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Monster Mafia - Game Over! Was the Beast slain, or did evil overcome?

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@giraffes

I have no issues with Jerkus at the moment. Might be a whack explanation but to me Jerkus plays exactly what I'd expect a hydra consisting of Circus and J to play. As far as content is concerned their main focus has been on Macman, which is OK and mentioning that Scary can die, which is very much OK with me as well. Not seeing anything out of the ordinary. Null-town.

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So I guess people aren't convinced by my case and I really don't see why. I guess frozen is just naturally septical and Werekill not that confident as a mafia player but I think it deserves more attention. In Zombies mafia I got a lot of unjustified flak for making a very similar case on WATT, who turned out to be scum for very similar reasons.

I'm also annoyed by how eager he is to join the Xatres wagon, which seems to be a convenient cop out. But as far as I can see the 'case' on Xatres is very weak. If my reading comprehension hasn't gone down the drain completely Xatres is seen as scum because it's unpopular of him to voice popular opinions after being quiet all game. It's awfully useless, sure, but it's not a scumtell by any stretch of the imagination.

I find it to be scummy and representative of FMLs play to join that wagon so carelessly at this point of the game.
It's also noteworthy that his only direct response to my case is actually a veiled hydra-john.

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Ok. You say that his main focus was Mac, but why no mention of his push on me and his interactions with me? Can you talk about that, and his Xat push as well?
 

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FML
Scary / Bardull
Macman

That's my scumpool in order of priority, assuming 4 scumbags. I'm really not sure about Macman actually being scum anymore but I find Jerkus' arguments to be a bit more convincing than Macman's.

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Ok. You say that his main focus was Mac, but why no mention of his push on me and his interactions with me? Can you talk about that, and his Xat push as well?
His push on you and even moreso that against Xatres seems to be the result of a townie getting impatient over how slow this Day phase is going. At least that's the way I see it. I feel like he's wrong about both slots but I don't see why or how I could hold that against him under the current circumstances. I'll let him do his thing and see whether his opinions match mine or not until I have reason to believe that he's scum.

Should also point out that I'm down to lynch inactive slots if nobody better can be found, as always. Lynching all them questionmark slots in your flavorless game really helped us to sort things out for lategame and I think it'll work out again, consdering people like Nabe, Bardull, Scary, Xatres, kuz and Wanted all being in the game. That's more than a third of the roster and just by the sheer statistic there has to be at least one scumbag among that bunch.

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#HBC | Nabe

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FML or Jerkus lynches are both valuable, for potentiality of scum (leans on my part), but also to clear up interactions and motivations therein.

Vote: FML


Of "inactives", Bard is town (and not inactive), Xatres and Scary are readable in D2 (because they're also not inactive), nullKuz isn't worth a lynch early in the game when his play will shore up (even as late as D3), and Wanted should just be replaced.
 

#HBC | Gorf

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can't WAIT for a wall out.

but yea zen i feel you on the white knighting thing n ill tone it down to a degree. i still feel like slots like werekill need it but you're still right.

your more forcing scum reads section was kinda whatevz but i REALLY dig your appeal & manipulation section. that ff thing is ****ing gold and i feel, like, stupid for not seeing it lol. especially how it went from "scummiest post in the game?" to squat. i think lynching jerkus and him turning up scum will paint the pavement to scumscary too. for as little as his presence HAS been, jerkus has been the one to actively mention him simply being "okay" to die.
 

#HBC | Gorf

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i also like gheb more and think he should post more townie things.

gheb said:
I'm also annoyed by how eager he is to join the Xatres wagon, which seems to be a convenient cop out. But as far as I can see the 'case' on Xatres is very weak. If my reading comprehension hasn't gone down the drain completely Xatres is seen as scum because it's unpopular of him to voice popular opinions after being quiet all game. It's awfully useless, sure, but it's not a scumtell by any stretch of the imagination.

I find it to be scummy and representative of FMLs play to join that wagon so carelessly at this point of the game.
It's also noteworthy that his only direct response to my case is actually a veiled hydra-john.
unvote vote fml

i also really like that you have bard/scary as your next two in line.
 

