Ok, time to hit what I missed last night.
I've always been able to see that perspective. But it's a very shallow perspective, and thus is one that I would expect players like J and Raz and Dastrn not to adhere to so strongly. That's what frustrates me. I get why someone like John or Frio might think that's a good excuse to point a finger at me, but the vets should know better than to strike on things as dumb as "well, you're using some inflammatory language and not acting cool enough about being put at L-2 for no real reason as we think you should be." That's garbage.
I want to make clear that my issue with your reaction was not the emotion of it (hell, I get pissed sometimes too), but rather the means by which you attacked our suspicions. As J already pointed out, you didn't really attack the actual points, just inferred on our reasoning for making them.
This isn't really an issue now, since I'm feeling a bit better with you, but I wanted to touch on it.
I've actually disagreed with you on him for most of the Day. He's been coming off pretty town to me. But his sudden shift away from me and onto John looks fishy (which I'll get to in a sec). That, combined with his reasoning for voting me in the first place (me asking for Ryu's nameclaim) has me questioning my read. Him trying to turn that into a "gotcha" moment almost certainly says more about him than it does me.
I'd like you to explain to me why my shift was sudden. We headbutted for a bit, and the nature of the arguments was "You're dumb." "No, I'm not.", so I decided it wasn't going to go anywhere.
Second, I wouldn't say I switched ONTO John, because I placed no vote. I'm asking him questions to decided whether I want to or not. More on this later.
And third, I was not trying to turn you asking Ryu for a nameclaim into a "gotcha" moment. If I was, I'd have brought that up immediately in my initial attack.
Race is valuable information in this game. By consequence, so is name.
That's part of why I've got my eye on Circus asking for a nameclaim from Red Ryu.
Note the words "part of" and "got my eye on". There's nothing "gotcha" about that post.
@Raz: I'm not really sure how you could have been confused about whether or not I actually thought John was scummy. I posted a case full of links showing examples of my problems with him. I called him scum, as bluntly as possible, twice. Your response to me being "oh, so you actually think John is scum then? Oh my bad, we cool," is really weird. I don't see how this could have been unclear. The way you're suddenly flipping away from me and toward John now is a rather sudden left turn, from my point of view.
Already addressed this. Your problems with him weren't things that I considered completely scummy, which is why I asked.
Personally not liking Raziek much after seeing him talk with OS. Looking at the votecount I see 4 people with 2 or 3 votes on them, how 2 wagons could be pulled out of that I'm not sure.
I already hit the issue with the votecount (Nabe and I unvoting), but I want to bring attention to this lack of reasoning.
Why don't you like my interactions with OS? Because I challenge him, and he likes to push my buttons? Is there a particular reaction that made you think I was scummy? If so, why?
Raz, I don't like this line because there really hasn't been that much heat for Circus nor that much "constant back and forth". It seems like a cop-out to the pressure. Should I begin worrying now or later, buddy? =x
Again, already addressed this, but perhaps my wording was poor. Circus began to look like a dead end, so I moved.
I'd like people's reads on RR, please.
Slight scum. The actual content he's posted hasn't been terribly relevant, there's been too much focus on his actual gambit. I feel like I'm lacking many clear stances from him, though I haven't yet gone out of my way to look.
In fact, Nabe/Raz, can I get your thoughts on Kantrip's last post? Circus can too I guess but not really but maybe. (Circus, interpret that as you want)
Alright. I've done a full read-through, though at times my thoughts were all muddled and I got a headache because frankly: Nothing has been accomplished this game. The heat has been on new players for being... new? I mean, I'd need to be specifically shown what is scummy about posting very little and avoiding questions if you are new. I think if an inexperienced player got scum in their role PM they would know what that means and try to play very carefully, speaking when spoken to and the like. John and Frio and, to a lesser extent, Panta, do not seem scummy to me at all. Someone tell me what I'm missing if there's huge scumtells that aren't complete and utter WIFOM wrt newbie play.
This I actually partially agree with. I said earlier that I wasn't set on jumping on John, because he hadn't said enough for me to decide. At any rate, all three have been rather inactive.
1. Raziek - IGMEOY. Raz looks like town with jumbled thoughts who isn't thinking about everything they're saying right now. I don't like his recent posts, whereas he seemed fine in the early Day.
