Sorry this catchup is taking me a while, I'm around post 250 now. Here's my early game notes.
Alright, posting some thoughts as I go. I did take a look at who flipped before starting, however.
No. I initially had doubts that a mod would just give us a free clear. Therefore I was thinking that it could be a possible mafia mix-up role. Then I found out that that this is part of the role you were given, so the notion became more plausible to me.
I'm explaining an initial misunderstanding I had on my part. I believe it is important to clear up things as soon as possible. I've told you what I was thinking. How you choose to interpret it is up to you.
This feels townie to me, as it's obvious that regardless of alignment Acrostic made the same mistake (that is, not realizing the innocent child is COMPLETELY confirmed.) I feel that scum wouldn't tried to push JTB under that assumption, due to the semi-confirmation making him a tougher target. So, town points for Acrostic.
Too bad that logic couldn't have saved me in the newbie game.
vote: Acrostic
Yes. This is an OMGUS vote.
From another game.
Hm, don't particularly like how Panta goes ahead and makes with RVS stuff when discussion is starting.
Why are you fools all up on Acrostic? He's a new player, and if it wasn't for Sonic Mafia, I'd have not known what the Innochild is either.
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This defense strikes me as odd, Acrostic had all of two votes on him, and it's only the first few pages of the game. If Acro happens to be scum this will be something to look back at.
Not too much to say for a couple pages, as much of the posting is about the lack of activity in-thread. :/ Points for J at least trying to keep the thing active, as it's way too easy for scum to hide without some discussion.
(On a side note, I wish Inferno would get a different avi. The one he has could use some more clothing.)
This guy mad.
Vote: Ignatius
Apparently you're pretty good at this game Iggy. You obviously know how to play if you've played previous games here and have played a multitude of BRoom games, so I'm pretty confident that questioning dumb vs scum is not fair to you. So let's get to the vote. You're putting pressure on a hydra simply for the fact that it's a hydra. Now although I respect your opinion of hydras, that has zero indication of alignment, seeing that it's a personal problem of yours. What really catches me oddly is that you went for a hydra that quite literally came in here and made one post that had zero substance. So my questions, are why did you add the vote to that question, and why do I get the feeling that you're faking content?
I like this post, it's not exactly a super-awesome case, but it helps with activity, gets some discussion going, points out something worth pursuing... good stuff.
Fixed that. Ya, fail town in that game fo sho.
This is the third post from Panta, and none of them have been remotely helpful. Not liking it.
Meanwhile, my town read on Acrostic is solidifying. Sure, not everything he says is awesome content, but considering how inactive this game is (judging by the post dates), it serves its purpose for activity stoking, and I like how he's being transparent about his thought process.
I have no problem with you calling out stuff. But if you are going to say stuff without anything to back it up, don't throw a hissy fit if someone calls you on it.
My bad, you made one good post. But it's not really much at all.
You also have the most posts of the thread. What have you done to move the day forward in all those posts? Ask hydras to color code their opinions? Ask Ignatius how many times he's going to post a day? It's fluff.
Even though my present vote doesn't have to do with it, I'll be happy to prove you wrong anyways. My initial reasoning doesn't stem from the fact that I did it in a game as newbie scum, it's the fact that town recognized it as a newbie scum tell and called me out on it. I'm not dumb enough to self-meta as a basis for an argument, but you seem to think otherwise.
If JTB wasn't clear, I'd probably have jumped on him for this. Calling someone scummy for fake content when there's clearly real content as well AND only 7 pages of thread in a rather inactive game? *sigh*
I like Lepoard's 103 as well, feels like solid townie analysis so far.
The only thing I have against acrostic is that he is being very defensive and not posting enough info. Not really sure if that's enough to put a vote on.
This feels off to me, as Acro's clearly been the one most trying to stoke activity in this thread, and inferno's done nothing.
My current mind state:
Townie: Acro, Lepoard, maybe J
Keep an eye on: Panta, Inferno
(Sorry, no solid scum reads yet)
What does Salty mean?
Inferno, it is still for all intents and purposes, RVS. You can give even less reasoning then what you just gave as a reason to vote someone.
Seriously? People are trying to scum hunt despite lack of content, and you just keep trying to plunge the game back into RVS. Dislike.
Anyway, J, Lepoard, and Acro have continued their townie scumhunting despite the inactivity, and confirm my town reads on them so far. Continuing on…
I dislike the tone of Dad's early game play, but this post in particular sticks out at me.
this is my goddamn answer, my read stays the same but there is not enough fire to get something going, it's best to drop it and look somewhere else if people are going to disagree to it.
