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Post Post #8 (isolation #0) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:34 am

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Ahoy scumbags! 'tis I, th' dreaded Captain "Four Hooves". I be here t' commandeer this fine vessel 'n sail it straight into sunset on me quest t' find th' long lost loot o' Mith. Along th' way, I would like t' purge any 'n all empires from th' eight seas.

Now now, no needs t' get yer knickers in a twist. I be allowin' some o' ye landlubbers t' join in me crew. Ye must be ole enough t' fire a match lock, but nah too ole that yer bones be swimmin' wit' th' fishes. Unfortunately, all sprogs must be sent below th' poopdeck t' work in me gift shop sellin' bobblehead versions o' meself. Fortunately, we 'ave great education down thar from esteem sea bearin' professors and universal healthcare!

If ye wish t' join me crew, we must destroy th' pathetic trivial cap'n known as "big horn" votato. He has breached priate law far too many times 'n be woefully dishonest, even fer a pirate!

VOTE: votato
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Post Post #12 (isolation #1) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:37 am

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In post 9, Mohab500 wrote:So, I am just wondering some stuff regarding the setup. From what I've read, does scum auto-win once they reach day 5? and why would them getting lynched Day 1 and Day 2 instantly end the game if there are supposed to be 3 players?
They do win aye by then.

But if they be scuttled from th' ship durin' day 1 'n day 2, each has t' give up 5 townies that are confirmed by th' moderator. Therefore, if they be scuttled both days, then all townies are thus confirmed 'n town wins.
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Post Post #14 (isolation #2) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:40 am

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Interestingly enough though, if we scuttle mafia past day 2 then we auto win. So either we can go fer th' booty victory 'n scuttle them back t' back, or jus' try t' scuttle one day 3 onwards.

I be nah sure if leavin' th' most scummy player alive till day 3 be feasible, so I rather nah debate that plan.
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Post Post #15 (isolation #3) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:42 am

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Munity? On me newly acquired ship?!?

Men load th' cannons wit' grape shot. We shall be usin' our DAYVIG ability t' purge th' traitorous landlubbers!
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Post Post #18 (isolation #4) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:47 am

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Even more fun o' a fact: I DONT GIVE A SHIT! I shall be th' stereotypical pirate if I wants t' be.

'tis all i 'ave aft losin' me sweet lass...
In post 17, votato wrote:
In post 14, HoldenGolden wrote:Interestingly enough though, if we scuttle mafia past day 2 then we auto win. So either we can go fer th' booty victory 'n scuttle them back t' back, or jus' try t' scuttle one day 3 onwards.

I be nah sure if leavin' th' most scummy player alive till day 3 be feasible, so I rather nah debate that plan.
i think the play is always to lynch scum early and often. intentionally lynching town seems very silly.
Aye I agree. I even reckon tryin' t' scuttle anti townies may prove problematic in th' long run. Thar be also counterplay mafia could employ, that I rather nah openly speculate, which could make th' process harder if we ended up bein' successful in gettin' scum day 1 or 2.
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Post Post #19 (isolation #5) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:48 am

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10 vs 3 > 5 vs 2 percentage wise after all arrrg

At least me thinks
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Post Post #26 (isolation #6) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:56 am

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First mate porky, wha' do ye say about th' current state o' th' ship? Do ye concur it needs a through purgin'?
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Post Post #28 (isolation #7) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:04 am

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In post 27, Raya36 wrote:I find it interesting how Holden places an omgus vote on Votato. Then when two votes are placed (one for Holden, one for Votato) he engages with the player who voted for Votato
I find it intrestin' that ye be portrayin' th' RVS votes as omgus. Wha' leads ye t' that conclusion rather than banter between two players who ye know has experience together?
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Post Post #30 (isolation #8) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:20 am

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In post 29, Raya36 wrote:I get that conclusion from votato stating that there can be only one majestic equine then voting you. You're wording suggests intent to get a wagon on votato and the only reason for choosing votato seems to be him voting for you. Omgus is still omgus even if it's in rvs and banter.
Quoting this half as I'm fine with the analysis of first mate porky, even if it's wrong.

