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Bookwyrm627: Let me ask you some direct questions:
1) Is "There is more than one town player in the game" a reasonable assumption to make on Day 1 in any given mafia game?

2) Is such an assumption more reasonable or less reasonable than assuming "I am the only town player in the game"?

3) Is such an assumption more reasonable or less reasonable than assuming "There are no town players in the game"?

4) Given what we were told about the setup in the sign up thread, is such an assumption reasonable in this particular game?
1 and 2 are both reasonable things to assume but assuming too much is generally a bad thing in a closed set up.

3 is unlikely but not unreasonable.

I can't remember/be bothered to find what was said in the sign up thread.

The thing is, it's not about what ZFR privately assumes but that there was something conspicuous about the way it was worded.

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Bookwyrm627: Over the course of time, I'm attempting to remove/reduce/censor my use of profanity. I'm shamelessly cribbing the substitute from a webcomic that I enjoy.

'Batshit insane' is the uncensored version.
Haha, now you've got me wondering what Betty Boop was really meant to be called. :P

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Bookwyrm627: Eh, do it anyway. You've been moving that direction for a good while now.

I was only wondering how long it would take you and Ele, or if ya'll would get distracted with some other wagon to avert your potential lynch.
I already did. I was actually on the fence between you and Ele, but ZFR's sudden pile-on after you makes me think I've chosen correctly.
At the hospital and my daughter wanted to pass along a big thank you to everyone for the well wishes!


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trentonlf: My question for you is if you are town who on your wagon do you think is scum trying to push it along and why?
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ZFR: I don't think it's you. Your post, even though Joe's post was first, was the one which I think caused my wagon to gain momentum. I don't think as scum you'd do it since you'll be under scrutiny after I flip town.
However if someone were scum, they'd jump on it like SPF did (and later unvote and revote to give the appearance that your jump wasn't too hasty). I also have a meta reason against SPF that I don't want to post but will do so after the game is over or in observer thread if there is one.
bler, yes. As stated above.

Joe - not sure... it could be me not being used to his posting style. I'm leaning on him being town. But again it could be me overcompensating for not liking his style.

rabbit - not sure.

I think that's everyone on my wagon.
I also meant to say that if you have a reason to suspect someone as scum and vote them but don’t want to give that reason it is scummy as hell. I know you gave reasons to suspect SPF but saying you have another reason you don’t want to divulge is bad form.
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Bookwyrm627: Is there an acronym dictionary or something?

I'm guessing EB = Elebutterfuly, CG = Cristigale, and BW = Bookwyrm, but I have no idea what "aifam/mucs" is supposed to be.
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Vitek: It's backwards. ;-)
You got all abbreviations right, bravo.
Ah, of course. I should have calculated that you would swap around your letter rules before reaching the end!

Anyway, I have 5 games as scum (not counting the aborted Deep Smelly Dungeon 2 game). One was All Mafia, one was All SK, and you hosted two of the others.

Game
Other Game
Deep Smelly Dungeon
@S i r P r i m a l f o r m and trent.

I see where you're coming from and maybe it was better for me not to mention it if I can't say what it is, but why is it scummy as hell? I do have a meta reason but saying it could help mafia a lot. Anyway I'm not asking nor expecting anyone to blindly believe me.
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ZFR: @S i r P r i m a l f o r m and trent.

I see where you're coming from and maybe it was better for me not to mention it if I can't say what it is, but why is it scummy as hell? I do have a meta reason but saying it could help mafia a lot. Anyway I'm not asking nor expecting anyone to blindly believe me.
The issue is not you having a meta reason you don’t want to share, the issue is saying you have a meta reason and not divulging it. Keep it to yourself that you have a meta reason if you don’t want to share it. By saying you have a reason but not wanting to share means you can vote someone without justification, and that’s something scum would do.
Sorry I haven't been active today. Been out of the house until now (Just a bit over 22:30) and I'll be heading to bed again soon. I've been following somewhat during the day, but I'll make sure I'm caught up and ready with responses as fast as I can tomorrow (Cannot promise more than 3 hours before deadline, but I'll try to be faster).

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trentonlf: Well it seems the cyst was really a malignant tumor on her ovary. The doctor removed the tumor and ovary and said the good news is that the type of cancer it is has an 85-90% chance of being cured. They will not do anything else until after the baby is born. They are also keeping her at the hospital for a couple of days to monitor her and the baby (both are doing great right now).
Wow, that is very saddening to hear. I hope all turns out well. My thoughts are with you and your family.
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Bookwyrm627: Anyway, I have 5 games as scum (not counting the aborted Deep Smelly Dungeon 2 game). One was All Mafia, one was All SK, and you hosted two of the others.

