured,

Won’t lynch Marv today.

Rso has felt town by vibe.

Vivax I think is not consistently giving me good reasons to town read him

Rayn is being Rayn. Pretty much null.

Mocsta: looked better disengaging than when he was trying to do stuff. Don’t know what that means.

Kelsier: anyone with a strong opinion here is sus. Very null.

Rest need to post more or post more meaningful stuff.
I guess I dunno what more I can do with Kelsi3r, people aren't super interested in lynching him, it is what it is. I mean I could definitely be wrong. But if he is mafia and gets through this it's not due to my lack of trying. I guess if he is town and doesn't change anything and survives that's also not due to my lack of trying But you get my point.

Is your "won't lynch marvellosity" thing a town read thing or a waiting thing?


It’s a “bad idea to try and lynch Marv day one thing” when he is playing the game and seems to be enjoying things.
Fair, I understand that view. Not sure if I agree but I at least get it.

I would definitely be very sad to lynch him, like I said, he's the funniest player so far. That's a pretty big motivator.
People seem to have strong opinions on sandroba and Vivax and I'm just not seeing it right now. (same with Oatsmaster but that's on me for being bad so I expect this, it doesn't worry me yet)

Can anyone post or point me to a reasonable explanation of reading sandroba or Vivax?

? Vivax just randomly calling posts town you think is good?
Also him bring afraid to post is good? Also him not constantly seeing shadows?
On June 08 2024 09:45 Oatsmaster wrote:
Vivax coming in and complaining about me is clsssic scum!vivax cmon.
The Scott stuff kinda boring, I get it but he’s not mafia
These are the important posts I found in Oatsmaster's filter. The rest are mostly questions or random comments, basically things other than sharing his thoughts and pushing his reads. I realize this is subjective, so here is Oatsmaster's filter if you want to look for yourself.

Honestly for having made 61 game posts, I'm pretty underwhelmed. He's had plenty of opportunity, and all he's come up with is this weird Vivax push. I'd like to break down his reasons for suspecting/pushing Vivax.

1. Vivax is scared to post (I'll reinterpret this as Vivax not being very active, it's hard for me to understand how you can interpret a lack of activity as mafia being scared to post)
2. Vivax has made silly townreads without reasoning to back them up
3. Vivax isn't constantly seeing shadows (I think this means he isn't being tinfoil-y?)
4. This post from Vivax is a classic mafia post:
On June 08 2024 08:20 Vivax wrote:
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On June 08 2024 08:02 Oatsmaster wrote:
On June 08 2024 07:45 Trfel wrote:
On June 08 2024 07:39 AlphaZero wrote:
On June 08 2024 07:32 Trfel wrote:
On June 08 2024 06:38 AlphaZero wrote:
Oats and Sandro are top town.

Trfel is really worrying me. On the surface is very pro town, but also playing in a clearly different way to his prior games. I don’t really like his scum reads at all. I don’t level as if he is being that proactive in getting kelsier lynched, even though he apparently strongly suspects him.

And I find his reasoning for his scumreads much weaker than his other posts. I agree with a lot of his analysis but not when it comes to finding mafia…

I think his Smurf hunting made more sense logically than his scum reads which bothers me.

I wouldn’t lynch today, but if there is an active mafia hiding it’s this guy.

Scott just looks bad to me, completely forgettable, aside from his question that has already been analysed I couldn’t tell you why exactly. His scum hunting just comes across as manufactured,

Won’t lynch Marv today.

Rso has felt town by vibe.

Vivax I think is not consistently giving me good reasons to town read him

Rayn is being Rayn. Pretty much null.

Mocsta: looked better disengaging than when he was trying to do stuff. Don’t know what that means.

Kelsier: anyone with a strong opinion here is sus. Very null.

Rest need to post more or post more meaningful stuff.
I guess I dunno what more I can do with Kelsi3r, people aren't super interested in lynching him, it is what it is. I mean I could definitely be wrong. But if he is mafia and gets through this it's not due to my lack of trying. I guess if he is town and doesn't change anything and survives that's also not due to my lack of trying But you get my point.

Is your "won't lynch marvellosity" thing a town read thing or a waiting thing?


It’s a “bad idea to try and lynch Marv day one thing” when he is playing the game and seems to be enjoying things.
Fair, I understand that view. Not sure if I agree but I at least get it.

I would definitely be very sad to lynch him, like I said, he's the funniest player so far. That's a pretty big motivator.
People seem to have strong opinions on sandroba and Vivax and I'm just not seeing it right now. (same with Oatsmaster but that's on me for being bad so I expect this, it doesn't worry me yet)

Can anyone post or point me to a reasonable explanation of reading sandroba or Vivax?

