The Syndicate

I forget how to play this game.

Oh wait, champion. Yeah. I mean, I've read the rules. The words sort of...washed over me. But sure, champion.

Actually, all your words are washing over me. I'm taking nothing in.

One time on my home forum I spent the entire first round just gif-posting a handful of times and not engaging in the game at all because I was busy. I got myself mislynched D1. But before I went, I made a final serious post in which I named the entire scum team.

Sometimes looking at something from the corner of your eye allows you to see more. /deep thoughts

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 2:08 am Master Radishes, this is our first game together since the champs finale of 2015. I think you're the only one from that game I've ever been in a game with since (i.e. right now). It brings a tear to me aged old eye.

Let's spend the entire game annoyingly reminiscing like two old people.

nutella wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 2:07 am
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 2:06 am Oh wait, champion. Yeah. I mean, I've read the rules. The words sort of...washed over me. But sure, champion.
BWOOONNNGGGGG

Sometimes when it feels like something dramatic is about to happen in my life (which is never, but) I give myself a little mental 'BWOOONG'.

nutella wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 2:30 am Fun fact, I'm the only player whose username can also be an ice cream flavor. I think this means I win day zero

You've never had radish ice cream? You're missing out.

Also want to point out there's nothing in the poll to confirm it's about ice cream flavour.

Oh damn, sloonei already made the radish ice cream joke.

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 11:39 am
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 2:10 am Actually, all your words are washing over me. I'm taking nothing in.

One time on my home forum I spent the entire first round just gif-posting a handful of times and not engaging in the game at all because I was busy. I got myself mislynched D1. But before I went, I made a final serious post in which I named the entire scum team.

Sometimes looking at something from the corner of your eye allows you to see more. /deep thoughts
Scum tbqh

You jelly there's another root veg in town? Don't worry, the game's big enough for both of us.

Dyslexicon wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:27 pm So much text. I can't wait until most of us die. But also I love you all. And also also hi to the, I think, three players I haven't played with before. Apart from that I have at least some idea or a lot of ideas about the others.

Hi.

I'm half-heartedly reading through. Do you guys ever stop talking about hidden significances behind your choice of ice cream flavour? Do I need to care about this conversation?

Dyslexicon wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:29 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:28 pm
Dyslexicon wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:27 pm So much text. I can't wait until most of us die. But also I love you all. And also also hi to the, I think, three players I haven't played with before. Apart from that I have at least some idea or a lot of ideas about the others.
Hi.
Wait. Let's make that four. I'm sure I've seen your name around here and probably at MU (?)

Glad my celebrity status precedes me.

I think the person on this roster I've played with most is...Nook? A grand total of two games.

Tell me more about these 'memes' you speak of.

S~V~S wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:48 pm Regarding strong reads, I think civs need to be hyper aggressive this game becasue of this:

Hosts with the most said:

Ghosts

When a player dies, their ghost remains in the thread for three more phases. A ghost may post on-topic thrice-twice-once, in successive phases, in dead-red text. A ghost can claim its Win Condition.

Have you ever had that moment in a game, right after you died, when suddenly, it was all clear. Yeah, we all have. The baddies are gonna have to try harder to be blendy this game becasue of this, not be over aggressive, becasue it's gonna be harder for them to blow off a mislynch with the victim still in the thread. It's gonna be harder for them to just NK people who get up in their grilles if the victim is still in the thread.

I am always a pretty aggressive civ, but I tend to try to hold reads close to the vest becasue I don't want to paint targets on civs or give a baddie the heads up that they are under suspicion; sometimes I like to watch and draw them out, to see if they slip. But I think this is the game for full reads.

I want to see how the Zero poll plays out. Right now I like Nanook, I like sig, I like Nutella. I don't dislike Jules, TH, Jay, or Ted. I am not feeling Chuck so much or Sloonei. Sloonei getting all aggressive with sig rubs me the wrong way, becasue this is something I seem to recall seeing Sloonei doing fairly often, getting in sigs face. It's an easy stance for Sloonei to fall into. My thoughts on Chuck are wrapped up in his poll vote

Most everyone else is gray for me, or someone I am actively waffling about like Jack or G Man. I know G Man is hiding from G Woman, which I know was always a thing with him, but what little he wrote, meh. So him and Jack aren't really grey, but I could go either way. Some of the gray people, like Epi, Mac, and Tranq, are people I like to sort early, but it's Zero, so

I don't think I played with Michelle before; I did play with Dyslexicon, but not enough to have a basis of comparison.

