i sure love a good dose of ptsd flashbacks right after waking up!!
VOTE: luca blight
i was about to say ico already gives me town pings
but then i realized that i've never actually seen his scum early game
so maybe hold that thought
i sure love a good dose of ptsd flashbacks right after waking up!!
why do you think soIn post 35, Iconeum wrote:seriously tho, flipping anya at this point gives a +average chance of hitting scum imo lol
the tea is that it looks like "trying too hard to give the vibe of not trying" to me. it feels fake, but not in an overperformative, loud way that is likely to draw attention.In post 45, Umlaut wrote:I don't understand at all what Datisi saw in 29 but I'm going to sheep it anyway.
i was poking fun at you for voting with a person you called scum...? why are you so defensive so quickly?
spicey. tell me more.In post 126, Umlaut wrote:I really hate this postIn post 119, Datisi wrote:llama, for someone so determined to get us moving out of rvs and into The Serious Game... you've expressed one (1) read so far.
there is no point asking someone to elaborate on a claim they are making if they can back out from it with "it was rvs i was memeing".In post 126, Umlaut wrote:Your push on Samantha is a bit unusual to me because you seem to be focusing on if its serious as opposed to why they are making the statement, which would shake out your original question to start.
there is not a fixed number. but if someone's ratio of "expressing reads" to "telling other people to start getting serious and express their reads" is too small, it can mean that the person doesn't actually care about forming reads or moving the game forward, they just really *really* want to give the appearance of doing so.In post 135, Umlaut wrote:It reads as disingenuous. How many reads do you think someone has to express to qualify as serious?In post 129, Datisi wrote:spicey. tell me more.In post 126, Umlaut wrote:I really hate this postIn post 119, Datisi wrote:llama, for someone so determined to get us moving out of rvs and into The Serious Game... you've expressed one (1) read so far.
why are you preemptively defending me?In post 138, Infinity 324 wrote:I'd expect probably more than 1? If you're trying to go super serious mode, then you can analyze every little ping from every post and usually come up with more than one read. I'm not convinced it's scummy (scum would probably be able to fake reads as well), but I see datisi's pointIn post 135, Umlaut wrote:It reads as disingenuous. How many reads do you think someone has to express to qualify as serious?
i disgree with that on a theoretical level - what i usually do when i want to move the game forward is throw out any reads i have, no matter how small they are, and see if anything interesting comes from it. though i'm aware this is maybe closer to a theory discussion rather than an alignment one.In post 146, LlamaFluff wrote:Im not going to try to inflate the strength of minor reads that serve no purpose because that likely just creates noise.
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@Dati - Do you see a difference in what Infinity is doing to you vs what Mom has been doing for me?
it would probably be fair to point out, luca's post is a reference to a first post i made in the last game we played together (and where i got my ass handed to me).In post 148, Infinity 324 wrote:I guess I can answer llama's question to anya for myself, I don't TR everyone active but I don't SR anyone active, and luca's 1 post was awkward, which is slightly +scum
unfortunately you do not get the pleasure of meeting scumtisi yetIn post 190, Luca Blight wrote:Well Datisi has been Town literally every time I’ve played with him so this might be correct
liked a post of mine? i'm listeningIn post 204, Iconeum wrote:why? i actually liked itIn post 126, Umlaut wrote:I really hate this postIn post 119, Datisi wrote:llama, for someone so determined to get us moving out of rvs and into The Serious Game... you've expressed one (1) read so far.
40% out of our latest 15*In post 211, Iconeum wrote:i think he rolled scum against me in 95% of our latest 892 games or smt
...there was a shitfight? specifically a shitfight between me/llama/infinity? because fam i've been in my fair share of shitfights and this ain't itIn post 178, OutWorldER wrote:basically I see a whole TvTvT shitfight on the last few pages with the exception of Rathe who I don't like.
once is fine but it feels like trying to drill it into people's heads to not dare townread me early. which again partly i get and maybe it's my own annoyance speaking, but it feels unnecessary, esp considering you haven't expressed a single actual negative opinion of me this game.In post 219, Iconeum wrote:i've spent a few posts telling people to not give you those townreads for *reasons*, do you think that is unjustified?
why? recent history maybe? i am committing to my paranoia this game
anya is probtown i think. i don't get the vote / mildly dislike it but eh. why you voting there?In post 220, Iconeum wrote:do you think anya is town as well? how do you like my rathe vote?
