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Because there's no such thing as pre-game shenanigans. Once roles go out everything has to be considered as a calculated move despite the jokes and feints common during pre-game and RVS. Now, do something productive.Before I do that, I wanna address / ask something that I asked during Diddy Kong Racing Mafia, but got no response: why is it necessary or unnecessary to base any opinions during pre-game shenanigans?
Okay. Thank you.Because there's no such thing as pre-game shenanigans. Once roles go out everything has to be considered as a calculated move despite the jokes and feints common during pre-game and RVS. Now, do something productive.
Wunvote Vote Asdioh
Who the hell do you think I am?!
Simply put, there is information to be gleaned in pre-game because people already know their roles. "Necessary" isn't the best word - it's more "why not use everything we have?"Before I do that, I wanna address / ask something that I asked during Diddy Kong Racing Mafia, but got no response: why is it necessary or unnecessary to base any opinions during pre-game shenanigans?
Still reading through again and catching up, nearly there.
Scum can defend people they know as town to gain town points on a town flip. I have done this as scum before. Actually I have done this ALOT as scum because it does help when you are scum. He is only bringing up this WIFOM to muddle with peoples heads. It doesn't work. That's the motivation scum have to defend town. Brownie points.
Don't fall for it my dear.
Lol what? Your funny. =3 How did I know you would come in doing this?J needs to die asap. Lynch him and call it a day?
Vote J
Joey, please ignore J for the rest of the game and forget everything you thought about smarg earlier.
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I wanna see this super scummy stuff I have done cuz I don't see it. o_oAsdiohscum is possible because I can totally see J playing the inspection spiel again aka bus your scumbuddy on D1 and look golden to dumbtown.
J is extra-scummy though and I can't believe you guys are buying anything he's saying.
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How is it phony my duder? Constant reaching? Hmm this should be good.Him being a leader? He's just posting a dumb amount and is phony to the core.
His constant reaching is a good point though.
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Didnt' you start the bridge by calling me your Yoko, Ryker? Which posts don't you like?The mighty Kamina will meet you halfway Gheb. I agree that J is most certainly not obv town. He's trying to recreate the situation we had in Rusty Guillotine right off the bat. That alliance took three Day phases or so to form and was based on him constantly reaching the same conclusions I did. He's reaching for that point again after less than twenty four hours into Day 1. I do not like half of his posts.
I know for a fact they don't have a posting restriction. It's just Ryker being Ryker.Your "posting restriction" is irritating.
What lol? I think you are referring to the wrong person or just read the quote wrong WL.Still reading through again and catching up, nearly there.
Yes, it's WIFOM, and one can't really play off the buddying card. No townie can possibly tell the difference of scum buddying scum, scum buddying town, town buddying town, and town buddying scum with anything close to accuracy unless they're scum who have full knowledge of who's scum and who's not scum. One can say "well, what's the point of me buddying smarg?" but it holds no water. The short and simple truth is you did.
Lol this looks incredibly waffly because Gheb said something about wanting to lynch me. Finally aware of my scumminess but are refusing to say why?Caught up now, looks like we're finally aware of J's scumminess, or at least putting it out in the open. I do agree with it too but I'm not posting what or why until we get that Asdioh case.
Your fiancé's family is italian and you don't eat when you visit? Smarg, my disappointment knows no limit ... Italy has like the best - only good - non-asian cuisine! Silly girl =/
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I love you two.I can take Indian or leave it. Some dishes are fantastic, but largely it seems like a lot of the same thing to me. Sauces and meat or beans. There are more tasty veggies in Chinese food.
You can't force me to give up or not give up if I feel like that. Posting in such a manner will not differentiate my thoughts. J, I have a difficult time reading you simply because I've played in one game with you (Inception does not count) and we were Mafia buddies. Joey, however, I've played with more and I'll be watching carefully, if that satisfies your question.10. Terywj - You will be active. Also you won't give up either regardless alright? Tell me if you think you will be able to read your past two scum-buddies well or not.
Welcome, T-Block! :3This is my first DGames mafia game. Nobody told me to come here - I've always been interested ever since I stumbled upon it a long time ago, but never bothered to sign up. I have played a few games in the BBR and LoD though.
I don't understand the point of this. You're essentially saying you'll just stimulate discussion, whether it's actually helpful or not?JTB, this game is going to be interesting solely because it is gonna be interesting. I'll make it interesting if it fails to be interesting just because.
