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Hmm... that actually explains quite a bit. I'm seeing quite a few posts about the possibility of an SK from D1, so I'm willing to believe this claim.

Did you have any reason for choosing Joey? Did the mod tell you anything after the SK died?

Setup speculation leads me to believe the existence of an FBI agent, because SK in an 11-man game is kinda dumb (still is dumb, but less so now). You're not clear, because I'm not going to assume FBI agent can't be mafia aligned (Mafia FBI agent is quite cute actually, the more I think about it), but I'm fine with you living for now.

What does everyone else think?
 

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Hmm... that actually explains quite a bit. I'm seeing quite a few posts about the possibility of an SK from D1, so I'm willing to believe this claim.

Did you have any reason for choosing Joey? Did the mod tell you anything after the SK died?

What does everyone else think?
My reasoning:
T-block would die tonight if he was town, otherwise he's either scum or will die regardless.
Teran, Auspher and TPK replaced out. Enough reason to not investigate them, because playing serial killer is quite exciting, I surely wouldn't quit.
rPSI and Vinyl are hardly playing diligently enough to be deemed serial killer.
Kantrip and Joey were basically my question marks on this, and I just decided to go with Joey on a whim, since I don't think my role has any use anyway.

After Raziek died I asked if my role still had any use, but the mod could neither confirm nor deny this, so I decided to send it in anyway, in the odd case of there being 2 serial killers.
 

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Legend: Anyone who has Wheat or more "red" colours, I'd be fine with lynching if it happened Today. Yellow I'd need some convincing on and greens wouldn't be lynched unless they make a nice slip-up

1. Vinyl.
- I would seriously put this guy in dead-on red if it wasn't for his blatantly disgusting apathy towards the game. This is something I can only attribute to the most useless vanilla townie. The only things he ever does is come up with ridiculous reasonings for voting someone and when asked about it, disappears just as fast.
If mafia has any honour, they'll NK Vinyl because he is just making it TOO easy to win for them.

2. The Paprika Killer Acrostic
- Duh, hindsight town read, what a surprise, but I also outed my liking for Acrostic yesterday. I was content with his play and what I really loved was how he looked for interactions between players. Something I should pursue to continue, but not sure if I'd be any good at that.

3. John2k4
- I dislike his play so far. Ignoring the stuff before the game started, since I honestly think it's just light-heartedly him trying to blend in.
TB is dodging the questions, he is scum.
That is an accusation with a :bee: smiley written all over it, but still a small jab contained in a nice package of sarcasm. What made you post this and not follow it up with anything, or join in their discussion?
His #48, there has been quite some talk already, yet he still does RVS voting, instead of joining in the discussion, or waiting to see if something happens, if he didn't want to cockblock either player.
In John's #56, he'd happily leave pre-game behind. Might there be something in your pre-game posts you don't want looked at?
I'm nervous to follow you after Housepets :p, but yes, I agree with that above statement.
I'm going to go try to read your back & forth with him in-depth, so I can hopefully comprehend more of it. :/
OBVIOUSLY, this never happened, since he never again commented on their interactions.
I'll go comprehend that wall of text, but the first thing that comes to mind is this.
Are you writing TB and Raz off as most likely being town, then?
Oh boy, this never happened either. Never mentioned again.

His posts #277 and T-block's reponse #278. He was asked to state his reasoning. Not until 80 posts after, after being urger THREE times to post his reasons did he respond. This either shows enormous skimming, or reluctance to answer the questions, both of which I do not attribute to town.

...I think they were saying you are not understanding the game.

I'll elaborate in a few minutes when I return.
You never elaborated.

On his #391, I already commented on it, but I'd like to re-emphasize this once again. Never gives reasoning unless explicitly asked to.
Well, when he does come up with a case against Chibo, it's the most shakey, most reaching case/reasoning I've ever seen him come up with (in fact, this is the only time I remember in the past 2 games).
My point is, it's Day 1, and with only 300-ish posts (probably a good 1/3rd being pregame shenanigans between TB and Raz), why would he be so opposed to reading?
Disregarding about 100 posts as pregame shenanigans which provided the base of a lynch, eventually. John, that's just bad.

Pluvia what's your opinion on Chibe?
Congratulations, your first question you came up with on your own, asked to a player NOT in the spotlight. If only you did this 4 days earlier.