? Vivax just randomly calling posts town you think is good?
Also him bring afraid to post is good? Also him not constantly seeing shadows?


AZ calls you blanket top town too and it doesn‘t bother you.
Doesn‘t surprise me you‘d miss that detail, so it‘s meh.
Honestly I don't think these reasons are very good at all.

1. Vivax isn't very active. I don't think low activity means someone is mafia, this is very underwhelming.
2. Vivax made silly townreads without reason. It's common for people to make early townreads with little/no reasoning, and I think this is especially common for Vivax, actually. No clue why this is supposed to be suspicious.
3. Vivax isn't tinfoily. It's 27.5 hours in, there isn't much to be tinfoily about. That tends to happen more in longer games.
4. That post comes from mafia. I think Vivax is making a valid point in the post, I don't see why it is mafia motivated.

So the main thing Oatsmaster has done this game is pretty baseless.

You can make tonereads or vibe reads or whatever, but the substance in Oatsmaster's play just isn't there, despite plenty of opportunity.
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 05:27 GMT
#716
On June 08 2024 14:15 AlphaZero wrote:
Am I an easy mislynch here? How refreshing.
Who is suspicious of you? Mocsta, rsoultin, and die_meatbaby right? Am I missing anyone? I guess mayyyybe scott31337? Four votes at most, hardly an easy mislynch.
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 05:35 GMT
#718
On June 08 2024 14:32 AlphaZero wrote:
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On June 08 2024 14:27 Trfel wrote:
On June 08 2024 14:15 AlphaZero wrote:
Am I an easy mislynch here? How refreshing.
Who is suspicious of you? Mocsta, rsoultin, and die_meatbaby right? Am I missing anyone? I guess mayyyybe scott31337? Four votes at most, hardly an easy mislynch.


I thought you were somewhat interested.

I just don’t have the time or inclination to really defend myself so we will see I guess.
I'm not interested. I have no reason to suspect you currently. I mean, if someone has some really amazing reasons I'd be more interested, but until then, no. So far I haven't seen any substantial reasons given, just a lot of vague suspicions that have little to no basis.
I hate to be aggressive, but Oatsmaster literally asked for it, so here goes:

Why are we townreading Oatsmaster again? Seriously, look at his filter and look for actual contribution, unless I'm really missing something, all he has as this push on Vivax and his reasons are pretty awful. He's plenty active and belligerent, but I don't see him being interested in finding mafia or figuring things out or actually contributing. Why is this towny?
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 05:46 GMT
#721
Oh joy, an actual reason! Now to go and figure out of it's valid....

That's fair though, I do recall that post by AlphaZero casting a ton of doubt on anyone having a strong read on Kelsi3r being weird. In fact, I think most everyone besides himself has a strong opinion on Kelsi3r, one way or another? I'd forgotten about this, that's a very good point.

I was reading rsoultin's filter out of boredom, I'll try and look at AlphaZero's play through this lens in a bit and see if it fits.
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 06:09 GMT
#723
AlphaZero, you around?

I'm curious about your push on scott31337. I get where you're coming from, but in my experience with scott31337, the dude is incredibly lynchable at all times. I'm not sure if it's possible for him to make a post that doesn't have something scummy in it. Like I said, there was a game a while ago where I was mafia and I was pushing him and whenever he posted to defend himself, I'd just immediately quote that post and use it against him.

Does this perspective have any bearing on your push, and if not, how are you differentiating the two?
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 06:33 GMT
#724
Side note, rsoultin (or someone else who knows), what is tbc short for? It keeps coming up and it's still bothering me ><

In retrospect I'm not actually that happy with rsoultin's read transition from here to here. I mean she does explain it and Kelsi3r did post during that time so I guess I'm very likely being paranoid about nothing but even so it might be worth remembering.
On June 08 2024 14:42 Mocsta wrote:
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On June 08 2024 13:30 Oatsmaster wrote:
Withholds information how?
Idk why people (trfel&mocsta) don’t wanna talk about az so weird
because there has been resistance so it just clouds discussion when a few people were yet to post i.e. put into monitor basket.

