JMich: This is not the HijacK I remember playing with. Which means that either HijacK has gotten dumber while in college (plausible?), that he is indeed not getting any kind of sleep, or that he is lying. Considering all the killing going on, I find the lying to be the more likely scenario, though I won't be voting for him until he finishes with the RL commitments he has. Quite willing to do so though, unless someone else manages to raise a bigger flag.
JMich, you're making me feel terrible about it... I have no defense for it other than it simply didn't click in my mind, and when dedo pointed it out it was like I finding out that you're adopted...
I hate explanations one and three, because one supports that I have indeed gotten dumber and three implies I'm dumb and I can't come up with a coherent lie. I'm not a fan of explanation 2 either, but sleep deprivation is my nemesis during finals periods, so I'll bite the bullet with this one.
Feel free to vote though. My RL obligations have been fulfilled for now. I have gotten A in both of my classes, and I am starting my third class tomorrow, Introduction to Business Law and Ethics. I'm a bit excited and scared. The material looks daunting.
This being said, with 2 extra A's under my belt, my GPA has risen only by 0.01... Currently sitting at 3.88. I need a good chunk above 3.9 in order to be invited into the Phi Kappa Phi Honors Association.
HypersomniacLive: @HijacK, on a side, and somewhat unrelated, note - before judging the current state of the community, and some of the reactions, I advice you to inform and educate yourself on the events that transpired during your off time here and led to where we are today.
Can I get a summary in PM, please? I'd love to check it out, but that would require me to look through a lot of games and scum/dead/whatever chats. That's more reading that I did for statistics, and I busted my butt for that class.
HypersomniacLive: I'm still interested in what made you consider said theory, and what made you change your mind. Basically, I'm interested in the thought process.
Hmmm... Fair enough. What struck me as puzzling was why were there so many neutrals? Once I noticed that there is an unusual amount of individuals that don't behave according to a simple Town <-----> Mafia axis alignment, I entertained the idea that there may be in fact no mafia this game and town has to figure out the true enemy.
Alas, I quickly changed my mind when it was pointed out that some people flipped with the quotation marks. It appears that we indeed have a mafia, but this also indicates that there may be a plethora of individuals flipping as town, mafia, or neutral, but be not be what they flip. If you will, it appears a lot of people subscribe to a Miller-like/Godfather-like ability that makes them flip of an alignment that is not theirs. I don't really know what to call people that flip "Neutral" but are something else.
HypersomniacLive: This is interesting. Did you believe his claim to be true? If yes, have you changed your mind, and why?
He flipped as Mafia not "Mafia".
Truth be told, if I had figured this out earlier, I could have perhaps questioned him and caught a slip.
HypersomniacLive: What discrepancy would that be? Based on the "no role flips" rule, and what we got so far, yogsloth flipped Mafia, and so will you, especially if your claim is true.
Right, but I think there is a difference between Mafia and "Mafia"
HypersomniacLive: You can call it "rhetoric getting old" all you want, but it just doesn't add up from a townie mindset and thought process - you are way too concerned about looking bad, and trying to anticipate anything that may be linked/tied to you before anyone even expresses the slightest hint or accusation.
Can you blame me? Look at the posts of those that have hounded me since D1 and my claim. There's perfect justification for that there. Last I recall, docbear was given criticism for not defending herself properly. Well, here's me standing up for myself and not giving wolfies and easy time. They can suck it!
HypersomniacLive: It's not a matter of gameplay style, and I get the not wanting to "spill the beans" in one go. It's about the flow, and how the questions asked and the added pieces work, or don't work, in relation to what you've already claimed and to ongoing discussions, both content and time wise. For someone advocating players to be critical, you seem pretty averse to it when it's you that comes under the lens. And frequently resorting to AtE as a closing to your arguments doesn't do you any favours either.
I believe there is a certain bias in that regard since I know my PM and all that, but I can't state that for a fact. Maybe I am not biased, maybe people simply rely on previous schemas too much and don't engage in actual critical thinking.
Alas, what's AtE?
HypersomniacLive: So, you were sure you'd be still around come D2? Interesting.
I wasn't. I did it preemptively. As I have said, I can't be sure of most things, but I take a stab at them.
HypersomniacLive: What difference does it make to know f there's a pattern or not?
Game mechanics.
HypersomniacLive: nor be surprised that you weren't.
And what if I was? What do you make of that?
HypersomniacLive: Well then, I guess I should stop questioning you, take whatever you say at face value, file you as cleared Town, and never look your way again.
Good, this is exactly how it should be.
HypersomniacLive: So, did you receive a PM about your night-action after all, or didn't you?
Ok, for someone criticism me for being obtuse, you're stretching your argument once again. I have already told you, on more than one occasion too, that I received a PM from RW that contains
corrections. I was expecting more than that. Until dedo just made me question reality.
HypersomniacLive: How on earth is "detecting and flipping Mafia" a power? Especially if you're Town as you claim?
You know what? I'll give it a shot.
@RW: Can you confirm that my first power in the claim post is almost verbatim? Also, can you explain to these fine folks how flipping a different alignment is a power? Thanks I'm guessing you won't flip an alignment in quotation marks, Hyper. If you did, you would have received a similar PM to mine. So, whatever you would flip, it will be the real deal.