qfc
I've never played a Mafia style game before at all, though I have read 1 or 2. For the most part, however, this is completely uncharted territory for me.
qfc but glad to see newbies are doing research before diving.
1) Possibly 1K? But she's never been scum before so I can't actually say for sure.
2) QT. I don't know why, this is mostly based on my wrong reads in previous games.
3) Ban, -Rosen, Nictis, 1K, InterstellarHobo. Turtleducks SK. I don't know what the point of this was because it's random guesses and tbh I am not sure this follows the traditional setup (the intro post lore seems more like 2 competing factions to me?).
Originally Dismissed this.
Town, of course. Surely only villains would want to be scum, right? Hahaha...
Hmm...memephase so NAI, thus qfc
Yes, I do seem nervous, don't I?
qfc
kek...qfc
Eeeh, this requires scum to actually respond, no? I suppose even my guesses aren't entirely random, but this early on I have no real information either.
States their guesses aren't entirely random, why? I can't really pull much from this but it comes as off and strange. The 1st part seems off but okay.
I'll keep it in mind as you're more experienced but atm I don't agree. It should become clear after the first Night anyway, I imagine.
NAI I think...
If you're doing this because you want things to happen you probably shouldn't immediately say it's wine? I don't even think it's entirely wine myself, but that depends on me reading your playstyle correctly which I've found to be pretty difficult previously so not sure if that's actually worth anything.
lol you inserted a table
Ehh...can't really garner anything from that although I feel I should have.
Ummm? What do you mean here? It reads like you read your role and wasn't sure if you were town or if it was multiple factions, but now you somehow know you're town? I'm confused.
Hmm. I do suppose the answers can only help, but I don't think scum is actually forced to respond. Some of them will respond, I imagine, but in a 17 player game there should always be a bunch of busy and/or new players to hide amongst. At least, ime, though I think recent games have been better about this than when I started?
Again mentions what they think scum would do...but why? Theoretically I can see it being more that the vets should respond and the newbies don't have a reason to really...regardless of alignment. So why keep mentioning that?
I mean for the first 2 I'm also quite unsure, but 3 straight up asks you to give a wild guess?
I can give you my own reasoning to show that you don't need to have any actual good ideas:
- Ban: Talked. Reminds of previous game, because he talked.
- -Rosen: I didn't like the questions initially. Reminded me of that time Nani wanted to get town cred by pushing past meme phase.
- Nictis: Nictis seems to get scum a lot.
- 1K: Gambler's fallacy.
- InterstellarHobo: I needed some newer player or at least someone I don't know yet to put on the list.
- Turtleducks: Same as previous. Also because of the avatar, somehow.
Also @-Rosen did you answer 3? I know it's actually there for when people don't (fully) answer 1&2 but if we're doing this I'd like your answer to 3 as well.
Yeah no that is indeed just bad reasons...well I know why I couldn't get anything earlier from that statement about it not being entirely random...
He's not, it was a question directed at Nani.
Though you could question why Nani initially picked out Ban as not maf. Err though I suppose that's actually what that question was about.
Not sure what to make of this so qfc
And my preferred role is anything solo generally. Easier
Ah. Uh. I'm blind. I just saw the
and assumed you were quoting Nani's post above yours.
I...is this a scumslip? I don't remember any case of Absum being scum before so this just seems so off to me.
Hm and that role thing wasn't meant to be there because I don't think preferred roles is relevant but apparently it got saved from a few minutes ago. Whoops. I should probably go sleep lol.
reinforces above idea
This is libel! (Or is it?)
I can fully assure you that I am an honest member of [insert reader's faction here] and will be doing my best to ensure [insert reader's faction here]'s victory.
I can't help having things to do. I'm sure I responded within an hour or two anyways, so i hardly see how that could make me seem any more suspicious than any other player who responded later than me.
. . . More on this later
@Evenstar
Might I convince you to nullify your vote to lynch me? As you can clearly see from my post here:
I am very trustworthy and most definitely on your side. I am not suspicious in the least!
This is sus on base value.
What's more, they left without undoing their vote to kill me. How dreadfully rude
nai/qfc
Curses, it appears that intentionally acting suspicious has made me seem suspicious, who could have predicted this convoluted trail of logic?
Perhaps I'll try a different tact.
If you keep me around, I just might save your life.