#HBC | FrozeηFlame

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gheb's right that FMLs inconsistent stances are whack as ****, didn't give that case enough cred

Nabe's #645 is pretty on ****ing point

zen doesn't wanna be bros with me which makes me sad but I can't say I blame him

gorf's a p chill guy with p chill reads and a p chill lynch order, Ill do what that kids doin

Vote: FML

 

FullMetalLynch

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This is stupid. Hydra dissonance a bit and changing reads but damn nothing I've done has really been scummy. I'll get to this after school (had a por brief so I actually have my phone right now but class is gonna be back on after lunch)
 

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1. Nabe
2. Gorf
3. Jerkus (Circus/J) (5) - th3kuzinator, ilovegiraffes, Macman, ScaryLB59, Zack Fair
4. FrozenFlame (1) - BarDulL
5. Macman (1) - Werekill
6. BarDulL
7. Ilovegiraffes (Red Ryu/Ranmaru) (1) - Xatres
9. ScaryLB59
10. Gheb_01
11. Xatres (2) - Jerkus, FullMetalLynch
12. FullMetalLynch (Rake/Orboknown) (4) - Gheb_01, Nabe, Gorf, FrozenFlame
13. x WaNtEd x
14. Werekill
15. Zack Fair

Not voting: X WaNtEd X
 

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Sorry guys, but I'll be mostly v/la until saturday. It has been a week from hell, and I'm planning on going to bed early then going out with friends tomorrow night.

I'll still be here every now and then, just especially not friday night.
 

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what makes you think the interaction is TvS
I'll use the Bardull stuff for comparison:

The Bardull stuff at the beginning of the Day had an air of... pettiness to it, which you often see in TvT scenarios. It's not so much that this interaction is evidence of individual players all being town, but the interaction doesn't really offer any Net Benefit on its own. It's not a telling conversation, at least not without a scum flip on one of the interactees. Anything said in the converation can be brushed off by RVS shenanigans and saltiness.

The Giraffe v Macman v Jerkus interaction meanwhile, had an air of manipulation about it. I already stated on the Giraffe side of things, I felt like the players were acting not only against their own meta, but towards a general scumtell of acquiescence. When they were accused of changing reads and/or being noncommital, they immediately fired back with a "well, I'm 110% sure on this guy now." That's the kind of play I've never seen from a town Ran or town Ryu. They were actively managing their image among the town, rather than sticking to their guns and playing the game their own way. Townies shouldn't have an image to manage because they have very little to hide.

As far as Macman and Jerkus go... For Macman, the drunken/hungover posts were obviously of a much different style than his later posts have been. I couldn't be sure if that was a front or not, having never played with Macman before. Either way, his variable (some have used the word waffling) playstyle was troubling. Meanwhile we've seen Jerkus pushing hard on his reads, including now a pretty flimsy wagon against myself, and we've seen him first refuse to differentiate between heads, then continually switch between heads throughout the game. He can say "everyone's demanding it" all game, but the fact is we're asking because they're mentioning it, not the other way around

Sidebar: This is why Dastrn and I color code our posts every time we hydra. Hydra shenanigans are mad frustrating when left unchecked.

Ultimately, I saw three different players all pushing and pulling against each other, and all giving off scumtells or potential scumtells. For me, the interaction read as a pretty strong TvS, possibly even TvSvI, but that might be a bit of a stretch.
 

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Oh come on. You can't say you're armchairing then come out of nowhere without any reasoning and expect people to react positively to that. If you're being strategic you can do a heck of a lot better than that.

If you say you're enjoying armchairing then make a post that appears to be lazy, guess what that means?
As noted, I wasn't expecting people to respond positively. I was simply expecting them to respond. How they responded offers insights into their motivations and mindset, which gives town more information.

ALSO, just because I like to play my cards close to the chest, doesn't mean that I won't reveal one or two when the time is right. I could get into the theory behind why I use this playstyle, but people always harass me when I rabbit trail into theory, so I'll just leave it be.
 