I would summarise AZ style of play as pulling up inconsistencies and letting others draw conclusions.
it is the missing conclusion that i refer to as withhold..


im not talking about withholding reads, those have been aired yet are all over the place and everything is contingent on something else which i associate as a scum thing to do.

scott, trfel, trfel, mocsta, trfel, scott, vivax, scott, vivax,vivax,


Like one thing I cannot get past is that AZ is defending Kelsier as if he is a town-read, yet calls him "very null" to the point that anyone attacking is super sus.. I just struggle to see town being this hedged.
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On June 08 2024 06:38 AlphaZero wrote:
Kelsier: anyone with a strong opinion here is sus. Very null.
Literally the only thing about kelsier in his filter is:
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On June 07 2024 21:36 AlphaZero wrote:
I find it funny that mocsta called me out for needlessly nitpicking before nitpicking everything about kelsier's entry post that wasn't bad at all.
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On June 08 2024 07:06 AlphaZero wrote:
Rso can you explain to me why Kellsier seems to be scum read by everyone. Am I missing something here?
Time to see if this holds up. I've been thinking about it while finishing the filter dive on rsoultin, as fun as it would be if this characterization is correct, my guess is that it isn't For some things AlphaZero has shared his thoughts/suspicions/insights and not pursued them a ton, but there are other things where he definitely has pursued it pretty hard. It's natural to assume that the latter variety, where he pushed his thoughts, are the ones that he's more passionate about. Which makes a lot of sense tbh. Specifically, see the stubbornness about the scott31337 push.

I guess I'm a little hesitant to criticize AlphaZero for this because this description:
I would summarise AZ style of play as pulling up inconsistencies and letting others draw conclusions.
it is the missing conclusion that i refer to as withhold..
is kinda my playstyle? At least, it was for a long time and still kinda is now? So it's hard for me to say it's clearly scummy.

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On June 07 2024 12:11 AlphaZero wrote:
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On June 07 2024 11:03 scott31337 wrote:
On June 07 2024 11:01 raynpelikoneet wrote:
Ha! Still not mafia.
Mason me pls!


I've never been in a Mason game before. I understand what it is, but what are the advantages for town on its usage?


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On June 07 2024 11:18 scott31337 wrote:
Masons are town flavored because they usually confirm people. These are more like neighbor roles that the OP discusses.



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On June 07 2024 11:22 scott31337 wrote:
On June 07 2024 11:20 Vivax wrote:
On June 07 2024 11:03 scott31337 wrote:
On June 07 2024 11:01 raynpelikoneet wrote:
Ha! Still not mafia.
Mason me pls!


I've never been in a Mason game before. I understand what it is, but what are the advantages for town on its usage?


Seemingly harmless question with emphasis on trying to look useful.
Scum-meter vibrates slightly.

Oats with acceptable vibe so far.


It was an honest question and Rayn answered what I was looking for.



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On June 07 2024 12:12 AlphaZero wrote:
Vivax looks town.
On June 07 2024 15:47 AlphaZero wrote:
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On June 07 2024 14:58 Trfel wrote:
Okay so it was the former. Still though I have a hard time understanding Oatsmaster's posts..... Idk maybe he's just town because his posting looks really awful but I don't think he would do that as mafia because he knows better and can do better? Which is a pretty darn stupid argument but it's the best I have?


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On June 07 2024 15:03 Trfel wrote:
Like the part I don't get most is that he really really really didn't interact with anyone or get involved. Even when I tried to draw him out a bit. Why come and post in a way that's not productive or interactive? It just looks bad. Which is actually why I think he may be town because of it, it's kinda wifom, but mafia generally isn't going to make themselves look bad for no reason. I think he might be town and just not care that much.


I agree with this analysis, but I don't see how this can co-exist with Trfel finding Vivax's vibe read on oats as weird.

To me, this is a protracted version of the same read.

I'm interested to see what you think of Vivax's read now trfel.
On June 07 2024 21:36 AlphaZero wrote:
I find it funny that mocsta called me out for needlessly nitpicking before nitpicking everything about kelsier's entry post that wasn't bad at all.

I find his entrance to be forced, like he is trying too hard to find something scummy.

I am interested in why truffles thinks he doesn't want to lynch mocsta today?

Is it because Mocsta sheeped your push?

On June 07 2024 21:37 AlphaZero wrote:
I think Oats is town based on his recent posts.
On June 08 2024 06:38 AlphaZero wrote:
Oats and Sandro are top town.

Trfel is really worrying me. On the surface is very pro town, but also playing in a clearly different way to his prior games. I don’t really like his scum reads at all. I don’t level as if he is being that proactive in getting kelsier lynched, even though he apparently strongly suspects him.

And I find his reasoning for his scumreads much weaker than his other posts. I agree with a lot of his analysis but not when it comes to finding mafia…

I think his Smurf hunting made more sense logically than his scum reads which bothers me.

I wouldn’t lynch today, but if there is an active mafia hiding it’s this guy.

