Spoiler: You're my bestest buddy evers McStab
In post 435, McStab wrote:
1. He argues the wagon isn't motivated by scum/people with alternate motives.
No. I argue that you are being incredibly dishonest when you initially assert the following-
In post 423, McStab wrote:
I love how quick the wagon falls apart on RBD and switches to me when she does a shitty OMGUS vote.
This implies that the people now on your wagon were initially on the RBD wagon. This is false. This is a point you didn't comment on in either of these responses.
In post 423, McStab wrote:
Nah, RBD and DoomYoshi are pushing these cases against me because I've pushed both of them as scum and now is there chance for OMGUS revenge.
This implies that DoomYoshi is on the wagon and pushing for your lynch. This is false.
In post 423, McStab wrote:
DoomYoshi's case on me amounts to lurking. It sucks, and is OMGUS motivated. He backed off my attack earlier, but now that he thinks he has backup he's going after me again. NOT REAL SCUMHUNTING.
RBD misconstrues the case on me as "selective meta". This is, again, OMGUS, as I've defended myself against her manipulative and shallow accusations.
Azusa does a total about face and tries to excuse it using a synthesis of both arguments. While this alone doesn't warrant a vote, a flip by RBD or Doom as scum does warrant a lynch on Azusa.
It's so funny that 2/3 of the pushers on my wagon are people I pushed hard on earlier, and now they're acting as though they're totally impartial. lulz
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You don't even comment on solidstate being on the wagon, and state that "2/3 of the people [thus excluding me] on my wagon" are people I've "pushed hard earlier" which implies that the wagon consists of Rainbow, Yoshi, and I. That is false.
What is your defense when I bring this up?
In post 429, McStab wrote:
As for solid joining the wagon, I hadn't noticed. I'm sure he legitimately thinks I'm scum, since, you know, he's the other wagon right now and is looking for a way to survive. No motivation for him to try and find me scummy in there, none at all!
That's just pathetic. You bother to try to refute the arguments of everybody on your wagon... yet conveniently forget who it is that is actually, you know, ON THE WAGON? It also conveniently allowed you to smear me as scum, which would have been difficult otherwise, given how you hadn't mentioned me at all. Which isn't OMGUSy at all, no sir!
In post 435, McStab wrote:2. He concedes the lurking point to me. So that facet of his argument has collapsed totally.
Nice try. Let's look at your iso, shall we?
#116- Promise for a catchup post.
#159- Case against Yoshi. (Oh, don't worry. I'm getting to that.)
#163- Fluff.
#177- Pushing for a claimed doc to be lynched.
#181- Non-game post.
#183- Pointing out what you perceive to be hypocrisy on Applejack's part. You don't explain whether it is scummy, anti-town... what. You just say "Hey guys! Look at this!". That is the definition of pretending to scumhunt. Oh, and you slip in a pseudo-comment about solidstate's behavior without actually bothering to elaborate on it at all, or how it makes you view his play.
#226- Promise for a catchup post.
#288- Beginning of a push on Rainbow. Based on the sample size of one game. And completely based on meta and theory- there is no comment on Rainbow's actual play in this game thus far, beyond that single post.
#298- More commentary on Rainbow being scum because of theory and meta, in which you misrep Rainbow's intentions by making that post spetacularly. But Rainbow is doing a good enough job defending herself at the moment.
#384- A vague read on Defender, and a scumread on Applejack that has never been brought up before.
So, out of the 10 posts before you actually have to defend yourself (and, coincidentally, the amount of content per post just spikes upward), at least 4 have no content. Given how there is absolutely no elaboration in #183, I'd say that it's 5. Another 4 are pushes on single players with no comment on anybody else in the game. And your case on Rainbow was based on a single point, without commenting on anything else that she has contributed to the game, or lack thereof.
You've been making a pretty dang good effort to say as little as possible using a bunch of words, looking at your iso. But you're right. That isn't lurky behavior in the slightest.
In post 435, McStab wrote:3. Being open is better than saying nothing at all, but being absolutely open ISN'T beneficial. It allows good scum (and RBD is good scum) to manipulate town and eliminate those who suspect them. Anyone attempting NK analysis will be dismissed as WIFOM. So yeah, being open is better than saying nothing, but giving the scum your whole game isn't.
Good job dodging the thrust of my argument.
In post 428, Azusa Nakano wrote:
That key point? Let's go over the reads you have discussed- Defender. Looking back, you do state that he "hasn't done a good job at finding scum/defending himself." Which counts as a read, I guess, even if it's vague as all hell. Now let's look at Applejack. You didn't elaborate on this read until you're called out on it. Provide me one comment where you even imply Applejack to be scummy pre: #384. The closest is pointing out something you consider to be hypocritical. You don't elaborate on why that is scummy, or even say that it is. Just... kind of point it out. Also, as you note... this has nothing to do with your scumread on AJ. So it's completely irrelevant anyway. The last ones are Rainbow and Yoshi, and I maintain that those cases are just bad.
What are the reads you provide in this new post? You comment on solid, stating that you have a nullread. Of course, you don't elaborate on why. And any disclaimer about elaborating on townreads doesn't really work here, because you both don't consider solid to be town, and were willing to give your read on him. You also give a read on me. You don't actually comment on any of my prior content. I'm only scummy because I voted you after two other people [add: one of whom you think is scum] did and you feel that my case is full of stretches and misconceptions. Even though particularly solid cases can't be made on D1 anyway. Cool story.
And that's it. You honestly believe that it's not anti-town[add:/scummy] to not discuss your thoughts about more than 6 players in a game, while not even explaining one of them, and being incredibly vague on a second?
In post 435, McStab wrote:4. My read on Applejack comes out of nowhere. Yes, it does. Why? Because I was busy pursuing my number one scumreads in DoomYoshi and RBD.