Vinyl. - Wait, Vinyl's in this game? [Would be fine with lynch]
Acro - I like the cases he is providing. [Do not want to lynch]
RocketPSIence - Oh look rPSI is in here too... [Would be fine with lynch]
Chibo - See #393
Pluvia - Noob town, he didn't give up with everyone calling him scum, and instead provided arguments to the contrary. [Leaning NoobTown]
Gustave - I'm going to read him in a bit.
JO_OEY - Made a good case on Kanty, don't have much of a read yet apart from that.
T-Block - I'm leaning town, due to your Vig gambit on Auspher/Pluvia, but after Housepets, I'm very reluctant to label you as so.
Kantrip - Need to read on Kanty too.
Raziek - I really didn't like the back and forth in the beginning, but apart from that, you provide some interesting points...
These reads are CRAP for the last day of Day 1. But to be honest, I didn't expect a very amazing post. John, did you ever read on "Kanty" yet?

TB's points against Raz are great...You've sold me.
And with that, my first hammer;

unvote; Vote Raziek
Goddamned bull**** post. SO many times have you stated to not want to be a sheep and follow T-block. I can imagine you wouldn't want to join in with T-block's lynch. You had never talked about T-block vs Raziek, never stated who's points you liked and didn't like, and then SUDDENLY the T-block sheep.
Your timing was also perfect. I said I would cast my vote in 90-120 mins to allow some time inbetween, but you came and quickly hammered before you. I hope you know how much it looks like you were sent by a partner to get that hammer in.

I've been wanting to make a case on him, but I've been in and out all day. :/

Your post sure makes him look scum to me.
I do not want to be another sheep; I'll try to form a case on him soon.
Piss off, you weren't. I want to see a case on me within 24 hours, pretend like the last page where me and Chibo defended from T-block's case never happened.

In short, John has come in and constantly provided sideline commentary, and even that didn't go well, see where it got him. He never asks questions and takes initiative. His hammer was placed almost too convenient. Also has been sheeping, despite saying he hasn't. He got caught with his hand in the cookie jar and said he wasn't hungry.

Enough on John, though. <3 for extending premium

4. Teran vVv ChiboSempai
- Teran was an ******* for replacing out. It doesn't even give me a read on his alignment. Usually I'd say people who replace out are generally not scum (since it's fun to be scum and much less demanding), but Teran is the kind of person who wouldn't give a **** and replace out anyway so he can play video games.
When Chibo came in he didn't want to read, something which I do not approve of, but I guess I can't blame him, I'm pretty lazy as well. It doesn't say much about his alignment either. Him coming in and calling T-block scummy for his gambit on Pluvia is pretty reaching, and I expected him to understand the gambit, as much as half of the player list did. However, him choosing for himself and calling T-block scum for it shows some initiative and not taking the easy way. I think this speaks for him.
Chibo's problem is that he's much too focused on T-block, which isn't necessarily something bad, but I can't get anything of Chibo's interactions with other players, since they're not there. Chibo, you haven't even spoken about Joey (this is from my memory, correct me if I'm wrong) and a few others.
Thank you for defending me, but see my mad http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=13723603&postcount=756

5. Auspher Pluvia
- I liked you more before, when you were defending yourself. When suddenly you're not in the spotlight anymore, you disappear. I know you're new to the game, but do more. If you're not sure on what you could do; You ask questions. Ask as many questions as you want to, wether you think they are dumb or not (okay refrain from the dumb questions, actually). As is often said, your voice is your only weapon as a townie!

6. Gustave
- Love you, but be more active.
7. JO_OEY
- Wow, I have literally no idea. From memory, I can't think of anything bad you've done, other than wanting to lynch me. Can you wait until next few posts when I re-read you, John was a lot of work as it is.

8. RocketPSIence
- Your eccentric play and sickness does not excuse you from not contributing. You only respond to questions when asked to. Also, you ask Kantrip who he would shoot. When asked for reasoning;
reasons need not know
Two posts later, calling out T-block on:
Why are you withholding info?
Major contradiction and hypocrite. Strong dislike towards rPSI, change your game.

9. T-Block
- Has done things to make me believe he's part of town, has done things to make me believe he's not on our side. I'd rather cover this another time since I've been on this post for an hour.
The most important thing is that I fully agree with this
Yes Chibo, I was. However, I'm going back on that now. Raziek flipped indy, which isn't mafia. This means if T-block is scum he would have thought his back-and-forth with Raziek was TvS. Meaning I'm treating Raziek's flip as town for the sake of reading T-block's intent from their interactions. I'm not liking what I'm seeing.
Props on getting the Serial Killer out of the way, but I am viewing it as you chasing a townie lynch. A Serial Killer behaves in the same way as a townie, wanting to find scum as well, except he needs to survive and can kill.

