Thinking out loud.
Luxor on #8 said:
- Confirming my inship this game. This is my first real game of mafia, but I feel I understand the game pretty well. Looking forward to this game being good!
TOTALLY thought you were RPsi before I saw this because of your avatar. Would have messed me up all game. XD
So, the game starts with Adumb on #9 giving praise to Raziek.
This is followed by Rajam and X1-12 in something that sparks my interest! :B
Rajam votes for him (makes sense, adum starts the game off by immediately 'buddying' someone), and then X1-12 votes for Rajam and FoS's Adumbrodeus.
Rajam takes a stand, X1-12 straddles a fence and plays both sides. I don't like that on X1-12's part.
That said, Adum and I have talked on AIM prior to this game and he mentioned Raziek's reads being spot on, so this doesn't stand out to me as particularly fishy. It DOES strike me as stupid, because prior to that statement the only people that could even potentially consider him a threat were BBR members.... a whopping three people, one of which is adumbrodeus.
Giving out free information isn't something Adumb normally does without a purpose.
Now X1-12 has my attention, and then he says "ninja'd by 2 posts". This is very specific and the time stamp makes it...
possible. But he voted for Rajam and FoS'd Adumb. Rajam only had one post (#7, which admittedly could lead to someone voting for him), but Adumbrodeus had
none.
So, WTF on that.
This immediately points to the "liar" section of my mafia compass.
X1-12, why did you FoS someone that hadn't posted yet? Why did you claim to be ninja'd?
This reeks of backpedaling following a plan gone wrong.
Light touch n' go by FFlame and Rajam. Rajam asks innocent sounding question that is scummy in nature, FFlame answers it in a nonchalant, informative way. No information is given but it is fake content by both of them. Noted.
X1-12 hits Rajam hard with incitement to murder! :B
Hmmm... confirming even though there's no confirmation phase... quite scummy indeed.
Vote: Luxor
FoS: adumbrodeus
This I don't follow at all.
And why is everyone FoSing adumbrodeus? Am I missing something?
Gordito with fake content.
Red Ryu with RVS vote.
Glyph with pointless content.
Vult with RVS
Glyph again posting bull****.
Cdubs "confirming"
Red Ryu said:
*narrows eyes*
Stalker be a mafia role, sir.
Glyph says "or am I stalking you?" immediately after. This is stupid.
Vult being silly with pointless content.
Adumbrodeus comes back and hits Rajam's post. Adum had posted after this before, but was merely to confirm/fellate Raziek. Not striking. I post small snippits without fully reading even a page sometimes. Adumb gives the same kind of response FF does. Logical, makes sense, isn't real content. Just fluff.
Raziek makes an obvious display of affection towards Adumb. Lovers? (note to all: this is a joke)
Now adumbrodeus comes out with a reasoning for his compliments:
You're welcome, but I actually had a slightly more practical goal in mind with that post, I wanted people to know you're a strong player (if presumably unrefined) so we don't let you off as noobtown if you do something scummy for example. Since there are only a couple of players here who have access to the BBR I wanna get it out there now so everyone can get a read on you.
I knew Adumb wouldn't be so silly!
I don't like his approach to this but I understand why he'd do it.
Goridto comes in with a large post. It's basically all BS. Several scum slips / noob slips littered throughout there.
Lol adumbrodeus we should trust your reads amirite cuz I don't know them lol. lol vote for the villain cuz it'll give me points am I popular yet lol. letz make lotz of jokez amirite lol. I call Nabe sherlock lol. I'll ask Glyph a pretty useless question cuz I'm super dedicated lol.
I do not like this.
Zen doesn't either! Immedaite pressure on Gordito.
Gordito then... falls apart? He plays the KevinM card. He is not KevinM. This will not end well for Gordito.
X1-12 then comes in with self-reference, implying he was deliberately acting scummy but "no one called him on it" (?). He then says Gordito's giant post is kiiiiiiinda of a STRONGEST STANDARD TELL IN EXISTENCE.
