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Lurking for Dummies
Lurking, it's a skill set most tend to forget how important it really is.
Back in my day, I've seen people actually noosed for it!
Here today, I'd like you all to ask me questions about your concerns with lurking and I will do my best to instruct you in how your opinion is actually wrong.
I simply wish to guide you all upon the correct path.
Now excuse me while I lurk this thread until a respectable amount of responses has arisen to give a first hand example of proper lurking“To be is to do”—Socrates. “To do is to be”—Jean-Paul Sartre. “Do be do be do”—Frank Sinatra.
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Question: how do you deal with people who take the stance of LAL, with the L being 'lurkers'?- Aristophanes
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So, some people make arguments and make many heated posts in order to dispel pressure on them. When wagon Ed, is it better to argue or lurk?Half meme, Half real, All Aristophanes ;)- JingleAri has appeared way too competent for me to even pretend to know what they're thinking
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ill get to this thread tomorrow, I promise.Show"You are the Joker of mafia players" - Oversoul
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I think I have properly demonstrated my lurking skills, now to answer your questions“To be is to do”—Socrates. “To do is to be”—Jean-Paul Sartre. “Do be do be do”—Frank Sinatra.
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Notice how this post is an hour after the 2 day mark of my last post, that means I would have been "prodded," which is the optimal length of how long you want to go before posting againIn post 7, TheRealGin-N-Tonic wrote:I think I have properly demonstrated my lurking skills, now to answer your questions“To be is to do”—Socrates. “To do is to be”—Jean-Paul Sartre. “Do be do be do”—Frank Sinatra.
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My star pupilIn post 9, Raskolnikov wrote:catching up“To be is to do”—Socrates. “To do is to be”—Jean-Paul Sartre. “Do be do be do”—Frank Sinatra.
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I lurk a lot actually, I'll stare at the thread for minutes at a time before I make a post.
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lol don't.In post 2, borkjerfkin wrote:i was thinking about posting, any thoughts or tips?
Well, I personally think it should only be used in cases on hard meta. Looking at you Ari >_>
I've found that older players post less than newer players so it isn't actually as telling as it actually is. Also I've tunneled more town than scum who posted little than what is probably healthy. I think it's a policy that wouldn't serve well.
As scum, just ignore it, town are idiots, you can treat them like a pack of dogs. Say you're wagoned in the beginning of the game as scum because RVS, just shut up and wait for town to argue with itself and vote elsewhere. You may be a juicy steak but "SQUIRREL" and town forgets you even existed.In post 4, Aristophanes wrote:So, some people make arguments and make many heated posts in order to dispel pressure on them. When wagon Ed, is it better to argue or lurk?
The other benefit to lurking when wagoned is that if town, and you get heated to post, then town will continue to ruffle your feathers to get content out of you. However, lurking shows that it doesn't matter, so they'll stop using bait tactics.“To be is to do”—Socrates. “To do is to be”—Jean-Paul Sartre. “Do be do be do”—Frank Sinatra.
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Sad but true!In post 13, TheRealGin-N-Tonic wrote:Well, I personally think it should only be used in cases on hard meta. Looking at you Ari >_>
I'm working on it though!Half meme, Half real, All Aristophanes ;)- JingleAri has appeared way too competent for me to even pretend to know what they're thinking
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You legit described my playstyle early game...In post 13, TheRealGin-N-Tonic wrote:As scum, just ignore it, town are idiots, you can treat them like a pack of dogs. Say you're wagoned in the beginning of the game as scum because RVS, just shut up and wait for town to argue with itself and vote elsewhere. You may be a juicy steak but "SQUIRREL" and town forgets you even existed.
The other benefit to lurking when wagoned is that if town, and you get heated to post, then town will continue to ruffle your feathers to get content out of you. However, lurking shows that it doesn't matter, so they'll stop using bait tactics.Half meme, Half real, All Aristophanes ;)- JingleAri has appeared way too competent for me to even pretend to know what they're thinking
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?In post 15, Aristophanes wrote:
You legit described my playstyle early game...In post 13, TheRealGin-N-Tonic wrote:As scum, just ignore it, town are idiots, you can treat them like a pack of dogs. Say you're wagoned in the beginning of the game as scum because RVS, just shut up and wait for town to argue with itself and vote elsewhere. You may be a juicy steak but "SQUIRREL" and town forgets you even existed.
The other benefit to lurking when wagoned is that if town, and you get heated to post, then town will continue to ruffle your feathers to get content out of you. However, lurking shows that it doesn't matter, so they'll stop using bait tactics.“To be is to do”—Socrates. “To do is to be”—Jean-Paul Sartre. “Do be do be do”—Frank Sinatra.