10. Kantrip
- You sometimes bring up good points and you're not afraid to change your mind and think for yourself (see above quote for example). I think that's quite good on your part. Only thing I'm thinking of right now is you being a scum team with John, asking him to vote off Raziek before I could vote you and put you on L-1 as well. But that is reaching hard and I am not taking this into account with my reads on you, just wanted to get it out there :o.

Anyway, I'm dying to read your case on T-block, which you'd present.

11. Raziek
I would have voted Raziek yesterday, but not because of his bad play. It was at 7 hours before lynch and 1 hour before I would go to bed. We'd need 2 votes on Kantrip, which wouldn't happen anyway. If I voted Raziek I'd lynch him for the sake of having a lynch and connections, not because of his play... I'd rather have seen someone else being lynched over Raziek, or the option Kantrip.
The fact that he was a Serial Killer was quite lucky. He could just as easily have been townie under the same play. He also made my role obsolete now which makes me mad. The fact that he called on me and Chibo to get rid of T-block, I have no idea what to think of it. It sounds more like an OMGUS accusation for him getting lynched D1 as a Serial Killer. I still think there was some truth to his accusations but I'll look into that later.

Are those reads enough for you?

Vote: John2k4
 

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What I'd like to see ToDay.

John, rPSI or Vinyl lynched, in that order.
T-block being shown to be scummier.
Pluvia posts more, Vinyl posts more and better. Both need to ask questions and form coherent formulations on people. Try doing what I did above, just talk about each player, a bit elaborate.
 

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OH and before I forget, no one try to respond or defend John's case before he acknowledges he has seen it.
You can of course commentate on what you think of it.
 

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My god, that was a lot to read.

So yeah I guess I'll fully respond when I'm on the computer because that was exhausting to read and now I can't be arsed typing out a long *** post on this little touch screen.

I will say from reading all that is Guus did have a really good point. Heck I'd pretty much completely forgot John was in this game, but out of people to investigate how come Guus never wrote a reason for not investigating John?

And 2, I thought Kan was the number 2 scum suspect but no one seems to think he's scum anymore, am I missing something here? Can someone point out to me what he's done that apparently makes him so town?

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Also Chibo seems the most likely to be town out of everyone I think. Nothing he's done has been scummy in my eyes, and his D2 play just confirms that even more.

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Oh boy that's a nice nested ISO you got there Guus...I'll provide my arguments for it when I can properly quote.


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Aaaaand away we go.

- I dislike his play so far. Ignoring the stuff before the game started, since I honestly think it's just light-heartedly him trying to blend in.
I'm not the most vocal one here by far...but honestly it was my thought that stuff before the game started was idle jokes/social; the other few games I had been in before this had been a quick pre-game thing, then right into D1. I honestly did not know what to think when people started jumping on all the pre-game banter.

TB is dodging the questions, he is scum.
That is an accusation with a :bee: smiley written all over it, but still a small jab contained in a nice package of sarcasm. What made you post this and not follow it up with anything, or join in their discussion?
I was seriously trying to stay away from their quibbling; didn't follow up because it was a pre-game joke. (See above regarding pregame)
His #48, there has been quite some talk already, yet he still does RVS voting, instead of joining in the discussion, or waiting to see if something happens, if he didn't want to cockblock either player.
As stated, I did not want to join in the back and forth arguing at that point.
In John's #56, he'd happily leave pre-game behind. Might there be something in your pre-game posts you don't want looked at?
See above
I'll go comprehend that wall of text, but the first thing that comes to mind is this.
Are you writing TB and Raz off as most likely being town, then?

Oh boy, this never happened either. Never mentioned again.
I asked a question, and was satisfied with it. I said I would go comprehend it, and I did. Where did I say I would post a detailed reaction on it?


His posts #277 and T-block's reponse #278. He was asked to state his reasoning. Not until 80 posts after, after being urger THREE times to post his reasons did he respond. This either shows enormous skimming, or reluctance to answer the questions, both of which I do not attribute to town.
I will admit to skimming at that point. The same could be seen in MM; Kanty's bold & supersized letters would catch my attention.