I find your claim to be a stretch however. If you concede that the dreaded "Big horn" Votato called me out to duel from your point of view, then why must I not vote there? I'm don't see how you are reaching your conclusion if that's the context you are providing.
If ye wish t' join me crew, we must destroy th' pathetic trivial cap'n known as "big horn" votato. He has breached priate law far too many times 'n be woefully dishonest, even fer a pirate!
Furthermore, 'tis th' reasonin' ye seem t' be citin' fer me votin' votato. Where does it reference votato's vote on me directly?
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Post Post #34 (isolation #9) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:33 am

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In post 31, votato wrote:
In post 22, Porkens wrote:The post defending piracy doesn’t add anything and the subsequent post is sky blue.
actually hang on. my first post you reference was explicitly not game-advancing. it was pure fluff for fun. you seem to be looking for reasons to scumread me/people rather than looking for reasons to sort people one way or the other.
Grumble grumble gettin' yer unicorn booty in th' way o' me pitfall trap grumble grumble

First mate, engage with the dreaded "big horn" votato. That's an order.
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Post Post #35 (isolation #10) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:35 am

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UNVOTE: votato
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Post Post #40 (isolation #11) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:51 am

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In post 37, Raya36 wrote:It is reasonable to vote votato back but I find it odd that you're
pushing for a wagon
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Belay that, be th' underline part o'er me focusin' on porky vote on 'im?

I can actually see now if that's th' case how ye got t' that conclusion. I thought yer were claimin' that me intial vote on votato was a hard commitment t' wagonnin' votato which didnt make sense.
are you refusing my gladiate challenge?
Nay, I wish t' reschedule it at a more convenient time since ye shifted th' topic t' porky 'n ruined me covert operations (26 was a reaction test since I picked up on wha' ye did, 'n I wanted t' see if he forced more content out. But since ye brought it up, its ruined so :/)
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Post Post #47 (isolation #12) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:25 am

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Eh, I can see Ray's point somewhat after rereading the wording. I'm feeling better over it.
In post 43, Mohab500 wrote:I don't know what the fuck HoldenGolden is saying, so I'll be ignoring that slot
In post 44, Mohab500 wrote:upon more indepth looking, it's actually kinda comprehensible. taking my last statement back
Do I have to stop using the translator than? I wanted to write at least one case using it.
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Post Post #48 (isolation #13) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:28 am

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Arg I forgot t' copy the right text
In post 45, Mohab500 wrote:Raya's opening really not my thing at all, feels like it's trying to create something out of nothing if that makes any sense?

Porkens, not sure how it matters if the posts aren't game advancing, it was the first page and lots of posts don't really matter in RVS.
Wha' do ye make o' cap'n "big horn" votato's push into porky o'er it then? Do ye feel it comes in good faith?

Also I planned on stainin' th' deck in blood anyways first mate. I like th' look o' cherry wood aft all.
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Post Post #53 (isolation #14) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:30 am

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Aye
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Post Post #55 (isolation #15) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:38 am

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I failed on my quest to get a page top.

That didnt really answer th' riddle I proposed.thats more of a general statement describing wagons as a whole during RVS. You disagreed with the fact that it seemed pork was making forced statements. With that in mind, what do you make of the ones pushing it like votato. Is it like ray where you think it's being frabicated, or is it more likely to be coming from town in your pov?
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Post Post #64 (isolation #16) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 1:52 pm

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I be freely exercisin' me right t' speech t' speak like a pirate on me owns accord landlubber.

Or was this set up secretly a bastard game?

('tis an open game. 10 vts vs 3 goons if I recall correctly)
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Post Post #66 (isolation #17) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 2:22 pm

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Now then, I shall be extendin'
toes o' friendship
(ToF) t' both ray 'n votato. Votato fer th' mindmeld o'er porky. Ray I currently am enjoyin' them diggin' at stuff on me, mohonk, 'n Craig.

Thar also th' point that scum!ray could o' rebuttal chemist read on me based on meta yet decided nah t'. If they were scum, I kinda expected them t' undermine t' keep th' wee push on me goin'.
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Post Post #86 (isolation #18) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:27 pm

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In post 70, Fredrick A Campbell wrote:VOTE: Craig Pelton
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Post Post #87 (isolation #19) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:28 pm

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Ahoy, I expect more from one so elegantly dressed! Compose a chantey fer me ears full o' rich content.*
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Post Post #91 (isolation #20) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:39 pm

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In post 83, northsidegal wrote:
Umlaut replaces votato.
I seem t' 'ave won th' duel.
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I like th' cut o' th' eevee's jib. Wha' says ye regardin' me ToF point about th' lack o' meta explotation by ray?

If ye needs th' context let me know.
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Post Post #103 (isolation #21) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:02 pm

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In post 101, Eevee wrote:
In post 91, HoldenGolden wrote:
In post 83, northsidegal wrote:
Umlaut replaces votato.
I seem t' 'ave won th' duel.
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I like th' cut o' th' eevee's jib. Wha' says ye regardin' me ToF point about th' lack o' meta explotation by ray?

