JASON ANALYSIS
I noticed in the past few days there had been conversation brought up concerning Jason's individual merits to being a strong player. In an order to, for a lack of a better word, affirm this theory, I've had more difficulty reading Jason than any other of the players present in this game, graveyard or not. The purpose of this analysis is to first and foremost to help me get a grasp on Jason's alignment. That said, I'd first like to make known the current foundation this read will be predicated on. His replacement into the game was extremely lackluster; disregarding that respect, he comes in aggressive and on smaller levels of magnitude, hostile. There's a snarky air that surrounds some of his comments, and a bit of some reactive element is present in some sense (see the way he reacts to a mere
hypothetical). I can probably point out a few posts I thought that were Town (he had a couple that discussed the merits behind arbitrary motivations), but what I really want to get at is the
case on Patzer; this will be the comparison default by which I'll be comparing other cases he has made in different games as different alignments. This case is incriminates Patzer with superficial reasons. Unless I missed something, there is no motivation seeking. Jason accuses Patzer of backpedalling, but again, does not appear to consider if it appears reasonable from a newb-Town perspective. A later post (514) is an attempt to push the lynch through with a summary of bad reasons. Again, as of this point, Jason is not necessarily scum. This is the baseline for meta. The following argument with Patzer (517-567) maintains the tone in which he first identified himself in with dripping exasperation. Here's a few games (tried to select a few of the most recent) as both alignments (these will be Newbie games to preserve consistency with this game):
TOWN
:
Newbie 1342 - His early posts again start out hostile. His
93 affirms his bit of a reactive nature. He seems relatively engaged in this game. I feel like his
133 that game is reflective of the fact of how he's thinking more about motivation than on-the-surface aspects.
Newbie 1336 - Again, his first few posts give the impression that he's very involved with the game. He's a lot more logical here, and almost begins to lean apathetic before his reaction in
65. Most importantly though, his
case on Zepher that game is almost
entirely
different in tone that the case on Patzer. He's more focused in this, more speculative, and more drilled in to the whole motivation issue.
Newbie 1321 - Seeing more logic in here as well. Wasn't so meaty, so I'll throw in another game.
Newbie 1301: Revenge of the Van - This is a game where Jason replaces in as Town. He replaces in, and right off the bat, refers to the motivation behind arbitrary actions. His first reads list in
174 is reflective of just that. Pretty thoughtful play, and again, he's extremely involved in this game.
Overall: Jason's oftentimes is hard-engaged into discussion/finding scum as Town. This is extremely prevalent in his early game as Town, but sadly we don't have the option to see this here as he replaced into a slot. There's a myriad of general arguments that JasonTown makes on whether things are actually scum tells or not. He's not afraid of back and forth rebuttals, and doesn't shy in tone.
SCUM
:
Newbie 1309: Never Say Never - His play during the RVS stage here is a lot more sidelined. He's far less attached to this game as he is in any of the above Town games. Of course, this instance isn't really that significant because he replaced into our game right now, but I feel compelled to point this out. His play here is also far less confident/cocky than it is in his Town games. he is careful with hypotheticals on theory. There's a clear nosedive in the amount of motivation-seeking.
Newbie 1302 - Stark differences here and his Town games in terms of substance. Again, a lot of superficial reasoning.
Overall: As scum, Jason's less aggressive in refuting arguments. He isn't too capable of making the same, intent-analyzing, meaningful posts (that actually have a deeper depth to them) as scum. He is not readily available on the forefront of things happening, as he is Town; as a matter of pattern, his tone is slightly lower in "volume" as if to not attract that much attention. The arguments he tries to incriminate scum with are fairly weak here, but I've also seen that in a few of his Town games, so that leans more to a null tell for me.
This is my first meta case, and if someone sees something that I'm messing up on really hard, you need to point that out. The information above is open to interpretation, but from what I'm saying here, Jason is playing up to his Town meta. Granted, it isn't a clear cut reflection of Town meta, but it leans that more than it does Scum. I still have Patzer down as Town, so by PoE, jon is scum.
I won't be voting him because he's at L-1
. At the same time, I do not want a claim yet since I want a chance to have a brief look into his meta.
It may save you a lot of grief in later games.
