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No, but in all seriousness enrique is scum.
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Ma...MacDougall wrote:You spelled MattF wrong.Metalmarsh89 wrote:MacDougall
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Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:33 pm Just how many days of "let's yeet them tomorrow" can a mafioso survive?
The answer: all of them, if you are a marmot.
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Metalmarsh89 wrote:Ma...MacDougall wrote:You spelled MattF wrong.Metalmarsh89 wrote:MacDougall
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Why should we policy lynch Matt?

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Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:33 pm Just how many days of "let's yeet them tomorrow" can a mafioso survive?
The answer: all of them, if you are a marmot.
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MacDougall wrote:No, but in all seriousness enrique is scum.
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Okay I planned on staying in semi-spectator mode to watch you two go at it but seriously why Enrique?








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Wait a second this is your ACTUAL vote? Did you forget votes are not changeable or are you this confident Mac is scum?Metalmarsh89 wrote:MacDougall
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No and perhaps.a2thezebra wrote:Wait a second this is your ACTUAL vote? Did you forget votes are not changeable or are you this confident Mac is scum?Metalmarsh89 wrote:MacDougall
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Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:33 pm Just how many days of "let's yeet them tomorrow" can a mafioso survive?
The answer: all of them, if you are a marmot.
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Hence why I said "forget" rather than "know."Metalmarsh89 wrote:No and perhaps.a2thezebra wrote:Wait a second this is your ACTUAL vote? Did you forget votes are not changeable or are you this confident Mac is scum?Metalmarsh89 wrote:MacDougall
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Please elaborate. This goes for you and Mac.








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I don't want to blow up.a2thezebra wrote:Hence why I said "forget" rather than "know."Metalmarsh89 wrote:No and perhaps.a2thezebra wrote:Wait a second this is your ACTUAL vote? Did you forget votes are not changeable or are you this confident Mac is scum?Metalmarsh89 wrote:MacDougall
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Please elaborate. This goes for you and Mac.
Also for the purposes of observance.

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Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:33 pm Just how many days of "let's yeet them tomorrow" can a mafioso survive?
The answer: all of them, if you are a marmot.
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Why don't we all just say nothing about our reads (or fucking non-changeable early ass VOTES) "for the purposes of observance" and this post here can be the last one before there's two minutes left until the day is over and nobody knows who to lynch.








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Mac, tell me you'll give us something to work with.








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enrique was my day 0 ping.a2thezebra wrote:Hence why I said "forget" rather than "know."Metalmarsh89 wrote:No and perhaps.a2thezebra wrote:Wait a second this is your ACTUAL vote? Did you forget votes are not changeable or are you this confident Mac is scum?Metalmarsh89 wrote:MacDougall
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Please elaborate. This goes for you and Mac.
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I don't see discussing mechanics as a good or bad thing. It's really just neutral because anyone can talk about it with no relevance to ones alignment. I don't think looking to the planet vote will be viable to find scum because there is no method that you can predict until at least late game to confirm you have mafia.MovingPictures07 wrote:I want everyone to discuss this.Russtifinko wrote:2) DDL, I can't decide whether it's civ-ish or a baddie move to run through all the possible ways you'd catch a baddie based on the planet mechanic before we get a chance to actually use any of the methods. Consider me slightly pinged, there.
How are these two statements compatible?
What is the voting format? Bold and underline? Sorry if I don't post a lot the first phase or two. I mostly observe when I go to another forum to play mafia. Of course I will be as up to date with the thread as possible. Just gonna go a bit slower than norm the first phase or so.

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You're telling me this wasn't a joke?
MacDougall wrote:And yet you didn't vote for it.Enrique wrote:Why doesn't Yavin have any votes? You guys realize that's literally like the civvie base, right?
Enrique is scum, confirmed.