If ye needs th' context let me know.
i do need the context sherrif

assigning a High Seas to Umlaut for his question to me and early reads - throwing out so many like that with so few pages as scum is gonna be a huge pain to explain if someone asks
so unless Umlaut is a masochistic it's a town-indicative move since it's harder to fabricate reasons for those at this point

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Thar we were, fightin' in th' game known as Lover's mafia in th' micro queue. Thar, scum!me made a strong set up speculation post which they townread me fer. Specifically, th' post was advocatin' a su b optional plan that appeared t' be heavily in favor o' town. Additionally, I commented in th' scum PT that I tend t' advocate pro town plans.

As such, it stands t' reason then that scum!ray here havin' that as evidence could o' used t' t' invalidate chemist read on me. I reckon 'tis more align t' town ray t' nah engage o'er it. It also semi proves that ray meant t' push th' game out o' th' RVS state rather than shade me in me opinion.

I concur o'er th' weedle. Me Toes remain unchanged.
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Post Post #107 (isolation #22) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:30 pm

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In post 105, Eevee wrote:Pedit: is that a good point pirate donkey sherrif? Raya bringing that point up doesn't mean she's scum since it sounds valid and means - wait do you mean suboptimal or optimal plan? if you propose optimal plans as scum then she's right to point out it's NAI and that does the same thing of getting us out of RVS
i suppose her route was one that requires more substance than a meta read which would be easy to make for scum but it wouldn't be a scummy one to make
Arg let me dumb down the pirate talk fer clarity sake.

The plan I purposed there was worded to sound pro-town even though it was advocating what is normally suboptimal play in lovers mafia (I was voicing to delay claiming the pairs until halfway through the phase to get "more info out of reactions to the pair claims").

My stance on the matter is that she's townish, or at the very least telling the truth about wanting to force the game pass rvs. While it's true scum!ray could of pointed it out in a NAI way, I think scum ray could of very easily turned it into an opportunity to actually push me/actively discredit me. The total lack of mentioning it sticks out, and I'm struggling to see why scum!ray would ignore it knowing what she knows.

Spoiler: rambling over NAI call out
I think you could say that scum!ray pointing it out as NAI is pro-scum as well since it actively is disrupting town from forming town reads, but if I remember correctly ray admitted their scum play is very underwhelming so I'm not sure if they would see that more advance move as scum (no offense). I rather not accept that yet since I never actually read their scum game during lovers lol. It's also hard to separate that theory from if town!ray had answer (hence why it is a better move for scum to make over shading me but I digress)
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Post Post #108 (isolation #23) » Thu Jul 02, 2020 4:36 pm

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In post 106, Craig Pelton wrote:
In post 104, Fredrick A Campbell wrote:
In post 58, Craig Pelton wrote:VOTE: holden
In post 73, Craig Pelton wrote:VOTE: mohab
These votes are 4 and a half hours apart. Why the vote change?
Figured mohab was an easier mislynch
First, I be rather insulted that ye reckon I wouldna make fer an easy mislynch.

Two, what?

Such bravado comin' from this landlubber t' openly claim allegiance t' th' devilish mafia! Would you like to voice who else would be an easy mislynch?

(Seems to be confirming the town players post haste of his demise)
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Post Post #128 (isolation #24) » Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:25 am

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In post 110, Snowblaze wrote:Porkens’ calling someone out on lack of useful content on the first page is... odd, but not necessarily scummy. I’m not sure scum would be likely to draw attention to themselves that early on, and I feel like it could be more town trying to get the game out of RVS.
Do you find his later comments to votato trying to get out of RVS? Specifically after votato rebutalled?
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Post Post #129 (isolation #25) » Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:27 am

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In post 111, Craig Pelton wrote:
In post 110, Snowblaze wrote:it looks almost too scummy to be scum.
Yeah, that’s really what I’m counting on to carry me through the first couple of days before my teammates can bus me for the win
They can't bus you though in this set up since they auto lose day 3 onwards.


What an ingenious plan! I see no flaws in this masterful scum plan of yours! Allow me to enable your bussing by voting you.

VOTE: Craig
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Post Post #130 (isolation #26) » Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:29 am

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In post 122, Mohab500 wrote:So, I make an RVS vote, then after RVS I remove it, and suddenly everybody somehow didn't expect that?
Do you think anyone hoping on that train of logic is scum?
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Post Post #131 (isolation #27) » Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:34 am

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In post 127, Raya36 wrote:Idk if I can help clear anything up because ya know, wifom. My initial rvs vote on you was just for voting votato back. Not a big deal in rvs. But then when you supported porkens for voting votato as well and then invited others to join in the wagon I saw it as a good opportunity to call you out and get the game going


Slight townlean on snowblaze. I find scum tend not to open with a pile of reads.
I mean not really since it's over what you havent done.

