Part 2 - The part where Mac gets suspected by half the game for shielding Axe
Taking into consideration that I have developed this apparent "hell bussing" meta (that I don't agree that I have but like, I know many of y'all do). I stumble upon Axe being hard pushed by Hally and Alison. I am at the time kinda feeling like I am just seeing the same Axe as always. The guy who just doesn't care all that much and has no agenda.
MacDougall wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:40 pm
hmmm I think Radishes can definitely be mafia here tbh. His iso is way worse than axe's.
So, in the world in which I am mafia with Axe, I pick Radishes out to throw up as an option over Axe. I make this tactical decision instead of simply attacking Alison further (who I was already voting for and scumreading at that point in the game) and highlighting that Axe would be town by virtue of being pushed be "obvious mafia Alison" (I am just sharing what I would do here as actual mafia). Rather, due to the fact that I in fact don't have info and am not convinced enough that Alison is mafia to play it that way, I click the ISO link to find Radishes has an equally short ISO to Axe. I read them both and, being somewhat confirmation biased, read Radishes as worse than Axe. I am further confirmation biased by the fact that Radishes ISO, while maybe I overexaggerate that it was much worse than Axe's, is definitely not really any better, is not copping stick at all about it. Which is a typical way I find mafia. That is to say that I look for scummy slots that are not being pushed by scummy slots.
So I throw out my POE
MacDougall wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:42 pm
My POE is
Alison
Radishes/Wilgy
MacDougall wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:44 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:44 pm
The standard of town has elevated since page 1 so I will be open to MR suspicion. I don't really vibe with it maaaaaaan but he gon have to do things himself
iso him and axe and tell me some specific reasons Radishes feels townier than axe if you can
Demonstrate my belief in my read by pleading to Jay's wisdom to go and recognise what I am saying is true and come back to the thread and tell everyone how amazingly correct I was.
MacDougall wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:46 pm
NotAnAxehole wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:49 pm
Hally wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:47 pm
NotAnAxehole wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:44 pm
Hally wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:39 pm
c4 going against the grain on MR and making that catch on him is the villageriest thing itt so far
can i help you?
Probably not, I think you're mafia proxy Alison and I don't understand the point of this read on C4 / it almost seems like TMI for the sake of pocketing.
this read is pretty townie
I had been asked to express why anything that Axe had posted in his iso had been townie to that point. I cite this one (force it if I am being honest cuz it's clearly not that townie) but I at least attempt to justify it by presenting this. The reason I thought it was townie is because it felt like a natural read for someone who had been suspecting C4 to make.
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MacDougall wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 12:35 am
NotAnAxehole wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:37 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:34 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:27 pm
The following are reads. The categories are reads. The categories aren't ordered so it's not like a rainbow list, k
Having a good time on the highway into town
c4
Dizzy
MR
Town reads
Having a good time, but maybe driving the wrong way
Nanook
Mac
Dunno but gun to my head, town
Driving cautiously, both blinkers activated
Alison
Hally
Dunno kinda iffy
Stopped in the right lane at a red light preventing people from turning right behind him
NAA
"suspicious" I guess
Haven't hit the road yet
DrWilgy
Marmot
Eagerly awaiting
I decided to rainbow them so people know what the hell I am talking about
#shouldhavestayedinretirement
I'm good with sheeping Alison and see where it goes.
this post is townie because if axe is mafia and alison is town he's placing himself in a bad situation and if they are mafia together he's openly siding with alison which is just weird
NotAnAxehole wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:43 pm
MacDougall wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:38 pm
@NotAnAxehole why did u have c4 as outed mafia?
A minor technicality.
I thought their reaction to it was bad too.
this post is townie because he has made no effort to product a townie post on request
NotAnAxehole wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:46 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:45 pm
NotAnAxehole wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:43 pm
MacDougall wrote: ↑Thu Feb 24, 2022 7:38 pm
@NotAnAxehole why did u have c4 as outed mafia?
A minor technicality.
I thought their reaction to it was bad too.
why do your reads strike me as fake?
A lack of understanding + I haven't actually seriously evaluated.
Combination.
see above explanation
tl;dr he feels like he's just being straightforward in a game in which he's not really motivated to push very hard the end
^ some more evidence I cite and why. It's all just reasonable defense of someone I thought was town. Though I am being forced to defend a position that I don't actually believe in all that much honestly. Which has happened again since (Hally overexaggerating my mild tinfoil on her earlier today).