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@ Xatres Xatres

I'm not afraid to concede on something I feel I may be wrong on. Like Zen said, Ashemu in D1 Zombies. Macman and Moira D3 (or so) in Zombies Mafia. That was just the most recent. I tunnel my for sure Scum reads. I was very confident in NL in Zombies (even though I wavered a bit due to stuff like a fake cop clear) but I always came back to it. Don't expect me to just tunnel people without re-evaluating. It's also pro-town to re-evaluate reads.
Fairly argued. It's just that I've seen you (Ran) go down in a fantastic blaze of glory over your "for sure scum reads" when the players were in fact town. I believe this happened in both Walmart and FE:A. Obviously your play could have evolved since then, but I also distinctly remember you extolling the virtues to rigid tunneling in the sign up thread at some point, saying it gets the best reactions out of town, even if you end up wrong. You're definitely not playing like here, which is why you still hold my suspicion.

I also agree that Xatres is playing like classic Xatres, as I saw him in FEA. He goes by the book, as he scumread me in FEA. I do think he should try to re-evaluate after seeing my response to him.
Yes and no. If this is the Ran head talking, then we actually didn't have a hard scumread on you in FE:A. Dastrn and I tried HARD to get people to lynch FML D2, but then they all dragged their feet, let FML AtE like crazy, and then shifted the lynch in your direction.

If this is the Ryu head, then it was Dastrn who actually scumread you the whole game. I basically tried to stay mute on you in my posts because I didn't quite agree with him.
 

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The Circus head actually did notice it, tbh.

Whatever, anyone asking for clarification on the head for the sake of being able to respond properly doesn't deserve an answer either way.
That's just terrible logic. OF COURSE it's important which head is speaking. We don't read these posts in the vacuum. We have to take individual playstyles, speech patterns, tone, attitude, ect. into account when we read a post. This is especially true if you keep on mentioning that a new head is speaking without clarifying.

I would argue that continuing to bounce between heads while still refusing to clarify is actively anti-town behavior. First, you are sowing confusion. And second, you are jamming it down people's throat when they ask for clarity, which is pretty reachy logic and ALSO scummy.

Your reaction was pretty bad to my, albeit sardonic, yet joking post. You say that I am scummy for the response I did, but what about that response is scummy besides the fact that you just dislike it? The answer is nothing.
I've already explained this, but basically the answer is: It's not that I "dislike" your response, it's that your response was unhelpful, emotional, and attempting to cast me in a negative light without actually coming out and making a direct accusation. It's EXACTLY the type of response I was looking for.

And while we're on the subject of "dislike."

Your reaction was pretty bad to my, albeit sardonic, yet joking post. You say that I am scummy for the response I did, but what about that response is scummy besides the fact that you just dislike it? The answer is nothing. I am also finding that your suspicions on slots are quite vapid considering you find all the main three posters scummy at the current time. You say that you dislike I<3Giraffe the most because of a playstyle dislike? Here is a something you said I would like to bring up:

I am isolating this portion to bring up because I am displeased with it. You do know that the reason that a majority of people are reading them as town is because of the fact of the reason you are stating and mainly people are reading them as scum for their actual play which you do not really go into. You even tell people to go do the work for you. Uhm, yeah, that does not fly. I find your reasoning to be faked and not real. You said that you have read the game and therefore one would assume you would have something to bring to the table and yet you are there sitting on your laurels not doing anything at all.

You say that you are being strategic and I actually see oppositely to that. You are being scummy in your posts especially since you are just sheeping majority and delegating responsbility for your work to others and then when you explain your biggest scum-read on I<3Giraffe as something against their playstyle and not even bringing up anything that they have done individually as scummy.
I've gone ahead and bolded a bunch of garbage from your post that I see as scumtells from a writerly point of view. They fit in 3 basic categories.

1) Emotional/wishy-washy language - "dislike," "displeased," "pretty bad"

2) Emphatic/sassy points with no support - "The answer is nothing," "faked and not real"

3) Awkward sentence structure, pointing to heavy editing before posting - "playstyle dislike," "see oppositely to that"

Basically, this entire post reeks of scumminess, with bad logic, vague/emotional wording, and manufactured (as opposed to natural) writing patterns.

Congratulations, you've moved up to my #1 slot!

Unvote

Vote: Jerkus
 

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Initial response to Zen's case followed by reading Xatres' recent post together in one sitting:



I'm not in a mafia mood but I need to respond to things so I'll try and chip away at it.
 