I also disagree on snowblaze and actually
FoS
the readlist. I found most of the reads (pork, Ulmant, mohab, craig) non-committal or providing reasons to not fully trust in it (ulmant on chem for example). The only 3 committed reads there are a townlean on me and eevee and a town ping on you.
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Post Post #132 (isolation #28) » Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:37 am

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In post 126, Fredrick A Campbell wrote:
In post 122, Mohab500 wrote:So, I make an RVS vote, then after RVS I remove it, and suddenly everybody somehow didn't expect that?
Exactly. I didn't expect that.
Hello musical composer.

Would you like to give opinions on the events of the game. Are you in favor for the main wagon so far? Who do you like better: eve or eva?
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Post Post #135 (isolation #29) » Fri Jul 03, 2020 2:44 am

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In post 133, Mohab500 wrote:I mean, the reason is pretty garbage but town makes all kinds of random plays sometimes so I wouldn't be surprised if they turn out to be town. But I will say that if it were to get piled upon as the main reason then the wagon is probably being pushed further by scum (
which, from my briefly skim, does not seem to be happening in this game).

Too lazy to make a reads list atm, will do later.
That works for me. I look forward to the reads list.
In post 134, Mohab500 wrote:who the fuck is eva?
The other head of the eevee hydra. One is names eve and the other is named eva.
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Post Post #138 (isolation #30) » Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:14 am

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In post 137, Fredrick A Campbell wrote:
In post 132, HoldenGolden wrote:
In post 126, Fredrick A Campbell wrote:
In post 122, Mohab500 wrote:So, I make an RVS vote, then after RVS I remove it, and suddenly everybody somehow didn't expect that?
Exactly. I didn't expect that.
Hello musical composer.

Would you like to give opinions on the events of the game. Are you in favor for the main wagon so far? Who do you like better: eve or eva?
I am in favour of the main wagon. I like neither.
Would you like to explain the former? What do you like about it? If you favour it, what is making you decide not to vote it?
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Post Post #162 (isolation #31) » Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:31 am

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In post 139, Fredrick A Campbell wrote:
In post 138, HoldenGolden wrote:
In post 137, Fredrick A Campbell wrote:
In post 132, HoldenGolden wrote:
In post 126, Fredrick A Campbell wrote:
In post 122, Mohab500 wrote:So, I make an RVS vote, then after RVS I remove it, and suddenly everybody somehow didn't expect that?
Exactly. I didn't expect that.
Hello musical composer.

Would you like to give opinions on the events of the game. Are you in favor for the main wagon so far? Who do you like better: eve or eva?
I am in favour of the main wagon. I like neither.
Would you like to explain the former? What do you like about it? If you favour it, what is making you decide not to vote it?
I am fine with a wagon on Craig Pelton because of their posts.

I already am voting Craig Pelton. I started it.
Oops for some reason I thought Mohab was still leading in votes.
In post 140, Snowblaze wrote:
In post 136, Raya36 wrote:
In post 131, HoldenGolden wrote:
In post 127, Raya36 wrote:Idk if I can help clear anything up because ya know, wifom. My initial rvs vote on you was just for voting votato back. Not a big deal in rvs. But then when you supported porkens for voting votato as well and then invited others to join in the wagon I saw it as a good opportunity to call you out and get the game going


Slight townlean on snowblaze. I find scum tend not to open with a pile of reads.
I mean not really since it's over what you havent done.

I also disagree on snowblaze and actually
FoS
the readlist. I found most of the reads (pork, Ulmant, mohab, craig) non-committal or providing reasons to not fully trust in it (ulmant on chem for example). The only 3 committed reads there are a townlean on me and eevee and a town ping on you.
That's a good point

Snowblaze, do you think you could explain some of your reads?
I'm not really sure what more I can explain - that's about all I've got at the moment. It's less than 24 hours since the game started, I'm mostly going on instinct and vague impressions right now. (Plus I'm tired for some reason, so being lazy.)
Can you elaborate on my question about your pork read based off the instinct and vagueness? I can quote specifically what post by pork I want your opinion of.
In post 143, Craig Pelton wrote:Oh no, a wagon! Whatever shall I do? I have the strong impression that all of frederick, Holden, and homura are scum!
Blisterin' Barnacles, th' triple decker OMGUS! Wha' an outstandin' maneuver! Tell me sir, wha' be th' opinions o' those off yer wagon? Who be prime buddy material fer ye?
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Post Post #163 (isolation #32) » Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:33 am

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In post 158, Eevee wrote:i disagree with the too scummy to be scum thing but i do think Craig is doing this for fun and the fact it'd be a lot less fun as scum since he might just get suspected and lynched for it means it's town-indicative
like i think it's more fun to troll as town like this than as scum basically

Misty is winning me over with cuteness!!

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Personally I would find it even more humorous to be doing it as scum, but I confess I tend to be more ballsy in my ego posting then most players when they roll scum.