Given that X1-12 gave me the impression of backpedaling earlier and FoSing someone for no damn reason, then says aloud to a room that has said nothing to him "HEY I WAS ACTING SCUMMY BUT YOU DIDN'T CALL ME ON IT", and then says "but THIS guy is scum for sure", I get a strong feeling of a bus from someone newer at actually being mafia.
X1-12, how often have you been mafia? I'm curious.
Zen is now sharpening his axe, X1-12 is his cheerleader.
Gordito continues to keep his head in the clouds.
In no particular order my brain said it's important to watch:
Red Ryu and Glyph
Adumbrodeus and Raziek
Rajam and FrozenFlame
Rajam and Adumbrodeus
X1-12 and Gordito
X1-12
This is not going to be a constant thing, just getting the ball rolling. That's jsut the first 40 posts.
Nich says HE ISN'T GOING TO TUNNEL THIS GAME.
*party hats for everyone*
Glyph makes first actually useful discussion point for town this game
"Onto other stuff:
Its been a long time since I played Path of Radiance, but should we entertain the possibility of a Laguz (sp?) party as well as mafia? And what kind of roles would a person who can turn into an animal have?"
This... is a possibility. If I was going solely by flavor I could see a mafia traitor (crows) or serial killer (feral ones) just off the top of my head. That said, it's neither here nor there. There are plenty of independent possibilities from that game, not all of them Laguz; given that there are multiple laguz that join your party and fight with Ike throughout the game, simply seeing town Laguz won't determine if any independents would be Laguz.
Verdict: treat it like any other game. There might be independents, that is all the info we get.
Really like Zen's play here.
zen said:
-Nich derails from Gord.
-Glyph ignores Gord being scummy.
This is good, we've got our first major confrontation.
Gordito said:
Ninja'd by Zen.
Looks like I'm scum.
If that's so, how do you feel about saving my lynch/NK to D3/N3, that way, I can make connections and you can scumhunt outside of tunneling me? Cuz I know that that's what's gonna end up happening if you gun for my lynch toDay.
ಠ_ಠ
Gordito is going downhill still.
@Mod: Would the activities shown on a players profile be considered technical data? Along with the time.
Like, Last Activity: Replying to thread
or something.
And then that. This, I don't really like. Mostly because I do it a lot as scum. I just say something slight, doesn't mean much... then ask a question to the mod... then BAM! Instant worthless activity. Watching where this goes.
nich said:
@X1
That standard tell thing is a lie. First off, I've never heard of such a thing, and secondly, I've seen townies make huge lists of random stuff at the start of game (if anyone needs an example of this, check tree-stump mafia.) So tell me again, why should I vote Gord?
This strikes me as odd too, but Nich normally does.
X1-12 responds by pretending he is Samuel L. Jackson.
Raziek then... votes for Gordito for no reason other than other people are doing it. I doubt Abumbrodeus would have allowed him to do that should they have been scummates, not after adumbrodeus' unprovoked statements on Raziek.
MY FIRST ACTUAL COMMENT DIRECTLY TOWARDS A PLAYER ASIDE FROM SMALL QUESTIONS:
nich said:
I don't measure tunneling by RL days so much as by posts. And you've been relentless on Gord.
And for all you complain about me tunnelling... I've never actually seen you tell me WHY I'm wrong, just "You're tunneling, idiot. Player X is town."
This you/X1 teamup going on is ringing alarm bells for me right now.
Nich, asking someone a series of questions and then getting the response "oh no you caught me" in the form of a picture is less than ideal. Continuing to pressure them isn't "tunneling", it's not letting someone brush you off.
Also, do you really think X1 and Zen are "teaming up"? It seems to me that X1-12 is literally latching onto Zen. I don't consider X1-12 a part of this at all; definitely moreso Zen.
x1 said:
Ok I will plain ignore you until he is dead, and upon his scum flip, you are dead.
I put this in Google's mafia translator and it said "HOW DO I POST WHAT YOU WILL LIKE?! WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP LOOKING AT ME?!"
Just saying.
Beatstick said:
unvote
Vote: Nicholas1024
Why did you get so offended so easily?
