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Love Boat 2 [Mafia] |OT| Electric Boogalove

Dr. Worm

Banned
I don't get the "manufactured" thing

at all

literally, I don't understand what it means

is it supposed to be the idea that scumchat is prescripting conversations prior to posting them?

because I don't think anything like that ever actually happens on GAF, at least from the scumchats I've perused
 

Sophia

Member
I don't get the "manufactured" thing

at all

literally, I don't understand what it means

is it supposed to be the idea that scumchat is prescripting conversations prior to posting them?

because I don't think anything like that ever actually happens on GAF, at least from the scumchats I've perused

I don't quite get it either. I don't think it was manufactured in the sense of what you're describing. What it looked like to me was it looked like Dragonz thought she saw something logical in Kitsune's posts, only that it wasn't terribly logical. Instead of just blowing it off, she doubled down on her read.
 

Ty4on

Member
I don't get the "manufactured" thing

at all

literally, I don't understand what it means

is it supposed to be the idea that scumchat is prescripting conversations prior to posting them?

because I don't think anything like that ever actually happens on GAF, at least from the scumchats I've perused
Talking about my Xbro comment?

By manufactured I mean it sounds made up instead of a genuine read they have on a player. Scum knows all alignments (sans possible neutrals) so they can't really think any player seems one way or another. They know.
 

Dr. Worm

Banned
Talking about my Xbro comment?

By manufactured I mean it sounds made up instead of a genuine read they have on a player. Scum knows all alignments (sans possible neutrals) so they can't really think any player seems one way or another. They know.

I was more thinking of Sorian's response kit/WAMD thing as the example, since you didn't use that word (or you misspelled it)

which post are you referring to?
 

Fat4all

Banned
I do think that the whole Kitsune and WAMD kerfluffle was a bit oversaturated, bit it could be interesting. Why do you think anyone should go back and look at it? Hope this doesn't seem aggressive I'm just curious as to why you may think that's an important interaction? I did my reads on that and in the end came to my own conclusion that it was 2 townies going at it for dumb reasons (though it COULD be more), what do you think it is that's worth looking back on?

i just wanted to the option of fresh eyes on it. i had been muddling about the argument in my head for a bit, and since Fire offered i thought i'd pick at their brain on it.

personally, first I though it could of been two scum building a fake argument to look like towns butting heads, but the more i thought about it the more needlessly complex it seemed for two scums to plan. in the end i decided it's much more likely a simpler scenario, either scum v town, or town v town.

but it seems like the kind of moment that might not be very important for today, on day one, but on a later day where we start to the the long games of how Dragonz and kitsune are playing.
 
i just wanted to the option of fresh eyes on it. i had been muddling about the argument in my head for a bit, and since Fire offered i thought i'd pick at their brain on it.

personally, first I though it could of been two scum building a fake argument to look like towns butting heads, but the more i thought about it the more needlessly complex it seemed for two scums to plan. in the end i decided it's much more likely a simpler scenario, either scum v town, or town v town.

but it seems like the kind of moment that might not be very important for today, on day one, but on a later day where we start to the the long games of how Dragonz and kitsune are playing.

Yeah this is where I stand currently. I had thought about it being a fake scum kerfluffle and it could be but I think it is Town v. Town in the end.
 

Dr. Worm

Banned
Also considering I know KK's and my alignment, huge side-eye to any that are trying to link Fire and I together.

I've been very confused by the past few pages

who is this accusing? what post was doing this?

was it just this read?

Reading through everything, biggest standout would be Ouro's town read on Fire and Exodu5. Fire's posting picked up around that time although a lot moreso after that read, but I've been leaning slightly towards scum on Exodu5 for a while.

or is there something else going on?
 

Ourobolus

Banned
I find most scum v. scum constructed arguments don't really materialize until mid-game. Scum's not gonna want to force a 1v1 this early (unless you're Sorian).
 
If that was true the game of mafia wouldn't even exist. Possibly the most reductive statement thus far this game.

That's...not really an argument that two players can't have the same general idea or suspect the same person.