What? This went over in Diddy Kong Racing Mafia. Also, explain what you mean by "Since Ranmaru isn't here to guide you."Pre-game post = me scummy? Kaaaaaaaaaay
Vote: JTB
Since Ranmaru isn't here to guide you :O
We (were) still in RVS. J was probably just asking questions to bring about discussions. See his "I'll make this interesting." post I quoted above.You're asking so many questions j, why?
Questions are nice and all but some are just out of place, be more concise about it.
I disagree. I've seen games where people will literally play a "pregame meta" and barely anyone else is aware of it. However, I understand what you're trying to say.ok, bad example
but pregame talk is still viable as we all know our alignment, the only thing that changes when the game starts is the ability to vote
Doesn't this strike anyone as slightlly controversial from what Evil Soup mentioned about J earlier?If it isn't helpful, don't ask it.
That's what Gheb was getting on me earlier for the inane questioning.
I agree that I like J and JTB are getting discussion going. I want to see some others follow suit, as well.I like that JTB and J are getting discussion going for the town. I don't see how that's a bad thing, even if Gheb doesn't like one of the questions J asked.
Agressive Mediation, do you really want Smarg lynched? I'm assuming not, but just in case.
Smarg, why did you mention Soupa as a policy lynch? Makes me think you're trying to re-direct the pressure.
So in your opinion, not very effective questions mixed together with (super) effective or helpful questions yields negative results? (lol Pokemon joke)Because if people follow a line of discussion that leads nowhere it can turn out bad. You need to add a little forethought in the way you discuss and see if the results actually turn out worthwhile if you want discussion to turn out "good". I don't think JTB was thinking of anything specific when he questioned J or had any idea where the discussion was about to go or what shape it would take. That kind of discussion is OK at the start but is not goal-orientated enough to be effective in my eyes.
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I agree. Joey in DRUPick 2 and Diddy Kong Racing is a prime example, but I'm not going to go into that.Still reading through but if y'all keep comparing play from one game to play in another, you're gonna get nowhere. Metas aren't really a solid tell because they can change from one game to another.
Who the hell do you think we are etc
Who is Broto? Is that Ryker or Washed Laundry?I don't think Broto intentionally did but after:
I'm totally advocating her as our best route for the moment.
You're being contradictory. You claim you don't plan on staying against Smargaret, but two paragraphs later you don't have a reason to go to someone else? Smargaret is the only person / most Mafia-esque person thus far?Nabe's going to shoot you Ryker lol.
I honestly don't plan on staying on her. Plus I never said she wasn't an aggressive poster, I just said that the post came off as aggressive. While I feel that she could be an aggressive poster, which is why I asked, her other posts really haven't seemed aggressive like that one.
Sure, it's early, but she could atleast TRY to scum hunt. Ask some questions to players that are inactive, comment on the argument that happened before her post, stuff like that. Yet she didn't. She just gave a lousy defense and tried to throw the pressure off of her.
I don't have reason NOT to continue on Smarg right now, so I will. Until something more scummy happens, I'm fine with where I am.
This hydra... what a fun game this will be.
I see you agree with me on the general dislike of Smargaret's wagon. What do you think about her post where she claims lurking can benefit town?unvote
Not sure that I like this wagon on smarg.
Pretty aggressive post. She already gave her reason for not answering the question, but you push against that reason. Whether I think the reason is valid is irrelevant... here it feels like you are looking to discredit smarg instead of to pressure her.
Somebody give me some meta on J. Is he usually really friendly in mafia games? Does his attitude/tone tend to change when a lot when pressuring someone?
?????In a mafia game god damn you people already bound to miscontrue things!
You're being one-faced. Are you saying you have not found anyone else Mafia-like in any way at all? I highly doubt that statement. This is a 13-player game. There's bound to be more than one Mafia / anti-town faction.Because it's the beginning of day one and my thoughts may change later on. Smarg is the scummiest person (with asdioh now) at this time, but between now and our deadline, that could change very easily. Plus I was asked if I was going to.
I'm willing to vote smarg, yes. She's the most scummy, and a vote at L-5 is decent pressure. My vote will remain there until I think someone is more scummy than her. Your assumption of me wagon hopping because of this isn't backed up now, since I've only had one serious vote this whole game, so I can't defend against it until I do or do not wagon hop. I don't plan on doing it though, if that's what you want for a defense for now.
I'm willing to apply pressure to Smarg until someone else deserves it more. That's basically what I meant.
For a reason, Asdioh. Players have said going off of previous meta is not a good idea. I dunno if you just ignored the posts (like from Aggressive Mediation) or you're just skimming. But from your first set of posts, I don't really like what I'm seeing. Please change this before the Day ends.*then I talk about meta*
*EVERYONE'S ON MY *** *
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Glad I'm not the only one who seemed to notice this.Also wanting to note that JTB has 22 posts but really hasn't said anything of substance at all.
