#HBC | Nabe
Beneath it all, he had H-cups all along
Oh, my bad.
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I've been re-reading and I'm almost done, but the gist is, Ryker has had pseudo content (doop vs pythag vote calls), has been reactive, and also hasn't put his money where his mouth is at the very end of the day. You'll see me talk more about him in detail soon.wait Ran, remind me why you're scumreading ryker?
I'll admit that my main focus coming into today was going to be marshy. But with his flip I expect the scum to be on the back end of the waggon. Doop was dead in just over an hour of him voting himself. I think a lynch pool of the bolded is a good way to start today.Dooplisity (9): Kary, gorf, Ranmaru, Marshy, Dooplisity, Utopian Poyzin, Tom, Pythag, JeXs
Vote Count: 12:34 PM CST 6/15 Edition
Rockin (4): Tom, KevinM, Gorf, Ryker,
Marshy (1): JTB
Pythag (1): Doop,
JTB (6): Marshy, JeXs, Mac, FrozenFlame, UtopianPoyzin, Rockin
FrozenFlame (1): Ranmaru
Jexs (1): . Pythag
UtopianPoyzin (1): Lore
Dooplisity (1): Kary
No Lynch (0):
Not Voting (1): Nabe,
Gonna check on prods and a Jexs replacement.
Vote Count: 4:03 PM CST 6/15 Edition
Rockin (2): KevinM, Ryker,
Marshy (1): JTB
JTB (3): , Mac, FrozenFlame, Rockin
UtopianPoyzin (1): Lore
Dooplisity (9): Kary, gorf, Ranmaru, Marshy, Dooplisity, Utopian Poyzin, Tom, Pythag, JeXs
No Lynch (0):
Not Voting (1): Nabe,
A majority of 9/17 has been reached. Dooplissity, mafia goon, has been lynched It is now night time.
It is now night time, no more posting in thread. Night 1 ends at 8:00 AM cst 6/17/19 (40 hours from this post)
When is deadline, are replacements going to come before that if they're coming, and will it be accompanied by a deadline extension #HBC | Red Ryu
Im blind. I just saw that deadline is in the title.
Good, I'm taking a nap then.
vote Doop
Due to this and Doop self voting, this seems coordinated. Now, I believe that scum had done this feeling they can benefit from this. I’m guessing scum voted at the very tail end, to make the early part of the wagon be more suspicious (besides the hammer, that’s obvious). This just goes along with a reactive style of play, which I think should have us keeping an eye on those who have been less proactive. Everything in between, I can’t judge too harshly since it comes after Doop self voted, and any townie that sees that might just vote. I’m not discounting that scum may fall within these, though.... Ninja'd. Did I just accidentally hammer?
What isn't Ryker doing?
Firstly, I feel like he lacks direction in who he is pursuing as scum. It is reasonable to have several people in your lynch pool on Day 1, but it feels a little disingenuous for Ryker to be pestering people into voting, without offering those people something to vote for. His push on Maven in particular irks me. My own opinion on Maven is that if he were scum, it would not be smart of him to say something controversial during RVS and then dip out completely.
A waggon on a slot that isn't posting doesn't achieve a great deal in my opinion, and so essentially I do not understand what the payoff is supposed to be from Ryker playing activity police.
Secondly, I don't feel like Ryker has asked anything particularly insightful or made any criticism that suggests to me he is trying to evaluate the behaviour of other players. To take an example, his asking Gorf about a Ranmaru read could, in a possible scenario, be a scum Ryker trying to evaluate the prospects of pushing a mislynch, and to my mind is a very general question that doesn't demand a great deal from Gorf's reply.
Hi Ran! I'll do my best to talk plenty and be as active as I can, though timezones and my low energy levels might hinder that a little. Do you think the latter is out of the ordinary for Gorf? It's still early game now after all. As for myself, I have a town lean on Gorf.
I think Jex was a little bit too forward with the town reads on Marshy, Ryker, and FF. I think it’s likely because one of them might be his partner in crime. My pick is Ryker.I'm fine with them. I like Marshy, Ryker and FF. I'm also starting to see glimpses of town Ran.
I think this is more of an excuse, at least the depth part. I think this is important to keep in mind behind the motive of his posting.I am feeling pretty out of my depth tbh. Also, as I stated before I've been dealing with a lot of stuff irl and also fell sick recently. My energy levels are really low and haven't been able to keep up and think about the game as much as I used to be able to.
I'll get back to you later, I'll be doing a reread of the game. I promise! Can you let me know your thoughts on Rockin in the meantime?
Marshy and Ryker have been helpful and actively trying to progress the game. I like their active attempts to engage/push people. I wouldn't put it past them as scum, but I like them for now and have no issues with them. FF has felt pretty town to me, with his posts and thought process. and I can see him trying to solve the game.