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I made this fairly sarcastic but partially meaningful accusation because I found it strange that enrique rather than voting for the base and explaining that as his reason, just made this comment without voting. Indicating a cautiousness to make what seems to be a reasonably arbitrary decision. I felt it was a good idea to prod him on it.MacDougall wrote:And yet you didn't vote for it.Enrique wrote:Why doesn't Yavin have any votes? You guys realize that's literally like the civvie base, right?
Enrique is scum, confirmed.
His reaction.
Wondering if there was a reason not to vote for Yavin? This was a strange thought imo. Why/how would there be such things on day 0 as reasons not to vote in a poll. It realistically is the most meaningless poll of the game. His cautiousness is strange.MacDougall wrote:You're right, scum would heavily contemplate the potential of such a thing since their numbers are fewer ergo their demise has more of an impact on their team.Enrique wrote:I haven't voted at all. I was just wondering if there was a reason not to.
The above was his first post. Yet, he then went on to say that Yavin was the civvie base, and that it was weird that we weren't voting for it. Does that not mean that he actually didn't feel that they all sounded dangerous and that his first post was actually just non genuine fluff. We all know the first post is awkward as scum. This looks like an awkward scum first post.Enrique wrote:All of the locations sound dangerous tbh![]()
Hoth had like big yeti creature things. Not nice.
His two reactions to me accusing him were "huh" and "uhh okie", so he has no desire to be engaged on the subject instead choosing to look elsewhere. Fine, perhaps he just sees the accusations as disingenous or non threatening. I see it as more of him attempting to just calmly dismiss them as me being overenthusiastic about what he'd like to put forth as something that's not a big deal.
He did end up voting for Yavin and called us crazy for not doing so.
Which is strange when he made comments about Endor and Tatooine, indicating that he was genuinely weighing up his options. If it was such an easy decision, why the hell didn't he make it sooner, and why was he looking at Endor or Tatooine as a potential option at all. If Yavin is obvious then no, not every planet is dangerous and why not just vote for it immediately?Enrique wrote:Voted Yavin. You guys are all crazy.
Enrique wrote:Endor is actually a lot more appealing when you read the roles and realize we have an Ewok on our side. Maybe it's not so dangerous after all.
For a day 1 case, I think it's pretty good.Enrique wrote:I think Tattooine, in the worst case scenario, would favor the Independents. Do we know what their win conditions are yet?
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thats like the biggest nonstory ive seen presented as a case on mafia
tbh i had no idea what "Yavin" was until i read the descriptions, at which point it was a bit of a no-brainer. like really? the place is literally the civvie base where the civvies do cool things in the movies. i DID consider my options (tattooine, endor) up until i found out about yavin. but then when it looked so good, surely i was missing something that kept people away from it? nobody gave it any consideration so i just put it down to lack of familiarity and went ahead and voted.
like i dont even understand what the baddie logic behind anything there would be.
tbh i had no idea what "Yavin" was until i read the descriptions, at which point it was a bit of a no-brainer. like really? the place is literally the civvie base where the civvies do cool things in the movies. i DID consider my options (tattooine, endor) up until i found out about yavin. but then when it looked so good, surely i was missing something that kept people away from it? nobody gave it any consideration so i just put it down to lack of familiarity and went ahead and voted.
like i dont even understand what the baddie logic behind anything there would be.









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That's more like it. Response, Enrique?








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See this is the same problem I had with MP regarding DDL (I know I said I wouldn't talk about him until he responded but I have to as an example OKAY?!) because it's not the actions themselves that could be interpreted as scummy because as scum you're not intending for those actions to be pointed out or even visible to anyone including yourself in the first place. These actions are products of a narrative that is simply more likely to be interpreted as scum than town, because it makes sense that you would be nervous about blending in as scum hence the inconsistencies of your voting, while the likelihood that you were simply going through the motions of researching the locations is less likely given the nature of some of your posts, at least in Mac's opinion.Enrique wrote:like i dont even understand what the baddie logic behind anything there would be.
I'm not fully convinced but this response of yours didn't help you. I don't think you're giving his case enough credit, yet you seem rather flustered as if it is in fact worth looking into.