Mhm...that last statement makes me sus for a number of reasons
<.<
It is an image for turtles. I confess, I feel violated and exposed. Where did Nictis get that photo of me?
qfc...but funny.
Bold of you to assume I have 'buddies'. I have no means of communicating with others outside of this thread.
Hmm...if this is true by any means then the townread on absum is generally unfounded imo.
Wild mass guessing.
Or, wine-based mind games. Take your pick.
Water Mill Gorge...qfc
I have not, as I mentioned here
qfc
weird response but qfc
Alright, I'll treat this a bit more seriously for the moment. It should be apparent that I have been deliberately going out of my way to draw attention to myself and make myself seem suspicious. If I am town, this is a bad idea because it will alienate me from my allies and turn them against me. If I am scum, it's also a bad idea because I am throwing myself blatantly into the spotlike and making myself to obvious. And yet I've chosen to paint a target on my back.
Not gonna lie hiding in audacity is a thing...a thing I've done a few times in the past somehow successfully. I don't recommend it. Regardless this statement is wine for the most part, and I'm sure I've seen this somewhere else although that member was town.
[X] Lynch Look to the Left
It's time I went to bed. Don't think too hard about this.
qfc/nai
I lied, one last post
And if read by a townie, then I'm a townie. I've been very clear about being
everyone's friend until proven otherwise.
I have no idea what that is.
I'm trying to serve my purpose.
Now I sleep.
Okay gonna just address the Ele- . . . Turtleduck in the room.
This more or less reads like a very transparent 3rd party neutral claim at best. One that can win with either scum or town. I frankly don't trust that, especially since everything up to this point was pointing at this kind of claim and later they backpedal on it saying their town despite what they've greatly hinted at earlier. But...(Cuts to later-)
Making what a bit too obvious?
It's exactly what it looks like.
Yes.
While largely NAI this is also a tiny bit scummy. It's hair-splitting but as Town using rng serves no real point but makes little difference, mentioning that you did so serves no purpose at all. As scum, whether you did or not, saying you did makes an easy defence against people using the list later on (when that is supposed to be the point by your own words). Now I actually don't think you'd do that as scum because it's rather obvious but eh I'd still preferred if you hadn't mentioned this.
Pls no more wine ;_;
In combination with the fishing I don't really like this. It's a neat excuse for looking coordinated, but imo a supposed 2 person neighbourhood really doesn't need such an excuse early on if at all, both because coordination is not guaranteed and because the other person could be scum anyway.
Eh, I'm quite confused at this point.
@Happerry did you read my bad reasons and do you think you can answer -Rosen's questions now?
@Look to the Left I'd like to see some comments from you.
Unrelated to anyone: I feel like I turn everything into wine if I let myself think for multiple minutes
Hmm. . . I can't say this isn't a good post because it is imo. Not much real content but it does give a good vibe.
3? I only see 2 on the tally.
And looking at the content of the actual votes it's not much of a wagon at all. It's also not going to Day end unless Turtleducks fucks up really bad because we don't tend to lynch first-time players Day 1 and as I said I'm mostly confused about what they're doing. I guess if you forced me to pick I'd go with uuh extremely misguided Town NK-proof or something? Because as Jester it's too obvious and as Maf it's detrimental (due to the possibility of attracting Vig kills or just getting lynched).
I didn't see anyone else explicitly saying their reads were made using a random number generator, which is what my actual complaint in that post was about.
Now here is where it gets weird...this looks like outside deflection off Turtleducks. If it was alone I would have passed it up honestly.
Eeeh, I certainly don't expect scum to all use actual random number generators, so you could still get use out of it if they flip. Though only really if they die D1/N1 because past that they should have been forced to give other, realer reads.
More of saying what scum would likely do
I did say it was mostly NAI and the fact it can't really be used for analysing was what I didn't like about it? When I was talking about people analysing the answers I was talking in general.
Except if people are actually being random on it, it shouldn't be analyzable.
We're in agreement on this, as far as I can tell.
qfc
I'm sorry but I can't tell: is the part about Dovah a joke?
qfc
Nani has not mentioned Dovah (who is not in this game) at all. You're thinking of what Nani said about Ban, I believe?
qfc
I don't even know what the first and third are but I've seen survivors before. Though the last one in a closed setup might have been a while ago by now? Dinosaur game I think?