I'm currently on page 9 and I don't agree with your Marshy read, Ran. Did you consider that he could merely be reading you wrongly? I concede that I wrongly remembered most of what he has done, in my memory he was actively engaging people and putting out new thoughts and discussions. Most of what he has done at that point was his interaction with Doop. It brings him down to mild town, I can still see him actively trying to read players. I find his reeling me into the game to be a slight town tell and I don't see him asking this to you as scum. It feels genuine to me.
Tell me if this is a good response.I was asked about it. [why I felt marshy was pushing and engaging people] I answered based off of what I remembered. I reread later and it turned out that my memory was wrong, not that it was not available.
Pythag states why he finds UP's self meta as scummy, but doesn't consider this is in response to Jex asking UP explaining himself, when he was responding to Ryker.Self posts about your own play style always strike me as scummy. It’s like you’re setting yourself up for wifoming yourself.
We get more of the same thing, I don’t really get a read on it one way or the other. Him explaining to Kary that he agrees his entrance was not good, and that he should have not posted while he was on the bus. Just more for the point that he wasn’t reading thoroughly and felt the need to post to stay active without just waiting. His explanation to Marshy isn’t good.@Kary
What was I expecting from your post? Nadda. Remember I said I didn't like my opening? that was part of it. I was trying to be somewhat active since I knew the game had started. I even misread your 'real post' as 'big post.' So I played reactionary....yet I hadn't even posted yet. During RVS. Yup. Idiotic. Should've just waited till I returned home.
@ Marshy
why was I willing to hitch my wagon to Gorf? I guess it's cause I think he's playing town, and I like most of his reasoning. However I was wrong in what I initially posted. I read wrong, and Gorf didn't vote for Maven. So I guess I'm not hitching my wagon to his at all. I'm more comfortable with a Maven lynch than a Ran one though, so I'm actually going to keep my vote here. Though I could easily be convinced to switch to Nabe as well. I don't really like inactives.
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This post isn't really good. I think Kary has some solid points he needs to actually address.Damn, I need to sort Kary as well. I generally don't like humoring people chasing me, but I've put that slot off real badly.
I could always OMGUS and call it a day.
:thinking:
I actually liked this part from Ryker right here.No, you were stirring the **** with that Ran/Tom TvS nonsense. It came up and you gave it support. I want to know why. You "couldn't put your finger on it" and now I'm asking you to nail it down and tell me how it has developed since.
As for doop, yeah I did see his response as more town but I agree with marshy that his initial comment on marshy's "incongruence" seemed like a reach so I guess on balance Im still null on doop. I don't have much else to add other than that tho, mostly just gut reactions that Im voicing
Man, you're hbc, you're supposed to come at my ***, not this weak fos. #holding back crew
I think he gave a town read to Doop too easily here.this is fire and makes me townlean doop
no read on Uto yet and tho I think marshy made a good point early re: doop calling his post "incongruent" (which I think is more town leaning than scummy so I think doops reaction was off there) his response to marshy rehabilitated that read but maybe Im just giving him too much town cred for having "chutzpah" as marshy said
Nah you didnt miss a JTB read, and if you asked for one earlier I missed it so if I did my b
JTB is in my "can die" pile but dont have any kind of strong read. Just skimmed all his posts and like what has he given us? A grand total of two reads, one null and one townlean, and a townlean with hedging language like "I cant believe Im townreading this slot so early?! lolteehee"? Other than that I just see a lot of criticizing other slots and asking halfassed questions. So yeah, this slot can go.
This is a very good post. It needs to be addressed.I really wanted to get completely caught up before posting anything substantial but I'm busy this evening and at this point I feel like I'll just catch up during the Night phase. I may have missed anything from page 16 onwards.
My problem with Ryker is that he isn't doing anything that makes me town read him.
Yes, it's true that here and there Ryker has questioned people about their reads, c.f. Gorf on Ran, Poyzin on Doops, etc.
But mostly, Ryker is playing waggon police. "More votes good!" he shouts, and while it is true that pushing waggons moves the game forward, generating reactions and opinions, it is equally true that discussion is important. It is not good enough just to vote for someone.
What isn't Ryker doing?
Firstly, I feel like he lacks direction in who he is pursuing as scum. It is reasonable to have several people in your lynch pool on Day 1, but it feels a little disingenuous for Ryker to be pestering people into voting, without offering those people something to vote for. His push on Maven in particular irks me. My own opinion on Maven is that if he were scum, it would not be smart of him to say something controversial during RVS and then dip out completely.
A waggon on a slot that isn't posting doesn't achieve a great deal in my opinion, and so essentially I do not understand what the payoff is supposed to be from Ryker playing activity police.
Secondly, I don't feel like Ryker has asked anything particularly insightful or made any criticism that suggests to me he is trying to evaluate the behaviour of other players. To take an example, his asking Gorf about a Ranmaru read could, in a possible scenario, be a scum Ryker trying to evaluate the prospects of pushing a mislynch, and to my mind is a very general question that doesn't demand a great deal from Gorf's reply.
Now, with all of that said, I don't think the absence of this particular behaviour from Ryker counts against him.
To me (up to page 16), it leaves him at a could-go-either-way null, because frankly I can't tell where his head is at or what his stances are.