I mean I and Sam literally looked at Ouros post at about the same time and I thought "Wait this is weird, those two?" and she immediately said the same and wrote it into our chat. It isn't surprising to me that other thought the same.
 

Natiko

Banned
That's...not really an argument that two players can't have the same general idea or suspect the same person.

I mean I and Sam literally looked at Ouros post at about the same time and I thought "Wait this is weird, those two?" and she immediately said the same and wrote it into our chat. It isn't surprising to me that other thought the same.
I never said people couldn't come to similar conclusions, but the way your post read to me was very reductive. There's fifteen groups here of thirty people and clearly there's not even a majority consensus on who is scum or this phase would be over barring holding off the hammer to discuss other matters.
 
I never said people couldn't come to similar conclusions, but the way your post read to me was very reductive. There's fifteen groups here of thirty people and clearly there's not even a majority consensus on who is scum or this phase would be over barring holding off the hammer to discuss other matters.

That's what I was trying to say, so no problem, I could have worded it better.
 

Dr. Worm

Banned
Also considering I know KK's and my alignment, huge side-eye to any that are trying to link Fire and I together.

so why were you using present-tense verbs to accuse people of taking a future action that wasn't necessarily precipitated by anything, anyway

why do you need warning shots to fend off devious persons who might to try to create a connection between you and another player?
 
Is this just Ouro being an ass right now or is there more to it?

I feel like I missing something and I'm never good enough to give adequate reads
 

Dr. Worm

Banned

I wanted Ouro to answer

I apologize for being snippy, Trigger.

but I guess he can't explain why he'd need to make an unprompted post that explicitly wards people off from making a connection between him and another player

VOTE: Ourobolus
 

Verelios

Member
He's definitely playing this way intentionally, but I still find it hard to pin an alignment on it. Neutral or Town PR might be an explanation.

I have a hard time telling Town Sorian from Scum Sorian apart. The one time he was scum in a game I played, he was a sub in for someone who already had crosshairs on them so...
Hmmmm, so your read on Sorian is neutral or town PR? Then what about Fat?
i just wanted to the option of fresh eyes on it. i had been muddling about the argument in my head for a bit, and since Fire offered i thought i'd pick at their brain on it.

personally, first I though it could of been two scum building a fake argument to look like towns butting heads, but the more i thought about it the more needlessly complex it seemed for two scums to plan. in the end i decided it's much more likely a simpler scenario, either scum v town, or town v town.

but it seems like the kind of moment that might not be very important for today, on day one, but on a later day where we start to the the long games of how Dragonz and kitsune are playing.
I mean, if it were manufactured I'd hope to God it would go a little more smoothly than that. What would be the point in not crafting bulletpoints/counterpoints beforehand?
I've been very confused by the past few pages

who is this accusing? what post was doing this?

was it just this read?



or is there something else going on?

no, you gave it to me and it's your fault I have it and you can take it back

what is the purpose of that post?
I feel like I say this every game at some point, but it's just something to come back to for a defense if/when they're almost about to get lynched on the contingency that Fire is scum. Which is shit. No one is going to pay any mind to it unless your argument is Nobel prize good, so it's only good for either a gotcha or an I told you so.
 

Dr. Worm

Banned
I feel like I say this every game at some point, but it's just something to come back to for a defense if/when they're almost about to get lynched on the contingency that Fire is scum. Which is shit. No one is going to pay any mind to it unless your argument is Nobel prize good, so it's only good for either a gotcha or an I told you so.

what prompts it, though

what reading of those pages implies that anyone is going to do that
 
Verelios, that quote of mine is talking about Ouro, not Sorian, and it's an odd mistake since the comment itself quoting Natiko who directly mentions Ouro.

I'm not town reading Sorian at all, if I was my vote wouldn't still be on Fat.
 

Dr. Worm

Banned
do I need to preemptively say "don't vote me if Verelios ends up scum" despite that not being a conclusion anyone is going to conceivably draw at this point in the game?
 

Ourobolus

Banned
how does he know in advance that he's going to be tied to Fireblend, as opposed to being tied to, I dunno, anyone else
You really haven't been following along

I "town"-read Fireblend and pretty much got dogpiled on for my read. There are quite a few posts about it.
 
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