I find the style NAI, the reason why I'm voting is looking beyond that, yet I rather wait to explain what I see for the time being.
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Post Post #164 (isolation #33) » Fri Jul 03, 2020 6:37 am

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In post 154, northsidegal wrote:
RCEnigma replaces Porkens.
Been a long time RC. Welcome aboard my ship.
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Post Post #177 (isolation #34) » Fri Jul 03, 2020 1:58 pm

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In post 176, RCEnigma wrote:Ok so my theory was that Craig was big braining.

The mafia win by day 3 doesn't hold up so I'm assuming majority has to escape.

What I asked Nsg was about mafia being able to target partners with the nightkill and she confirmed they cannot. The idea was that the win condition around mafia being lynched day 3 onwards was nullified if the mafia member that escaped day 3 targets their remaining partner with the nightkill so a mafia lynch wasn't possible and all remaining members have escaped alive.
Huh?
Starting from Day 3, the Mafia will begin escaping.
Each night, in addition to a mandatory kill, one of the Mafia must choose to escape, and will exit the game being revealed to be Mafia.
At this point, if just one of the Mafia is lynched, the Mafia loses.
The Mafia win when all living members escape.
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If none of the mafia is lynched day 1 or day 2, one auto escapes
The earliest mafia can win is night four assuming a perfect game by them. Mafia has to get all players out of the game with none getting executed after day 2.

What give you the idea that craig had a day 3 win theory?
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Post Post #198 (isolation #35) » Sat Jul 04, 2020 5:19 am

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In post 180, Craig Pelton wrote:Homura you seem more tryhardy than normal this game
Can you elaborate on this?
In post 184, Craig Pelton wrote:Throw some cover for me scumbuddies, they’re figuring it out too early!
Nice slip. Now we know your scum buddies have posted at least somewhat. Might as well self vote and just confirm some townies for us.
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Post Post #199 (isolation #36) » Sat Jul 04, 2020 5:28 am

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Theres a bigger picture that people are missing about Craig's posts beyond he's intentionally being scummy. I shall give whoever figures it out one shiny town doubloon with no baggage.
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Post Post #295 (isolation #37) » Sun Jul 05, 2020 4:09 pm

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I be here tomorrow. Internet is chugging from storm passing by.
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Post Post #437 (isolation #38) » Thu Jul 09, 2020 6:00 am

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I'll be here later tonight. Apologizes as I've had limited access for the last couple of days due to weather messing with my internet (the Joy's of a mobile hot spot in the middle of fuck and no where)
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Post Post #471 (isolation #39) » Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:38 pm

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In post 460, Raya36 wrote:I'm 100% sheeping for a wagon rn. I was asked to join last page. Still waiting for an explanation
Why are you committing to sheeping a wagon without knowing the reason it exists?

Catching up after shower. Just saw this when skimming for context.
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Post Post #492 (isolation #40) » Fri Jul 10, 2020 10:22 am

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In post 491, Menalque wrote:Why is no-one interested in playing this game?
Your anime profile is scaring us away

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Post Post #501 (isolation #41) » Fri Jul 10, 2020 12:35 pm

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In post 493, Menalque wrote:You’ve been reading for like 2 days holden I want content
I'm at page 18. I dont sadly have the luxuries of uninterrupted reading time right now. So once I'm back from hauling goat shit I'll post stuff.
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Post Post #511 (isolation #42) » Fri Jul 10, 2020 2:58 pm

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Spoiler: big stupid wall
In post 204, Chemist1422 wrote:craig is exactly null for me

I wouldn't kill that slot until he starts playing or indicates that's not a thing that's going to happen
Ah man, chemist actually got it (although I disagree with he hadn't done anything yet worth to read on that front.)

Light town read for this and the rest of chems posts up to this point. Mainly the felt loose tonally with their posts in a manner different than then what I've witness before with scum!chemist mutiple times.
In post 215, Eevee wrote:Craig i'm guessing you're suggesting Ydrasse is taking the easy approach that scum would which is go for the lynchbait Craigy and not comment on surrounding stuff which is harder to comment on as scum
my townpings on her is for tone rn though

~Eve
I really dislike this post. This is a preemptive defense before even hearing the reason why craig was suspecting Ydrasse while interjecting their own. Craig already admitted that he wasnt going to give away the reason prior to getting his answers, so I'm not sure why town!eevee would be that eager to try and influence his stance at that moment.

It also weirdly proposes the reason, but then gives the defense on something unrelated (tone).
In post 227, Menalque wrote:Catching up now, my initial impression of the game is that
Craig Pelton
Holden is very townie, probably my top TR
I fixed this for you
In post 230, Mohab500 wrote:What is going on with this game full of replace outs...