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Nevermind, I do not care to respond to Xatres' post because it is just terrible logic and just not worth the response due to the nature of his post style I doubt I would even go anywhere. If you want a response from this hydra @ Xatres Xatres bug the other side.

Zen's not a lost cause so I can start there.
 

FullMetalLynch

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The fact xatres is here actively conversing makes this head feel much better about him. I can't speak for rake on this matter but in my experience any kind of xat input on this level usually indicates hes town.
 

Jerkus

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This game is all about meta>actual scum-tells and it annoys me.

Especially because if it is all about meta people should seriously know at this point that J is town and not scum.
 

FullMetalLynch

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I haven't really seen anything that hard grips me as a scumtell that isn't just "but playerslotx does this as town too"
Trust me. Its why I'm bouncing reads so much between town and trying to find something I can definitely say is scummy. I really wanna just say lynch something like wanted or nabe, maybe bardull but I figure he'll actually be into this game soonish
 

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@ FullMetalLynch FullMetalLynch why did you change your read on Mac from town, earlier in the game, to scum? I realize you feel better about him now, but why did you start to dislike him and vote him in the first place when you had him as town?
First quote I orbo saw gave me a town mac gut vibe. Him not doing anything bothered rake and as such I let rake move the vote over because what I saw was enough to make me conflicted. Macs wave of posting reconfirmed my earlier feels and set rake at ease
@ FullMetalLynch FullMetalLynch @ Lore Lore

How do you guys feel about FrozenFlame and Gheb? (I think you both have commented on Scary already)
How do you feel about Jerkus now after reading Zen's .
Frozen we have talked about but I dont quite remember what the hell rake and I decided to settle on. Ghebs silly and wrong but null to me personally
 

#HBC | Mac

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ALSO, just because I like to play my cards close to the chest, doesn't mean that I won't reveal one or two when the time is right. I could get into the theory behind why I use this playstyle, but people always harass me when I rabbit trail into theory, so I'll just leave it be.
would love to hear this at some point, maybe when the game's over

can't say I understand your reasoning for Jerkus much at all, and the hydra stuff doesn't seem to make sense to me... but at least you're voting the right slot so you're completely welcome on our wagon
 

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Macman, after this game, we are having a talk if we are lynched. You tunnel me way too much already and a guy can only get ridden for so long without feeling numb and hollow on the inside.
 

#HBC | Mac

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honestly I don't understand all the FML hate... if inconsistent stances is the logic, why dislike FML over say ILUV who has been frequently pushing different slots from the get go?

@ ~ Gheb ~ ~ Gheb ~ , you disliked the way FML hopped on the xatres wagon, what do you think about FF's vote on it?

if Jerkus flips scum, i'm thinkin ppl on FML wagon esp slots like FF will look pretty bad
 

FullMetalLynch

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Without rake opinions here-
I will not lynch mac gorf Or zen today.
You might be able to convince me to vote jerkus or giraffe at deadline.
Would prefer a nabe or inact lynch due to lack of town cohesion today
 

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Mac if you can't swing jerkus (I know hes right there in votes but theoretical speaking here) who would you want lynched instead?
 

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I'm keeping this short for the sake of everyone.

More Forcing Scum Reads

I feel their reaction to Ran's misinterpretation- once again- was far too over the top. Ranmaru and Ryu are both hardcore town. Their reaching for this slot to be scum is quite possibly the most grimy thing about them so far. Especially since J of all people has iluv as his strongest scum read. Ran was clearly just asking for some clarification and it showed that he didn't believe the point he was insinuating to be true if it wasn't the J side who was arguing the logic the hydra was providing. But Jerkus reacted as if Ran was being the most malicious person on earth. His pushing of him is so insincere to me, the same way I feel his Mac push to be insincere. Once again Jerkus has failed to just be straight up in the game. Instead of simply explaining to Ran his inaccuracy, they instead knee-jerk, and twist the situation into Ran being malicious. It seems to me they will use anything to push their made up scum reads.
1.) I have not said Iluv is one of my strongest scum-reads. He is on my highest can die list because of the fact that their play is questionable and so are their pushes. I am setting aside meta because I feel strongly on the fact that Ranmaru is getting away with too much bull this game over that of others. Just going "Lol that's Ran" as an excuse is garbage. My personal strongest scum-read is Xatres and Circus' is Macman. That much you should know so stop.
2.) You say that we are not being forward, your point? So what if we aren't being forward? Read context, read what we are posting, and try to realize that not everyone plays like an open book. Otherwise I refer to this .gif:



Rest of your white-knighting of I<3Giraffe is meh because of the hypocrisy you are using that towards Gorf but I am going to move aside because it is not pertinent to finding scum.