Sure, there wasn't a lot of people agreeing with his vote at the time, but there's 4 days before deadline, and there basically ISN'T a wagon on anyone at this point. If his read remains a scum read, I think a townie would have PUSHED that read instead of going "Oh, people disagree with me, so I'll just drop it." Ugh.
It [his vote] wasn't going anywhere, maybe it will come back up if people agree to it or whatever, but there could be better places to look in this land, it's just that it's hard to find them.
Here's the thing, D's vote wasn't anywhere. Sure, if the vote's more useful somewhere else and nobody supports your wagon then it's okay to switch. However, when only a couple people chime in on your vote, it makes 0 sense to unvote if you still have a scum read and NO better place to put said vote! Even if the vote wasn't at its best there (which is hard to evaluate with only a couple people chiming in), it's better there than not being used at all, right? So what purpose did the unvote serve? (Perhaps to get people off his back for a bad vote…)
Take your aspirin and come back with a better attitude.
You jumped off board your "strongest scum-read" hap-hazardly once people started pressuring you that your vote was bad and got off simply because of that. Then you still say he is the scummiest person but you need to find someone else because 3 out of 14 people disagreed with you.
Not buying it at all.
J, quit stealing my lines! Seriously, I type up a paragraph, move ahead a few posts, and see you've beaten me to the punch. It's annoying. At any rate, D comes back with a "lol, U DUMB" reply instead of any proper defense.
are you stupid
did you get dropped on the head as a child are you stupid
do you not hear the words am i speaking? what i am saying? can you not understand coherent english?
Hey look who finally posted something non-fluff.
Your vote question makes no sense at all. What answer/information were you hoping to get out of a weird ***, non important, fluff question like that? You're lucky it was still in RVS at that time. O_O I know it is rehash, but I still don't like that post one bit.
(This quote is in reference to Ignatius's "Why did you need to hydra" entry question.)
This is a good point. The decision to hydra is made pre-game and is completely unrelated to alignment.
I don't like Red Ryu's voting Acrostic after I voted him. I feel like Acrostic gave viable reasons for his actions and RR seemed to cherrypick an iffy reason to vote him. Also, appeal to emotion is a pretty lame thing. Humans are emotional and if they are close to death or getting annoyed, how can you expect them to remain logical, despite alignment. You could also go as far as to say that Mafia won't be using AtE because it is so scummy. Using "scum tells" like that really don't work when they are out of context.
Are you seriously trying to paint AtE as a town tell? Although I agree that showing emotion doesn't make someone scum, the idea that only town uses AtE is just horrible.
You present a pretty suspicious post when you talk about LST, but claim it is null and then go for the barely active lurker, who in a way, corresponds to your play style?
You've only posted when asked. You aren't actively seeking out scum.
Hm, Hilt vs Panta is interesting, as Hilt votes Panta for several RVS fluff posts, and then Panta goes after Hilt for… not contributing or seeking out scum. Not quite sure what to think of it yet, depends on Panta/Hilt's future activity.
Dad and J do not seem to be of the same mindset, and to take a page from Acrostic's book I am willing to bet both are town and a J|Dad scum team is impossible.
I want to see more reasoning regarding this. Yes, I agree that a J/D scum team is unlikely. However, the thought that BOTH are town is unjustified.
*snip*
Makes me doubt that Hilt is scum, which I was really thinking. Her actions are too intelligent for my onetrack mind. :|
Huh? Explain.
Wagoning... for no reason... I'd also rather not lynch an inactive say we accidentally hit a power role.
Besides, lynching an inactive, literally defeats the purpose of Daystart and potentially gives scum a 2-person lead on the town.
vote: LST
I don't like this. Although an inactive lynch isn't optimal, scum can quite easily lurk, and I point to PLSD in Time Travelers (ongoing, but he's already flipped) as an example. Additionally, Panta doesn't touch on LST at all, just joining the popular wagon.
In total, although it's nice to see some content from the slot, it didn't actually cause me to feel better about Panta. Much of the post is in his own defense, and the rest is basically going "Hilt is scummy because of X" and then "Oh, nvm." Add in the unsubstantiated LST vote (who was the popular wagon back then), and I think it (my read on Panta) is a solid scum read.
Later on (sorry, no quotes because I was reading on the iPod at that point), D does NOT hop on the LST wagon when some support has gathered, and when asked says it's basically because kuz changed Soup's mind. If D was scum playing it safe with his LST vote, why wouldn't he have hopped back on now that there's support? This makes me feel better about the slot, I think the earlier vote thing might have just been Soup being Soup. (I'd still appreciate a reply from D to my above comments about his play, however.)
One last note, AM read is pending depending on if/how he backs up his reads and provides more content. At the moment his play is difficult to evaluate (though rather entertaining).