Game
Other Game
Deep Smelly Dungeon
Thanks but damn you! You made me remember how much I love hosting a game and now I have the urge to do it soon.
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trentonlf: The issue is not you having a meta reason you don’t want to share, the issue is saying you have a meta reason and not divulging it. Keep it to yourself that you have a meta reason if you don’t want to share it. By saying you have a reason but not wanting to share means you can vote someone without justification, and that’s something scum would do.
I agree that I should have just kept my mouth shut if I have a reason but can't divulge it. But I disagree with the last statement. No semi-intelligent scum would vote someone without justification. Nor say "I have a reason but I won't tell" and expect to get away with it. Any scum worth his salt would have a justification, whether good or bad, for his vote.
Lifthrasil will now be playing the role of littlerabbit until further notice. Please try to retain your suspension of disbelief and avoid Twitter campaigns against the production company.
Post edited July 11, 2018 by PoppyAppletree
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trentonlf: The issue is not you having a meta reason you don’t want to share, the issue is saying you have a meta reason and not divulging it. Keep it to yourself that you have a meta reason if you don’t want to share it. By saying you have a reason but not wanting to share means you can vote someone without justification, and that’s something scum would do.
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ZFR: I agree that I should have just kept my mouth shut if I have a reason but can't divulge it. But I disagree with the last statement. No semi-intelligent scum would vote someone without justification. Nor say "I have a reason but I won't tell" and expect to get away with it. Any scum worth his salt would have a justification, whether good or bad, for his vote.
What’s to say scum couldn’t just say “I have my reasons, but I will say after the game is over as I don’t want to give scum a heads up on something I noticed”, and by your logic they must be town since any scum worth their salt would never do something like that. Never assume anything in mafia
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trentonlf: and by your logic they must be town since any scum worth their salt would never do something like that. Never assume anything in mafia
By my logic they needn't be scum. "Needn't be scum" is not equivalent to "must be town". Not-scummy is not equal to towny. It could be NAI.
Hi there! Thanks littlerabbit for keeping my spot warm while I was out of internet! ;-)

No, seriously. Sorry that you had to drop out, but I'm excited to play. I'll just have to read first. And quite a lot too. So please cut me some slack until I have cought up.

But I'm looking forward to playing with you all! :-D
Hi there!
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Vitek: The thing is I don't just see much attempts in your posts to solve anything. You voted bler (OK, you are not going to be all abbreviated. I hate it already) for buddying up/distancing with ele and then abandoned it. What's your take on bler and ele now, anyway?
That's a good point. Buddying/distancing is a theme so far
.... See reply to SirPrimal below.

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trentonlf: My question for you is if you are town who on your wagon do you think is scum trying to push it along and why?
Ten Town points for you for this question.

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Bookwyrm627: If you actually care about Bler's dodge, then you try prodding him
I don't, at the moment... which is why I didn't prod him. :P

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HypersomniacLive: So, why did you leave out the part I highlighted in your post #226?
Part jumping to a conclusion, I admit; part instant dismissal of the idea that it's possible to nail two mafia members on Day 1. But yes, this is a fair point, that was a badly edited quote. My apologies for the confusion, and apologies to wyrm for misquoting.

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HypersomniacLive: Since you're open to interpret flavour in relation to game setup (and vice versa?), I don't quite see how you consolidate this with what Damantion did rubbing you the wrong way (post #103); looks like a pot, kettle, black case to me, and wonder how your admitted awareness of you too bringing flavour into the game factored into you sort of backtracking from that now.
I feel like you have answered your own question here, but for the record with my words: I've been self-aware of my flavour attitude from the beginning, and Damn's riffing off toaster/pylon in defence (so I saw it) of flub's avatar rubbed me the wrong way waaaaaay back in #103. My comment on the Gogfather murder was just that, a comment, and I specified in that same post (#58) that I had no idea if it was worth pointing it out but couldn't help but notice it. It was so early it was part of my scrabbling for a way out of RVS. And neither of those two things have affected my reads of anyone (Damn is in fact one of my towniest reads at the moment).

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HypersomniacLive: Did you miss it, or are you pulling a bler144-dodge?
I forgot about it in the panic to catch up with 12 people making over 100 posts, to be completely honest, but with the way you phrased the question my response either way is sheer WIFOM..!
To answer the original, for what it's worth: I read sharing reads on everyone freely, à la Joe, as town because it leaves a clear paper trail of suspicion pattern and indicates independent thought is going on about every player, rather than sliding along with whatever wagon is moving.

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trentonlf: am starting to see ZFR as a frustrated townie and I think he would be a bad lynch.
I agree with you.

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SirPrimalform: *stares at elebutterfly*
O_O

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SirPrimalform: [...] ele seems to be trying to buddy up.
A minute ago (approximately) you said I was distancing... all this back and forth is making me dizzy. And in #321 I asked you what you made of my case, and I don't think you replied... you just changed your vote. It's like... "oh my goat you prodded me in a sore spot so I'll do what you asked so that you stop so there :P now what?" [interpolated].

I'm in a funny position here, both SPF and Wyrm are accusing me of being scum with the other one. Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right....

Basically, nothing I see in Bookwyrm's posts in reply to me that changes my opinion. Anyone else...? If not why not?

Welcome Lif!
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elebutterfly: A minute ago (approximately) you said I was distancing...
Distancing from Bookwyrm (who I think is scum), the buddying is with Bler (who I do not currently think is scum). They're different people, but I understand toasters have trouble distinguishing humans.

I agree, it is amusing that both my and Wyrm think you're scum with the other one.

*maintains eye contact for uncomfortable length of time*