#HBC | ѕoup
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I know that feeling. Makes D1 kind of useless.
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Uh, because I'm stuck with no information and Nabe won't tell me how guessing works? I can't even remotely begin to be useful until I at least know what my alignment is and I'm not wasting my guess this phase just because I still don't get the guessing procedure.I'm not going to out that information and I already explained what I wanted from it. What is your concern with how the mechanic is used?
Explain please. Am I allowed to do that and will it actually help?Oh sandwich, you're so silly!
Yeah I didn't start with my alignment either, I'm assuming none of us did.
Smart people would have made that their first guess.
Okay now you're really going to have to explain yourself. Why the hell won't you talk to me if you don't want people not knowing their alignment?I was really only concerned with the fact of alignment. I don't need to know what else you have but I didn't want someone coming in here going 'I still don't know my alignment.' Kantrip, you feel more reserved this game. I want to like the change but my meta radar is ticking and I don't like it. It's very true it's early in the game but I just want to understand why you're acting the way you are.
There were a few things that were hinting it could be Pokemafia to me as well. Not enough for me to actually feel comfortable guessing it, but I guess I'm glad to know that's not what it is (or maybe that it's only what it was for the NPC? Since different people seem to be getting different animes?).
I still haven't gotten through any of my layers, but I have yet to make a guess toDay. Need to clear up some things with Nabe first.
Not gonna lie, the idea that the mafia might now know they're the mafia yet really kills my desire to do anything this game. Makes scumhunting very difficult.
Did either of you try guessing Pokemon Black and White mafia specifically? Just curious because that was going to be my next guess (dunno if Nabe is that picky).Right then. Since Le Bateluer (tako?) doesn't want people to give out hints received, the same question that I asked Soup goes out to him.
There literally is no way of knowing rather or not outing "hints," or even the true theme of the game, will benefit town or mafia more. HOWEVER, I would prefer to not *****foot around it, so I will give out the information I have.
Night 0 I choose to "shake the present." I was told that I couldn't really hear anything move around in it, which meant (and this is what the mod told me, not my own speculation) that the final object must of been secured pretty well within the final layer, and that since the presents were likely layered, each object in between was likely thin.
Day 1 I thought that I found the common thread of all the available evidence and was confident enough to guess the true theme of the game. I guessed that we were playing in "Pokemon mafia," but no dice.
Yes, this means that I still don't know my alignment, and I won't until toNight.
I think Kat meant in a few hours, he was at work while he was posting (and is now asleep).I'm..... not following it completely.
My first thoughts including Roy Mustang and trying to come up with other anime characters that like fire.
Then I started thinking about the Burning of the Wicker Man.
Can you elaborate more now? When you say tonight, do you mean after this Night Phase, or temporally in a few hours?
Wii were weary about claiming this initially, but knowing that other people also have character + anime related clues makes me feel alright about claiming it. Our anime is Gunsmith Cats. Never heard of it before, from what I've read it's more of a Manga and the Anime adaption was cancelled after 3-4 episodes.Chuckie, could you answer me regarding the anime title?
Is this simply a precautionary or do you think you could make an educated guess towards your role? Soup same question at you.I'm going to hold my character name. Could have to do with my role and I'm not comfortable outing it at the moment.
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I understand it just fine. If you actually read my post, all of those questions would be answered.Do you even understand the mechanic behind this? Have you unwrapped a part of your present? Have you read? I don't feel there's a need to answer to your concerns as they can be answered through re-reading.
I also got through two layers and failed guessing for the third.I got through two layers.
I have my alignment and one other thing. Did anyone else get that far? If someone did, I want to consider collaboration for my D1 guess once I decide whether to trust em or not.
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Trying something new. Remaining docile until I feel confident in something.I was really only concerned with the fact of alignment. I don't need to know what else you have but I didn't want someone coming in here going 'I still don't know my alignment.' Kantrip, you feel more reserved this game. I want to like the change but my meta radar is ticking and I don't like it. It's very true it's early in the game but I just want to understand why you're acting the way you are.
Check.I have the name of an anime, and a character, but I don't think that's enough on its own.
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Check.When I 'opened' my present, I got a letter from the N figure. He told me that I was not him and that I was good. I almost thought of Death Note but that seems out of place considering the context of said letter.
Check.And for reference, that picture was of a character who I was told I don't THINK is me, but I wasn't sure.
Got a name and the anime they're from.
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Yeah if you read the section in the rules it says guessing is an open ending process and you can use it for your role, alignment, the true theme of the game, and basically just if you think of something to guess about go for it. My first guess was literally me guessing that I was town. Being correct, I unwrapped my first layer and got to guess again.Uh, because I'm stuck with no information and Nabe won't tell me how guessing works? I can't even remotely begin to be useful until I at least know what my alignment is and I'm not wasting my guess this phase just because I still don't get the guessing procedure.
Explain please. Am I allowed to do that and will it actually help?