I also see that Dom, Colin, Dragomir and Sabie have not checked in yet.

What am I to you, a turnip?

This is two posts from SVS now that have felt like they could be written by a scum. Not that they are, just that they could be.

I think I like Sloonei, but I don't remember why now.

S~V~S wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:56 pm LOL, no but I love our Turnip, he's one of my faves so that would put you in good company. But alas, you are kind of a grey radish so far.

You have not made much of an impression on me either way, you have not said much if anything on topic, but this post tells me you certainly are aggressive, and I like that.

So tell me, now that you are posting on topic, what about my posts make you think I'm bad?

Linki @Sloonei i, good to know. It felt to me like youwere using him to appear like standard Sloonei, but it's been a while for me, and it's only Zero.

Okay, one more serious-sorta post then I'm going to bed.

Your posts sound like they could have been written by a baddie. E.g. over-explaining thoughts, suggesting what scum are going to try to do as a result of mechanics x, trying to list nearly everyone (even those that haven't checked in)...all traits I see scum do/do myself when scum.

So you go in my pink pile. It's too early to have proper red reads but your posts have, twice now, pinged me.

Oh wait, my wife is taking a bath and the tub takes forever to fill. I'll stay up and play some more.

Can someone give me meta on nutella? I was thinking over thoughts and things and thought 'Yeah I like nute so far' and then I added 'because' and then I couldn't finish my thought.

S~V~S wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:09 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:02 pm
S~V~S wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 5:56 pm LOL, no but I love our Turnip, he's one of my faves so that would put you in good company. But alas, you are kind of a grey radish so far.

You have not made much of an impression on me either way, you have not said much if anything on topic, but this post tells me you certainly are aggressive, and I like that.

So tell me, now that you are posting on topic, what about my posts make you think I'm bad?

Linki @Sloonei i, good to know. It felt to me like youwere using him to appear like standard Sloonei, but it's been a while for me, and it's only Zero.
Okay, one more serious-sorta post then I'm going to bed.

Your posts sound like they could have been written by a baddie. E.g. over-explaining thoughts, suggesting what scum are going to try to do as a result of mechanics x, trying to list nearly everyone (even those that haven't checked in)...all traits I see scum do/do myself when scum.

So you go in my pink pile. It's too early to have proper red reads but your posts have, twice now, pinged me.
I'm just getting started, I will probably post some amazing walls o'text this game, I haven't played in a year and I'm having fun! I always over explain; irl, too. What can I say, I'm chatty. And in my over explaining post, I talked about how I thought discussing reads was important this game, and why. And then I gave my reads, since I said it was, imo, important. But I get your points. Plus people who don't know me always think I'm bad. I scouted out a few sites in the early days of this site, and when I played in different cultures, I almost always got lynched Day One.

Things like the bolded don't do anything to lesson my suspicion. Lots of people will say that. But let's just keep playing, and we'll see how you perform knowing I am watching you like a hawk.

I've noticed over the years I'm the opposite, oddly. People on my home forum auto-sort me as scum, whereas people who don't know me see my townieness shining through.

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:17 pm Excuse me I was the one that posted it in discord

Nanook confirmed That Guy Who Repeats The Same Joke A Dozen Times.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:16 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:11 pm Can someone give me meta on nutella? I was thinking over thoughts and things and thought 'Yeah I like nute so far' and then I added 'because' and then I couldn't finish my thought.
town nutella throws around lots of reads and isn't afraid to change her mind a hundred times. she's assertive and feisty when she's on.
i think she's also fooled me as scum at least once in recent memory, but i don't remember specifics.

Thanks. I'll just wait and see how she plays as the game evolves, I suppose.

New poll.