Quick reads: HoldenGolden - I like the flow of this guy's posts if that makes sense? also get the impression scum wouldn't really do flavour like this as to not attract attention (esp. with that point raya mentioned about scum getting lynched having heavy stakes), so I think this slot is town.

Since this is a hot topic, Craig is null, waiting for the our replacement dude to hit us up with some of posts.

Eevee - Don't like their reads or style atm, thoughts do seem a bit genuine though so not sure what to think here. I guess I've seen this more from town rather than scum, so a slight town-lean here.

Umlaut - Doesn't have a lot of posts but I think I can see some solving and content coming out from them even in so little posts. Probably still needs more posting so so far I'd just say I am leaning town on this one (again).

RCEnigma - Seem to be focused on the game mechanics (which I am actually still somewhat confused about?) but yeah they don't have much else to say regarding anything else. This is more of a gut feeling but I am not a fan of this obsession with the mechanics, feel a little like they side-step reading or other discussions in favour of the mechanics stuff. Wouldn't be surprised if this flipped scum.

everyone else is probably null here, so far.
Given the context of the thread when this was made, I strongly am bothered by the Ulmant and eevee weak reads. At the time, both of them were teetering on people's town list. The reads have clauses to discount the town lean (needs to post more/dont line the reads slash playstyle respectively) built within them. Put together, I can see scum!mohab making this list given how flexible it is with the thread's opinion without committing to anything besides me (despite feeling scumvibes from RC there wasn't a vote).
In post 237, RCEnigma wrote:
In post 202, Eevee wrote:RCEnigma do you actually think Porkens was the towniest player in the game when you replaced him? why if so?
While people are crediting Raya with moving out of rvs, Porkens had the first vote of substance. Even if calling out fluff is just surface level it's still a prod worth acknowledging.
I dont mind the arguement that porky technically started the transition out of RVS, but it falls apart when you consider porky's response back to votato shutted the discussion down.

Also show not tell.

*There was suppose to be a post here by Ulmant, but I guess I didnt click it. Anyways I'm feeling town vibes from Ulmant. For example, His read over craig is actually substantial rather than something generic like "too scummy to be scum".
In post 257, RCEnigma wrote:
In post 248, Menalque wrote:So for anyone who didn’t already know: I am Craig Pelton. Craig Pelton is me. I wanted to play in the community game but after that got cancelled and I received the invitation, I figured I’d just use it in this game instead. I wasn’t planning on outing at any point, but I accidentally posted in another game as Pelton thereby outing my identity and thought it was a little unfair on anyone not aware of that to lose out on the bonus info
This is a troubling development. Menalque would certainly open wolf as scum and the town lean stuff for wagon choice is now null at best.
This post doesn't sit right with me and it's hard to describe why. The easiest way I think is that it sounds like a theater kid high on pixie dust and is being unnecessary dramatic over your friend's shoes.

Aka I find the whole Craig->Mena progression sounding artificial tonally if that makes sense?
In post 260, RCEnigma wrote:
In post 96, Raya36 wrote:
In post 78, Eevee wrote:
In post 74, Raya36 wrote:Reachy yes, but did we not get out of rvs?
sure but are you now claiming that was your original intention rather than actually thinking it was suspicious from Holden?

~Eve
Yes. It stood out to me most in the rvs phase though
Why is your vote still on Holden then?
This was actually a fairly good observation.
In post 283, RCEnigma wrote:Fwiw I don't think Frederick is with snow or ydrasse. Feel less strongly about Frederick not being with menalque.

Strongly believe menalque is not with snow or ydrasse since I know that he would know this is an anti-bus setup.
I dont have an issue per say over the association reads considering how the have been presented (criticism tho yes).

However his lack of actually assigning individual reads to them is more alarming. He does eventually with frederick, but despite his focus on the mena slot, I don't see really a clear expression of his stance post replace in.
In post 290, Snowblaze wrote:I’m starting to scumlean Fredrick a bit now. His play feels slightly different from the newbie game we played, and I don’t like how he voted for me based on meta without checking my scum games beforehand.

But he does have a point that I should probably be voting by now. VOTE: Fredrick A Campbell
Meta killed the mafia star


Really wish I was there for the moment, but slightly different how?
In post 305, Fredrick A Campbell wrote:
In post 79, Eevee wrote:
In post 62, Homura wrote:Bear with me since I rarely play setups besides the Newbie one, but is Holden being post-restricted? I don't remember which game it was that had a player similarly bound by pirate-speak.
in contrast to Mohab's setup question - this i like

Homura usually plays newbie games and she's apparently played in game where a player had a pirate speak post restriction before so this is a legitimate question to ask
it being a legitimate question means she could've asked it in her scum PT or not suspected it in the first place if scum have said soemthing about the open setup in there

it's minor High Seas points to Homura - let's just say 1 actually i don't do halves

~Eve
I would like to point out that mafia doesn't have daytalk and Homura thus couldn't have asked it in the scum PT. Also, scum might not have said anything about the open setup in there, causing what we observed.
*this is a catch all for most of fredericks posts and my stance on them.

