Re: Arrowverse Mafia - Day 0
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 11:25 pm
Eh alright
No. He's stating something that is more or less taken for granted on this site. What's going on here is culture clash, but it's not scummy.
I said it was a strawman because I was not suggesting the entire town abstain D1, but I guess I didn't make that very clearnutella wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:26 pmNo. He's stating something that is more or less taken for granted on this site. What's going on here is culture clash, but it's not scummy.
Two potential problems with your plan that are more specific than just general cultural aversion:
(1) DF didn't specify this but in many games on this site players are really not supposed to miss the vote and can be admonished/modkilled/replaced for not voting because it's viewed as a "participation score" and again this is a cultural thing but even if it's not in the rules by the host, it's viewed as poor play and not pro-town because, again, we value the lynch poll as the main tool of the town faction to win the game.
(2) This isn't necessarily clear in the role description but I'd guess that Felicity's role is restricted to the night phase and would not have had a chance to get a peek by day 1. I could be wrong about this though.
The highlighted portion feels tacked on and arbitrary. Speedchuck has shared a straightforward read about Ultra when prompted. He then adds a nothing read on Sloonei which acknowledges that he is observing Regular Sloonei Behavior, but quibbles over it anyway. Why does this non-read on Sloonei exist?speedchuck wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:13 pmUltra has hesitant to interact with the thread, which is why I voted him D1. He spoke mostly to Nova, who was answering whatever was thrown his way. Some weird dependent thing.Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:10 pmWhat did you see last game?speedchuck wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:08 pmThis is, like, the opposite of what I saw last game.![]()
Also hi guys
This game, Ultra has already made a hot take and claimed that he's going to flex on the thread (not hesitant), and you're buzzing him with questions as if he needs the help. (Where Nova was just whatever about it)
Enough for an early townread on Ultra. Not sure what to think of all your questions yet. Feels kinda like fluff, but it's also something you do with new players.
......even with all the other problems, this would never work. You just expect to assume the first player to vote is that role? Not a random scum voting for a town to get everyone to pile their votes on and go on their merry way?Ultra wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:51 pmThe plan would only have everyone abstain until the felicia player casts their first vote. Not sustain for the entire day. We would get a D1 scum lynch. Sorry if that was not clear.Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:44 pmI am not the host but based on my years of experience on this site, I think that your proposal would be considered a violation.Ultra wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:37 pm Now if the host comes out and says something like that is a no go, that's one thing. Though as a host myself, I feel like that's a gray area.
But if we can do it I don't see why it wouldn't work. The buy in would be "if you stick to the plan town benefits", so if you're not in you're automatically suspect. Then we proceed to get a D1 lynch of any role we want to.
As for my strategic objection: I think that the most important weapon a civilian has is their vote. A plan which involves have everybody abstain from voting on Day 1 is essentially waving the white flag on Day 1. Mafia get to kill somebody before we've tried to lynch them, and the activity that would normally take place on Day 1 is delayed until Day 2.
Yeah, this. I think it's an incredibly bad idea but I don't think he's suspicious, just comes from a different way of thinking.Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:53 pmI would speculate that Ultra probably just comes from a community that's more accustomed to roleclaiming and mechanical hijinks than we are. He's thinking outside the box and, like speedchuck said before me, he's being very proactive and throwing himself into the thick of things right off the bat here, which contrasts with his Scrimmage entry.
I think he's town. He's just looking at the game from a different vantage point than the Syndicate is used to.
Because he's bad. Probably. Let's hang him. Maybe.Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:29 pm Let's decide whether or not a thing is pingworthy, gang.The highlighted portion feels tacked on and arbitrary. Speedchuck has shared a straightforward read about Ultra when prompted. He then adds a nothing read on Sloonei which acknowledges that he is observing Regular Sloonei Behavior, but quibbles over it anyway. Why does this non-read on Sloonei exist?speedchuck wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:13 pmUltra has hesitant to interact with the thread, which is why I voted him D1. He spoke mostly to Nova, who was answering whatever was thrown his way. Some weird dependent thing.Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:10 pmWhat did you see last game?speedchuck wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:08 pmThis is, like, the opposite of what I saw last game.![]()
Also hi guys
This game, Ultra has already made a hot take and claimed that he's going to flex on the thread (not hesitant), and you're buzzing him with questions as if he needs the help. (Where Nova was just whatever about it)
Enough for an early townread on Ultra. Not sure what to think of all your questions yet. Feels kinda like fluff, but it's also something you do with new players.