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i mean, im replying. honestly i havent been putting enough energy into this game and i have very little idea of whats going on outside of mac building a narrative out of all my posts.
i disagree about there being any nervousness or inconsistencies in my voting. i considered some options, found one that actually managed to look appealing, and went for it.
i disagree about there being any nervousness or inconsistencies in my voting. i considered some options, found one that actually managed to look appealing, and went for it.









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@savage - voting in the poll is sufficient.
Bold/underline is often used as a courtesy when votes are changeable, so that there is a record of who voted for who, or to tell people WHEN you voted, but it is not a requirement - especially when votes are not changeable.
It's still good to say you voted when you do, though.
Bold/underline is often used as a courtesy when votes are changeable, so that there is a record of who voted for who, or to tell people WHEN you voted, but it is not a requirement - especially when votes are not changeable.
It's still good to say you voted when you do, though.
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I think (like Savage) it's going to take me a little while getting into this game. My knowledge of the whole Star Wars theme could best be described as 'superficial' and having only played with one of you before makes this really hard in the context that I haven't any personal experience of your individual play styles
Personally, I think I'm a better mid-game player anyway...

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This is precisely what I understood.Matt F wrote:I have no idea what Dom understood, but I was just havin' fun with Roxy. I have no idea what Sorsha Day 0 means.
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You if all people should know what Sorsha day 0 means!!!Matt F wrote:I have no idea what Dom understood, but I was just havin' fun with Roxy. I have no idea what Sorsha Day 0 means.


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Okay I'll admit I kind of made a mistake there. I said what was on my mind, then I realized saying it might have ruined it, so I tried to find a silver lining by talking about the metagame thing, which admitelly I still think might work.Spoiler: show
As for the thing about "tip-toeing" thing zebra accused me off, the thing is, I just wanted to make it clear I don't actually think this plan should be a way to spot mafia with 100% certainity. After I posted, I realized it was rubbing some people the wrong way. And I realized I might have become suspicious since I was proposing a "miraculous" way of finding mafia that many might disagree with (something people usually tend to suspect), so I tried to defuse the situation by making it clear I'm just suggesting a tool, not trying to make it the main way of finding mafia.
Also zebra, you keep accusing me of "trying to look like I'm contributing", but really you should look at the context of my posts. Who else was contributing on day 0? There was absolutely nothing to talk about back then, no debate going on, and I tried to spark a discussion to get the game moving, even if such a discussion was not directly useful to baddie hunting at first. Well, I work with what I've got. I wasn't trying to "look" contributive", I was trying to get the game out of day 0 stasis.
I think you're jumping too fast on people, honestly. Not just the (admitelly valid) suspicions on me, but also stuff like this:
You quoted what was a obvious joke post and tried to turn it into evidence. Like... chill. Not evey post from every player has to be mafia slipping. Like someone else said, it feels like you are all over the place.a2thezebra wrote:You're taking this Death Star enthusiasm to an uncomfortable extreme, Matt. Are you saying everyone who voted for the Death Star should be ignored when they appear suspicious?Matt F wrote:Why are we being mean to Dragon? He voted Death Star
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I don't think you're bad for it, and I don't think you're necessarily by virtue of my opinion wrong about Zebra but I do not agree with you. Telling someone to chill because they are flinging accusations around on day 1 is not what I would suggest at all. The more content, the more conversations, the more accusations the absolute better for the civ team. If you are pinged on day 1 by the most slight thing you need to be out with it and you need to force the player in question to explain it. Especially on day 1, if you want to find scum on day 1 or if you want to produce searchable content on day 1.Dragon D. Luffy wrote:
Also zebra, you keep accusing me of "trying to look like I'm contributing", but really you should look at the context of my posts. Who else was contributing on day 0? There was absolutely nothing to talk about back then, no debate going on, and I tried to spark a discussion to get the game moving, even if such a discussion was not directly useful to baddie hunting at first. Well, I work with what I've got. I wasn't trying to "look" contributive", I was trying to get the game out of day 0 stasis.
I think you're jumping too fast on people, honestly. Not just the (admitelly valid) suspicions on me, but also stuff like this:
You quoted what was a obvious joke post and tried to turn it into evidence. Like... chill. Not evey post from every player has to be mafia slipping. Like someone else said, it feels like you are all over the place.a2thezebra wrote:You're taking this Death Star enthusiasm to an uncomfortable extreme, Matt. Are you saying everyone who voted for the Death Star should be ignored when they appear suspicious?Matt F wrote:Why are we being mean to Dragon? He voted Death Star
Responding to her pings, her accusations, like you have done is wonderful. If you think Zebra is scum for what she's doing that's wonderful too. But tactically I think if she wants to fling accusations around we should encourage it because if she's bad she's giving us opportunities to find out and if she's good she's going to ruffle some bad guy feathers.
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The last thing you want to be doing is identifying a scum player by YOUR ping and telling them to stop what they are doing right? Is what you are criticising Zebra for scummy to you? If so, say so! If not, what is there to gain by telling her to pipe down? 