Well uh I mean:
Hints at survivors, seems like possible set-up for TurtleDucks later and an excuse to immediately believe him.
Oh I didn't get that from Exy. Have seen that in the Archdemon semi-open setup but never in an actual game. Though it was probably used at some point before I started playing.
forgot what this was in regards to and I'm work lazy atm so qfc.
Voyeur = the first sentence in the post you are quoting.
qfc
It's referring to her saying she's seen only one other person in there. I used supposed both because she (as she mentioned) wouldn't know for sure if there was anyone else and because for the argument I used there the possible existence of silent lurkers is somewhat irrelevant (as it's a bit difficult to be at risk of coordinated cooperation with people you don't know are there who won't talk to you).
Hmm...idk.
Wooh, Mondays suck for me, I'm basically stuck in classes or club shit from 8AM to 10PM. I gotta catch up on the past several pages, but in the meantime, enjoy a brief PSA:
TurtleDucks is your friend, don't lynch them!
Further...pushing for: Don't lynch me you'll regret it, believe me I'm everyone's friend!
Quick question before I read this another thirty times without comprehending what it means. What is NAI?
qfc (Non-Alignment Indicative)
And I return. Think fast
@Cyricubed!
[X] Lynch Cyricubed
Random lynch thrown at me from the blue. I believe it was Even who asked for reasonings
Now is probably a good time to ask, if I am switching my lynch target from one to another, do I still need to nullify my original vote first?
qfc
My previous lynch vote against Look to the Left was merely because they haven't posted much, so I wasn't terribly attached to it. As for why I picked Cyri? Because they have voted to lynch Absum.
Blatantly said: I'm voting you because your voting this guy that I like for some unknown reason(essentially a omgus vote at best which is still sus)
What can I say? I prefer to keep things to myself unless someone else brings them up
Just some general advice: You should always give your reasonings for putting down a lynch vote, even if they are minor and insignificant.
I promised myself I was gonna vote someone today, but it'll be a bit late (my timezone at least).
I wanna see what Turtleducks has to say first but imo there's a pretty decent reason available.
Basically prepping to say I'll believe whatever TD throws out because yeah.
Eeeh, VT would be more bizarre, no? Or at least I can't immediately think of a PR I'd consider weirder.
Oh, also, if you did feel that was revealing too much you should probably also be bothered by Nictis (it really wasn't necessary to reveal what he did).
qfc(I see what happened)
This is quite funny actually but please wait on Turtleducks' answer first so I can have better data to build a read of them with.
That was the idea, yes. Though I must admit my first instinct was to go "PR?" as well when it happened.
I think (as in I've forgotten and am too busy right now to try and check properly) one exchange felt a bit off to me as well, but this seems like a bit of a leap to me. If I ask you "hey should I share my flavour to clear things up" I would be highly surprised if you went "Actually I'm gonna share my flavour now" because uh what?? Maybe you could argue the earlier mild fishing wrt neighbourhoods/masons makes it more likely to be sus but eeeh, don't think I'd agree.
An again: Wait for my teammate to give a constructed excuse that I can build constructed reads off of. Or at least how I'm reading this given everything else.
This both pains and amuses me.
qfc(I forgot what this was relation too)
[X] Lynch Nanimani
This is unlikely to still be my vote at Day end but I said I'd vote today and I am generally displeased by chaosposting. I thought I had noticed something else as well but when I did an ISO it felt totally wrong.
With regards to -Rosen: I tend to see slips as mistakes most of the time so I'm unlikely to join in atm but the arguments seem sound enough.
Most other ideas I wanna keep to myself for a bit. I'll make sure to do a reads post before the end of D1, though considering the timing there's a decent chance it'll be a short and hasty one.
Did your ISO on who? Now I'm curious and I didn't see Nanimani chaosposting at all. . .
To be honest I don't actually like that vote now that the other thing didn't end up checking out, but as I find Nani confusing I don't mind pressuring them a bit.
Hmm...
Without checking posts I feel like I might want to see something more from QT as well, but they always tend to hang back on D1 ime, so idk, difficult :/
And Look to the Left as well, I suppose. Ah, are they/should I consider them new? I'm unclear on this.