Favourite spread:

-Strawberry jam
-Marmalade
-Peanut Butter
-Marmite
-Vegemite

...think that covers it.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:25 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:23 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:16 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:11 pm Can someone give me meta on nutella? I was thinking over thoughts and things and thought 'Yeah I like nute so far' and then I added 'because' and then I couldn't finish my thought.
town nutella throws around lots of reads and isn't afraid to change her mind a hundred times. she's assertive and feisty when she's on.
i think she's also fooled me as scum at least once in recent memory, but i don't remember specifics.
Thanks. I'll just wait and see how she plays as the game evolves, I suppose.
Does this change anything about the way you're reading her right now?
Is there anyone we're not talking about who you think could be talked about more right now?

You ask many questions, kind of like a...question-asking...guy.

Changes nothing about my current feels about nute. I'm just going to reserve them until I see what happens when the game picks up and we enter D1 properly and such. May be something, may be nothing.

sig wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:28 pm Can anyone give me a run down of Radishes Meta?

Nope, no one can. Half have never played with me, half have only played one game, and only Nook has played two games.

I'm an enigma to you.

nutella wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:29 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:25 pm New poll.

Favourite spread:

-Strawberry jam
-Marmalade
-Peanut Butter
-Marmite
-Vegemite

...think that covers it.

Oh duh.

Cream cheese.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:26 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:25 pm New poll.

Favourite spread:

-Strawberry jam
-Marmalade
-Peanut Butter
-Marmite
-Vegemite

...think that covers it.
I can't answer this without knowing what surface I'm spreading things on.

Someone's naked body.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:32 pm
sig wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:28 pm Can anyone give me a run down of Radishes Meta?
I have never played with Radishes. He played in Inception, and apparently was MU tournament finalist a hundred years ago with jay. So my assumption is he knows the ropes.

@Master Radishes what can you tell us about your approach to mafia games?

I'm really the wrong person to say. In my mind I'm like a chimera, made up of many different mafia personas I can whip out as need be. My friends who play the most with me will laugh in my face and say differently.

nutella wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:36 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:32 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:26 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:25 pm New poll.

Favourite spread:

-Strawberry jam
-Marmalade
-Peanut Butter
-Marmite
-Vegemite

...think that covers it.
I can't answer this without knowing what surface I'm spreading things on.
Someone's naked body.
Oh. Nutella it is.

Do you mean nutella or...Nutella?

Okay, serious attempt at self-analysis and then I'm going to bed. (GMT, fyi.)

I've definitely evolved my style over the years, and activity/engagement will vary game to game, but generally as town I rely on analysing votes and wagons (and therefore hate D1/spend it town-clearing more so than anything). I like to re-read the flow of the thread at certain points (e.g. as wagons form/EoDs) rather than ISO individual players, though of course I do that too sometimes. It's time-consuming, though, so when I'm busy (as I am these days) I will rely more on waiting for posts to ping me and then hounding that player.

As scum I'm not afraid to bus to keep up any town cred I've gained, but otherwise try to keep my game simple and sneak into a towncore by trying to play to my town meta. If I don't succeed in that, I'm a fairly useless scummate and quite easy to find. But if I do succeed I'm pretty decent at deepwolfing, I like to think.

As indy I just make it up as I go, as Jay and Sloonei can confirm.

Mm, I like talking about myself. Make me do it more.

S~V~S wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:48 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:43 pm Mm, I like talking about myself. Make me do it more.
You said "baddie" earlier. That is the term the founders of this forum used (and some still do) but I have not heard it much outside of us. I am curious to know where you played as well.

I just tend to start adopting a forum's local slang a bit. I say 'Indy' when playing here too, which I've not seen used anywhere else.

The one I can't accept is 'civilian', which is just such a mouthful when you could just say 'town' or 'vill'.

(Having skimmed through the discussion of my usage of this term that followed, it was pointless and I'm going to ignore it.)

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 12:52 am Maybe I should rephrase

Some of YOU can, I’m sure, make above rand reads (probably, most people don’t have above rand reads but that’s a tangent)

But I don’t know most/any of you enough to make an above rand read off behavior that I’m confident in, in a multiball game

Want to echo this. In this game set-up, and not knowing any of you particularly well, this D1 is a going to be bit of a crapshoot for me.