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I will add that after going over the conversation in question that you look very civ to me, Russ looks very civ to me and Zebra pinged me a little bit with her criticism of you.
Russ's point on her resonates with me.
Russ's point on her resonates with me.
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Look, if you wanna suspect people for the most random things and point that out, then by all means, be my guest.
But if I think some of those suspicions are misguided, I will point that out too, and I will point flaws in the person's logic.
When I say "chill", it's not as much as wanting zebra to stop (honestly, I don't mind either way, and I agree with you that dialogue is always useful), than it is to point something weird in her logic, and disagree with her method. Matt's post was an obvious OT post, and she responded very seriously to him. I also feel like she is going too far in some conclusions, like the whole thing about myself trying to "look useful". So I pointed that out too. I don't want people to stop talking, but if I feel people are taking the discussion to a wrong direction, and accusing people based on what I think is faulty logic, I will let them know it and I will attempt to change that direction.
Also just to make it clear: at this point, I don't think that's enough to suspect zebra more than just a ping, since a lot of my logical disagreement could be due to different playstyles. But she is rubbing me the wrong way.
(also I didn't know zebra was a "she" until your post, lol)
But if I think some of those suspicions are misguided, I will point that out too, and I will point flaws in the person's logic.
When I say "chill", it's not as much as wanting zebra to stop (honestly, I don't mind either way, and I agree with you that dialogue is always useful), than it is to point something weird in her logic, and disagree with her method. Matt's post was an obvious OT post, and she responded very seriously to him. I also feel like she is going too far in some conclusions, like the whole thing about myself trying to "look useful". So I pointed that out too. I don't want people to stop talking, but if I feel people are taking the discussion to a wrong direction, and accusing people based on what I think is faulty logic, I will let them know it and I will attempt to change that direction.
Also just to make it clear: at this point, I don't think that's enough to suspect zebra more than just a ping, since a lot of my logical disagreement could be due to different playstyles. But she is rubbing me the wrong way.
(also I didn't know zebra was a "she" until your post, lol)
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Oh btw nice to meet you.Dragon D. Luffy wrote:Look, if you wanna suspect people for the most random things and point that out, then by all means, be my guest.
But if I think some of those suspicions are misguided, I will point that out too, and I will point flaws in the person's logic.
When I say "chill", it's not as much as wanting zebra to stop (honestly, I don't mind either way, and I agree with you that dialogue is always useful), than it is to point something weird in her logic, and disagree with her method. Matt's post was an obvious OT post, and she responded very seriously to him. I also feel like she is going too far in some conclusions, like the whole thing about myself trying to "look useful". So I pointed that out too. I don't want people to stop talking, but if I feel people are taking the discussion to a wrong direction, and accusing people based on what I think is faulty logic, I will let them know it and I will attempt to change that direction.
Also just to make it clear: at this point, I don't think that's enough to suspect zebra more than just a ping, since a lot of my logical disagreement could be due to different playstyles. But she is rubbing me the wrong way.
(also I didn't know zebra was a "she" until your post, lol)
OT posts are not always a bad thing to catch out scum on. I often get pinged by people talking about other stuff, if it seems like it's in lieu of actual contribution or seems like a forced line of dialogue. But largely that's a reasonable response DDL.
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Do you eye people who you don't suspect generally? Is everyone at a default status of beingMovingPictures07 wrote:I can attest to what Golden is trying to express. I see nothing out of the ordinary for either DDL or zebra.on them, for sure, but no reason to eye them more than anyone else at this point.
zebra, you disagree with DDL's logic, yes? However, do you recognize that just because you think someone has reached a conclusion that you find faulty does not necessarily make them mafia?