Tee hee XD
Deliberate buddying via Nabe and X1-12.
Post #73, Zen goes for the uppercut and pretty much hits then nail on the head. I agree with Zen here.
beat said:
Wow, what an early wagon. How certain are you about this, Zen? I mean, if he's got a PR it's not very good at all.
I'm still iffy on Nicholas. Being aggressive doesn't have to = being super sensitive.
Stop being new at mafia.
Red Ryu said:
A lot of it seems like it's personal, and I think that can cloud judgments sometimes.
Don't get me wrong he is the strongest person to Lynch based on what you have presented, but I don't think bring other games into this is wise unless your absolutely sure it reveals his intentions/scumminess.
Stop posting neutral, bland, completely safe content.
X1-12 said:
Zen, just so you know, if you end this Day early I will kill you.
Stop competing with Gord for a D1 lynch.
nich said:
Let me turn this one back around on you, X1. When has scum made big lists in early game like Gord did? After all, if it's a standard scumtell then it should happen every so often.
....Clever. 10 Points for Nicholas! Still a pointless post, but intellectually clever.
Gord then follows with a big post that can be summed up with "I acted scummy on purpose?". With a question mark. Specifically, upward inflexion. That is to say it isn't a defense at all.
Good wording on that adumb. "Take on the case" rather than defense. XD
Cdubs comes in with his first post:
Cdubs said:
Guys I think we are being hasty. Something that makes me nervous, is scum loves to try to find guilt free band wagons. This is why I hate the "GETTHELURKERGETTHELURKERGETTHELURKER OMG THEYMAKEENDGAMESOBAD!!!" lets vote out a lurker day 1 or 2 strategy, because we get no information from there lynch, and no one looks bad for hopping on the wagon.
I think a similar situation has been created, so that voting gordito would not imply guilt, albeit he has done some scummy things.
I get the whole "I'M a trying really hard to scumhunt with lists even though there isn't enough information to do so but I wanna look good because I am bad" thing, but also, I think it's possible he just felt like making a list and people have used that to Aggro the crap out of him.
The list = aggro is possible. That happens all the time. My first post could have been a giant picture of a lemon with the text "HERE ARE MY READS". I would have gotten aggro for that. But if I responded with "oh no you dinnae like me lemon?!" instead of "I like to see who immediately jumps on me for stupid things. I have a lot of people that would take any chance to jump on me, and if they avoided it it could be a strong scum tell. They know I "counter pressure" a lot, and so if they're scum they'd want to stay away.", that "aggro" would then be justified. The second response would be less likely to present a torrent of votes.
@Cdubs: your statements on "quick lynch is bad" is kind of okay. Quick lynches can be good for town in the sense that a lynch actually happens, and if they catch mafia it's not a bad thing. But I see where you are coming from and I agree.
cdubs said:
That being said, Gordito's posts under the heat now do make him look scummy, and I do want to see where that goes.
Thanks for making a completely pointless post and ending it with "but here's a statement that gives me an out!"
I'm already sick of reading and want to get back to work... but continuing.
Gord makes a post. Mostly stuff I don't completely follow.
Gord said:
'Course I thought you were serious.
Erm...
Gord like three posts back said:
They'll realize that they're wrong soon if they're serious
>_>
Gord said:
Am I cornered? No. I'm making a deal with you. Living isn't my number one priority: winning is. And if I'm 100% scum, then why not keep me around and use my flip to make connections/distances? I'm not telling you to forget about me. I'm telling you to kill me, "confirmed scum", later and let my scummates make connections with me.
Except this doesn't work ever.
Gord said:
I think Zen just guns for one person off of one slip and sticks to them. It's either that, or he's using me to get other people to react, which would be great. But that's not the case lol, it's Zen. He thinks that the way I play is scummy, but... it's just the way I play. Why I don't change it is cuz it works for me.
Oh, and guys, please read the V/LA thread soonish. I'll have something to say that'll prompt my request replacement. I'm really sorry, but thank you all for playing, and good luck everybody, I'll miss you all .
