Newbie 1673: University of Mafiascum Class 108 - D4- OVER!
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Hi guys,
It seems like we should be out of RVS so I won't be voting.
For now, I find EE over-analyzing or reaching. Kahlan didn't threaten to vote you because you are voting her. She merely defended herself. But I am not sure if EE's jumping to conclusion is scummy or not so I am not willing to put him at L-1. I find it too early since someone can accidentally (or scum) hammer to end the day early.
I find most others (Usted, Drixx and Kahlan; although I agree with EE that Kahlan uses her newbie card a lot) null except Dominator.
@Dominator Why join the wagon and park your vote if you are V/LA?
FoS: Dominator
I am not voting Dom because he's V/LA and I don't want to push someone who might not be there.
Also, to someone who asked how much experience we have, I don't have much but I have been reading a few games here and played a game here a few months ago but I replaced out due to not having enough time.-
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In post 68, N e s s wrote:In post 51, Drixx wrote:I just said that I'm scum reading you. On top of that, nowhere did I state that I have "...no intention in sharing those things...", so you are misrepresenting me on multiple levels.
Ding ding ding. We've got scum caught in the first 50 posts.
This is scummy as all hell.
Why is it scummy?
If you are talking about the second part, as far as I know, being overly confident about having caught scum early is not scummy.
If you have different reason, then I would like to hear it.-
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Although I disagree with 71, I like the post. I would also be suspicious of someone who's trying to drive you to L-1 early in the day. But this site seems to be the one where people drive others to L-1 to get reaction or claim so it's probably not a lack of confidence but more of over confidence.
Also I am fine with 75.-
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In post 83, Extrapolated Eagle wrote:the way I read it he was first saying "you're scum for sure" and then following up with "I can't read you so let's push to L-1 so I can read you"
We are gonna have to agree to disagree on it because I find it more as him trying to get reaction to further confirm his reads.-
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In post 86, Extrapolated Eagle wrote:Ok. What do you think of kahlan and that whole interaction?
I find Kahlan null. I find her a bit iffy(?) in the beginning but as I read more, I think she was just trying to get use to how things are around here.
Do you mean the interaction between you and her or her and Drixx?
You and her: I think you are being overzealous. Some of the things you accused her of doing, she never said it and I don't see her implying it. I have posted an example in my first post: 64
Her and Drixx: they don't seem like a scum team because she probably would have ask her questions in mafia PT.-
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In post 91, N e s s wrote:So, are you scum? Probably, but lynching you isn't going to give us any information as to who the other mafia is. That, or you're just a clueless townie with nothing to do.
Why not? If we look at the interactions again later, we might find something.
@EE - I am pretty sure that we are out of RVS by the time I first posted. I never said anyone's playstyle is wrong though and I am keeping an open mind about things that others may find differently. I only posted what I thought; either I agree or disagree, there is nothing wrong with that.-
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I really don't like how Drixx wagon developed in a small amount of time. 122 in particular, sounds opportunistic since Drixx's playstyle has not been very popular. Ness called out Drixx scummy in 68 but didn't follow up with a vote. Instead, voted for EE in 72. In the same post, he said Drixx is null town. So I don't understand how he goes from null town to scum.
I know I said I don't like voting much early but I really don't like 122. So,
VOTE: Ness
@EE - why do you wait until someone voted for Drixx?
I also don't like how EE jumps votes from one person to another quite easily. It seems like he's keeping his lynch option open so when someone questioned him after a flip, he can fall back on saying he thought the person was scum and already voted for them.
Re 139: I agree but I don't think they planned it out in detail on the first (real-time) day and feel like Drixx would tell her not to sheep as well. These assumptions are based off my experience and a gut read. So, I am not completely denying the possibility. It's just my initial read.
Spoiler: RQS-
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Re 168: I am okay with your answers (the last quote is after the vote though) and I am inclined to believe your claim because I have seen it happen in the few games I read. But I still don't like that vote and strike me as opportunistic so I like my vote the way it is right now.
About soul, I also have nothing to say yet, sorry.-
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Now that soul mentioned it, I went back to ISO Usted. When I first read 132 and 138, I was thinking 'Huh?' but I didn't dwell on it, so now I am gonna go back to it.
@Usted - About 132, why would ness use RQS to divert attention away from Drixx train when he, himself, got on it (also when he did RQS, the focus was on EE)? and if ness/drixx are scum team, why would drixx call out ness for RQS when everyone else is just going along with it? And about 138, it doesn't make sense for ness to bus drixx when it's not obvious that drixx will get lynched.
I am not saying ness/drixx scum team is impossible but I am not seeing the connection.-
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185 was an interesting read.
But EE already said scum are usually in middle of the wagon so if Ness were to push wagons in the middle, wouldn't that make it obvious?
In post 186, N e s s wrote:No way to defend myself right now because i have no idea how to.
since I don't have a lot of experience, I can't give you much advice but what I would do is rebut the case against you and then go on with scum hunt to help the town. whether others believe your defense/argument is up to them.-
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In post 206, TheDominator37 wrote:My vote was RVS.