Policy lynch? If we were to employ one, which three slots would you nominate?I know that feeling. Makes D1 kind of useless.
I made a guess as to the theme during N0 and nothing happened. Then I came in asking exactly what you did to open a layer, you snubbed me despite citing that you have a pro-information stance, now I'm voting you for being a scumbag about it.Do you even understand the mechanic behind this? Have you unwrapped a part of your present? Have you read? I don't feel there's a need to answer to your concerns as they can be answered through re-reading.
Soup's response to Le Bateluer was pretty much what I was going to say.
Soup can you think of ANY reason why someone would not want to out the theme of the game? This isn't a rhetorical question.
Also, if you think that if someone should out the theme of the game immediately if they get it, then why not share that information with Jdiatz?
I'm also noticing there wasn't an actual answer to the second of Sworddancer's questions here. I'd also very much like to know what your intent was with this last interaction.Likely purposes for their own reason. I honestly don't think town would have a huge issue about it but I can't say for certain that all town will think the same. My stance about it is pretty clear and that the dayphase is meant to be where town information hunts. The game theme would be very useful but not above finding scum.
- Until the true theme has been announced, role reveals upon death will reveal very little. After the announcement, prior role reveals will receive revisions to their corresponding true characters.
Actually, if you read everything I've posted, you'd see I don't know my alignment yet, and I can't guess again until toNight. My power backfired drastically. Am I the only one? Surely there must be downsides to using their power for other people besides just me?PJB there is already enough info claimed that everyone should at least be able to get their alignment, if they haven't already used their day 1 guess.
To scum hunt, what more info do we need than our alignment? Do you think knowing the true theme or even our role is necessarily going to benefit our ability to hunt scum?
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I need to be sure. Soup, what was your "tone" with this post?Don't play stupid with me about it.
"Finding scum is more important than the theme."Likely purposes for their own reason. I honestly don't think town would have a huge issue about it but I can't say for certain that all town will think the same. My stance about it is pretty clear and that the dayphase is meant to be where town information hunts. The game theme would be very useful but not above finding scum.
I'm actually kinda surprised that more people besides Raz hasn't addressed this. Tako, if you really do know the theme of the game, then please out it.BTW I know what the theme is.
Since you haven't guessed yet toDay, just go on and guess the the first layer contains your alignment. You'll most likely be right, and get another guess after that.There were a few things that were hinting it could be Pokemafia to me as well. Not enough for me to actually feel comfortable guessing it, but I guess I'm glad to know that's not what it is (or maybe that it's only what it was for the NPC? Since different people seem to be getting different animes?).
I still haven't gotten through any of my layers, but I have yet to make a guess toDay. Need to clear up some things with Nabe first.
Not gonna lie, the idea that the mafia might now know they're the mafia yet really kills my desire to do anything this game. Makes scumhunting very difficult.
Alright. I won't pursue this as long as you back your claims later in the day.Kantrip said:Trying something new. Remaining docile until I feel confident in something
Not a fan of Policy lynching nor the logic behind them. I won't lynch someone based on pretenses. Why the suggestion?Policy lynch? If we were to employ one, which three slots would you nominate?
I had a different stance prior to information being revealed by Raziek. I wasn't certain about it and I thought that the opening strategy was indicative of role. I can't say for certain but I don't think that's the case, and if it is nobody is going to say that they're town pyro for their strategy being to burn the present. I think it's important to remember in a way but my stance is still that Scumhunting is above the Mechanic. I think the Mechanic is still worth getting into and should be a chunk of our discussion, especially if this day is still filled with amnesiacs. It sort makes the whole day completely moot and I'm not going to read Sword on anything this day if what he says is true. If I did have a read, it would be Town.JDietz said:I made a guess as to the theme during N0 and nothing happened. Then I came in asking exactly what you did to open a layer, you snubbed me despite citing that you have a pro-information stance, now I'm voting you for being a scumbag about it.
I think I get that guesses can be about abstract role concepts instead of strictly the theme now, but there was no reason you couldn't have told me that, nor were you one of the people who helped me figure that out. 10 points from Soupador.
Not much intention behind it. I was just conversing with sword on a question he asked and that's the gist of it. I wasn't looking for anything particular and I was laying out my mindset at that time being for him. It's changed and I believe I've explained why it has changed.I'm also noticing there wasn't an actual answer to the second of Sworddancer's questions here. I'd also very much like to know what your intent was with this last interaction.
I didn't want someone coming here and pretending to be amnesiac and therefore trying to deem as unreadable. Your case is different based on how you've interacted with me and how you presented your current status.I need to be sure. Soup, what was your "tone" with this post?
I didn't want the game to completely delve off to just talking about the mechanic and interferring with scumhunting. My feelings have changed since then but if there is something willing to say 'yeah I opened my present' then I'm going to account a read on them. Right now from Memory, You and Joker are still amnesiacs, along with JD. This completely nullifies the need to scumhunt and essentially interact this day. This is where the scales shift and I feel that finding the theme needs to come first, or having everyone committing to find our their role, and going from there. I'm not opposed to no lynching today either."Finding scum is more important than the theme."