@icoIn post 221, Datisi wrote: don't get the vote / mildly dislike it but eh. why you voting [rathe]?
i like your line of thinking. will await to see ower's return to the thread before passing further judgement.In post 224, Luca Blight wrote:Do you have any opinion on what I said about OutWorldER, Datisi?
i've yet to see a convincing reason to do so.In post 237, samantha97 wrote:vote rathe datisi
this never happened.In post 256, Iconeum wrote:rathe basicly says that he believes scum like to hide behind RVS
i never said that. i don't think i'm wrong in expecting another player to have a reason for their vote at this stage, and to question that reason.In post 259, samantha97 wrote:why do you think votes have to be on mafia day 1 10 pages deepIn post 250, Datisi wrote:he *can* be, yes, as can the other 11 players in the game. but as said, i've not yet seen a *good* reason why he's >rand scum, so...?
you're giving gravity to things that have none, which makes me wonder why your mindset is that way
scum CAN hide behind rvs =/= scum always hides behind rvs, or it's the only thing scum does early gameIn post 270, Iconeum wrote:like, he literally says he think SCUM can hide behind RVS, and the TOWN like to push out of it
then he sees llama push out of it
and scumreads him for it???
why are you defending this lol
how the fuck is your first thought "wow is datisi scum with rathe" as opposed to "hey, maybe i should actually read and try to understand what his point is"????????In post 275, Iconeum wrote:but like
if ur scum defending, then it's probably only *with* rathe so yeah
do you ever do anything useful or will you be throwing empty jabs the whole game?In post 282, samantha97 wrote:he is saying he is thoughIn post 280, Iconeum wrote:i'm not saying you are scum with rathe
because you're forcing those holes by oversimplifying an argument and i don't appreciate immediately being theorized about as partners because it feels like an easy way to get others to discredit me?In post 283, Iconeum wrote:rathe's argument has holes in it and i'm happy poking them, and i don't see why you take such huge offense to that
andres is a good town player, can confirmIn post 347, Andresvmb wrote:I’m sure Datisi can attest to that.
oh i disgree, it was very much a necessity. and it's good we got at least part of it out early, trust me.In post 361, LlamaFluff wrote:the massive back and forth between Icon and Dats could be solved by just asking a very direct question to Rathe.
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The fact that all of this has gone so far, especially since all that really needed to happen was a clear conversation with Rathe, is very annoying. If everyone involved in this exchange is town, im going be unhappy because it just means we added a ton of noise that gave us nothing.
i hadn't posted from then to now!!In post 390, Andresvmb wrote:Actually I already tried this with Datisi and it failed. I didn’t get any compliments hahaha
ico, andres, infinity, maybe rathe, maaaybe anya. samantha i saw something that might just be town!indicate but too early to tell.In post 431, Iconeum wrote:you got any townreads yet?
do you agree that i was stomping out an avenue for information?In post 436, Iconeum wrote:posts like these give me townie vibes, because I agree with it and just feels like how i see the game
where did this come from?In post 437, Iconeum wrote:Umlaut felt most opportunistic, even thoi think scum!laut would be happy to just votepark anya? I'm not sure
this is a very, very bad reason to townread me bc wk-ibg iconeum is my go-to approach as scum lolIn post 497, esotericzoomer wrote:don't see scum!datisi being the white knight for icon
you voted him a couple of times, i believe i was reading a naked vote of him when i typed that question up, so i thought you wereIn post 501, Anya wrote:i was scumreading Luca? i don't remember this so noIn post 434, Datisi wrote:@anya, is your scumread on luca serious? if so, why do you scumread him?
or you're Luca's partner in crime getting me to push him for a nice distancing play
i never voted ico. also, if scum!me decided to ~coast~ on ico's wagon here with the reasoning i've already given, ico'd probably see that as close to a scumclaim from me, and while he is generally suspected right now, trust me that is a 1v1 scum!me has NO desire to startIn post 502, esotericzoomer wrote:its unnecessarily complicating things to not coast on icons wagon, for scum!you that is
neither of these are scum!indicative and if i have to fight god himself about it i willIn post 536, Umlaut wrote:Ico's mini-freakout in 412/413 is wild and his "you're not being honest" vote on me in 415 just seems like naked omgus.
ok, at first i thought the first part was kinda... randomly there, bc i didn't think the thread was talking much about infnity at that point, however rereading the 2 pages prior to it, i can sorta see it as a justified "i thought about this and decided to type it out anyway" thought, as infinity did talk about outworld in some of their posts. so meh.In post 424, Iconeum wrote:like this oneIn post 215, Luca Blight wrote:I really dislike this postIn post 176, OutWorldER wrote:I would need to read Student Council again but I think this kind of buddying (perhaps the wrong word but the stuff in 138, 154, and 158) is normal for Infinity? I don't see a reason to be suspicious of it regardless.