I actually like the short to the point posting style fredrick had. The effectiveness of his reaction tests are questionable, but that's besides the point. I dont think scum would adopt such a narrowed playstyle. Further, his flinging around without much hesitation is likely to be town as well.

The dumbtell is meh. There is some value in how it was used as a side comment rather than a direct question. Not really a major factor for me though.
In post 312, Eevee wrote:
In post 289, Menalque wrote:These 3 had good tone and I mindmelded on the first two
How could you mindmeld on the first one(!?)

I know Eve hates dumbtells, and while I think I'm more lenient on them, it seems unrealistic Mohab thought there were power roles in this game? It feels like Mohab didn't read the setup at all, so then why did he choose to play this game? Many questions.

~Eva
Are those questions really AI though?

Dumbtells individually are annoying to analyze because what are you going to do? Get the person to admit they actually knew the set up and was pretending to be a old sweet grandma who needed a youthful whippersnapper for help? Would you say, for example, scum replacing in would know who their predecessor was and thus wouldnt shade their own slot? Wrong, been there and done it by general accident. Its NAI. Do you think the "dumbtells" are being excessive however is a better train of thought.

Back to the point:

The bottom half feels like a trump tweet; it comes off as shade rather than actually trying to sort the dumbtell. More importantly, eevee already inquired pages prior to this asking mohab about their lack of knowledge about the set up. There should of been more progression, imo, if town!eevee is going back to that point here. Something like: "Mohab ignored responding to my point over the lack of set up info and proceeded to make another dumbtell while trying to catch up. I think this is scummy because x,y,z". Instead there just is a noncommittal hyping over discussing the dumb tell.
In post 330, Snowblaze wrote:UNVOTE: Fredrick A Campbell,
since that remark apparently wasn't a scumsl
ip. Not sure who to vote for next; I'm slightly concerned I may have too many townreads.
Woah what? That wasnt at all why you said you were voting him. You said that it was a meta reason and his butchering of a meta analysis on you?

Scum points for apperent over justification during the fredrick vote
In post 331, Ydrasse wrote:hello i have finally decided to try and dig my claws into this game but it has in fact meant the claws ended up in my brain. it's late here but i'll be here before work tomorrow.

@rc: can you walk me through your read on eevee. there seems to be a Moment (/) where you're speculating that they're scum/on a specific team and then throw them into a no-elimination pile in . what caused that turnaround?

@eevee: is meta the sole reason that snowblaze gets a little scum ping for having reads so early on? () you liked when umlaut provided a reads list that had little to substantiate it. () so i guess i don't see how the situations distinguish themselves from one another save for the meta...?

@fredrick: what reasons do you think i would have for not posting here as much? ()


p-edit: i was already trying to read through this game pls
I like this post a lot for town. The points raised here feel detailed enough to be hard to simply skim and make up. The neutral tone as well is organic rather than a robotically forced stance mafia makes sometimes (RC, Eevee). The fredrick question also feels to be trying an attempt to sorting him so decent post all around.

*the fredrick Ydrasse interaction following the question also feels TvT.
In post 379, Menalque wrote:
In post 376, Umlaut wrote:Would you explain where that vote is coming from?
Feel like Holden has very much disappeared from the game as a presence after having done just enough to seem like town + he’s voting me which is a wagon I would expect a scum to have gotten on
In post 380, Menalque wrote:I don’t particularly want to control the game here but people need to stop fucking around on 2 person wagons and get to voting some people up

My candidate is Holden. Get onboard or tell me why I’m wrong

That’s @evwryone
Spicyyyyyy

The tone is NAI, but I like the push onto me in theory. I think the call out was fair since I forgot to openly declare that I was VLA in this thread. The only hiccup I have with it is the lack of going back and explaining why my vote on craig was bad based on what I gave rather than the generic "scum would vote me".
In post 415, Snowblaze wrote:In other news, getting the game moving is definitely a cause I can get behind. Not sure about Holden specifically, though: he's been inactive in another game I'm playing with him, and the activity tracker does show he's V/LA, so in this case it's probably NAI. And I do seem to remember townleaning him off his earlier content.


I also have townreads or -leans to some extent on Umlaut, Fredrick, Eevee, Menalque and Chemist... that's not actually as many as I thought.

So, who do I vote for?