Nai / qfc
I dunno if you know this but as iirc I only discovered it in my previous game: On the tally the votes and the voters for a specific vote are listen in chronological order and you can click on a voter name to go the post in which they placed the vote.
qfc
I feel like Absum is trustworthy. Dropping the excessive memery I've been posting with the past few days, I'll come out and say that I am Town, and I think that Absum is as well. I could explain that feeling a bit further, but first I'd like to ask
@Absum what they think my reason for trusting them is?
If players want to lynch me, they should lynch me. My being new is not a factor, at least not as far as I am concerned about myself.
Here is where they backpedal on all the hinting they've been dropping, which makes me feel someone said: Stop leaking all over the place, but then proceed to go: Yeah I'm town and this here is town too I'm certain. On day 1...both already said they weren't in any form of Quicktopic so there is nothing this can be properly founded on so yeah, this reads bad.
Sorry, but I need to respond now because I must sleep and if I wait till tomorrow this won't get resolved before Day End because of timezones/activity periods not lining up well. Though I don't actually answer Turtleducks' question anyway, so maybe it's fine.
Ok so first off: Everyone is going to claim they're Town
. It can be fine to openly claim so for emphasis and probably other reasons that I'm not gonna try and think of because I wanna sleep, but just claiming it isn't gonna convince anyone.
Then to the actual content:
You kinda missed the mark, so the question isn't one I can answer (and I don't think I'd even want to? But not gonna think about that this late). I wouldn't have considered me being Town enough of a reason to counter lynch on it's own and as such I haven't given any thought to why you (or anyone, tbh) might consider me Town or not. No, the reason Cyricubed's vote on me deserved (imo) some pressure (or at least an inquiry, which nobody bothered with and I intentionally refrained from), is that he voted on me without ever mentioning me at all in the rest of the post (or the follow-up post he made after another read through for that matter) that pointed at multiple
other people as sus, even using some similar arguments to me. The
only follow-up explanation his vote on me had was this
a day later (uh assuming it was actually about that but I do think it was).
Now, all that is quite easily explained away by it being some reaction test or somesuch (regardless of if it's true), but if that's what the plan and reason were, then I think Cyricubed was a bit too quick to jump on Turtleducks (and me, actually. Maybe more so me even? idk w/e I want to see if that's even the reason first). If that's not what Cyricubed's reasoning was well then idk atm and I want to sleep and I can probably read it tomorrow.
That said I
am gonna advise Turtleducks to stop playing coy with their reasons to this degree, because while this mostly reads as "new player" to me I would almost start to suspect them of pocketing me, so I can easily imagine it looks even more suspicious to people who don't know I'm Town (as I could be a potential scum buddy in that case).
Hopefully that's all still clear I think my edits are starting to deteriorate so uh yeah sleep now.
Quick to respond and deflect by throwing shade onto me for my attempt to lure scum and then openly deflect off Turtle by pointing out: Hey this guy is a new player probably everything is alright and even admits why this whole thing looks bad.
Changing my mind slightly from last night: I don't think you were too quick to jump on them per se as they did indeed have no reason at first and a bad one after that, but it did (does?) bother me that
you were the one to jump on it without seemingly realizing that TD could very well have followed up with the reason I gave (i.e. that you never provided any reasoning at all).
Also uh I don't think scum are going to jump on a 1-vote wagon with no reasoning. That'd just look bad.
Hm. I don't do well with vague hints when I didn't make them up myself.
I am not in a Mason with Turtleducks, if that's what you mean. Aside from that I would currently lean slightly scum. I
can think of a Town role that'd make him/a new player act like this and revealing or losing it would be quite bad, but I don't think it is all that likely? It also depends on why Turtleducks is townreading me.
And I scrolled through the updated list of roles for this because I don't feel like what you're referring to is what I'm thinking of
.
I already addressed this above actually so no need to re-address especially since you seem to be fully willing to ignore what TurtleDucks has pushed out regarding their reasonings.
Hm, I'd sooner expect scum to be on that lynch if -Rosen is scum (as there is no real competing lynch atm so might as well distance yourself). If -Rosen is Town joining it would be a wash.
And uh you are already voting for someone, so.
Anyway, you were townreading me right?
Why? Hm. Or maybe not. I kinda want to see Turtleducks reasons first. Up to you I guess.
It's generally not good practice to lynch with information gathering as the main reason as that's too easy for scum to use.
I meant the recently updated
glossary thingy in the megathread.
Okay so....WHAT? Why would you give scum advice!? Seriously?