Which is why I found marshy's read on Ryker interesting.
I think I have answered this sufficiently, I just wanted to point out that I'm not a fan of you to receiving a question about Ryker and borderline asking me to answer it for you.
(w.r.t the bold) I feel like you are giving Ryker the benefit of the doubt for no particular reason. I think you are correct in saying Ryker isn't showing classic scumtells e.g. trying to show off, strong-arm the game, etc. But personally I don't see any evidence of depth from him and I am skeptical of how you managed to get to this read so quickly. It's possible that you just have a better meta on Ryker than me, but this read from you set off red flags for me because it didn't seem genuine. It's more as though you looked at what Ryker was doing and then used that as a basis to give him a town read, rather than you looked at his slot with skepticism and then found reason to believe he was town. Maybe (for example) you're trying to buddy him by giving him a town read.
I have a couple more points about marshy, but they may be rendered obsolete by more recent events, and I'm out of time right this second.
I thought Marshy’s post was unnecessary, we are all veterans and it came off like a forced attempt to gain town credit. As it was the start it was perfect to talk about.
Anyone can check any of my recent games and see that I’m too inactive to play in any of them. I really wanted to play with all you guys but I got really busy right at the start and don’t have the time or will to read everything now, so my bad for joining in.
Gorf, here's what you wanted. Zero meta.
Marshy:
Scumtell: Not stepping up to defend his town read.
ive addressed how this isnt scummy and how youre really just assuming you were a townread of his at the time, which from where i stand, doesnt seem so. not to say you were a scumread of his, but there was plenty of reason (that youve admitted) for you not to be a townread
Scumtell: Votes Maven along with me, never having progression or addressing Maven.
i dont think literally anyone had a real/good reason to vote maven because he didnt exist. it was a wagon to push early in the Day. thats not scummy, thats looking to spark a fire
Scumtell: No real direction shown, before his major scum read of JTB. Before, it was just an FOS on Doop and the Maven vote, which I had to initiate.
is he not allowed to sit back and watch before coming to decisions on where to plant his feet?
Ryker:
Scumtell: Asks Gorf about Ran instead of convincing Gorf of Ran Town
same as marshy
Scumtell: Slightly less direction then Marshy, but still not as noticeable
same as marshy
Frozen:
Nada because it was an associative (Will get back to him after reading your case thoroughly, but on a gut level, I like it)
you should, as well as what rykers had to say. its some spicy stuff
Jex:
Scumtell: AtE'ing about his health multiple times and their low energy, stating he is skimming for this reason.
ehh pretty whack scumtell imo, but i get it
Scumtell: Reads have been safe and has not really done his own share of work or digging.
im curious to read more about this, feel free to rehash some quotes and point things out to me
New Scumtell: Expresses memory fuzzyness on what he thinks Marshy has done to progress the game
has he expressed pleasure with marshys posting before this, and is now backpedaling on it? if not plz clarify, if so feel free to give me more to read about this too
Because their early interaction cant be SvS, you mean? I would think if Doop is scum it more clears Gorf not marshy
uhh yea i think you seem to forget that doop was hammered like a good bit before the Day ends ran. ryker cant be blamed for that.Also, **** you buddy. I had been up all night and I wanted to make sure if I went to sleep, I wasnt going to wake up to deadline having passed. I wanted to make SURE I was able to effect things come EoD, but instead I woke up to a hammered goon who self voted.
Dunno!Ryker, I want to know who you think is scum today.
I can hella relate to that one.KEVIN IM GONNA TRY TO WIN THIS FOR YOU BUDDY BUT I THOUGHT MARSHY MIGHTA BEEN SCUM SO WE'RE GONNA SEE WHAT HAPPENS
You haven't trusted me from the start and if I can't do well enough to get myself shot at night, then I probably deserve to lose in LYLO. I'm not worried about it.I don't trust you Ryker. Right now, I think we should actually look at Jex's hammer. Then we can try to think of other directions as well.
this is actually a decent point. i still have issues with JTB esp since he was able to dodge most of the heat on him by just not posting and somehow got saved by the doop **** at the end of the Day. but then again it's hard to blame ppl for wanting doop deadAnother reason why Jex (Now Spak) is scum and the play, is that JTB (his scumread) has mentioned that he was going to make more posts soon. If Jex truly believes JTB is scum, wouldn’t he want JTB to post more to truly understand his slot? It seems Jex hammered caring less about determining JTB’s alignment further but rather to flip Doop faster regardless of what discussion could come around JTB.
whats upMacman, I'm going to need you here more around please. Talk to me about Ryker, Jex, and Pythag.
JexS do you have a response to that?so you knew doop was that close to being lynched and voted him anyway?
His analysis mostly matched mine. None of his reads failed to match his analysis. None of his analysis seemed forced. If he's scum and he keeps a paper trail like that, he will absolutely hang himself before the game ends. Play like that is protown and deserves a town read.ryker, what about tom's late day catchup posts made you town read him ?