...I think they were saying you are not understanding the game.

I'll elaborate in a few minutes when I return.
You never elaborated.
No need to; people explained it to him before I could.

My point is, it's Day 1, and with only 300-ish posts (probably a good 1/3rd being pregame shenanigans between TB and Raz), why would he be so opposed to reading?
Disregarding about 100 posts as pregame shenanigans which provided the base of a lynch, eventually. John, that's just bad.
Futute note: Pre-game events are not just shenanigans. :rolleyes:

These reads are CRAP for the last day of Day 1. But to be honest, I didn't expect a very amazing post. John, did you ever read on "Kanty" yet?
Why no, I do not believe I have a Kanty read. I should probably go get that soon.


TB's points against Raz are great...You've sold me.
And with that, my first hammer;

unvote; Vote Raziek
Goddamned bull**** post. SO many times have you stated to not want to be a sheep and follow T-block. I can imagine you wouldn't want to join in with T-block's lynch. You had never talked about T-block vs Raziek, never stated who's points you liked and didn't like, and then SUDDENLY the T-block sheep.

Your timing was also perfect. I said I would cast my vote in 90-120 mins to allow some time inbetween, but you came and quickly hammered before you. I hope you know how much it looks like you were sent by a partner to get that hammer in.
I was in class then (also note mobile icon, which both you & I edited out of the quote), and TB had what looked like solid logic to me, so I was alright voting Raz.
Plus, I had not been a hammer before; if you were going to do it within the hour, why not do it then?

Piss off, you weren't. I want to see a case on me within 24 hours, pretend like the last page where me and Chibo defended from T-block's case never happened.
Yeah, not sure I can do that 24 hours from when you posted that. I'll see what I can do.

In short, John has come in and constantly provided sideline commentary, and even that didn't go well, see where it got him. He never asks questions and takes initiative. His hammer was placed almost too convenient. Also has been sheeping, despite saying he hasn't.
Please quote where I have explicitally said that I am not sheeping. I have been trying to not blindly follow strong-looking players, but I will follow them to an extent with reasoning like what TB had posted.

Enough on John, though. <3 for extending premium
;)

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That should cover that. What else do you need now, Guus?
 

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I will say from reading all that is Guus did have a really good point. Heck I'd pretty much completely forgot John was in this game, but out of people to investigate how come Guus never wrote a reason for not investigating John?
Well, John was a bit of scum read already for me, and I'd make a case on him tomorrow, which would throw enough light on him. Joey on the other hand, I didn't envision someone make a case against him on D2, so I chose to investigate him over John. Again, it's more of a joke investigation, since I can't imagine 2 Serial Killers.

Aaaaand away we go.

I'm not the most vocal one here by far...but honestly it was my thought that stuff before the game started was idle jokes/social; the other few games I had been in before this had been a quick pre-game thing, then right into D1. I honestly did not know what to think when people started jumping on all the pre-game banter.

I was seriously trying to stay away from their quibbling; didn't follow up because it was a pre-game joke. (See above regarding pregame)

As stated, I did not want to join in the back and forth arguing at that point.

See above
Every game is different, John.It should've been clear the moment Raziek and T-block discussed T-block's play for longer than 4 posts that this wasn't pre-game and RVS banter. You still seemed to think that after about 40 posts.
Also, what was your reason for not getting involved with the discussion? Wanted to stay out of the hot seat?

I asked a question, and was satisfied with it. I said I would go comprehend it, and I did. Where did I say I would post a detailed reaction on it?
Okay, fair enough, you never said you would, but I interpreted it like that.

I will admit to skimming at that point. The same could be seen in MM; Kanty's bold & supersized letters would catch my attention.
Good to see you admitting to skimming, it's the first step to acceptance of scum! Next step is getting punched in the d***!
Why do you feel the need to refer to the last game? You saw meta didn't work well on you either and you didn't like it, but when it's in your favour, you gladly refer to other games to assert your town play? I am meta-ing your meta, and your meta says you don't like meta.
Therefore, I'll just write that off as scum trying to prove their town by doing something they'd rather not. Quite meta.

No need to; people explained it to him before I could.
No, that's not true. Would you like me to get the whole thing out for you?
What I just joined and made one post and aparently I'm mafia? Wtf?

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Pluvia talks about him being suspected.

...I think they were saying you are not understanding the game.