Which posts and why?
3. Overswarm - Whether OS is scum or not, I don't know. What I do know is that he's been helping town thus far and can live. I like the effort OS has been putting in to this game with lists and spreadsheets. I agree with a lot of what he's saying, especially his thoughts on the current "focuses".
J already covered why this is poor reasoning.
4. Xastrn (Dastrn/Xatres) - Meh, I don't really know. I'd need to read these posts again.
This is a cop-out if I've ever seen one. Re-read his posts and give me a stance on Xastrn.
5. ¯\_S.(ツ).L.I.D._/¯ - My biggest scumpick at this point. I probably should have saved some posts for reference. I'll look back for them after I post this. I remember just plain not liking the content of solid's posts, and how he's reacted to people. It may have been a gut feeling when looking for intent in his posts.
Support this read.
7. Red Ryu - I don't like all the gif fooling around. The fakeclaim daycop gambit at the start of the game was amusing. I don't like how quickly RR backed off and fessed up, though. Werekill wasn't in any real danger of getting lynched unless someone stupidly hammered (and became the next lynch target because of it). RR could have been scum trying to look town with a "fakeclaim to get reads", and when the wagon got to L-2/L-1, RR got too paranoid and backed out before Werekill had even reacted. He covers this up later with "I wasn't trying to read Werekill". At this point I'll call it Red Ryu fooling around, but I'm gonna keep my eye on him. Leaning scum now, and will remain as such if the tomfoolery continues.
So fooling around = scum? I'm not seeing where this read comes from completely. People need to take Ryu's gambit for what it was, and focus on his
current play, and why THAT is scummy.
9. Nabe - Nabe seems alright so far.
Why?
10. Circus - Not sure how I feel about Circus. I think he was just town reacting badly to pressure. He's either going to continue to react badly and get himself lynched, realize his mistake and play more townie, or his scummate set him straight in their quicktopic and he'll be playing more townie.
Already covered, but this is hella non-committal.
11. Werekill - I'm fine with Werekill. Reacting as he did was reasonable considering coming into the game and noticing a wagon lifting off and carrying him to L-1.
So you're labeling him full Town based solely on his reaction to a gambit he wasn't actually involved in to any extent? Gross.
FoS: Kantrip
12. John2k4 - Reads as inexperienced town to me. Explained in my first paragraph.
I actually agree with this one.
14. J - I'm wondering about the Xastrn vote. Seems kind of strange for an "I'm fine with this vote" vote that he just dropped off and left there without any reasoning. Unless I missed the reasoning. Either way, J, I'd like to know why you voted Xastrn and why you're so content with your vote remaining there.
Solid nailed this, so points for that.
15. Frio - Same as John, though with less certainty.
This vote is on a gut read and isn't supported. DO NOT WANT.
That character scares me...
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Raz, tell me why people don't like you. Could you also respond to the things I've asked you before I wake up or you busy too?
Probably because I make my thought process fairly transparent, so people actually SEE me changing my mind due to the fact that I post frequently. It's probably why I'm on a lot of null lists.
Aggression towards Overswarm is also probably influencing the minds of the newer players, who see the chart and go "OS IS TOWN!"
There's also the Race issue. Scum obviously won't like me if I try to foil their plans.
Also, someone want to explain to me why John answers stupid questions like "how old are you" and "is your real name john" without incident but has avoided other questions multiple times throughout this game?
I'd like to say it's simply noob Town, but it feels more like he's actively avoiding producing content. Whether this is because he's lazy Town (and trying to earn points without effort) or scum deliberately doing so, I don't know.
Can go:
15 (Frio)
5 (Solid)
3(meh) (OS)
6 (Panta)
10(ish) (Circus)
13 Kantrip
4 Xastrn
I'd also like to see Nabe, RR, WK, and Raz to arrange these numbers in a specific way. They are in no order for me but they do hold significance to players on the roster so please be careful. The way I'd like to be arranged is top numbers = go to go/be lynched to bottom numbers = i'm more or less okay with them for now and can live for more info.
Can die:
13
5
4
Vig Bait:
6
15
Keep for now:
10
3
Let me know if I missed anything, J.