I already hate D1s, tbh. They're important in retrospect, but at the time they're messy. I hate mess.

Dom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 2:24 am
sprityo wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 2:20 am
Dom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 2:20 am I have.
What's the commentary though?
Being cheeky because I like poking fun at Mac
so...
no point or????

Master Radishes wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 2:20 am
S~V~S wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:48 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 6:43 pm Mm, I like talking about myself. Make me do it more.
You said "baddie" earlier. That is the term the founders of this forum used (and some still do) but I have not heard it much outside of us. I am curious to know where you played as well.
I just tend to start adopting a forum's local slang a bit. I say 'Indy' when playing here too, which I've not seen used anywhere else.

The one I can't accept is 'civilian', which is just such a mouthful when you could just say 'town' or 'vill'.

(Having skimmed through the discussion of my usage of this term that followed, it was pointless and I'm going to ignore it.)
I tend to believe this because civvie or civ is right there

I'll likely adopt 'civ' at some point, I suspect.

Have caught up in time to go to work. Huzzah. @me for anything urgent, otherwise leave me alone.

I'm working 12 hour days these days. The school I work in is a start-up, so a lot of systems and procedures are just not in place consistently yet, creating extra work for those of us who actually care. I thought I'd be past this by now, hence agreeing to this game, but apparently not.

NANOOKTHEGREATANDFEARSOME wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 4:10 pm Can someone explain the radishes case to be? Is it just “he hasn’t made enough of an impression”?

I think my posts have been deemed fake.

--

@ all

Back from work and making dinner and such. I've been skimming during breaks at work, but need to catch up on the last few pages and read some things properly.

This post caught my eye.

Dyslexicon wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:55 am
Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 7:26 pm Independent of all this: how do we all feel about master radishes?
Not great. I get the feeling that his presence is a bit flashy/comes across as performative. It's something I've seen with experienced players that they want to be a bit edgy/go against the grain give the impression that they are confident and have nothing to hide when they are scum. Compensating. Like when they asked "are we all seriously reading into ice cream flavors" (<-- from memory, might not be exact) or something like that. I don't know if I explain this right, but "performative" is what comes to mind and it feels not great.

I get what you mean about this completely; you're just misinterpreting where the 'performative' bit (maybe not the right word - more like adopting a persona?) comes from. I'm playing in a game with a bunch of people I don't know but who know each other, but have the confidence to 'go against the grain' as you say, as this isn't my first rodeo. I'm not consciously adopting a persona (okay, that was also the wrong phrase) but, yeah, my internet/mafia style tends towards dismissive and sarcastic in the early stages of games, especially on sites I'm not familiar with.

I singled this post out as well, though, because the thought process to me seems good. It's easy for scum looking to slip onto a wagon to pile on me today (I'm the third, less noticed wheel) but this isn't the way a scum would do it. This is an actual attempt to parse my behaviour.

I'm hesitant to declare anyone a green read in a multiball game where I don't know anyone's meta, but so far Dizzy (you gave permission!) is nudging upwards the most in my books with this thought process and general solid enough play.

I've not played a game with multiple mafia teams in...at least 6 years?

Everytime I get a thought about a player I have to add a caveat to it. I don't like so many caveated thoughts.

I've not voted yet so I haven't seen the poll. Who is in the 4th slot on Nutella, Jack, and/or me?

Thar be scum. Bet me.

Yeah, okay, I don't have the time or will to slog through the thread again. Just...give me someone(s) to ISO or summat.

Dyslexicon wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:09 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:06 pm Yeah, okay, I don't have the time or will to slog through the thread again. Just...give me someone(s) to ISO or summat.
Sloonei and Ted pops into my head as interesting ISOs for what it's worth.

Okie dokie.

Pre-ISO impressions:

Ted - liked his opening; I'd lean towards saying it's townie, with the caveat of a scum working hard to find the other team
Sloonei - when initially catching up on opening posts, I felt good about him; as I interacted with him in real time, I wasn't sure why; he feels quite reserved and prone to asking questions rather than help scumhunt - maybe that's his meta?