I'll elaborate in a few minutes when I return.
John says that's not the case, just that he doesn't understand the game.

Welcome to the game, Chibo

Pluvia, it's not the post you made. We already knew Auspher is mafia, so we know you are mafia =/

John, I believed I asked you to elaborate on some things earlier about Teran and Gustave

:phone:
Now here T-block says nothing about him not understanding the game. He blatantly calls him scum (gambit), not at all what you were saying you'd elaborate on.

After this, no one explained what you were saying. You also never elaborated in. Now I can deduce, since T-block's was the only post that was posted within reasonable time after you said you'd be back in a few times, that you take T-block's explanation as the explanation for your words.

UH OH. What you said and you'd elaborate on, is not at all what T-block said in his post. Can I conclude you changed your mind?

Why no, I do not believe I have a Kanty read. I should probably go get that soon.
Convenient. Interested in that as well!

I was in class then (also note mobile icon, which both you & I edited out of the quote), and TB had what looked like solid logic to me, so I was alright voting Raz.
Plus, I had not been a hammer before; if you were going to do it within the hour, why not do it then?
I disagree, he didn't have solid reasoning. Can you point out exactly what of T-block's reasoning made you follow him in killing what I count to be a townie.

Why I didn't hammer: exactly for a reaction like this. To see if anyone else would want to make sure it happens before I possibly put Kantrip at L-1 and make him a possible lynch target. (Also, partially since I said I'd make a bigger post explaining why I'd vote, and I didn't feel like doing in at that moment)

Yeah, not sure I can do that 24 hours from when you posted that. I'll see what I can do.
Well, 24 hours is a long time, and with the ammo T-block has already provided, it honestly can't be hard. Also, the end of the Day is slowly approaching, so if you want to make this count, you'd better do it soon.

Please quote where I have explicitally said that I am not sheeping. I have been trying to not blindly follow strong-looking players, but I will follow them to an extent with reasoning like what TB had posted.
I will (try to) not sheep. :p
I'm nervous to follow you after Housepets :p, but yes, I agree with that above statement.
I like TB's reasoning too, since it seems quite thought out...
Hence why I was willing to (reluctantly) agree with his #98.
John, you're not sheeping me this game, right?
Trying not to.
I'm trying my hardest to not sheep this game, but with some of the points you've posted, it's hard not to follow them. :/
Of course, you never explicitly said you weren't sheeping, I don't expect you to take actual hard stances and take firm ground. But when you hammer through the whole game on the fact that you'll try not to sheep and are very reluctant to trust T-block, and then you still put down the hammer saying you agree with T-block's reasoning, without giving ACTUAL reasoning you agree with, well John, that doesn't sit right with me.
You can say you'll try not to sheep, but you can still sheep. Oh boy, that's best "get out of jail for free"-card I've seen in mafia in a while.

That should cover that. What else do you need now, Guus?
I need to see:
I like what is happening.

Kantrip/John can go. Chibo would be next in line imo.
Joey either gives me a link to a post with all (or a lot) of points against Kantrip summed up, if not, make one himself (no pressure! but only some).
Oh boy that's a nice nested ISO you got there Guus...I'll provide my arguments for it when I can properly quote.
You tell me what an ISO is.

Then I'll be somewhat content!


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Isolation read. Single out one person and provide a wall of text case on them.

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Alright

Anything that doesn't require a massive quote that I can do for you this morning?

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This alone is why I think Kantrip needs to die.

He is turning Raziek's words against him EXTREMELY to make him look way more scummy than he really is. This is reaching on so many levels that its unbearable. Calling that a scum slip when you twist the intentions of the post like that is... :/.

After reading that post and reading back, most of his conversation with Raziek is really reaching. Another example would be:



the bolded in this quote. The whole T-block v Raziek debate started off with discussion of this claim not having a pro-town purpose, yet hes trying to back out of the argument by debating that this claim does not have a pro-town purpose? Impossible, and its trying to make Raziek seem scummy for something that doesn't apply. (Yes, I know Raziek mentioned something along the lines of this as well.)

Putting those two together makes me believe he's trying to lead a mislynch. Some more things of value would be:



Note that he had a vote on T-block before this.

After unvoting, he randomly calls T-block town for NO REASON WHATSOEVER (that was stated) and says that hes not sure about Raziek. Its nothing special, really, until added to this:



This, right here, is a very weak attack on Raziek. Since there is NO evidence behind his statements, hes simply attacking Raziek with nothing of value.