The Llama/Datisi thing reads as TvT to me. I don't think either party puts themselves out there like this as scum. I don't see a lot of reason for scum to want to end RVS early and Rathe trying to push Llama for that does not exactly give me good feelings about that slot.
VOTE: Rathe
The first paragraph is just filler, like he’s trying to look as though he’s really considering things but it’s pretty meaningless
Second paragraph: Why does Datisi get a pass based on this reasoning but not Rathe? By the looks of it Rathe is a relative newbie, so if picking fights then early doors in town-indicative (as Outworld seems to think) then why are you SR’ing him for it?
you say the first part is filler, but it's actually a meta read based on previous experience. I don't see a problem with that.
The second part reminds me of my own case on Rathe, which you dismissed/disagreed with my reasonings.
yes that's scum!indicative for himIn post 563, OutWorldER wrote:Why do you think Luca is a partner for me in this scenario? Actually, where's your read on Luca coming from in general, because I don't feel like that slot has done anything too egregious or noteworthy in either direction.
ah yesIn post 578, samantha97 wrote:what if the vote count looked like this
samantha97(2):Rathe,Andresvmb
Iconeum(2):LlamaFluff,Umlaut
Umlaut(4):Momrangal,Iconeum,Datisi,Infinity 324
OutWorldER(4):Luca Blight,Anya,esotericzoomer,samantha97
Not Voting (1):OutWorldER
idk i want him to spew his scumbuddies harder before we yeet him or something i haven't decided yetIn post 589, samantha97 wrote:ok but why aren't you voting outworlder
i never said that? like i said the exact opposite, even if i were scum, i sure as hell wouldn't park my vote on ico for the reasoning i'd provided, because that all but locks me into a 1v1 with him for the rest of the game.In post 599, LlamaFluff wrote:(If Dats is scum Icon immediately becomes one of my strongest town reads due to his "If I was scum that would be an easy spot to park my vote" implies Icon-town in a way that isnt typically the way town approaches the game)
could you eli5? i didn't really get how you're getting to ico!town from scum!me originally, and don't quite get it here either.In post 601, LlamaFluff wrote:and actually might even strengthen that.
eli5 means explain like i'm 5. googling terms you don't understand is a good way to find out what said terms mean.In post 605, LlamaFluff wrote:You are using a term I dont understand again so im going to guess on what you are saying...In post 602, Datisi wrote:could you eli5? i didn't really get how you're getting to ico!town from scum!me originally, and don't quite get it here either.In post 601, LlamaFluff wrote:and actually might even strengthen that.
If you are scum I think this whole thing make Icon town. First it immediately implies that if you are scum, you would not be voting Icon out the gate to me in a way that seems to concentrate not on reads but instead the reaction of Icon, which you say would turn him against you. Being afraid of voting another player, who has a wagon forming on them, who you have been in conflict with and seemed to read as scum, because you think they will target you, to me reads as how scum would approach a wagon. Concentrating more and being concerned about reactions rather than reads. The response to EZ seems to me if you were town would be "I am not on Icon because of X reads" and not more of "I am not on Icon because he would see it as a scumclaim from me".In post 523, Datisi wrote:i never voted ico. also, if scum!me decided to ~coast~ on ico's wagon here with the reasoning i've already given, ico'd probably see that as close to a scumclaim from me, and while he is generally suspected right now, trust me that is a 1v1 scum!me has NO desire to startIn post 502, esotericzoomer wrote:its unnecessarily complicating things to not coast on icons wagon, for scum!you that is
Maybe im complicating it, but what I read your thought process there feels like what I would take as scum if I was afraid a vote would put heat on me. As opposed to town which is "Im not voting them here because of <other read>" or "If they vote me who cares, they still are scum".
this is a bad reason to townread me. in this universe, where i am town, i am not voting iconeum because i townread him. he's saying he thought scum!me would be voting him / on his wagon because it's easy. i'm saying no,In post 497, esotericzoomer wrote:datisi - his reactions to icon pushing rathe were very genuine and his motivations seem townie,don't see scum!datisi being the white knight for icon
i've had the misfortune of playing scum against towncounem 6 times in the last ~9 months. at this point, "how to play around town!ico" is basically second nature to me.In post 620, LlamaFluff wrote:Usually when I get pushed into having to approach things from a "what would I have done as scum" scenario I need to go back and read again because I dont know and am not thinking about it, and its very hard to just naturally inject that into a conversation because it involves building up an entirely new thought process.