@JTB: Can we get some stances from you too? What do you think of Asdioh and J, both individually, and of the conflict between them?
Wrong. Refer to posts regarding pregame shenanigans.Asdioh said:Still don't like this. It was pregame though so whatever, right?
I wasn't expecting too much, and I didn't really get much. Null on Joey and Gheb for responding to my posts, etc. The breadcrumb wasn't all that necessary (I would have brought it up if Roxy or Glyph had accused me of trying to pull something), but now it does show that I have been paying attention to this from the start.Newbish, yeah... Only a few games under my belt. Though I don't expect to be treated as a newb or anything.
Soup's post stuck out to me, even if it was made in Rvs or w/e. Seems odd that he would say he was joking with jtb, but not with gheb, even if he was.
First instance. This is why I asked the meta question that I did immediately after.Well of course you won't be treated like a n00b ^^ (especially from me since I hate reading n00bs)
Thanks for answering.
This feels like J was caught off-guard, hearing such a pointed question come from a new player. "It seems off to say the least" feels like he is playing it safe.o_O? Now this is a new one.
Well from what you have said it seems like you are going back and forth on your reado n smarg to the point where you don't know if she is scummy or towny based on the reaction you have seen. I didn't have a read on you before your posts and now I still don't. I find it odd that you are asking my individual opinion on you so early. It seems off to say the least.
Asdioh, am I scum?
T-Block, be my friend, vote Asdioh please <3.
T-Block, you think Asdioh is scum at this point.
You can vote him now with us and we can be bros with AM. <3
Also this isn't how Asdioh plays as town AT ALL.
Gah this is why you are appearing so towny to me, the hesitancy, the saying we have alot of time, the wanting to give everyone a fair chance. Yay. =3
Also I am pushing Asdioh to claim so early because I truly believe he is scum and I go hard on my reads. It's how you can get things done. ^^ He is also the most un-deniable scummy person in this game and his defenses thus far are inadequate and don't help his case but actually hurt his case.
I mean you don't have to vote him and you should do as you please but it'd be nice if you were with me.
Gah more towniness. <3
Lol let's hope I am reading this new person correctly cuz I usually suck at this. =P
Though I suggest L-2 so he doesn't self-hammer himself and we can still force a claim out of him.
"If you are scum, then I don't feel bad about keeping you around cuz you have fooled me big time." sets off alarms.
Perfect, absolutely freaking perfect. ='D
I couldn't be happier with this response because it is 100% correct and just so towny just grah.
T-Block we are officially bros this game alright? Yay!
The part I don't agree to is Asdioh has had time to defend himself and I have time to attack him. It's an equal push-pull fight and he hasn't been doing well at defending himself which is why it just seems like a full frontal attack on him. But still I love your opinion.
If you are scum, then I don't feel bad about keeping you around cuz you have fooled me big time.
This post, among others, show genuine intention to see Asdioh claim.The only people that have my expressed opinion to put Asdioh at L-1 range is T-block and maybe July.
Asdioh should claim after his read and Glyph should post something soon. =<
But I don't see how that justifies pushing for a claim so damn early.Also I am pushing Asdioh to claim so early because I truly believe he is scum and I go hard on my reads. It's how you can get things done. ^^ He is also the most un-deniable scummy person in this game and his defenses thus far are inadequate and don't help his case but actually hurt his case.
._. I was just trying to offer encouraging words and I think Joey got the point of them a bit more. I didn't mean to come off forcing you to but I just don't want you to give up. =/ I was only asking if you thought you would be able to tell if your past scumbuddies were scummy but thanks for saying you will be watching Joey.You can't force me to give up or not give up if I feel like that. Posting in such a manner will not differentiate my thoughts. J, I have a difficult time reading you simply because I've played in one game with you (Inception does not count) and we were Mafia buddies. Joey, however, I've played with more and I'll be watching carefully, if that satisfies your question.
No hahaha, I was talking about this game is gonna be interesting because it is going interesting in more ways then one.Tery said:I don't understand the point of this. You're essentially saying you'll just stimulate discussion, whether it's actually helpful or not?
You're gonna have to explain this because I do not get it really.Tery said:Doesn't this strike anyone as slightlly controversial from what Evil Soup mentioned about J earlier?
A policy lynch is a lynch that people just do because lynching said person will not be bad. I.e. lynching someone who has been scum for a while, lynching someone who is scummy in your eyes regardless, someone you consider a hazard. The works pri much.Tery said:Can someone explain what a policy lynch is?
