The "I hate being scumread for this" thread

[Firebringer]

I love getting scumread though

Post what you hate getting townread for.

I guess my personality traits.

[RolandOfGilead]

Being nice.

"You're clearly just trying to pocket people, scum!"

[KayJayQueue]

Being new.

[JacksonVirgo]

Being dumb (and accidentally hard defending scum d1)

[DragonEater70]

Being new.

I also dislike being scumread for being perceived as experienced and therefore likely to do some crazy shit as scum, when in fact I still feel like a total newb 90% of the time.

[Adorable]

People scum reading me for meta when I get a town role pm.

[Radical Rat]

Being dramatic/having fun with the game

[Black]

Having fluid reads. I'm so paranoid that my reads are constantly shifting

[Gypyx]

Being dramatic/having fun with the game

this is extremely true now

[Psyche]

there's been "so much resistance" to my wagon

[Jake The Wolfie]

there's been no resistance to my wagon

[Doctor Drew]

Being dramatic/having fun with the game

this is extremely true now

I get scum read for shit posting and having fun, and then the next game will get scum read for not shit posting enough and being too serious lol

It's almost like I am a human who isn't exactly the same every game

[kuribo]

I always hated being scumread for not being mean enough and for "asking too many questions." I always hated the early game anyway, so the questions phase was me trying to wade into the waters and find someone to tunnel on. The real catch is that some people will also scumread you for being angry and say you're "faking emotion." This never happens and would have zero scum equity because people haven't read anger as town in over a decade.

Also always hated, hated, hated being scumread for "lurking" if I wasn't posting fifty times a day. I work 60-70 hours a week, leave me the hell alone, I'll post when I post.

Oh, and some people scumread you if you mention your personal life, thinking you're trying to get "sympathy." This isn't a thing, and actually infuriates me. I've been on this site for nearly SEVENTEEN years. I'm closer to some people in this community than I am to my own family. Mentioning your personal life isn't a scumtell, nor is it an "excuse to not post." Sometimes the poster's mom just happens to be on her deathbed and the poster has more important things on their mind than spending twenty minutes telling you how ashamed your ancestors must be and would you kindly go eat a sack full of bees.

God I'm glad I don't play anymore. Just typing that up brought back memories that pissed me off lol.

[kuribo]

It's almost like I am a human who isn't exactly the same every game

what about that time I scumread you because I was townreading you?

[Doctor Drew]

It's almost like I am a human who isn't exactly the same every game

what about that time I scumread you because I was townreading you?

I used to have a quote in my sig from hectic about that

'This might be the first time I am town reading Drew, which is weird since he was town the previous games we played'

So ya, I got used to that and have tried to adjust things a bit

[BlackStar]

Existing

Same

[StraightFlush]

Explicitly saying you're not 100% sure about a read or opinion on someone. Qualifying your thoughts somehow doesn't always have to be "hedgy", very often it's just good practice that will avoid bigger misunderstandings later.

[KayJayQueue]

Explicitly saying you're not 100% sure about a read or opinion on someone. Qualifying your thoughts somehow doesn't always have to be "hedgy", very often it's just good practice that will avoid bigger misunderstandings later.

Nah if you can’t fully commit to your read and be completely sure of yourself, you’re scum lol

[Alianna]

Explicitly saying you're not 100% sure about a read or opinion on someone. Qualifying your thoughts somehow doesn't always have to be "hedgy", very often it's just good practice that will avoid bigger misunderstandings later.

Nah if you can’t fully commit to your read and be completely sure of yourself, you’re scum lol

Because we all know that uncertainty in reads has absolutely nothing to do with not knowing anyone's alignment!

[Doctor Drew]

Explicitly saying you're not 100% sure about a read or opinion on someone. Qualifying your thoughts somehow doesn't always have to be "hedgy", very often it's just good practice that will avoid bigger misunderstandings later.

Nah if you can’t fully commit to your read and be completely sure of yourself, you’re scum lol

Because we all know that uncertainty in reads has absolutely nothing to do with not knowing anyone's alignment!

Except for you, that means you are town haha

[kuribo]

Explicitly saying you're not 100% sure about a read or opinion on someone. Qualifying your thoughts somehow doesn't always have to be "hedgy", very often it's just good practice that will avoid bigger misunderstandings later.

Nah if you can’t fully commit to your read and be completely sure of yourself, you’re scum lol

Yeah I always avoided that by picking a scumread and then screaming at them until they were dead... even if I was starting to doubt my read. If you couldn't talk me out of my tunnel, you were scum. If you tried to talk me out of my tunnel, you were flailing scum. If you didn't try to talk me out of my tunnel, you were resigned scum. If you somehow managed to talk me out of my tunnel, you were manipulative scum.


If that didn't help, there was always the whiteboard and the cough syrup

[kuribo]

The above post is slightly tongue in cheek btw

[RationalMadman]

Being confident and assertive. Shit gets you replaced even, if the crows are toxic enough.