Sujimichi has precisely one post with no AI content at all
Mohab500 also has relatively little AI content, which is slightly more concerning given her higher post count. I'm okay with her reads post, although none of it is exactly controversial.

RCEnigma does actually have some useful content, which is nice. I'm not getting a townread from any of it, though, and I am curious: if you're trusting Eevee's townlean on Homura, why do you not feel the same way about their read on Ydrasse? ()

Speaking of Ydrasse, I don't really have any particularly strong feelings either way on her. I do feel slightly sympathetic as I'm kind of in a similar position (first non-newbie game, struggling to get into it properly) but that is an objectively bad reason to townread someone.

Raya I was vaguely townleaning earlier, but I'm not really so sure now, I haven't really seen the follow-up I was looking for.

Homura/Almost50 have very little AI content between them.

VOTE: RCEnigma, for lack of any better ideas. If anyone has a case against someone I'm not townreading, let me know!
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr the washing machine goes brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Fluff. Everything outside the townleans are fluff almost. Even his defense of me is fluff.
In post 422, Mohab500 wrote:
In post 403, Menalque wrote:
In post 401, Fredrick A Campbell wrote:
In post 398, Menalque wrote:In the meantime, how about a vote for Holden?
How about a vote for Chemist1422?
No. Chemist is literally the laziest vote you could be making in this playlist and trying to read him off activity tells is shit and never works. Also chemist has lowkey towntold this game
How? and why? I can agree that using activity as the main reason to push is a little excessive
(seeing as activity is a major point for most of the players here), but I don't see why they are the worst possible push?
This implies that you dont like fredricks pushes which are due in part to activity. If you town read him, why?
In post 426, Eevee wrote:
In post 421, Mohab500 wrote:Also really disappointed in the constant replace outs, I know I would've done the same if I had something that made me busy (in fact, I am still considering replacing out atm), but it's hard for me to form any reads properly when the player changes midway.
In post 420, Mohab500 wrote:Honestly unsure of what to do at the moment. can someone provide a summary of what the fuck happened in the last few pages? I don't understand what's going on anymore.

From what I understand: push on holden initially makes sense, but seeing as they're apparently V/LA, shouldn't be a cause for a push anymore.
i feel like you're LAMISTing and dumbslipping so much more than i'm used to from you - like it doesn't feel natural that you're so lost
other than the Holden debacle is there anything else you're confused about?

Menalque you still want to push Holden now knowing he's V/LA? he is btw - i checked

~Eve
Hmm, and now they actually address the dumbtelling in a good way.

Eve head is townie and the Eva head is scummy; might go back later and see if anything the Eve head said gives me scum vibes.


Personally I would like to guillotine in the pool of {Snow, RC, and one of Mohab/eevee).

UNVOTE:
VOTE: Snowvlazer

I really dislike the read progression issue snow had with fredrick. Snow votes fredrick over concerns about a meta difference and fredricks usage of meta against him. This then differs from his later unvote reasoning of the day talk point not being a scum slip. The slip never actually solves the core issues that snow had with fredrick, so the flip feels as if scum!snow recognize the threads stance on a dumbtell and wanted to back away. Additionally, his vote explaintion post for RC was filled with fluff wishy washy goodness for why everyone not label a townlean may not be scum.

Overall, it looks like a lot of over justification is coming from his slot to an unnatural amount. This is scum. Kill scum.

Need to reread eevee's posts for a eve head analysis, but there interaction with mohab feels scummy from the eva perspective. I dont particularly find mohab a bundle of town either though.
If someone town reads both of these players, please explain why to me
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Post Post #512 (isolation #43) » Fri Jul 10, 2020 2:59 pm

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Vote snow 2020. If you dont vote for snow, you arent invited to the christmas city raid.
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Post Post #517 (isolation #44) » Fri Jul 10, 2020 4:16 pm

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In post 513, Almost50 wrote:His attempt to protect global TRs by not announcing them to scum is Town indicative of the mindset he's playing the game under
So you are saying his focus on association analysis for example stems from him wanting to avoid giving scum info?
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Post Post #518 (isolation #45) » Fri Jul 10, 2020 4:17 pm

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In post 515, Raya36 wrote:
In post 496, Menalque wrote:
In post 319, Raya36 wrote:I think Fredrick is ok. No slip there. Unless he backpedaled hard and successfully
In post 443, Raya36 wrote:Sorry guys, was really not engaged with this game yet and discouraged when I came in and couldn't find anything to comment on.

VOTE: Fredrick
Going to start off again with this
What was going on here, raya?
Me trying to re-engage myself
What do you think of my snow vote.

Engage with me
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Post Post #597 (isolation #46) » Sun Jul 12, 2020 10:04 am

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Oh I'm actually leading the charge on a wagon?!?!

Mom get the camera!

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