I would let this go if he planned on adding to it later, but instead of defending his point, he says things like this:



He freaking attacked Raziek when asking for reasoning and evidence, as if it could EVER be scummy. I took this as an attack because he says later on that what Raziek is doing (asking him to back up his reads so he can't randomly back out later for no reason) is not scum hunting. I also took this post as an attack because hes trying to generalize the options Raziek has for doing what he does, even though there are other possibilities besides those options. Its trying to make the post look stronger than it really is.

Kantrip's attacks on Raziek don't get stronger either. Look at his post right before voting Raziek:



Once again, no evidence, no push, nothing but a weak attack. He even tries to turn Raziek's point against him. Not very pro-town.

Need anymore reasoning or explanation?
This alone? So you think one reason is enough to lynch someone, or was that a hyperbolic statement to put emphasis on your point? I'd go with the latter due to the use of words such as "EXTREMELY" and "unbearable".

With this out of the way: I would be interested in hearing your explanation on why scum would want to twist someone else's words and how they would go about it. Describe a scenario, paint a picture. I want to see the scumminess emanating from your hypothetical scenario.

I will paint a picture of my own after I have seen yours.



The keyword there was "semantics". You know, the actual words and phrasing and how they fit into context? What Raziek was doing at this point was trying to let on that T-Block's posts were scummy by how he was wording them. I found nothing wrong with Raziek's questioning and I actually liked how the conversation had helped progress the game. What I didn't like is how Raziek went about it. I believe I've explained the part already, but basically what I'm trying to get across is that what Raziek was doing was something that I did not like. Does that mean I want to see him lynched? Probably not. Does that mean I was interested in seeing who thought I did want him lynched? Probably.

You see, I was and am gauging reactions. From my experience, mafia is not a game of black and white. You can find town performing scum tells and scum performing town tells, and none of it will ever matter. What will matter is when you can discern alignment from within the WIFOM of tells. If I get a better read on hard to read players by arguing with them, I will argue with them. If I think I will be able to read someone by buddying them, I will buddy them. If I have no clue how to go about reading someone (see: usually), I will probably do whatever I fancy at the time and see how they react. Either that, or I will just watch their play to try to get a handle on them and how to go about reading them.



You've already said maybe "lead" is the wrong word. First off, I have to ask you: How do you know if it would be a mislynch or not?

Regardless, the point stands - whether you thought I was leading, joining, starting up, or what have you a mislynch, I have to ask: Do you think a Raziek lynch could have occurred as a result of what I have said? Personally, I would be inclined to say that there is no chance a Raziek lynch would have occurred from my points alone. Maybe if a proper case was made it would be a possibility, but nothing I had said was even close to a legitimate case, and I think that is pretty easy to see. I had no legitimate points.

Why did I call T-Block town? I can't have developed a town read on him so fast, can I have? Am I scum for saying something I don't mean? Being insincere, is that a scumtell? I got a reaction from it (JO_OEY's) and from there I get not only connection reads but also alignment reads. That sounds like exactly what I would want as town. I don't see why scum would do something like that when it's so easy to avoid it. But alas, the WIFOM express.



Again, it seems as though you are under the impression that a very weak attack is something that scum would do. Why? Why would scum ever want to attack someone with something that obviously has more holes than swiss cheese? All that does is shines the spotlight right in their face and causes suspicion to shift to them. That's something only a Jester should want, and we already have confirmation there are none of those in the set-up. The only reason scum would attack someone with weak logic is if they thought it was strong logic. It is understandable to believe I may think such a thing. However, I must assure you that I can usually tell good logic from bad logic, and my logic was clearly bad before, during, and after posting it.

I don't like the last point you made there. Since there is NO evidence, the attack has no value? Really? Sure, it doesn't hold any weight as a legitimate case, that's fine. It doesn't need to hold weight, though. That does not make it valueless.



Hold on. You took it as an attack because I said it's not scumhunting? I don't like the use of the word attack, as it has personal connotation to it. However, even if you mean this in the context of attacking his play, I don't see in any way how telling someone they are not scumhunting is attacking them.





Congratulations, you found out that I never had any good arguments for why Raziek is scum within the first three pages of Day 1. The intent to get a wagon was there. The intent to lynch him was not.