Zen said:
Appeal & Manipulation

#469 is hella wonky. J was about to push something here but completely backtracked after gorf told him he didn't like it. And since then he has completely abandoned it. J as a person is so independent and gives a **** what other people think about his reads. If he's reading someone a certain way, then he's going to stick to it. His backtrack from his #465 shows clear signs that J cares about his image this game and that he is trying to appeal to gorf- the white knight master. Looking at J's interaction with gorf since then, there is surely something odd there. It is possible that they are so awkward because it is s/s. Right now, however, I'm giving gorf the benefit of the doubt and taking it as J just molding his views to appeal to gorf's. Here's the quotes from #465-#469 for reference:

Other than gorf, I feel it is highly evident that Jerkus is making it a point to appeal to Werekill. I mean what is this even: Monster Mafia - Day One - Deadline is 6/21/14???

Please read those lines of posts and tell me how this fits in at all other than to appeal to WK. This isn't the only time they've done this. They have reiterated how much they like him on multiple occasions. It's quite possible they are lovers. Reason being that 471 was completely random. And also that Werekill has made attempts to handhold their slot, only to be ignored. This makes me feel that (A) they don't want to be too direct/open with their manipulation or (B) they have been answering him in private. Whatever the case is, I very much believe they are trying to manipulate him.


I did not backtrack off of anything. The fact that you think that I did that because of something Gorf said is horrendous. I am not backing down from FF and merely just asked him questions. I was not coming at him in the sense I do with scum-reads myself. You are being dense on this point.

Then you say that I am caring about my image? Hello? How in the world is this scummy? Of course I care about my image, this slot has been pushed to the end of the metaphorical plank with multiple people pushing us off it. (We've sat at L-2/L-3 nearly all game) So yeah, as town, I am not wanting to be lynched and be a ML. Herp, derp, Zen. Just gosh you cannot read me.

You say I am appealing to WK, again, HOW is this scummy? Appealing and Manipulation is a part of the game. I am mainly appealing to WK because I like him as a person, I like his playstyle, AND I find him towny. Therefore, I will appeal to him and I will do whatever the hell I feel like to people in game. Thank you very much. You are forgetting to mention FF's blatant, even moreso than mine, appealing to you and hard-buddying you. So until you actually look at things in perspective, this argument is over.
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Zen said:
Another thing of note that was really funky odd suspisous scummy to me was J's #538. The logic presented in this post seems so scum-faked to me. It doesn't line up. J's meta on Scary would insinuate he is scum. But even though the premise to Scary scum is filled, J come so the conclusion of null/nothing on him.

"I asked him to make a huge reads post so I could dissect it and possibly read into it and find a really glaring scum-tell from him since Scary has a problem with reads when he is scum. When he is town, it will show through easily. At the moment, I got nothing from him."
It seems so scum-faked? No, my meta on Scary would not insinuate he is scum. My meta on Scary insinuates exactly what I said. You are trying to force what you think I would do as your reality. Scary has not done anything but sheep and give hollow reads, that is Scary as a person.


Overall, most of your points are just you saying. "This is what I think J would do as scum." and sorry but not sorry to break it to you but you are incorrect. Plus you are not correct in knowing how I think as town/scum. Therefore, I have nothing else to say towards your suspicion.
 

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@ Jerkus Jerkus 2 games is not a trend -_-

though your *****ing about this is the towniest part of your slot to me
You are so backwards. Like, you frustrate me and dude 2/2 means 100% and therefore you are starting a trend. I can be annoyed because you are riding my **** for absolute poor reasons. You are also riding Circus for poor reasons. Just...I wanna flip a table...


that may or may not land on top of you
 

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Oh and this hydra is putting it's foot down. We are not voting FML toDay even if we do die. We both believe them as a town read and not going to lynch one.
 
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