Create An Analogy For Your Playstyle

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Create An Analogy For Your Playstyle

Post Post #0 (ISO) » Tue Nov 24, 2020 2:49 am

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Thought this would be a fun way to self-reflect and get people's ideas on how they view their presence in the thread.

The best way I could explain my current playstyle is through three elements:
water, mud, and steam.
Archetypes I embody in a game, if you will.

These three elements can vary throughout a game, sometimes one element is constant within a game and certain types of games and playerlists can bring out different dimensions of my general POV on Mafia.

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Some elements
MAY
pertain more to a specific alignment than others - but to uphold integrity - I will not share this information any further. I ask you all do the same and remember that trust tells in any form do not abide by site rules. This thread is simply created for fun.


Water

When I assume this mindset the most within a game, I am very transparent and pristine. My thoughts presented are clear but are an amazing reflection on whatever is going on internally. I believe I have a very peaceful presence within a thread because my thoughts are more logically based, and I'm soothing of conflict, especially if I were in a hydra because I'm typically the calmer of the multi-headed slots. To any type of pressure, I ride the waves of the game. One pitfall to this mentality is that I get into the trap of placating others, as well as neutralize my own vexes and urges to push another. I can also mirror my hydra partners or people I townread to gamesolve or manipulate... whether subconsciously
or
purposely.

Sylvan Esso - Signal
is the song to describe my vibe, or at least what I would like to project.
Spoiler:


Mud

This is the least straight forward mindset because transparency is not my first goal. Cloudier, messier, playful, and a bit more daring are good adjectives to describe this mentality in the game. I may come across as convoluted with this type of vibe within the game but I am very clumpy, sticky, and stain. No other mentality is better for me to carry details and assert my positions no matter how odd they are construed or off-the-cuff they may seem. This is also the most colorful of the three elements I embody, so I definitely stick out the most with this POV. On the other hand, because mud moves less freely than water or steam, I am most susceptible to my own biases in how I evaluate the game. Mud can also be a term for "mudslinging" in a metaphoric gamesolving sense as this mentality is not without antagonism if I'm 1v1ing someone
or
want them launched into oblivion. If anything this mentality has going for it, it's the most raw I can offer in a game.

A good song is an unreleased piece by
Lorde - Good Fights

Spoiler:


Steam

Steam
is cloudier than
Mud
but refreshing like
Water
, however, it is even more whimsical than
Mud
and hotter tempered than
Water
. This is my
"I'm putting in work ho3"
mentality.
Hear that? I get shit done here.
I can be a pressure cooker and someone who works to bring a breath of fresh air rather than glide with the thread or fecklessly spew input. Most circumstantial POV in a game, but typically if this is the type of face you see in the game, I am either frustrated with the majority of the playerlist but I am using the feeling constructively or I'm having fun without the complacency that comes as
Water
or the density with
Mud
.

This video is unapologetically my soul in this archetype and probably my core essence as a
t
o
u
c
a
n
.

Spoiler:


Since
Isis'
superior human brain knew that
Fire
would also be a good element to describe me, here I shall analyze.

This is me whenever
Steam
,
Water
, and
Mud
approaches have all been exhausted, I'm a counterpart of a deathtunell, and/or I'm literally just wanting to fight half the playerlist because they deserve my unbridled discontent
(lose beakless charlatans!)
. This is usually very short-lived and if I'm in this state too long I will literally burnout from the game. On the other hand, this could also be from me being incredibly engaged and impassioned within the game and I'm not stopping until I am satisfied with every aspect of this game. :twisted: Most unpredictable and potentially antagonistic when I assume this archetype.

Listen to
Rolling in the Deep - Adele
for a feel, hehe.


So yeah. :D

On that note, I'm going to go play DDR now ;)
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Post Post #1 (ISO) » Tue Nov 24, 2020 2:53 am

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where's the fire
"Let us say that you are right and there are two worlds. How much, then, is this 'other world' worth to you? What do you have there that you do not have here? Money? Power? Something worth causing the prince so much pain for?'"
"Well, I..."
"What? Nothing? You would make the prince suffer over... nothing?"
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Post Post #2 (ISO) » Tue Nov 24, 2020 2:56 am

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In post 1, Isis wrote:where's the fire
I always embody that. ;)

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Post Post #3 (ISO) » Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:07 am

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GTKAS
| here.
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Post Post #4 (ISO) » Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:14 am

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Post Post #5 (ISO) » Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:20 am

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That's what my title is.
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Post Post #6 (ISO) » Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:42 am

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Sorry, I thought this was the Create an Apology for your Playstyle thread.

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Post Post #7 (ISO) » Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:05 pm

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Nice writeup Taly, this is a really cool idea.
In post 4, Bell wrote:Spoiler
this is also more accurate than it has any right to be. :eek:



i'd say my playstyle is kinda like an unincorporated settlement with county governance and no governmental powers - always
just town.
who's scum? i haven't read up yet but like, it's me
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Post Post #8 (ISO) » Tue Nov 24, 2020 4:47 pm

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said this in discord but i like this concept and im glad i inspired you to write it! :3
In post 4, Bell wrote:
Spoiler:
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cuteeeee
<3

In post 6, Albert B. Rampage wrote:Sorry, I thought this was the Create an Apology for your Playstyle thread.

I will see myself out
lmao
In post 7, the worst wrote:Nice writeup Taly, this is a really cool idea.
In post 4, Bell wrote:Spoiler
this is also more accurate than it has any right to be. :eek:



i'd say my playstyle is kinda like an unincorporated settlement with county governance and no governmental powers - always
just town.
:D i feel appreciated
"Taly is going to be a hot mess all game and I am entertained" ~ Gammagooey
"The human race is bad at reading Taly." ~the worst
"Taly I knew your slot was scum and I still struggled to find arguments to SR your play lol" ~Infinity 324
"Taly wins for the most fence-sitty reads in a game ever" ~Battle Mage
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