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(I lurk early game, in case you didn't notice...)In post 16, TheRealGin-N-Tonic wrote:?Half meme, Half real, All Aristophanes ;)- JingleAri has appeared way too competent for me to even pretend to know what they're thinking
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if i don't post tomorrow, i promise ill replace out.
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My opinion on lurking is well documented
In post 14, kuribo wrote: You're talking about what? You're talking about... Bitching about that townie you vigged, some sonofabitch who don't post, some broad who fakeclaims, so forth. Let's talk about something important. They all here?
(All but one)
I'm going anyway. Let's talk about something important. Put. That Scummie. Down. Scummies' for winners only. You think I'm fucking with you? I am not fucking with you. I'm here from Theme Park. I'm here from the Large Theme Games. And I'm here on a mission of mercy. Your name's Shadi? You call yourself a mafia player you son of a bitch?
(I don't gotta sit here and listen to this shit)
You certainly don't pal, 'cause the good news is - you're lynched. The bad news is - you've got, all of you've got just one week to regain your town cred starting with tonight. Starting with tonight's MD thread. Oh? Have I got your attention now? Good. Cause we're adding a little something to this month's posting contest. As you all know first prize is towncred on a scum lynch. Anyone wanna see second prize? Second prize is a trip to the dead QT. Third prize is you're modkilled for inactivity. Get the picture? You laughing now? You got reads. Tierce and zoraster did good scumhunting, get their names to lynch scum. You can't follow the reads you're given, you can't post shit? You ARE shit. Hit the bricks pal, and beat it 'cause you are going OUT.
(The reads are weak)
The reads are weak? Fucking reads are weak. You're weak. I've been on this site 5 years.
(What's your name?)
Fuck you. That's my name. You know why, mister? You were still alive in LYLO. I got night-killed by the scum to protect themselves. THAT'S my name. And your name is you're wanting. You can't play in the man's game, you can't post townishly- go home and tell your wife your troubles. Because only one thing counts in this life: Post. You hear me you fucking fuckers? A-B-P. A-Always, B-Be, P-Posting. Always be posting. ALWAYS BE POSTING. A-I-D-A. Attention, Interest, Decision, Action. Attention - Do I have your attention? Interest - Are you interested? I know you are, because it's fuck or walk. You post or you hit the bricks. Decision - Have you made your decision about who scum is, for Christ? And Action, push that wagon. A-I-D-A. Get out there - you got the players coming in. You think they came in to get off EpicMafia? A guy don't join a game lest he wants to play. They're sitting out there waiting to see you as town. Are you gonna take it? Are you man enough to take it? What's the problem, pal?
(You're such a hero, you're so good at finding scum, how come you're coming down here wasting your time with such a bunch of bums)
You see this avatar? You see this avatar?
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That avatar is more well known than your sig. I made thousands of posts last year. How many'd you make? You see pal, that's who I am, and you're nothing. Nice guy? I don't give a shit. Good father? Fuck you! Go home and play with your kids. You wanna play here - post! You think this is abuse? You think this is abuse, you cocksucker? You can't take this, how can you take the abuse you get playing with Fate? You don't like it, leave. _I_ can replace tonight into the games you're in and post thirty times. Tonight! In two hours! Can you? Can YOU? Go and do likewise. A-I-D-A. Get mad you son of a bitches. get mad. You want to know what it takes to lynch scum? It takes BRASS BALLS to win at mafia. Go and do likewise gents. Wagon's out there. You pick it up, it's yours. You don't, I got no sympathy for you. You wanna go out on those threads tonight and post, POST. It's yours. If not you're gonna be posting about me in the Dead QT. And you know what you'll be saying - a bunch of losers sittin' around in post-game. 'Oh yeah. This game was tough, I got lynched Day 1' These are the new reads. These are the reads to the games you're in. And to you they're gold, and you don't get them. Why? Because to give them to you is just throwing them away. They're for posters. I'd wish you good luck but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you got it. And to answer you question, pal, why am I here? I came here because the town asked me to. They asked me for a favor. I said the real favor, follow my advice and lynch your fucking ass because a lurker is a loser.Join me on my quest to play every NES game! Some of them are awful.
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But Kuribo, have you never lurked into victory?Half meme, Half real, All Aristophanes ;)- JingleAri has appeared way too competent for me to even pretend to know what they're thinking
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Can't say that I haveIn post 22, Aristophanes wrote:But Kuribo, have you never lurked into victory?Join me on my quest to play every NES game! Some of them are awful.
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