Is that last question actually meant to be serious? You are asking Zebra if she is aware that just because someone is wrong that doesn't mean they are mafia? That seems like a borderline disrespectful thing to ask someone who clearly has played this game many times MP.
I can explain how this occurs to me personally. If I get pinged by something and then start trying to make a post about it but as I make the post I think a little harder on it and start to realise the disputable points of my ping I often trail off the post expressing disputable points to my own case. Personally I tend to do this more as a civ because as a scum I delete half made posts and stay silent far more often than I do as a civ. It is a null tell to me.a2thezebra wrote:Of course. But if you read my original post you would know that it wasn't just because I disagreed with him that I was suspicious. It was mainly because I don't understand how someone could point something out and then immediately retract it. Like I said, it comes off as if that person is trying to look like they are contributing when they are not. I also said that it is questionable to use meta as a defense to a slight ping and I stand by that.MovingPictures07 wrote:I can attest to what Golden is trying to express. I see nothing out of the ordinary for either DDL or zebra.on them, for sure, but no reason to eye them more than anyone else at this point.
zebra, you disagree with DDL's logic, yes? However, do you recognize that just because you think someone has reached a conclusion that you find faulty does not necessarily make them mafia?
That being said on thinking of it, if the disputable detail completely refutes the original ping entirely I see no reason to actually finish making the post, and I probably should not do it, yet I do it quite frequently. A bad trait of mine. If the disputable detail only refutes part of the point, it's certainly worth expressing the entire point as well as the disputable detail, to save someone else from needing to do so and opening up an unnecessary line of discourse.
So that being said, in DDL's case, was there a point to completing the post in light of him disputing his own point? I'm going to say yes, because it is still a relevant subject. I can see a possibility where scum (or a player), if they were to know that the planet that the game is currently on is the planet that is to explode, does vote early in a revealing manner. If it is a player who generally holds their vote, or if it's a throwaway vote of epic proportions.
If we were to attempt to take advantage of the possibility of this we, as civs, would need to be razor sharp with how we choose and direct our own votes, which is something that many civ players fail to do as habitually votes go places out of lazy following of other peoples cases or on minor pings.
Ergo, I think while it's possible, it is incredibly unlikely for us to see anything revealing on it, except for perhaps analysing the previous days poll in reflection after the planet explodes. Even then a scum player would have to have been very poor to stand out.
tl;dr I can see why DDL started making the post. I can see less comprehensive reason for completing the posts but I can sympathise with him having done so. I see this whole discourse as about as likely to net scum as the subject that it is actually discussing.
As for using meta as a defense for a slight ping. I agree with you. A player should not call back on their own civ history as explanation for what they are doing as though it's a defense. I find that pingy too.
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As someone who felt differently, I need to respond here. I think Russtifinko came across quite civ in execution, but in general calling someone out for agreeing with your case is a recurring scum tell, so I can see it going both ways.MovingPictures07 wrote:Gun to my head, I actually find Russtifinko suspicious in that exchange. He seems to express two distinct slight pings of both DDL and zebra, but it seems a bit opportunistic for him to say on the one hand that he is NOT pinged by DDL's logic but that he was pinged by DDL overexplaining it. Could possibly be a disingenuous way for Russtifinko to throw mud at two players who are relatively easier to lynch than the rest of us, particularly this early, since you both tend to post a lot and easily misinterpreted.
In execution however Russtifinko read genuine to me in the exchange. This post of yours MP I would like to explore some.
For a start, nobody has put a gun to your head.

