New York 194: Guns N' Roses Mafia! (Day 8)

[Fraggernaut]

Also my style of play is typically viewed as being defensive. What's new? Scum are going to try to use it to get me mislynched.

[Something_Smart]

So first of all, I never expressed a scumread on Fragger or a townread on iraonavp before today.
But also, I just noticed this:

I don't think we need to listen to the iraonavp-SirCakez back-and-forth any more (708 ). Already pretty convinced there's one scum within those two.

which means I may have to read the iraonavp-SirCakez interactions again knowing SirCakez is town. Hmm.

[DrippingGoofball]

Post by post I get more and more convinced Drixx is scum.

I agree, let's lynch him

[Firebringer]

VOTE: Drixx
REMEMBER DAY 1 MY FEW READS DRIXX WAS TOWN!?!?!?
NOT ANYMORE

FOLLO MWE!!!

[Egg]

Actually, how'd we go from this:
iraonavp — Performer, pisskop, SnarkySnowman, Fraggernaut, Kop, SirCakez, Ilikebugs

To only Frag voting Ira.

Performer, Snarky, and Bugs, what is your read on Ira now?

[Egg]

VOTE: Drixx
REMEMBER DAY 1 MY FEW READS DRIXX WAS TOWN!?!?!?
NOT ANYMORE

FOLLO MWE!!!

What changed?

[DrippingGoofball]

Firebringer is town.

[Drixx]

You don't want to lynch me.

See: Mafiaception.

[Killthestory]

VOTE: Drixx
REMEMBER DAY 1 MY FEW READS DRIXX WAS TOWN!?!?!?
NOT ANYMORE

FOLLO MWE!!!

VOTE: Drixx

[Firebringer]

You don't want to lynch me.

See: Mafiaception.

Are you referencing meta here?
Cause thats scummy too.

[Firebringer]

VOTE: Drixx
REMEMBER DAY 1 MY FEW READS DRIXX WAS TOWN!?!?!?
NOT ANYMORE

FOLLO MWE!!!

What changed?

See any of his posts on Day 2.

[Egg]

Yeah, they're scummy like his Day 1 posts.

[Firebringer]

I didn't read many of his posts.
But at least we agree on one thing.

[Egg]

But where did that town read come from on Day 1?

[Aristophanes]

Inb4 I get prodded.

I'll read D2 at least throughout the weekend. That's the best I can offer atm.

[iraonavp]

Something_Smart is trying too hard to live up to his name. I didn't say Guy was scummy in #1032. I said that I voted him to see how people would react. In fact I went out of my way to point out that Guy lacked any substantive content upon which to form a read. He had 14 posts when I made that post, and he has 15 now. There's almost nothing of substance there.

But you know ... you can just claim I said something and people will totally believe it.

So how did people react? Did you learn anything from your vote?

[iraonavp]

Actually, how'd we go from this:
iraonavp — Performer, pisskop, SnarkySnowman, Fraggernaut, Kop, SirCakez, Ilikebugs

To only Frag voting Ira.

Performer, Snarky, and Bugs, what is your read on Ira now?

Probably because I claimed PR.

[iraonavp]

Fraggernaut is throwing so much shade at Something_Smart right now. We should lynch Fraggernaut.

[Drixx]

You don't want to lynch me.

See: Mafiaception.

Are you referencing meta here?
Cause thats scummy too.

Can you please engage your brain when you are talking to me? Pretty please with a cherry on top?

Go look at Mafiaception. Go look at the post game commentary. You're going to see a guy there who is basically known for being aggressively caustic telling me I play just fine and in fact was so much of a threat the scum team killed me twice (True story!).

Now; I'm not saying I've got the same role (obviously) or even a similar one (obviously).

What I am saying is that town players would have to be holding idiot balls to vote me right now. Calling my posts fluff when I made a play, pointed it out before anyone said anything about it, including giving some preliminary thoughts about what I thought about it ... that's just bullshit and not true.

So if town wants to collectively hold an idiot ball and run me up ... okay. Your loss. I know what I'm doing and I've shown it.

I don't think you can say the same.

[GuyFawkes]

wtf is an idiot ball?

[Killthestory]

So if town wants to collectively hold an idiot ball and run me up ... okay. Your loss. I know what I'm doing and I've shown it.

[DrippingGoofball]

wtf is an idiot ball?

You're probably scum

[Killthestory]

best fucking scumhunting Ive ever seen

VOTE: Guy

[Drixx]

wtf is an idiot ball?

An idiot ball is the rationalist explanation for why someone otherwise intelligent enough to avoid a mistake makes the mistake. I've most frequently seen it used when describing villains in fiction when a villain is presented as far too smart/clever/powerful to fail, but then makes a completely avoidable mistake allowing the protagonist to emerge victorious. I've seen this colloquially referred to as "The Voldemort Ball" as well.

The driving point is that I think the town members of this game who have experience with me would have to have some sort of excuse like the "idiot ball" in order to actually do so, given that I'm clearly doing my thing today and there are people in the game who have actually done scummy things (or simply been complete lurksacks and done nothing). It would be one thing if I were scum and had slipped all over myself or were holding an idiot ball myself. It's quite another to posit me as scum for "doing nothing" when people are commenting and asking what conclusions I am drawing from a gambit I early in the day phase.

So yeah ... when I refer to the "idiot ball", I'm actually complimenting people. It means I believe they are more intelligent than their course of action would seem to indicate.

[Killthestory]

wtf is an idiot ball?

An idiot ball is the rationalist explanation for why someone otherwise intelligent enough to avoid a mistake makes the mistake. I've most frequently seen it used when describing villains in fiction when a villain is presented as far too smart/clever/powerful to fail, but then makes a completely avoidable mistake allowing the protagonist to emerge victorious. I've seen this colloquially referred to as "The Voldemort Ball" as well.

The driving point is that I think the town members of this game who have experience with me would have to have some sort of excuse like the "idiot ball" in order to actually do so, given that I'm clearly doing my thing today and there are people in the game who have actually done scummy things (or simply been complete lurksacks and done nothing). It would be one thing if I were scum and had slipped all over myself or were holding an idiot ball myself. It's quite another to posit me as scum for "doing nothing" when people are commenting and asking what conclusions I am drawing from a gambit I early in the day phase.

So yeah ... when I refer to the "idiot ball", I'm actually complimenting people. It means I believe they are more intelligent than their course of action would seem to indicate.