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Post Post #50 (ISO) » Thu May 21, 2015 2:49 am

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Post Post #51 (ISO) » Thu May 21, 2015 2:50 am

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In post 49, PokerFace wrote:
In post 45, Axxle wrote:

I like Spam but I haven't branched out to any of the variants. Which do you recommend?

There's a bacon flavor. When has bacon ever been a bad idea?

*Controversial opinion incoming* I never got why bacon is being praised like a holy entity.
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Post Post #52 (ISO) » Thu May 21, 2015 4:21 am

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Some bacon is very tasty, some is like just ok. I'm not sure I've ever had a good "bacon flavored" thing.

To actually address the thread, I don't think I've ever been discouraged by someone spamming. I *have* been discouraged by two people cospamming the thread with an argument that has very little to do with the game, especially when they talk past each other.
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Post Post #53 (ISO) » Thu May 21, 2015 4:27 am

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In post 45, Axxle wrote:I like Spam but I haven't branched out to any of the variants. Which do you recommend?


I recommend avoiding spam in all its variants.
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Post Post #54 (ISO) » Thu May 21, 2015 5:07 am

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In post 53, saulres wrote:
In post 45, Axxle wrote:I like Spam but I haven't branched out to any of the variants. Which do you recommend?


I recommend avoiding spam in all its variants.


So like, avoid baloney, because baloney and spam are kinda the same.

Are you anti baloney?
You are not more paranoid than me!!!!
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Post Post #55 (ISO) » Thu May 21, 2015 5:20 am

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In post 53, saulres wrote:
In post 45, Axxle wrote:I like Spam but I haven't branched out to any of the variants. Which do you recommend?


I recommend avoiding spam in all its variants.

I feel more insulted than I probably should be. Spam is the meat of my people.
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Post Post #56 (ISO) » Thu May 21, 2015 5:35 am

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I have nothing against spam or baloney! I have friends who are spam and baloney.

I just think if you want to spam baloney please do so in the comfort of your own home and not out in public where children and upright citizens can see you.
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Post Post #57 (ISO) » Thu May 21, 2015 5:45 am

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And the initial point of this thread was slowly lost, just like this.
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Post Post #58 (ISO) » Thu May 21, 2015 9:11 am

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when one player or more players discuss a topic with spam, it looks more and more like they are full of baloney
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Post Post #59 (ISO) » Thu May 21, 2015 12:16 pm

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In post 49, PokerFace wrote:There's a bacon flavor. When has bacon ever been a bad idea?

Bacon gum.
The first bite was fucking delicious. Then the appeal was gone, as the flavor decayed and became awful.
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Post Post #60 (ISO) » Thu May 21, 2015 12:17 pm

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You always have that second piece, though,
just to make sure
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Post Post #61 (ISO) » Thu May 21, 2015 1:19 pm

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Post Post #62 (ISO) » Fri May 22, 2015 1:17 am

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Good bacon is crispy and juicy. Its not chewy. So I can see where that would be a bad flavor idea for gum. So I withdraw that case but still suggest you start with bacon spam as its 99% of the time a good idea
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Post Post #63 (ISO) » Fri May 22, 2015 1:25 am

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In post 0, pirate mollie wrote:stahp the spamposting.

that is all.


i think im in the wrong sub-forum...

wait. nope. just an ironic thread.

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Post Post #64 (ISO) » Fri May 22, 2015 1:29 am

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In post 57, GuyInFreezer wrote:And the initial point of this thread was slowly lost, just like this.


yep.

I feel so honoured that so many pple endeavored to prove my point.

it brings a tear to my eye :*(

In post 62, PokerFace wrote:Good bacon is crispy and juicy. Its not chewy. So I can see where that would be a bad flavor idea for gum. So I withdraw that case but still suggest you start with bacon spam as its 99% of the time a good idea


have you ever actually eaten spam

I ask this cos I have, my mother made this shit when I was young and it was disgusting she boiled it.

mebbe this is why I hate spam posting.
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Post Post #65 (ISO) » Fri May 22, 2015 1:50 pm

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Honestly I hate spam posting because I work like everyday and coming home after one shift to 15++ pages is not fun ._.
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Post Post #66 (ISO) » Fri May 22, 2015 1:58 pm

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In post 61, Titus wrote:Hi.

Yea you're one of them, but at least skimming your posts are managble!
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Post Post #67 (ISO) » Fri May 22, 2015 3:49 pm

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In post 11, pirate mollie wrote:

no it isn't. it clogs up the game and buries relevant content. <---- this benefits scum and scum sometimes use this in order to induce town apathy.


sorry mollie
if you wanna argue around here
we need to see your paragraphs

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Post Post #68 (ISO) » Sun May 24, 2015 11:57 am

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In post 16, saulres wrote:
In post 11, pirate mollie wrote:I am talking about it is d1 or d2 and you have double the amount or over of posts compared to the second highest poster.


I'd rather see that than players with fewer posts than the mod, tbh.


^

Can I get a link to the thread that is about lurkers, I need to vent a lot of murderous feelings there.
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Post Post #69 (ISO) » Sun May 24, 2015 12:09 pm

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If it's in a vacuum, then I agree. But if there are people lurking
because
people are posting 40 posts a page, then I'm a lot more sympathetic to that.

This being from someone who rapidly stops giving a shit when he finds that 30 new pages popped up between check-ins.
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Post Post #70 (ISO) » Sun May 24, 2015 1:13 pm

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there is a way to combat stupid posting: DON'T READ IT

i know it goes against the collective anal OCD ppl have here that OMG GUYZ WE HAVE TO READ
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Post Post #71 (ISO) » Sun May 24, 2015 9:15 pm

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In post 11, pirate mollie wrote:I am talking about it is d1 or d2 and you have double the amount or over of posts compared to the second highest poster.

stahp that.


no

Sorry, can't help being active
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Post Post #72 (ISO) » Mon May 25, 2015 4:53 am

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In post 25, EspeciallyTheLies wrote:
In post 23, FakeGod wrote:
In post 22, EspeciallyTheLies wrote:organic chemistry.
dark age of the law.

both games were decisively carried by town power roles

they don't really show whether spamming is good or bad

they show that it was ANNOYING. and that it killed motivation.

if you were reading the game in real time it would have been clear. reading it after the fact doesn't give a good impression unless you are really analyzing the time stamps of each post.

after a D1 that becomes 100+ pages because one or two people want to post bullshit and nonsense over 2 or 3 times as many posts as anyone else, it's more often that people get burnt out trying to keep up with those one or two people. other voices get drowned out. people get lazy and don't want to go back and reread. things get missed because there just isn't enough time or energy to review things in depth.

it's absolutely a scum tactic and it works. and the townies who do it need to, seriously, fucking. shut. up. and let others contribute.

oh yeah. Xmen is another one. You don't think [redacted]'s complete lack of consideration for the input of others on D1 had anything to do with the demotivation that occurred thereafter?

p-edit: hell yeah it does. how many subtleties do you think you can pick up having to read 20 pages versus having to read 120 pages?

more does not always mean better.


actually most of it was metal and I, we both were scum there. we had a 30 pages back and forth of random crap. lol
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Post Post #73 (ISO) » Mon May 25, 2015 5:10 pm

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In post 68, elusive wrote:Can I get a link to the thread that is about lurkers, I need to vent a lot of murderous feelings there.


Try here
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Post Post #74 (ISO) » Mon May 25, 2015 5:26 pm

Post by BROseidon »

The problem is that walls are more anti-town than spam catchups.

Fluff and games not lynching fast enough are bigger problems.

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