onto the game now. My catchup will be around shortly but I'm glad to be back playing with empking, DJ and DH again. We've had good games in the past, certainly Donner party and Iowa mafia come to mind :p
Hikari link is a nice face to see again. IIRC he likes to be called Hikari :3
anyways
Timeater wrote:
@Empking
Who is the second best player here?
why are you interested in the best players.... A harsher player than myself would perhaps say you were picking NK choices...
Timeater wrote:Requesting meta citation on DH's playstyle if anyone has played with him before.
I always find DH town (see donner party mafia when I failed to vig him twice because i changed my mind at the last minute). He has good meta, although in my last town game with him he hammered the townie in Lylo (fishbowl mafia). DH isa a good player and I only expect him to have improved since then, even though he was class originally as well. (and DH's scum QT in donner party mafia is a very good read ifidosaysomyself ^_^ )
posts #27 from Empking and #29 from Hi Link are posts I could agree with in that Ryu doesn't seem obvious scum to me and DH's vote on him is perhaps slight OMGUS
then I see this quote
DemonHybrid wrote:nintendoaddict1 wrote:Uh...no, it's not? You of all people, nintendo, should know at this point that RVS votes with or without reasoning are null, and those on a bandwagon are meant to end RVS by pressuring the person on the other end.
Are you protecting ryu?
If RVS votes are null, then why is it not too early to call people scum?
And agreeing with someone does not mean I am protecting them.
Did you just forget about the fact that ryu's vote had absolutely no tone of an RVS vote?
Also, good answer on your last statement.
Timeater: I don't have a meta, except for the fact that I play quietly as scum about half of the time, depending on my mood, and I very occasionally am bored as town depending on the pace of the game. But my game list is in my wiki, feel free to review it.
look at the bold part. Out of all DH has posted so far that bolded part, is the silent killer. For reasoning I direct you to a very good article I read in MD which is useful for both scum and scumhunters
http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopi ... =5&t=17461
one clause in particular is #14 and you'll see why it's relevant
Lord Gurgi on advice for mafiosi wrote:
14) Don't underestimate the power of subtle praise. "That's a great point" and "I didn't notice that" or even "I'm sheeping X, who is obv-town" helps building false confidence in townies. This will make the townie think you are town, and if they turn out to be wrong they get the blame and their confidence is shaken. It is generally good to leave the responsibility for the town's lynches on the town.
then look at the part of the DH quote I bolded
DemonHybrid wrote:
Also, good answer on your last statement.
and you see this rule of good mafia praise in work. And suddenly I feel like I can vote DH with a good conscience. 2 events (opportunistic exploitation of Ryu newb-town and the aforementioned subtle praise)
anyways, back to page #2
#30 further strengthens my newb-town read on Ryu
#36 is an accurate, but succinct summary that CES would be proud of
Hi Link's response is easily the most pro-town thing I've read all game. Scum just don't push town reads away from them like that. HL is taking Empking's praise with a pinch of salt and knowing that he cannot fully trust empking even if empking trusts him and that's what's pro-town
and then we get to something juicy
DemonHybrid to Hi Link wrote:Not really, but you have a very sharp playstyle, so I was wondering.
He invokes rule 14 again >_>
Lord Gurgi on advice for mafiosi wrote:
14) Don't underestimate the power of subtle praise. "That's a great point" and "I didn't notice that" or even "I'm sheeping X, who is obv-town" helps building false confidence in townies. This will make the townie think you are town, and if they turn out to be wrong they get the blame and their confidence is shaken. It is generally good to leave the responsibility for the town's lynches on the town.
then look at the part of the DH quote I bolded
DemonHybrid wrote:Also, good answer on your last statement.
Once could be seen as a coincidence, but Twice >:(
I don't remember town DH having a complementary playstyle at all
Tbh, this could be great buddying from DH as Hi Link is the biggest critic of DH with empking at the moment
If DH flips scum then the buddying near-confirms Hi Link as town. Scum don't need to buddy to each other at all, they have a QT :p
page #2 ends with DH wooing Hi Link by saying he's more experienced. ugh. I'd count that as a thrid time but I just want to move on now and it was a follow up of the second instance
has it all ended? Has DH stopped being scummy?
DemonHybrid wrote:Fair enough. I'm two months late saying this, but welcome to the site.
nooooooo
rule #14 >_>>>>>>>>>>
There's no need to welcome him other than buddying. He's two months here for zark's sake Gah!!
anyways back to page #3
#52 is a cameo of Maruchan. Not much info other than the promise of a subsequet post. Empking says he can see buddying in it, but afrter looking at DH, it's impossible not to see so much more buddying there. Maru has a mere twig of buddying in his 'nice to see you again' (which is understandable to maintain friendships at the first post of a game, not like DH who drags it into page #3) compared to DH's forest. Not sure what's up with that
Timeater wrote:
@everyone but demon
Demon's initial reaction to ryuu could be considered townie response, considering his level of passion. But said passion only came after he was bullied into justifications. Demon assumes town is a certain way only and anything that deviates from what he conceives of what town should be is suspect. It doesn't seem like he's willing to account for the fact that ryuu might be a noob, or that simply that there is not alot of weight attached to the attack on him. There are countless variables he seems unwilling to account for. It seems fishy. His past few posts have been a little off. "Hikari and Emp are town" - "Link are you so sharp/experienced". Seems like a nice little detour for the pressure on him.
This isn't a question, but the Ryu newb-town case is EXACTLY what I've been saying. Looks like we could be on the same wavelength here. We'll see
post #59 is annoying in that it's the second maru post where he promises content. having played with maru briefly before, i remember more macro images than content, but I'm hoping to be pleasantly surprised :p
in post #64 Tick talk about DH, which is all very well, but I'd rather he mentioned other players too, so it doesn't just look like he's riding the easiest wagon. Not voting though, and actually wanting a response rather than a vote-parking I do find pro-town though
Empking wrote:Maruchan wrote:
Empking wrote:FoS: Maru- Buddying.
I have links to every game I have ever played in on-site. Go to any game on that list that isn't still in-queue, ISO me, and read my first post. I start out EVERY GAME by saying hi to people I recognize. Before you FoS me for it, FoS the people in this game that did it on Page 1 also. I am doing the exact same things they are, the only difference is I didn't make it in time for page 1.
I don't remember other players complimenting and sucking up to people.
DH
like all the time here
you're seeing the needle rather than the haystack here Empking
Empking wrote:Maruchan wrote:Link is very good. Has been from the first game of his I read on-site.
Ok, this is buddying, my mistake
Empking's right in this one. there was no need to bring up this and shower Hi Link with more praise. (Seriously, DH will get jealous )
I'd like empking to talk about Maru's analysis as well as his buddying though
finally we have zdenek who seem's to share maru's view that DH V Ryu could be town V town
and then goes on to..... talk about Nintendo and nintendo alone
That put's my catchup post to shame :p
oh well, at least he isn't courting Link ^_^
(and ftr, I think Nintendo's play matches his meta of town. It's an interesting meta, but one I believe he sticks too. *see band mafia)
usually, I'd end a big post like this wth a reads list, but since many players haven't posted yet like Mysterio and DJ, and that I've explained most of my reads already (e.g. Link - town, DH - suspect etc.) I don't see the need for a reads list