Okay, seriously?
1. Zen didn't stick to you off of "one slip". Zen said "Hey, you're looking awfully shady!". You replied "NUH UH! No one here looking shady. Nope. No sir-ee bob. I'm just lurking in the shadows because I'm.... allergic to sunlight! Yeah. I'm a vampire. Can't be in the sun. That's also why I hate garlic as a kid. You knew I hated garlic. You must have known I was a vampire! Why do you think I'm acting shady for being me, huh? Lol just kidding we're still buds right?" You justified Zen's further pressure with your incredibly panicky response.
And now you're asking for a replacement because, traditionally, that buys you time.
Vult's 103 confuses the hell out of me.
@Vult: Please explain your 103 to me.
Raziek said:
So, X1-12 and Zen push for votes for pressure right away, Adumbrodeus HALF-commits, and Nabe and Glyph just parrot their way onto the wagon, and I get called out? Is this some sort of initiation right?
...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKH***Z-IXE&feature=related
<3
Raziek said:
X1, why are you so content to push Gordito's wagon while letting Zen do all the work?
<3 <3 <3
Nabe then claims to know what X1-12 is thinking. I don't like that.
zen said:
I proposed a quick lynch to see who would quick lynch. Not that I disagree with it still.
**** >_<
Mafia 101
Not acting scummy on purpose
If you're in a room with 10 people and one of them is a stabbing murderer, you need to figure it out! How do you know who the bad guy is? Based off who is stabbing someone!
The overly anxious mind that thinks it is clever will say "well, everyone will be looking for who is stabbing someone, and we all know that. So anyone stabbing someone wouldn't be letting other people see him. So if I stab someone, everyone will know I'm not the stabbing murderer! The actual murderer will call me out because it is "safe", and we'll know who the real killer is!"
Does that sound stupid to you? It should.
But that's what 3 or 4 people have already done this game. "I'm just getting reactions" is ****ing stupid. You can get reactions in ways that ARE NOT completely scummy. You also don't SAY "I'm getting reactions". You let people guess. Otherwise, you're painting a target on your head.
zen said:
Still think Gord is scum. Guess we will have to wait until glg to persue that though.
Do not like. We don't have to wait for ****.
You do realize that GLG won't be able to answer for ANYTHING Gordito has done right? You're effectively clearing the slate and saying "let's start over" because Gordito gave literally 0 information that can be transferred to another player.
Now random *****ing between Raziek and a few others. None of it matters. All null tells.
adumbrodeus said:
It's called trying to get reactions.
Careful.
red ryu said:
You also realize that scum sometimes uses inactivity to hide themselves so they don't have to ask questions.
They are also safe vote technically since them being gone sometimes isn't bad at all if they weren't doing anything.
I'd rather go after scum, but you know the option to lynch in actives or lurkers isn't bad even more so when scum will lurk to be able to avoid attention.
@Zen: It this an RVS vote or do you have reasons?
Eh, Ryu. He hasn't said anything concrete all game. All his posts are really vague, neutral things. Post more content plox.
The rest of the posts are mostly meh. Not nearly as juicy as the earlier ones.
Adumb catches Luxor "playing it safe". I consider it null.
X1-12 continues to act like he knows what he's doing.
SO.
Few things:
1:
@Mod, request votecount
We need one.
2:
Do we need GLG to mess up?
GLG (I think?) is replacing Gordito eventually. Do we give him a clean slate? Do we need him to mess up prior to pushing him again?
I say this because there's no way he can "defend" Gordito's actions. Gordito did just about every scummy thing you can think of someone to do on D1. Back-to-back-to-back. But he gave no real info. It's just straight up him acting stupid. This culminates with him saying "request replacement", which is a way for many people to "get out of jail free".
3:
Zen
What do people think of Zen? I think he's a pivotal figure on D1. Any CONCRETE comments would be appreciated.
While I don't think he has done everything perfectly, I feel he is town.
4.
The inactives
Who do you want to hear more from?
Frozen Flame is who I want to hear more from.