It was preemptively striking the incoming gender joke. >.>Tery said:?????
Well I answered most of the questions you seemed to have directed at me. I think I learned your thoughts on a few things but nothing too major though. I'm gonna blame it to you being sick though and you only hitting things you deemed necessary. Can I ask however why did you single me out and ask specifically for my opinion on why you posted?Tery said:J - Glad to see you're derived from the less helpful questions. What say you of what I've analyzed and asked so far?
I think her post on that was fine. She said lurking can be beneficial for town because as a power role you can fly under the radar to avoid the NK. Sometimes scum can pick up on this though, and read a PR based on this behaviour. Overall, her post is a null for me.I see you agree with me on the general dislike of Smargaret's wagon. What do you think about her post where she claims lurking can benefit town?
You really shouldn't be looking at previous meta, but from my experience, J is not particularily friendly. J plays to win, regardless of how he does so. Fluctuations are difficult to pinpoint.
Baw, you ninja'd my post.T-Block - You may be new, but you're like, already better than I am. I've noted J's buddying of you though. Not sure how this affects your playstyle, if any. Thoughts on this?
I was planning to post my case at this time since yesterday =( I do apologize if that messed up what you wanted to see from Gheb though. But I thought you were asking for his thoughts on Asdioh, not J?Dammit TBlock, I wish you would've let Gheb post first. I already have a town read on you and would like to further judge Gheb.
Unvote Vote Asdioh
Who the hell do you think I am?!
These all go to the same post on my computer.
Your paragraph is weird because I do not know what you are talking about. And I'm doubting if you are a big boy or not.I reserve my right to play an act as far as I want to and to change my vote when I want to change my vote, J. You're posting like Ranmaru. You're jumping into arguments directed at other people and answering before they can. Do you not think I'm a big boy capable of taking care of myself? I'm the mighty Kamina and don't need a babysitter looking for my good side.
Unvote Vote Asdioh
Lol Tery thinking I have a posting restriction.
Who the hell do you think I am?!
Fail on my part - they're all just posts of me not really knowing what RVS is lol
These all go to the same post on my computer.
Wait, so I am scummy to you for making connections? Why are making connections bad in the slightest?J, you are not scummy for contributing, you are scummy for how you are contributing, you have tooken far too many sides with everyone, and trying to keep a town pseudo.
Wait are you saying I buddied and manipulated Joey?ES said:Like I said before, I didn't like smargs wagon, but you instigated Joey to push on it, which in factual evidence is buddying and being manipulative.
I didn't make anyone do anything. XD Okay go read that paragraph I adressed with T-Block because here's the thing, you didn't have to. Did I put a knife to your back and say to follow me or die? Did I say anyone who wasn't on the Asdioh wagon was scum? No lol. Did you know my scum-picks also originate FROM the Asdioh wagon and my town reads are mostly from those that APPOSE it. I haven't made anyone do anything and I think your just trying to say I am but you need to show evidence of me forcing players to do as I want.ES said:Its fine to agree with someone but its not fine to try and make them follow your lead.
Because I found Asdioh scummy? Yea I used my talking...that's kind of how you communicate and try and convince people but wait you said I was talking and using a buddy attitude to get people to vote with me however in the last paragraph you said I was making people do as I want.....? Alright so which is it, making or using buddying? Once again, you didn't have to follow if you didn't want to.Asdioh said:In a word about asdioh, you shot off like a rocket on him, and this made me wonder why you did not for anyone else, from that point on, you used your talking and buddy attitude to get people to vote with you.
How in the world does an Asdioh flip get us hardly nothing? He has bountiful connections and it seems you are trying to get back off the wagon for a BS reason and hop onto mine for an even stupider reason.ES said:I agree in a sense that asdioh is most likely scum, but a flip from you is More viable to getting information, while an asdioh flip gets us hardly nothing, and that plays better for scum then it does town.
Lol no. LOL no. Wow this is so wrong.ES said:You might say, "you're just going With gheb" but I have stayed already that I had suspicion and worry about some actions, including yours.
unvote vote J
Fake.Caught up now, looks like we're finally aware of J's scumminess, or at least putting it out in the open. I do agree with it too but I'm not posting what or why until we get that Asdioh case.
Lol what? Your funny. =3 How did I know you would come in doing this?
Going into detail soon.I wanna see this super scummy stuff I have done cuz I don't see it. o_o
I don't need a deal with you to get J lynched JFYI.wait
unvote vote Asdioh
forgot our deal with gheb.