It's not so random since you joined the wagon and put him at L-2. If EE wagon had somehow developed to an early lynch, yours would be the one without even interacting with EE as you would be in V/LA.-
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In post 217, Drixx wrote:Interesting vote count, especially with the context of how it got that way.
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Even though I started it, I also found Ness wagon a bit weird.
Read-list: (this is where I am at right now- most of the stuff are what I have talked about before; would probably need to reread when I have time)
Ness: newbtown or scum. Despite my vote, I am actually leaning toward newbtown, which is why I am also not that comfortable about Ness wagon. His claim and defense seems like something newbtown would do. His thought process seemed like how I played my first game.
EE: I like his read list and he's been pretty consistent.
Work: I like that he points out some of the things I find iffy but wasn't sure what it was. Also he explained about my ness vote better than I do.
Drixx: I don't like that he is not sharing much of his thoughts, so I can't really read him.
Kahlan: I actually don't know how to read her.
Usted: I like his beginning posts (his reason for RVS for me is null though), but his vote on drixx is a bit strange, considering he hadn't interact with him. And I don't like his Drixx/Ness scum team explanation.
Soul: His posts are interesting but there is something I couldn't put my finger on. It's possible that I just need to get use to newer people because I tend to do that.
Dominator: Its explanation about RVS isn't satisfying but I am not ready for his lynch yet.
I haven't decided on who I want to lynch atm though.-
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In post 235, soulmonarch wrote:Newbie - It worries me how much you fly under my radar. And I just realized you've been on Ness a lot longer than I thought. (Noted above.)
You can ask me questions/push me or whatever.
@Kahlan - While Ness played 5 games of mafia, I assumed that he meant he is not completely new to the concept of mafia but he may be new to forum mafia since he didn't specify where he played at so.
@EE - I am not liking Ness' latest posts for reasons you stated but I don't want to end the day early (we had about 9 days left). We also have a slot (Dom) whom we haven't heard much from and I am assuming he hadn't caught up yet either. We also have other slots to hear from so I don't feel that we need to rush.
I am not against Ness lynch but I am against early lynch.-
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Ness, please address all the questions or concerns that people asked of you. Even if you are lynched, they may help us in some way.
In post 246, Extrapolated Eagle wrote:The latter I understand. however, I think I could see a Dom/Ness scum team and so I don't feel too bad about ending today now, particularly because I feel like a lot of last minute lynches happen and it ends up being town because we haven't had time to talk it through and things, so I want to avoid that as much as possible.
Early lynches I have seen also happen to be town, so...? also if it's a last minute lynch, we have had more time to talk because it's not ended early..? I am not understanding what you are trying to say here. And I am not thinking of putting it at last minute. I don't mind if we end it a few days early but not when we have more than a week left now.-
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In post 265, TheDominator37 wrote:Why not?
There are a few I wouldn't mind lynching but I haven't narrowed it down.-
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In post 273, TheDominator37 wrote:In post 266, newbieinmafia wrote:In post 265, TheDominator37 wrote:Why not?
There are a few I wouldn't mind lynching but I haven't narrowed it down.
What I'm asking is why not me?
I wouldn't mind lynching you. I just said not yet because I assumed you haven't caught up and haven't said anything except a few words about EE.-
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In post 281, Drixx wrote:Soulmarch and Kahlan just jumped up the scum list with blatant opportunism on display.
Why not workdawg and me, considering others have already expressed an interest in lynching dom before my post?-
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In post 293, N e s s wrote:@Workdawg
I'm still very busy but i'm trying. I never promised that i'd get my reads up, just sometime near the end of the day. If it came off as a promise i broke then i'm sorry.
I will get my reads in at some point. I'll leave it at that.
If you do it near the end of the day, we probably won't have enough time to discuss it.-
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In post 299, Extrapolated Eagle wrote:Crap. He was calling soul scum. Ugh. My bad there, sorry. :/.
It's okay. I will address though that I am usually cautious in the beginning. I don't say everything I want to because I don't want to influence the conversation or perhaps cut them off too early.-
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In post 315, N e s s wrote:For what reasoning? How is that the best thing you could do when looking for reads?
This is scum here folks, your band wagoning me for litterally no reasoning/not giving any feedback as to why this is. You'll enjoy my flip guys, newbie is mafia after i'm lynched.
The reason I unvote was because I don't want to put you at L-1 early. My reason for scum reading you still stand despite me thinking you might be newbtown.-
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I would go with whichever makes you comfortable. If you are not comfortable with the lynch, then there is no need to hammer. After the flip, it's better to analyze all the players, as in why are they on the wagon and why are they not on the wagon. As others have said, it's the intention and motivation behind each decisions that count.
It took me a few days to decide on putting Ness back to L-1 after considering various factors and what I generally think is the best I could do.
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In post 340, N e s s wrote:Newbie: Asks plenty of questions but i don't understand why they put me at L-1. They claim its 'the best they can do" But i don't understand how putting me at L-1 is any good. Null town, but i'm leaning a bit more towards Town.