I don't think we should be lynching any of the currently active players on D1. Especially Raziek, T-Block, or myself. What happened in Housepets is pretty indicitive of why that's a bad idea. You need power behind your town. If you end up leaving scum alive for a Day, it's better than mislynching a player who had potential to pin the scumteam. There better be a really good case against a strong player for me to agree to lynch them Day 1.

And now that I have kind of ruined my vote,

Unvote

I want to see those who haven't checked in to do so. I feel pretty confident there is scum amongst them inactives somewhere. Not that this narrows it down much.
Scum use the process of twisting a person's words as a convincing technique. You can twist the intentions behind what people are saying to fit what you need for a lynch on that person. If you do it well enough or make it look convincing enough, that person will get mislynched because you painted an arrow over them that says "I'm scummy!" through twisting their intentions and words from a null or town stand-point to scummy.

I'm not going to create a scenario right now. I'll come back to it later simply because of the fact that I'm not that creative XD. If you want a short and simple one, look at Raziek's post and you're response to it (Your response is the first quote in my case post). I know, it sounds dumb, since I'm attacking you for it, but the intention behind what Raziek was trying to get across was nothing like you were stating it to be, yet, in my perspective, you made it look like he scum slipped. I'll actually create a situation later if I feel creative, but for now, that should be a good example. If you don't see how its scummy, I can describe how more in detail later on.



What? This doesn't make sense, and you didn't state that. You said he was asking a lot of anti-town things. Theres a difference between "was doing something I did not like" and "asking a lot of things that are anti-town", and its obvious that you found something wrong with his questioning when you said that he was asking a lot of general questions. You're contradicting yourself, which tends to happen when you don't go into depth with things.



Thank you for Scum-Hunting 101. Doesn't change anything at all. What was the point of bringing this up? Its not a worthy defense, and its as much of a fluffed up, general statement that you were being mad at Raziek about earlier.



I believe that Raziek is town and you are scum at this moment. Therefor, I would consider that to be a mislynch.



Lynch? Probably not. Taken to claiming point? Possibly. Its always possible. Of course not from your points alone. Joining a bandwagon means all you have to do is add little things. T-block had a somewhat legit case (in the perspective of the general public) on Raziek, and all you have to do in the bandwagon is throw a little more on top to make him look more scummy. What was the point of attacking him, then? Are you purposefully trying to construct ways to BS out of your stances and your arguments by not giving evidence behind your attacks or going into a lot of details, or by just joining a wagon in sense by adding little attacks that hold no merit? This is exactly what it looks like you're doing.



If you take a stance and don't back it up, its not too bad. If you take a stance, don't back it up, and you're asked about it, but you still don't give no evidence and instead attack the person asking for evidence, then yes, its scummy. Why couldn't you have a developed town read? Its not that hard to develop a read. Why would you want to avoid getting reactions as scum? You can find PR's through reactions, and you can figure out who is the more trusted in the town and figure out who to kill in the night. I counter your Wifom with more wifom! Try again?



Do I really have to respond to this wifom garbage? You're only going to get a wifom answer back.

Wifom: It makes people think about how scummy Raziek really is. If you add in the twisting of intentions and other small things, you end up with one player looking really scummy even though they haven't really done anything wrong.



There is nothing backing up your attack. Its like that stereotypical white skinny nerd walking up to the school bully saying "I'm gonna kick your ***!"

It is completely worthless and doesn't do anything positive at all.



What is a townies only major job in this game?

To hunt scum.

Telling someone that they're not scum hunting is saying that they're not doing their job as a townie, meaning that either they're not townie or they should be lynched because they're a bad townie. Thats an attack to me.



I don't like this at all, since its doing exactly what it was stated he could do. Back out of a read due to the lack of concrete evidence behind his statements.

I'm fine with my vote staying here.
Quoting this **** for rememberence.

I'll do stuff to his newer posts, but just a warning, it doesn't deviate much from this, since he doesn't change much at all.

^^^That is coming later today or tomorrow XD.
 

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My premium runs out really soon. I'll see if I can get it renewed asap. Just a heads up. I'm still trying to read this game, but I apologize for falling behind on it and forgetting everything.
 

