HypersomniacLive: So, there can't be more than one mafia teams, and since yogsloth flipped scum you can't but be town. Is this how your argument goes?
My argument is: If you have this belief, can you perhaps provide more than just "I think there are multiple mafia teams out there!"? Can we, perhaps, get a few numbers of how do you think such teams are formed and they could exist? So far, this sounds far fetched. I'm not a fan of wilder speculation on top of already wild speculation
HypersomniacLive: I'm not sure if you really don't get it, or if you're just pretending not to.
The rest of the town, should you be one too, can't be certain that you are "a high chance mslynch", as we can't know that it's only an "off chance of maybe getting the right information".
I don't think it's that hard of a concept to grasp.
And I don't think it's a lot to ask for people to perhaps look at the play of those partaking in the game, as opposed to just a claim. I vow to either always claim Day 1 from now on, or never claim again unless I'm L-2. No, @drealmer, I don't like L-1 claims. It appears to me that many people are too stuck in old ways to wrap their minds about anything else but claims, so I either take it out of the way in the beginning, or it will be a mystery for all. "Screw what's beneficial for town", seems to be the overall attitude people get regarding claims.
HypersomniacLive: And if you go over his claim-post, he didn't do anything the way you did in yours, including the way he presented his power(s). Is the difference in format really indicative, let alone proof, of him lying but you telling the truth? I don't think so.
We are of differing opinions then.
HypersomniacLive: I'm not implying anything. let alone what you're saying here. And there you go again, I never said that there's a single way of how town behaves, or that it has to be my way or the highway. I pointed it out that your initial reaction was "Look what happened to docbear1075, I'm not going to go the same route, as others expect me to put up a fight to see me as a townie", i.e. you used the docbear1075 incident to adopt the exact opposite defence tactic, and even called it the "perfect justification"; I don't see this as coming from a town place.
Right, because doing the exact same thing and expecting a different result is totally and 100% from a town place. Let's just agree to disagree. I don't think you're seeing straight here.
HypersomniacLive: You later somewhat made the argument I'd expect you to make as your first and prevailing one, yet felt the need to remind us again "Hey, don't forget what happened with docbear1975; doesn't what I'm doing make me town, as that's what you all expected?". Hence why it's mixed signals.
I wish I could say I'm sorry, but I can't. When I see such nonsense arguments fly around, I can't help but remind people of their own arguments. Maybe, just maybe, if you constantly remind them of something they will learn from it. Maybe. That's, of course, just being hopeful on my part.
HypersomniacLive: And when asked why you think he's town, your (non)answer was "Professional Mafia Player Opinion". So, I'm not forgetting it, but it doesn't carry weight with the way you didn't give reasons. And town-reading a player, even if they are, or appear to be, against you at some point, is far from a town-tell; scum/anti-town do it all the time to fit in.
I didn't say that it is a tell, and I didn't use it as a justification for anything. I simply brought that up because you seemed to imply I take issue with whomever suspects me, which would be an erroneous conclusion. Not only this, but if others are allowed to call "gut feelings" and give no other reason for a major decision, especially that one of a vote, then I'm simply going to give the justification that it is my opinion that he is town. Since I don't see you vehemently question others about gut feelings, why am I question for my opinion, and I'm not talking about you, necessarily? Double standard? Mall intent? Obtuseness?
HypersomniacLive: That's fine and all, except that you are arguing with me here, and I never endorsed any of that, let alone used it in my arguments.
I am well aware of your stance on this issue, which I appreciate, but that was an answer to my frustration with the current way things are going given what transpired.
HypersomniacLive: Perhaps from where you're standing, but certainly not from where I am.
I was just being cheeky.
HypersomniacLive: We're dangerously entering drealmer7 territory here.
Am I supposed to be scared or offended at this?
HypersomniacLive: Repeating yourself in the exact same way you've addressed something when the other party doesn't see your point, is not going to make a difference. But that's not the point.
Hmmmm. Fair enough. I suppose the same logic as going the same thing and expecting a different result can be applied here as well.
HypersomniacLive: Since you say that you understand how it works a a power, I'm asking you to explain it to me. But that "there must be a reason" tells me that you don't really understand it, hence can't explain it. Which in turn begs the question why you didn't ask for clarification. Or perhaps you did, and can't share it as it may well not be in line with you actually being town as you claim.
"There must be a reason" was a dramatization of the fact that there is indeed a reason for which the flip is different. If you assume the narrator is knowledgeable about this fact while re-reading the paragraph, it really sounds different. It's made to emphasize that something is attributed as an explanation. Explanation that was given later in order to capitalize on the reader interest.
HypersomniacLive: Nice shade. Speculating on public information is expected, but questions like:
@all: Has anyone received any information about their action?
HypersomniacLive: It's game mechanics related more so than role related, if you ask me. I had already made a claim that I didn't receive word. If this is so indicative of fishing, why would I make a claim before I inquire about others? Do you see what I'm getting at?
HypersomniacLive: and comments like
HijacK: [...] 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.
HypersomniacLive: came across as fishing more than anything else.
I don't get this one. How is making an observation on your role considered fishing?
HypersomniacLive: You know, HijacK, it would do wonders if you stuck with countering other people's arguments instead of attacking their play-style or the players themselves with sarcastic remarks.
It would also do wonders if others didn't resort to dirty tactics to push a case and kill the game mood. It was all nice and dandy until some dicks had to be asses about things that pertain to things higher than the game. Alas, it is what it is. The double standards and hypocrisy of people, I guess, will never cease to amaze me.
HypersomniacLive: When you go down that route, you're just deflating and dodging, and trying to get an emotional reaction out of the other party. Certainly not something that is going to give you any town-points in my book.
I don't need town points for emotion. I'm glad you don't bank on that.
HypersomniacLive: We have three killings, unaccounted for,. but does it necessarily translate into having three killers unaccounted for?
Multiple kills per role is not something I had entertained. Perhaps it has merit, but the numbers barely change even in this case.
HypersomniacLive: drealmer7 was confirmed by he mod to have killed Bookwyrm627, and given that he had no Triad tattoos (I assume that the flavour is tied in to him using a sword), he acted on his own. The mod also confirmed that he wasn't killed by Bookwyrm627, yet was found in the same room as him. Does this mean that drealmer7's killer escaped the scene and is still walking among us? Is there any conclusive evidence, or at least strong hint, that his killer didn't end up dead in one of the other rooms?
I suppose this too has merit, but I'd expect them all to be piled together in the same room. I see the game mechanics more two dimensional in this regard. That is, however, just my assumption.
HypersomniacLive: Bookwyrm627 was also confirmed by the mod to not have killed drealmer7, but does this conclusively mean that he didn't kill someone else before getting killed himself?
It doesn't, but I am not of that belief if I am to make a judgement based on the info thus far.
HypersomniacLive: Same goes for bler144 and yogsloth.
This is actually anyone can chime in if they want.
I doubt you'll get much from others. I see some individuals involved, while others are free riding a wave for nothing of their merit.