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:11 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 4:43 pm I've not played a game with multiple mafia teams in...at least 6 years?

Everytime I get a thought about a player I have to add a caveat to it. I don't like so many caveated thoughts.
I’d like to hear those thoughts, caveats and all

The caveats are pretty much the same caveat, e.g. 'Player X seems to be working hard to solve the game; this is a good look for them...except if they're just on scum team 1 and are looking for scum team 2.'

Ted and Sig pop into mind when I think of this.

Another example: normally I'd say Turnip's vote on me feels natural enough, as he hinted at it in earlier posts; but then again, if he's Scum A who wants to slip onto a non-leading wagon he thinks could be Scum B, then he's played it exactly right.

Dyslexicon wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:15 pm I also don't get Jack's so sure read on you. Is that normal for Jack, anyone? I seem to remember a more tempered town!Jack.

In my single game (Inception, a few months ago) Jack looked like he was trying to play like he is now, but without being too noticeable. He was scum in that game, so in retrospect I feel like he was trying to imitate his town game as he perceives it.

This makes me hesitate to vote Jack right now, as much as his overall play has been a bit questionable.

[mention]Dyslexicon[/mention]

ISO on Ted in some random order:

(There's no specific post that I find particularly AI, so I won't quote anything, but...)

-He bounces his reads around a bit (claims his page 2 reads based on 'swag' are serious, but never comes back to it; suddenly drops a vote on Nutella and only gives a reason for it later; then switches to vote me, again without justification), but doesn't try to justify his progression. Maybe a bouncy scum, but I get the impression he just doesn't care how he comes across. Good look.

-His tone is consistent - loose and carefree and not afraid to be a bit fun, but easily switches back to serious gameplay when necessary. Another good look of someone who isn't worried about how they come across.

-He isn't trying to stand out or lead a charge or anything, but equally isn't afraid to engage in discussions, even ones that don't involve him. No waffling on reads, just straight to the point. Also something I consider a good look.

Overall, ISOing Ted has made me nudge him from null+ to a lightish green. Macro play is decent so far, in the sense he doesn't seem concerned about his image.

Dyslexicon wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:30 pm I'm really not sure how I feel about Jimmaaay. He seems kind of controlled or something, which is possibly oof. ButwhatdoIknownothing.

I sort of liked his play from what I'd noticed, but his vote on me is very wagony.

Will ISO Sloonei in a bit, as requested.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:54 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:12 pm
Dyslexicon wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:09 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:06 pm Yeah, okay, I don't have the time or will to slog through the thread again. Just...give me someone(s) to ISO or summat.
Sloonei and Ted pops into my head as interesting ISOs for what it's worth.
Okie dokie.

Pre-ISO impressions:

Ted - liked his opening; I'd lean towards saying it's townie, with the caveat of a scum working hard to find the other team
Sloonei - when initially catching up on opening posts, I felt good about him; as I interacted with him in real time, I wasn't sure why; he feels quite reserved and prone to asking questions rather than help scumhunt - maybe that's his meta?
What does this mean? How do you distinguish my questions from something that you would call scumhunting?

Perhaps poorly phrased on my part, but I don't consider asking question after question to constitute 'scumhunting' unless it leads somewhere. You're throwing out dozens of questions to people and there's little evidence you've gotten anything out of them. It's one of those little things baddies (if I can say that) will try to do to appear more active and engaged than they are.

--

To save a post, I'll complete my ISO of Sloonei here:

Basically gonna cop out and say:

I think I need meta and/or just to wait for later rounds to read him properly. Over half his posts are questions to other players, most of which aren't then followed up. (Already discussed above - not a fan of it.)

But then there are moments where he's clearly not afraid to prod others, e.g. with ted early on ('like he was trying to shove me away'), or sig shortly after that (what 'antsy' means). He's equally not interested in letting bad lines of inquiry play out (Nanook's 'satire' post; Radishes' use of 'baddie') which he suggests shutting down in both cited cases. He also banters when he sees an opportunity ('Mac's big D' etc) which shows he's loose, even as the game began to turn more serious.

But, as ever, caveats and all that. This isn't un-fakeable by any means.

