For RNG, this post will be used for generating a random lynch. The # in the upper left corner can be right-clicked and used to access the absolute TL post # for this post. That number mod 9 is the random lynch. 1 =Oats, 2 = rayn, etc, all the way up to 8 = holyflare and 0 = sloosh.

The reason we use the absolute TL post number is that posts are constantly being made, so the number is truly random. We turn it into a number 1-9 by taking that number mod 9. What is mod? effectively, it's the remainder after division. For example. 10 mod 9 = 1. 11 mod 9 = 2. 18 mod 9 = 0. 19 mod 9 = 1. and so on.

Basically, this generates a random number 1 through 9. I am in favor of the random lynch (though am somewhat interested in a policy lynch today as well-- TL does not do this enough. I will start off by voting for the random lynched based on THIS POST.

Blazinghand

United States25561 Posts

October 02 2013 00:11 GMT

#88

19886995 mod 9 = 1. That's Oatsmaster.

##vote Oatsmaster

Blazinghand

United States25561 Posts

October 02 2013 00:12 GMT

#89

To be clear: this was determined purely randomly. There was no way I could have possibly interfered with it to get the result I want. I strongly suggest we lynch Oatsmaster today, barring the circumstances of a strong scumread. What do you guys think?

Blazinghand

United States25561 Posts

October 02 2013 00:15 GMT

#91

So, Risen, I'd like to hear your reasoning for not voting Oats. Are you protecting your scumbuddy? eh?

Blazinghand

United States25561 Posts

October 02 2013 00:21 GMT

#94

PS you have no idea how glad I am I didn't roll me. brb dinner

Blazinghand

United States25561 Posts

October 02 2013 03:09 GMT

#101

Risen what do you mean "find something and guide it to Oats"? I didn't know what number the post would have when I posted it! At the time I wrote that post I had NO IDEA who it would land on. There are so many people posting on TL at any given time, the post number is unpredictable to me.

Blazinghand

United States25561 Posts

October 02 2013 03:09 GMT

#102

But yeah I don't like HF playing the newb card. What a chump.

Blazinghand

United States25561 Posts

October 02 2013 03:10 GMT

#103

Like, to be clear: I wrote the procedure for generating the random number in the post whose random number was used, and I explicitly stated in this post which post would be used and how. There's no way for me to know what number would come up. It is truly random.

Blazinghand

United States25561 Posts

October 02 2013 03:13 GMT

#104

Actually, I also find it highly interesting that you are drawing suspicion onto my methods and motives for the random vote, but not actually calling a random vote bad in and of itself. Are you claiming that the only problem with RNG is that I may have manipulated the outcome (not possible) or that the RNG I used wasn't random (it was)? And that if I could convince you that it was truly random and I didn't manipulate the outcome, you'd be fine with it?

Maybe, maybe not, but you also state you're not willing to "randomly lynch someone" earlier on. So which is it? Is my vote random, or isn't it random? Are you casting doubt on it because you really doubt it? Do you have a problem with a true RNG in general (as you imply in your second post) or do you think I failed to appropriately RNG (as you imply later)? You can't both say "I won't vote Oats because I don't randomly vote" AND "the oats vote isn't random"...

Blazinghand

United States25561 Posts

October 02 2013 03:18 GMT

#106

Also to all the RNG doubters: RNG has a 2/7 chance of hitting scum today! Not 2/9 as you might think. Why is that?

Well, first off, I'm talking to people who aren't Oats and are town. You personally know that of the 8 non-you players, 2 are scum. So you'd think it would be a 2/8 chance of an RNG hitting scum. Pretty lame right? WRONG. If the RNG is on the doctor and the lynch starts to gather steam, he'll surely claim. This means that the doctor isn't even in the lynch pool, and we can roll again for a new RNG. this means we can discount one town player from our odds, meaning that you have a 2/7 (over 30%!) chance of lynching scum with RNG!

Blazinghand

United States25561 Posts

October 02 2013 03:23 GMT

#107

Holyflare, stop equivocating and fiddlye-dalleying about Risen's stupid post. It doesn't help, and it makes me think you're scum trying to avoid giving a read. All that shit you just posted? No reads given. Hell, it's not even a good defense. Though I'm glad you support RNG.

Here's what you need to do: tell me what you think of Risen based on that post, and his interactions with me. Give a read on me too (with reasons!) while you're at it. Otherwise I think I've found a better target than Oats.

##FoS Holyflare

Blazinghand

United States25561 Posts

October 02 2013 03:23 GMT

#108

You have until the end of the hour.

Blazinghand

United States25561 Posts

October 02 2013 04:04 GMT

#124

On October 02 2013 12:54 Oatsmaster wrote:

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So with this RNG lynch, we can lose our power roles day 1! Yeah that sounds awesome to get a slightly increased chance to lynch scum day 1.

Also that 2/8 thing is bullshit, because the lynch could be anyone of us therefore its 2/9.

Right, but from the point of view of a town player, 2 of the 8 non-you players was scum. If the RNG landed on me I'd simply not support it.

Blazinghand

United States25561 Posts

October 02 2013 04:04 GMT

#125

On October 02 2013 13:03 Risen wrote:
I don't have a problem with RNG to generate discussion, I have a problem with calling it reasonable. Policy anything isn't very reasonable. I didn't understand his post and thought he could manipulate it. I was wrong, but I still don't know how he got his number. The # sign in the top right of his post goes to the absolute what how? He says top left, but there's nothing there. Meta is a bad way to play mafia. I hate meta. People are aware of their "metas". Asking someone to give you people's metas means you aren't objectively looking at people's posting style, you're looking at them through a filter. And stifle discussion? I haven't stifled anything.

Top right, whatever, you get the idea. Right click the # button in the top right of the post. come on man can't you find the #