I actually take a teeny bit of issue with this. I know later you revise your stance that the mechanic isn't that important, and that you're responding to me here, but it still kinda feels like you're trying to say the "townie" thing here, if that makes sense.
It was clear that he was not up to date and pursuing a past logic put out. I didn't feel the need to explain myself again.@Soup: Why did you feel that you should respond the way you did to Jdiatz? I understand that he could have just reread the rules to find out how he could guess, but it wouldn't have really of been that bad to just tell him. It feels a little overly antagonistic given the situation.
I cannot confirm or deny this.@Mod: To clarify this rule, can you confirm whether or not alignments will be revealed upon death, assuming the true theme has not been announced?
There are 18 players, meaning everyone got a present and only one present.Nabe said:There were 12 presents under one, and 6 under the other, all wrapped identically in red paper with white ribbon. Everyone grabbed a present at random.
What? The mechanic is literally the most important thing in the game right now. We start off not knowing anything.soup said:I'm not concerned with the mechanic of the game at the moment as it doesn't deem as important right now.
Unison guess of cop or any other useful role could be good, but we'd never get any confirmation as to whether or not this was a successful maneuver. What are we going to do, say "did anyone get it" and then watch the guy who volunteered to get shot? People could all guess if they were masons or lovers to share information privately, but town as a whole is still boned with this strategy. So, no go. Plus, we all have strategies for present openingTako said:I'd like to propose a unison guess of role cop, in which we all guess our roles to be cop by the end of night 1, so we can ensure we get the most out of our cop. Thoughts?
I do not know what this is.chuckie said:I hope wii won the Overswarm lottery
Ran said:Should we massclaim our guesses so people don't guess them? I heard Swords saying 'wasting' a guess... .-. Should we out if we guessed or not already?
Agreed with Tako.Tako said:Please do not out any hints received.
Disagree strongly. LAL is a bad move. This is often used by players like Zen who like to wreck things for town by making elaborate lies then acting insulted when people don't believe his statements of "it was a gambit", but LAL is still really is a bad move even though it allows for headaches.Also I purpose we maintain an lal policy.
sword said:Soup can you think of ANY reason why someone would not want to out the theme of the game? This isn't a rhetorical question.
I don't know if that was his intent but I found an answer in his post anyway!soup said:I almost thought of Death Note
Make scumhunting difficult but we have a 1 in 3 chance of hitting non-town if my initial guess is correct. Think of it as a free "lynch the weak" phase. A "no lynch" probably wouldn't be the best option, though if mafia don't know they are mafia then they can't kill so it'd just be another phase to guess. We know some people know their alignment though so, no go on that either.Circus said:Not gonna lie, the idea that the mafia might now know they're the mafia yet really kills my desire to do anything this game. Makes scumhunting very difficult.
Just guess something at random. Guess a specific role, guess your alignment, guess the theme, guess your character.Jdietz said:Actually why don't you want to help me? I'm rubbed the wrong way by the fact that you berate Tako for being someone who thinks they can get information based on mechanics yet won't give me information about mechanics?
Agree with chuckie and logical bro-fist activate.Chuckie said:Also to J again (or those in halloween), was there any downside to revealing clues in public? Did scum have more to gain from getting there role than town? Wii think of the present opening process as similar to flavour-related mechanics, in that it can often be anti-town to claim such information, especially if roles tie in with the flavour.
On this note, I'm going to ask that no one makes any guesses until J or someone answers this for me.
Didn't even think of this. You get TWO logical bro-fists.Chuckie said:Wii realised that if flips aren't shown upon death we need to figure out this theme as quickly as possible!!
I agree with this sentiment, and it made me wonder if he knew the theme already. Maybe mafia already knew the theme to begin with? Something to consider if he flips mafia later.sworddancer said:"Finding scum is more important than the theme."
I actually take a teeny bit of issue with this. I know later you revise your stance that the mechanic isn't that important, and that you're responding to me here, but it still kinda feels like you're trying to say the "townie" thing here, if that makes sense.
We have independents, obviously. This also implies that mafia start off knowing more information than town does, which means that they probably can do damage; meaning there's no more ifs or buts. Knowing the theme is the most important thing in the game at the moment.Nabe said:If independently aligned players exist, they will have more information than the mafia, who will have more information than the town. As town, strike a balance between conservation of information and cooperation towards the theme.
Except this gives me pause. Mafia start off knowing more than town, but have no private communication so presumably don't know anyone else's alignment or who their teammate's are.Nabe said:There is at least one standard mafia faction in this game. They are also Amnesiacs. At the beginning of the game, they will have no private communication. I will not reveal anything else about the nature of this faction or about the existence of others.
We get mod confirmation, too. So no tricky business there. If Tako does know the theme, we'll know if it is accurate amongst us all.When the true theme has been discovered by all living players, I will announce the true theme publicly.