So Sloonei remains pretty null for me until I see more. I'm not TRing him, but at the moment not inclined to vote here.

Dyslexicon wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:52 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 4:47 pm I've not voted yet so I haven't seen the poll. Who is in the 4th slot on Nutella, Jack, and/or me?

Thar be scum. Bet me.
I don't think the votes are ordered so in that case you'll have to go back and see. Are you saying the 4th vote on a wagon is scum? Cause...? I don't believe in number magic in mafia myself but ok.

Oh right, I forgot they're not in order. Eh, not putting in the work myself.

Roster size depending, 4th slot is more often the scum slot than any other slot, in my experience. (I've not done any statistical analysis of this.)

Dyslexicon wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:49 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 4:37 pmI get what you mean about this completely; you're just misinterpreting where the 'performative' bit (maybe not the right word - more like adopting a persona?) comes from. I'm playing in a game with a bunch of people I don't know but who know each other, but have the confidence to 'go against the grain' as you say, as this isn't my first rodeo. I'm not consciously adopting a persona (okay, that was also the wrong phrase) but, yeah, my internet/mafia style tends towards dismissive and sarcastic in the early stages of games, especially on sites I'm not familiar with.
I guess I'd say it sounds like posturing. Also a bit aloof. I read back in your ISO now and I still don't get a good vibe. I don't understand why the "Are we ever going to stop talking about the significance of ice cream flavor and do I need to care?" exists. I don't care for the "I like sloonei but I don't remember why", which you also did with Nut later. That's the kind of lolzy aloof attitude I'm comfortable holding up myself as scum. I realize I'm just reiterating my points again. I just don't think my feelings have changed. Though I do appreciate you being active and involved in the game, whether my read is correct or not.

I mean, I was posting on N0. That's time for shitposting and stupid gut reads.

Scratch that - it's always time for shitposting and stupid gut reads. But as the game progresses I'll add in seriousposting and analytical reads to my repertoire as well.

But I understand your perception of it.

(Also, the 'do I need to care' was sort of in reference to the concept, new to me, that a N0 poll might matter in the slightest.)

Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 6:24 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 6:17 pm
Sloonei wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:54 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:12 pm
Dyslexicon wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:09 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:06 pm Yeah, okay, I don't have the time or will to slog through the thread again. Just...give me someone(s) to ISO or summat.
Sloonei and Ted pops into my head as interesting ISOs for what it's worth.
Okie dokie.

Pre-ISO impressions:

Ted - liked his opening; I'd lean towards saying it's townie, with the caveat of a scum working hard to find the other team
Sloonei - when initially catching up on opening posts, I felt good about him; as I interacted with him in real time, I wasn't sure why; he feels quite reserved and prone to asking questions rather than help scumhunt - maybe that's his meta?
What does this mean? How do you distinguish my questions from something that you would call scumhunting?
Perhaps poorly phrased on my part, but I don't consider asking question after question to constitute 'scumhunting' unless it leads somewhere. You're throwing out dozens of questions to people and there's little evidence you've gotten anything out of them. It's one of those little things baddies (if I can say that) will try to do to appear more active and engaged than they are.
People say this about me all the time. Asking questions is my thing. It's what I do. It leads somewhere, even if the results aren't immediate. Questions asked on Day 1 are valuable on Day 3.

@anyone to confirm this meta, please.

I did ask for meta info earlier, because I know some people just play that way. I didn't see anyone respond.

Dyslexicon wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 6:22 pm
Master Radishes wrote: ↑Wed Feb 26, 2020 6:20 pmOh right, I forgot they're not in order. Eh, not putting in the work myself.

Roster size depending, 4th slot is more often the scum slot than any other slot, in my experience. (I've not done any statistical analysis of this.)
Yeah, I've heard that before about the 3rd or 4th vote, but it kind of makes me want to do fart noises lol. I feel there are way better tells with any particular vote in any particular game than what a universal number can be.

Don't get me wrong, I'd never stake a game on it. But once someone pointed it out to me I found it proved true more often than I thought it would.

After a juicy flip I'd look there first, and ISO/keep an eye on the player in question for any other tells.

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