You feeling the need to begin your, what I am reading as rather forced, read on the play with that comment serves to downplay the intention of it imo.
You say he "seems" to express. MP, I don't think there was any seeming. He bluntly said he was pinged.
Your accusing him of being opportunistic, to me, is a little strange. I can't see how I would describe what he did as opportunistic. You have chosen words here that don't sit right with me. I can't see opportunism here because if he was an opportunistic scum, I believe he would have attacked the entire point, like what Zebra has done. Identifying part of the post as a ping, does not read opportunistic, it reads analytics and more genuine because it comes across more thoughtful.
Then you say "could possibly be" and "relatively" which I find similar to "seems" in that it comes across like you are almost, I won't say nervously, I will say cautiously throwing shade on Russ.
You are making posts that remind me of my own scum posts. You are over using words and phrases that hide an actual lack of belief in what you are saying.
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You raise a good point, and it actually ties in nicely with something I'm going to point out in a moment.bcornett24 wrote:I'm rather confused why the focus of the conversation happens to be on the 2nd statement russ made here and not the first. I would encourage everybody to read the statement in red. To me this comes across as a scum hunting for third party players (or vise-versa).Russtifinko wrote:Ok, so for the srs bsns I promised:
1) Voting Tatooine. Less for movie reasons and more because if we want info about Jabba's plans and our operatives found his plans in his palace, it makes sense to think his palace is a good place to start the search.
2) DDL, I can't decide whether it's civ-ish or a baddie move to run through all the possible ways you'd catch a baddie based on the planet mechanic before we get a chance to actually use any of the methods. Consider me slightly pinged, there.
I find this to be a very anti-town statement. What does everybody else think?
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How are they not? If he cannot work out whether a motivation is civvie or scum, how does him resolving to be pinged make anything but total sense?MovingPictures07 wrote:I want everyone to discuss this.Russtifinko wrote:2) DDL, I can't decide whether it's civ-ish or a baddie move to run through all the possible ways you'd catch a baddie based on the planet mechanic before we get a chance to actually use any of the methods. Consider me slightly pinged, there.
How are these two statements compatible?
Okay here's where my head is at.MovingPictures07 wrote:I am casting a "fake vote" on Russtifinko. If the hosts allowed changeable votes, I would be casting my vote. Since they are not, I will withhold it. But consider this an official expression of suspicion on Russtifinko.
Russ, when you get a chance, can you answer some of my concerns?
MP as I've expressed I have now got a pretty clear scum read of you and it's because I sense a lack of belief in your case, especially on Russ. Not in the belief of him being scum, but in the points that you've used to reach that conclusion.
I think Russ, has by and large come across quite well, except for the point that bcornett swiftly pointed out, and that you did not point out despite apparently being onto him as scum.
The parts of his posts that you have highlighted do not read scum to me.
It looks to me like you are scum and you are day 1 distancing a scum teammate. Your case on him has all the hallmarks of it. You have confirmation bias when it comes to his posts.
Zebra looks like day 1 civ Zebra to me based on the three games I've played recently with Zebra. Things have pinged me, but Zebra has pinged me in all games we've played and has not yet flipped scum.
For now I am going to put on ice my scum read of enrique in light of his reaction to bcornett's point. My case on him was a day 1 case and does not come close to how I feel about this one, so allow me to put that back in my pocket for the time being. His response to bcornett's Russtifinko suspicion looks genuine and should Russ be scum, he would not be in my opinion.
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Aren't the Jabbas supposed to be a mafia team, not independents? We should be hunting for them.
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Also this "gun to the head" thing is something MP does all the time. He assumes someone is pointing a gun to his head to ask for his reads, then writes a wall of text on them. Otherwise, he asks other people to give him their "gun to the head" reads.
Btw MP, any rainbow lists yet?
Btw MP, any rainbow lists yet?
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No worries Golrfindel (and Savage). Knowledge of the theme is never expected for games on this site, and you do have lots of players to meet.Glorfindel wrote:I think (like Savage) it's going to take me a little while getting into this game. My knowledge of the whole Star Wars theme could best be described as 'superficial' and having only played with one of you before makes this really hard in the context that I haven't any personal experience of your individual play stylesPersonally, I think I'm a better mid-game player anyway...
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The answer: all of them, if you are a marmot.
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The point of the OT tags is to say something that can't be used against you.MacDougall wrote:OT posts are not always a bad thing to catch out scum on. I often get pinged by people talking about other stuff, if it seems like it's in lieu of actual contribution or seems like a forced line of dialogue. But largely that's a reasonable response DDL.
Now if every single post someone makes is green, that's a different story.