Scott just looks bad to me, completely forgettable, aside from his question that has already been analysed I couldn’t tell you why exactly. His scum hunting just comes across as manufactured,

Won’t lynch Marv today.

Rso has felt town by vibe.

Vivax I think is not consistently giving me good reasons to town read him

Rayn is being Rayn. Pretty much null.

Mocsta: looked better disengaging than when he was trying to do stuff. Don’t know what that means.

Kelsier: anyone with a strong opinion here is sus. Very null.

Rest need to post more or post more meaningful stuff.
On June 08 2024 07:31 AlphaZero wrote:
All that being said. Scott’s open is the scummiest thing to happen all game, and his later posting doesn’t really turn that around.
On June 08 2024 07:46 AlphaZero wrote:
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On June 08 2024 07:45 Trfel wrote:
On June 08 2024 07:39 AlphaZero wrote:
On June 08 2024 07:32 Trfel wrote:
On June 08 2024 06:38 AlphaZero wrote:
Oats and Sandro are top town.

Trfel is really worrying me. On the surface is very pro town, but also playing in a clearly different way to his prior games. I don’t really like his scum reads at all. I don’t level as if he is being that proactive in getting kelsier lynched, even though he apparently strongly suspects him.

And I find his reasoning for his scumreads much weaker than his other posts. I agree with a lot of his analysis but not when it comes to finding mafia…

I think his Smurf hunting made more sense logically than his scum reads which bothers me.

I wouldn’t lynch today, but if there is an active mafia hiding it’s this guy.

Scott just looks bad to me, completely forgettable, aside from his question that has already been analysed I couldn’t tell you why exactly. His scum hunting just comes across as manufactured,

Won’t lynch Marv today.

Rso has felt town by vibe.

Vivax I think is not consistently giving me good reasons to town read him

Rayn is being Rayn. Pretty much null.

Mocsta: looked better disengaging than when he was trying to do stuff. Don’t know what that means.

Kelsier: anyone with a strong opinion here is sus. Very null.

Rest need to post more or post more meaningful stuff.
I guess I dunno what more I can do with Kelsi3r, people aren't super interested in lynching him, it is what it is. I mean I could definitely be wrong. But if he is mafia and gets through this it's not due to my lack of trying. I guess if he is town and doesn't change anything and survives that's also not due to my lack of trying But you get my point.

Is your "won't lynch marvellosity" thing a town read thing or a waiting thing?


It’s a “bad idea to try and lynch Marv day one thing” when he is playing the game and seems to be enjoying things.
Fair, I understand that view. Not sure if I agree but I at least get it.

I would definitely be very sad to lynch him, like I said, he's the funniest player so far. That's a pretty big motivator.
People seem to have strong opinions on sandroba and Vivax and I'm just not seeing it right now. (same with Oatsmaster but that's on me for being bad so I expect this, it doesn't worry me yet)

Can anyone post or point me to a reasonable explanation of reading sandroba or Vivax?


Sandros catchup posting resonated with me. He seemed to be just comfortable putting things out there.

Vivax im not sure anyone should how anyone could call him town right now.

He looked ok initially. Recently pretty meh.
On June 08 2024 08:17 AlphaZero wrote:
I’ll lynch vivax with you oats.

Vote:vivax
On June 08 2024 08:49 AlphaZero wrote:
Scott not considering the game state with my vivax read and what it means about my alignment is the second scummiest thing that happened this game.

The first being Scott’s opening posts.

Town circle activate!


So there's kind of a lot there, but lemme try and summarize it:
scott31337 is suspicious because of the opening thing with masons/whisperers and because he attacked AlphaZero for switching votes from Vivax to himself
Vivax was town early on, later not so towny and voted for him
Mocsta was suspicious as of post #271 but less so as of #479. See Mocsta's filter (page 2) to see Mocsta's posts in this range, in all honesty I'm not seeing the change in Mocsta's play that prompted this read change. Maybe just taking a step back from the argument would warrant this change in perspective, but idk.
Weird thougths on me (Trfel)
Null read on Kelsi3r
A few townreads on other people (Oatsmaster, sandroba, rsoultin)

Yeah, honestly I'm just not sold about Mocsta's characterization of AlphaZero's play yet. AlphaZero has been quite passionate about his scumread of scott31337, and he's also shown reasonable suspicion of Vivax and Mocsta at different points.
However, I do think that sticking with a strong null read on Kelsi3r is quite interesting. I don't mind so much if AlphaZero has a null read on Kelsi3r, but it's hard for me to understand how someone could have such a big ego that if they can't get a read on someone, no one else can either. I know some people have massive egos but that's next level.

