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[Prism]

I am dead serious when I say it is taking everything in my power to not join Shirou/gob and rageflip him. imaginality is at least still a very plausible partner.

[Prism]

VOTE: ydra

I have the exact same read on ydra as I do on imaginality

If you flip back Ydrasse and I can put him at 5, ie. E-1 and blitzrange for Andres.

[jjh927]

Ah, I thought you were more mildly annoyed, Prism.

VOTE: Andres

[jjh927]

Like I got you were getting impatient but I felt all the momentum shifts were both very much under control and very useful as an insurance policy

[Prism]

That's actual E-1 for Andres.

Any town not on Andres should post the second they see this to confirm they're not hammering

[Ydrasse]

why does e-1 strike dread into my heart

[Ydrasse]

i have thoughts but i am containing them for... now.

[Prism]

imaginality especially should post ASAP if they're town

[T3]

hi

[Prism]

If I'm wrong I'm wrong. If it is imaginality and not Andres then I scream into a void about my second choice being mafia two days in a row.

[jjh927]

If it is imaginality and not andres then you are going to love how we had a serious imaginality wagon this day phase

[Prism]

If we can get an Ydrasse lim I'd happily go there rather than Andres

I'm doing this so he gets the notification, if you're town post confirming you're not blitzing Andres.

[Prism]

If it is imaginality and not andres then you are going to love how we had a serious imaginality wagon this day phase

And then instead of blaming myself for being wrong we can all go put Growlithe on a pike and march him around town

[jjh927]

If it is imaginality and not andres then you are going to love how we had a serious imaginality wagon this day phase

And then instead of blaming myself for being wrong we can all go put Growlithe on a pike and march him around town

I actually think the only Imag partners that would make sense at this point are Ydrasse and Shirou
Firebringer X Imag is green on my little chart

[Prism]

I was making a joke that Firebringer was just kind of hanging around today and vibing, not that he'd be scum for it. I haven't really thought very far ahead on partner pairings beyond (Andres/imaginality) seems plausible, recent votes didn't seem clearing to me given lateday dueling wagons and there's only so long they can avoid it.

[jjh927]

I think those recent votes are extremely clearing considering that they HAVE to avoid it or they lose the game

[jjh927]

Hard bussing by joining a wagon with the full belief that the wagon is likely to go through is not an option scum have right now

It's actually why Ydrasse with almost no vote history to speak of is a major concern for me right now

[Prism]

I think those recent votes are extremely clearing considering that they HAVE to avoid it or they lose the game

My point is that they have to avoid the vote actually going through, not voting each other.

It's definitely very in favor of it being T/T or T/S, I just don't think it's decisive.

[jjh927]

If they believe it is a realistic wagon then they can't risk it

[Prism]

I mean we can continue to argue this but it's mostly an academic discussion rather than a practically relevant discussion at this point.

[jjh927]

It also allowed for people who have been saying "I think X person is scum" but not voting there because there was no wagon to put their money where their mouth is

And yeah, it's an academic discussion but that doesn't mean I don't want to have it

[jjh927]

Gob unvoting imag when the wagon became serious because he got jumpy that I voted there when he supposedly townread me was super concerning, while we're at it

[jjh927]

Like, gob's imag vote was explicitly not clearing for the imag scum world

But like, STD? That guy gets the pass


Might be completely irrelevant anyway because of the decent odds of Andres scum, while factoring in the less likely Imag scum.

Honestly though I have been a real fucker this game phase

[Prism]

If you want to have the academic discussion, dueling scum wagons hovering at 4/3 with extremely high probability of coalescing means the game is near-lost. At this point you have to push outside while still laying down anti-associatives. The vote is one way to do that, and both slots have been primarily interested in going outside of the other.

Again I think it's indicative they're not paired, but extremely desperate times call for more risky moves.

Gob unvoting imag when the wagon became serious because he got jumpy that I voted there when he supposedly townread me was super concerning, while we're at it

I'm less concerned by this one because gob has stalled out wagons basically all game.

[jjh927]

There were duelling wagons but there was always a third option