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It is Day 2.3

1. Vinyl. [0]
2. John2k4 [2] T-Block, Mr. Wiggles the Worm,
3. vVv Chibosempai [0]
4. Pluvia [0]
5. Mr. Wiggles the Worm [0]
6. JO_OEY [0]
7. RocketPSIence [0]
8. T-Block [0]
9. Kantrip [2] Vinyl., JO_OEY,

Note Voting: vVv Chibosempai, Pluvia, RocketPSIence, John2k4,

Deadline is set to December 2nd 11:59 PM CST. It takes 5/9 to lynch.

Pluvia has been prodded

RocketPSIence has been asked about his previous V/La
 

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I don't feel right with a John lynch, would rather see it shift to Kantrip, though we still have about 3 full days
 

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So much walls of text. Anyway I got prodded so yeah I better get back into this. Also can someone answer this?

And 2, I thought Kan was the number 2 scum suspect but no one seems to think he's scum anymore, am I missing something here? Can someone point out to me what he's done that apparently makes him so town?
 

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I'll give two days, also because I'm not going to be here at the deadline.

I'm also considering a mod kill for PSI's slot if I can''t find a replacement at the end of the day.
 

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Joey, wanna get on summarizing a case against Kantrip? I am losing that good feeling I had about him, but I'm certainly not ready to put him as a scum pick.

:phone:
 

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Just making sure you read this post =) This is actually @everyone.

Watch these posts by John:

TB - If Guus is lynched and flips scum, you are town.

If he flips town...? 0/2... I keep thinking of Housepets, and if Guus is lynched and flips town I will want TB dead, fast.
This is garbage reasoning. For those of you without the background, in Housepets, I was scum and led super headstrong pushes on town members and achieved their lynches. Nobody really thought I was scum for it, but instead were more like "lol T-block's reads are so off this game". That's what he's referring to. Comparing this to Housepets on the basis of seeing two "mislynches" is crap because of two reasons. One, the Raziek lynch was NOT a mislynch. Yes, mafia would think Raziek is town, but everyone is so caught up in that possibility that they're not appreciating that town thinks Raziek is scum too. Then, there is nothing to suggest that it really is scum looking for mislynches rather than town with a read that is off. I can see the suspicion being justified, but NO WAY is there enough information for John to be able to say he "wants me dead fast".

But I might even be fine with that if John thought Gustave was town. Then I'd be the one pushing for his town read to be lynched. But he doesn't. Look at this post:

I've been wanting to make a case on him, but I've been in and out all day. :/

Your post sure makes him look scum to me.
I do not want to be another sheep; I'll try to form a case on him soon.
He thinks Gustave is scum. He agrees with my case. And yet he thinks I would be scum if Gustave flipped town.

Sorry John, that's not how it works. If you not only agree with my read, but also agree with my case, then you think the case is based on logic and sound reasoning, which is exactly what town is supposed to do. This is the very definition of setting up a mislynch. You support Gustave's lynch because you think you can use it to springboard onto my lynch toMorrow. You can't say you agree with the case and then say I'm scum if it's wrong. Town mentality doesn't do that. But you wouldn't know town mentality because you're scum.

John2k4

I've given you at least two opportunities now to talk about Acrostic's flip, a direction you so strongly wanted town to take earlier in the Day. Why have you ignored those opportunities?
 

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I don't know if John would be mastermind behind the plan of using my lynch as a springboard to your lynch, I'd guess...

Also, the reasoning you have about Serial Killer not being a town lynch;
Independent doesn't know who is town and who is scum. He knows just as much as any townie and wants to scumhunt just as badly. The only difference is he can kill us.
There's no reason for Serial Killer to give scumslips more than any townie would. Mafia gives scumslips because they know who is town and who they want lynched, SK actually has to find mafia as well.

This is why I disagree with your reasoning and will say that you still procuded a mislynch. The fact that the mislynch was on a serial killer provides some amount of consolidation though... I'd count it as ½/1!
 

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He doesn't have to be a mastermind and identify it as being setting up a mislynch. It can come from scum motivation without being completely conscious of it.

And you're wrong about SK being a town lynch. Yes, SK has to find mafia, but he also has a very different mentality from town in that town is okay with being NK'd (yes, power roles will want to avoid it, but they can still win with town if they are killed), while SK will straight up lose if they are targetted by mafia. Being too pro-town will draw the NK, so already SK isn't going to be playing exactly like town.

Look at how I called him out for his play not matching his claim - he claimed BP, but his play did not match that of BP at all. Look at his vote on Acrostic, which was super desperate, and shows that survivor mentality. These are tells that apply to both mafia and an indy SK.
 
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