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Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:33 pm Just how many days of "let's yeet them tomorrow" can a mafioso survive?
The answer: all of them, if you are a marmot.
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MP does this all the time? Where did you learn this?Dragon D. Luffy wrote:Also this "gun to the head" thing is something MP does all the time. He assumes someone is pointing a gun to his head to ask for his reads, then writes a wall of text on them. Otherwise, he asks other people to give him their "gun to the head" reads.
Btw MP, any rainbow lists yet?

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Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 7:33 pm Just how many days of "let's yeet them tomorrow" can a mafioso survive?
The answer: all of them, if you are a marmot.
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Some time between the seventh and the eigth time I was asked to provide a gun to the head of someone during the first game I played here.Metalmarsh89 wrote:MP does this all the time? Where did you learn this?Dragon D. Luffy wrote:Also this "gun to the head" thing is something MP does all the time. He assumes someone is pointing a gun to his head to ask for his reads, then writes a wall of text on them. Otherwise, he asks other people to give him their "gun to the head" reads.
Btw MP, any rainbow lists yet?
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Or you can do like a certain marmot: never use OT tags at all, and leave people guessing whether you are being serious or not (which is less than 10% of the time).Metalmarsh89 wrote:The point of the OT tags is to say something that can't be used against you.MacDougall wrote:OT posts are not always a bad thing to catch out scum on. I often get pinged by people talking about other stuff, if it seems like it's in lieu of actual contribution or seems like a forced line of dialogue. But largely that's a reasonable response DDL.
Now if every single post someone makes is green, that's a different story.
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Dragon D. Luffy wrote:Or you can do like a certain marmot: never use OT tags at all, and leave people guessing whether you are being serious or not (which is less than 10% of the time).Metalmarsh89 wrote:The point of the OT tags is to say something that can't be used against you.MacDougall wrote:OT posts are not always a bad thing to catch out scum on. I often get pinged by people talking about other stuff, if it seems like it's in lieu of actual contribution or seems like a forced line of dialogue. But largely that's a reasonable response DDL.
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I forgot you were here for Death and Taxes. That was the first game on this site to see GTH reads.Dragon D. Luffy wrote:Some time between the seventh and the eigth time I was asked to provide a gun to the head of someone during the first game I played here.Metalmarsh89 wrote:MP does this all the time? Where did you learn this?Dragon D. Luffy wrote:Also this "gun to the head" thing is something MP does all the time. He assumes someone is pointing a gun to his head to ask for his reads, then writes a wall of text on them. Otherwise, he asks other people to give him their "gun to the head" reads.
Btw MP, any rainbow lists yet?

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The answer: all of them, if you are a marmot.
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Re: STAR WARS Mafia [Day 1]
Dragon D. Luffy wrote:Some time between the seventh and the eigth time I was asked to provide a gun to the head of someone during the first game I played here.Metalmarsh89 wrote:MP does this all the time? Where did you learn this?Dragon D. Luffy wrote:Also this "gun to the head" thing is something MP does all the time. He assumes someone is pointing a gun to his head to ask for his reads, then writes a wall of text on them. Otherwise, he asks other people to give him their "gun to the head" reads.
Btw MP, any rainbow lists yet?

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