I could maybe look into the weird things AlphaZero has said about me but I'm not convinced it ends up anywhere substantial. However, I am interested in the read switch on Mocsta, AlphaZero went from here:
On June 07 2024 23:01 AlphaZero wrote:
I think there is a very good chance mocsta is mafia.

There is a lot of bluster and attacking players which on the surface could look town aligned , but it doesn’t seem like he is genuinely trying to determine alignments to me.
to here:
On June 08 2024 06:38 AlphaZero wrote:
Mocsta: looked better disengaging than when he was trying to do stuff. Don’t know what that means.
And looking at Mocsta's posts in the meantime, it's very hard for me to understand this change. It's possible AlphaZero just changed his perspective, but he said it was a change in Mocsta's posts, so idk.

Don't think that makes AlphaZero mafia yet, but at least those are two reasons, even if not very strong.
Side note, AlphaZero, could you please explain your townread on Oatsmaster? I've read his filter and summarized it (see here), you have a strong townread on Oatsmaster and I'm having a hard time understanding it. Where is the townread coming from?
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 06:37 GMT
#726
On June 08 2024 15:35 Mocsta wrote:
to be confirmed = tbc
On June 08 2024 02:30 rsoultin wrote:
also tbc truffle looks good now <3 doesn't mean i don't want credit pfft

marv i like that seems like the easiest read ever but whatevs, the pounce on sandy gave my good vibes even if he later got the dumbs and backed off over a kelsier townread
On June 08 2024 10:21 rsoultin wrote:
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On June 08 2024 10:15 die_meatbaby wrote:
On June 08 2024 10:06 rsoultin wrote:
On June 08 2024 10:04 die_meatbaby wrote:
On June 08 2024 10:02 rsoultin wrote:
okay, who i'm not lynching today:

scott, oats, truffle, mocsta, marv

my weakest townreads of those is scott but i get where he's coming from on too many things and i don't like too many people pushing him

everything else is negotiable. i think i'd prefer to lynch into sandy, kelsier and viva

rayn and az i'm not comfy with but don't want to lynch cause i don't trust i'm not just being overly paranoid with them

slam and dmb i don't particularly care about though i'm inclined to sheep marv's sheeping rayn on the slam read


why don´t you care about me


cause you haven't posted enough for me to get any sort of read on?

i'll let you know if and when that changes


why do you think you are paranoid about az?
I have this problem with rayn that in every fucking game that we are playing I am reading him wrong. He is mafia I think he is town and the other way around. So it´s really very hard for me to make a opinion on him and i am Paranoid as hell as soon as I think i found his aligment. He is a strong town player but sadly also a strong mafia player. I am scared to make a read on him especially when it´s this early in the game


lol same regarding rayn

well az reminds me of another player whose scum game consists of buddying top townies (and by this i mean the 'good players' the community here generally listens to) and crawling so far up their asses he goes under the radar. idk that this is the same player but the interchange with marv is giving me those vibes. tbc marv is good, but i guess i mean the people who have the most pull if people are reading them town

now i don't know that az's the same person or not so that's not reason enough to scumread him at all. but his view of the game also isn't aligning with mine on several fronts so those two things together earns him the rayn tier of i don't fucking know. i'm hoping if he's town that'll become clear in further discussion lol ><
But that doesn't make sense
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 06:44 GMT
#729
Few random notes.

Going to bed now, I'll be on my phone until I get tired, I have no idea how long that will take. However when I get tired I tend to get tired very quickly and thus won't be able to say that I am falling asleep, so if I stop posting, I most likely fell asleep.

I'll be out for most of tomorrow, if you guys post a ton or have super deep analysis I'll likely fall behind until I can catch up in the evening (I'm not very good at playing mafia on my phone).

Currently want to lynch Kelsi3r, confused and curious about scott31337 and Oatsmaster, a little intrigued by AlphaZero and Alakaslam. Guess I can read through die_meatbaby's filter now that she's been around a bit.
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 06:47 GMT
#730
To be clear makes sense. Thanks!

Interesting about AlphaZero/BetaOne, sorry for misinterpreting that. I'll keep thinking about it. I like how you actually looked at his filter and have reasons, that's very helpful.
Trfel
Profile Joined August 2011
7015 Posts
June 08 2024 06:52 GMT
#731
I guess I just can't get over this Oatsmaster thing. Everyone says he's town, I've looked as hard as I can and I've explained my thoughts and no one says anything? I get that I'm probably just being bad but it's hard for me to be less bad if people don't help me understand their perspective?

Like I put in the effort to explain where I am coming from, I'd really appreciate a bit of help on this one. How should I be approaching this, if my current approach isn't good?
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