I thought it's the best action because out of everyone else, I find your action to be scummiest. The way you have been putting off to give read list or didn't engage in the game doesn't help the town. Yes, you said you are busy but you could have also used that as an excuse. Also during that time, the games wasn't moving forward at all even though we are nearing deadline. So by narrowing down my lynch target and trying to have the game more active, I put you at L-1.-
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In post 348, N e s s wrote:How would i use IRL stuff as an excuse? Literally thats stooping pretty dang low.
You're saying my actions are scummy, but you also say i'm scum for inactivity/excuses?
I said you are not helping town.-
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In post 359, Drixx wrote:We don't have a great deal of time left, and I don't think we have time for me to try and push Usted, so I'm going to give intent to hammer.
I can get behind Usted wagon. I get a scummy vibe from his latest posts but didn't mention it because I didn't think we will have enough time to push Usted.
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In post 371, Huntress wrote:What are you finding scummy about Usted? All I've got are a couple of possible associative tells but that's not enough to vote on without a scum flip.
It's not a very strong case because it's based on my assumption about Ness' alignment. So I think Ness' flip might support the case or make me rethink it a bit. But Usted would have been my second choice for day 1 lynch.-
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I was thinking Drixx might have a stronger case but you are right.
I think it needs to have : for the vote to count (?)-
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In post 383, Extrapolated Eagle wrote:I think Usted needs serious looking into tomorrow regardless of what Ness flips,but especially if he flips scum. Two intents and no movement isn't great
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I think Drixx was killed because scum thought that he might be PR. He doesn't look very town (similar to one of his game, where not a lot of players were reading him town) so scum probably thought that he was trying to lay low, as not to draw the NK.
Re 406: I would have done it with poison.
My case against Usted is more or less similar to Work's. What caught my attention was 309. Considering he had explained Ness/Drixx scum team, why didn't he vote for Ness but instead voted for Khalan? One of his explanation goes way back to the beginning where people are questioning RVS and the other is something Drixx pointed out that could also pertain to soul. Usted then goes on to say that Khalan's inconsistency is scummy but didn't refer back to any of her posts to support it. If you think she's scummy, then you should be trying to make others to vote with you, especially since it's only a few days away from the deadline. So, that vote feels like you are just voting for her because you didn't want to join the Ness wagon since people will be analyzing it once Ness flips town.
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Re 410: Ness was at L-2 when you voted for Khalan. I had no problem with you posting an intent to hammer and waited for Ness and others to give their last thoughts. What I had problem with is that you didn't put Ness at L-1 but instead voted for Khalan without making a case for it.-
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I was already voting for Ness. I unvoted because I didn't want others to hammer early. I just put back my vote because the game is getting stale and it's nearing the deadline. I voted at Friday night so we will have the weekends to discuss more and give more pressure to Ness.
Ness is the one I talked about the most though.-
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Honestly, I am not sure what to make of the recent events but I agree with most of what Work's saying.
I like Work and Khalan for town. Considering Usted soft claimed PR, I will put him as town too. Through this (PoE), I have soul, Hunt and EE as possible scums. I liked EE in the beginning but he had become pretty much null to me. So I think soul and Hunt have higher chance of being scum.
For soul, I like his posts but I will agree with Usted that they contain a lot of flavor and I also don't like his change of tone toward Drixx when Drixx started to push him a bit.
For Huntress, she hasn't shared much and looking back at her ISO, it feels like she's just coasting through. I don't see a lot of scum hunting from her.-
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In post 443, Huntress wrote:
My scumhunting has mostly been by reading so far this game. I've probably read most of it about three times now but not really found any decent scum tells; just a lot of stuff that I keep second-guessing myself over. My read on Workdawg is mainly gut based on his Day one play.
What about his day one play that makes you gut read him scum?
How do you feel about newbie?
In post 454, Usted wrote:Well I'd say that claiming now is pretty decent. They either spend the next 2-4 nights trying to kill me with JK(if we have one) protecting me (Or it would give two chances for the town tracker to find who is visiting me).
No point in JK protecting you (because you have the bulletproof) or Tracker tracking you (because you won't be targeting anyone at night).
In post 457, Extrapolated Eagle wrote:I still don't think soul is a good vote, usted. *sigh* maybe kahlan? Whoever it is plays a good scum game, I think.
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In post 459, soulmonarch wrote:I want to reassure you that your possible message to the other PR is not disrupted in any way and the Mafia have not gained any additional information. I do hope that the other PR can make something useful out of it, perhaps on D4 this will come back up and be useful.
That's not true. Mafia now knows the exact setup and can narrow down the other PR (thus higher chance of hitting the other PR).
In post 459, soulmonarch wrote:Sure, there is always a chance I'm wrong. And if he makes it to the end and flips scum, I'll feel real silly. But given the information, I'll take that chance.
If he's scum, then he won't make it to the end because of counterclaim (there is no reason why BP shouldn't CC him at this point).-
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Re 495: How did soul start the Ness wagon though? I and Workdawg are already voting for Ness by the time soul voted. By that, you can even say I started Ness wagon.
About EE, him hammering Ness is not scummy. Before he voted, others (Drixx, Usted and Huntress) had express the intent to hammer. It's only a matter of time before Ness is lynched.
What about Huntress feels like town? because I am not seeing it.
Re 497: EE, who are your top two scum?-
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