Did your PM give you a PR that states you can only discuss one scumread at a time? Why couldn't you pursue multiple angles?
In post 435, McStab wrote:Once DoomYoshi claimed the wagon fell apart, and there doesn't seem to be enough support for RBD. So, switching from that, I went to the person who I felt had most avoided both of my wagons, had pushed Defender while there was no activity (parking your vote on those kind of players is a scum tactic to avoid having to take a stand on major issues) and seemed to me the most supportive of RBD. It wasn't a strong scumread, nor is it; I still prefer RBD. However, if Applejack is a viable wagon, I will join it. Simple enough? I think I've been saying this for the last like week, so I really don't know how you all seem to have missed it.
This is one massive red herring. I honestly don't care much about the strength of your Applejack case. However, combined with the fact that it comes out of nowhere... it does feel like pretend scumhunting. You have yet to provide a legitimate reason as to why you didn't discuss this Applejack read until I actually pressed you on the reads you have, and even then you just say "I want an Applejack lynch", without explaining why until you've got a 3-person wagon on you. So: Why didn't you bother to explain the read once I actually asked you who you thought was scum besides Rainbow?
In post 435, McStab wrote:5. My case on DoomYoshi was weak. As I said, Day One's usually not a slam dunk. I still think it's likely he's scum, but I won't vote him as he's claimed doc.
In post 423, McStab wrote:I still do want to lynch DoomYoshi; I don't think he's a doc, and it's an easy enough claim to make, particularly because if he gets counterclaimed the real doc gets outed.
Okay, let's talk about your case.
You don't even bother to explain why this is scummy. Regardless, reading it, I don't see it as a tell either way. (Nulltell: 1)
In post 159, McStab wrote:In post #74, DoomYoshi's statement of:
"Wait, what? I will judge by your answer to this question whether are not you take this game seriously, as I am borderline on ignoring you completely already."
Is a very aggressive, oversensitive response to a single vote without much weight on it.
Aggression to being suspected isn't a scumtell, particularly when the voter doesn't explain why. Town can get frustrated by people voting them without explaining their reasoning, or feeling like a bandwagon is forming based on absolutely nothing, because it gives them nothing to respond to. I can easily provide plenty of examples of town doing this. (Nulltell #2)
Also, first instance of taking the matter out-of-context. This was in response to inte voting Yoshi without providing any logic behind it, and just a clearly tongue-in-cheek comment. You don't see how that could frustrate somebody, particularly somebody still relatively new to the game? (OOC: 1)
In post 159, McStab wrote:In post 88, DoomYoshi wrote:I think speedlynches can be hilarious. I wouldn't flip out and complain if he was speedlynched, but I didn't seriously expect it to happen. Does that answer your question?
^^This shows no signs of real scumhunting. He thinks it would be funny to quicklynch someone in RVS. It probably would be, but it's inexcusable to do so for no reason whatsoever.
Spin. What does "real scumhunting" have to do with that post? He wasn't been asked what his reads were, or anything similar. He was being asked how serious he was about the quicklynch. His answer? He wasn't serious. He just thought it would have been amusing. In fact, you say you'd find it amusing yourself, and that the scummy part is that he planned to do it. Except that he didn't "seriously expect it to happen". (Spin: 1)
In post 159, McStab wrote:
^Rolefishing for the vig? Either way I don't see how his question pertains to scumhunting.
I like how you took that one out of context, when the context itself is available in your very post. He was putting a follow-up question to Bitmap, who initially made that statement about the vig. Oddly enough... apparently that isn't rolefishing?
Also, through doing that, he gets Bitmap to take a stance on which Bitmap would desire to lynch, and potentially which one he finds scummier. That has everything to do with scumhunting. (OOC: 2)
In post 159, McStab wrote:Then attacking inactives because he can't really put his mind to scumhunting (I was on V/LA at the time).
Oddly, solidstate does the same thing. Yet, no comment from McStab about him at all.
In post 159, McStab wrote:^Retracts his statement when put under pressure.
Nulltell and spin all in one! Conceding a point isn't scummy. In fact, it demonstrates honesty: that you're trying to make a legitimate case, and not just clinging to old tired canards in order to pretend that you're scumhunting. (NT: 2) (Spin: 2)
In post 159, McStab wrote:Creates the illusion that I'm dodging him, despite only a few hours passing between my post and this one.
Spin. The point isn't that you are dodging any of his questions- the point is that as of yet you had yet to post any content, and had just explained why instead. Hence, his vote stays on you. (Spin: 3)
In post 159, McStab wrote:^^^Nice logic to keep focusing on inactives. "Half the game is inactive; I can't come up with real points on the ones posting, so I'll target the inactives! Through my genius use of PoE I've came to the conclusion that there MUST be scum amongst 6 of the 13 players in the game!"
It doesn't change the fact that you're targeting of inactives is an easy way to fake scumhunting, scum.
The only good point in your entire post.
[/quote]In post 435, McStab wrote:Cartographer, I don't even know the reason for you jumping on my wagon. It seems to me you just sheeped (funny that you're sheeping the wagon that your supposed big suspect of RBD is driving) but you didn't want to admit it (hence the whole "Ugh I'm so conflicted everyone notice" part of your post).
Isn't it convenient that people always become scummy when they start to suspect you?
Apple still reeks of town from that latest exchange, but I would like an explanation of her wording re: "I am also able to make your behavior out to be scummy", as opposed to "I am able to see that your behavior is scummy", or something of the sort, when she calms down and comes back. That is countered by her outright putting herself on the chopping block if McStab flips town, when there wasn't much pressure on her. That only makes sense in a McStab-Apple pair, and I'm not feeling that at all right now.
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