Uh, no.nutella wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:31 pm......even with all the other problems, this would never work. You just expect to assume the first player to vote is that role? Not a random scum voting for a town to get everyone to pile their votes on and go on their merry way?Ultra wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:51 pmThe plan would only have everyone abstain until the felicia player casts their first vote. Not sustain for the entire day. We would get a D1 scum lynch. Sorry if that was not clear.Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:44 pmI am not the host but based on my years of experience on this site, I think that your proposal would be considered a violation.Ultra wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:37 pm Now if the host comes out and says something like that is a no go, that's one thing. Though as a host myself, I feel like that's a gray area.
But if we can do it I don't see why it wouldn't work. The buy in would be "if you stick to the plan town benefits", so if you're not in you're automatically suspect. Then we proceed to get a D1 lynch of any role we want to.
As for my strategic objection: I think that the most important weapon a civilian has is their vote. A plan which involves have everybody abstain from voting on Day 1 is essentially waving the white flag on Day 1. Mafia get to kill somebody before we've tried to lynch them, and the activity that would normally take place on Day 1 is delayed until Day 2.
I feel like you just didn't even think that through
There's no claiming in this game.Ultra wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:35 pmUh, no.nutella wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:31 pm......even with all the other problems, this would never work. You just expect to assume the first player to vote is that role? Not a random scum voting for a town to get everyone to pile their votes on and go on their merry way?Ultra wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:51 pmThe plan would only have everyone abstain until the felicia player casts their first vote. Not sustain for the entire day. We would get a D1 scum lynch. Sorry if that was not clear.Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:44 pmI am not the host but based on my years of experience on this site, I think that your proposal would be considered a violation.Ultra wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:37 pm Now if the host comes out and says something like that is a no go, that's one thing. Though as a host myself, I feel like that's a gray area.
But if we can do it I don't see why it wouldn't work. The buy in would be "if you stick to the plan town benefits", so if you're not in you're automatically suspect. Then we proceed to get a D1 lynch of any role we want to.
As for my strategic objection: I think that the most important weapon a civilian has is their vote. A plan which involves have everybody abstain from voting on Day 1 is essentially waving the white flag on Day 1. Mafia get to kill somebody before we've tried to lynch them, and the activity that would normally take place on Day 1 is delayed until Day 2.
I feel like you just didn't even think that through
It would be just like a cop vs cop fake claim scenario. If scum wants to fake claim, they get contested by the felicia player. We know one of them is scum, and one of them is felicia. We could lynch between the two and in fact, if the peeked scum is different than the fake claiming scum (likely), that's two right there.
I thought it through very well thank you very much![]()
But you see-Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:36 pmThere's no claiming in this game.Ultra wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:35 pmUh, no.nutella wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:31 pm......even with all the other problems, this would never work. You just expect to assume the first player to vote is that role? Not a random scum voting for a town to get everyone to pile their votes on and go on their merry way?Ultra wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:51 pmThe plan would only have everyone abstain until the felicia player casts their first vote. Not sustain for the entire day. We would get a D1 scum lynch. Sorry if that was not clear.Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:44 pmI am not the host but based on my years of experience on this site, I think that your proposal would be considered a violation.Ultra wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:37 pm Now if the host comes out and says something like that is a no go, that's one thing. Though as a host myself, I feel like that's a gray area.
But if we can do it I don't see why it wouldn't work. The buy in would be "if you stick to the plan town benefits", so if you're not in you're automatically suspect. Then we proceed to get a D1 lynch of any role we want to.
As for my strategic objection: I think that the most important weapon a civilian has is their vote. A plan which involves have everybody abstain from voting on Day 1 is essentially waving the white flag on Day 1. Mafia get to kill somebody before we've tried to lynch them, and the activity that would normally take place on Day 1 is delayed until Day 2.
I feel like you just didn't even think that through
It would be just like a cop vs cop fake claim scenario. If scum wants to fake claim, they get contested by the felicia player. We know one of them is scum, and one of them is felicia. We could lynch between the two and in fact, if the peeked scum is different than the fake claiming scum (likely), that's two right there.
I thought it through very well thank you very much![]()
Philosophical disagreement since claiming, fake claiming, info complexity aid depth to games. I'm totally for copless games but no claim is weird for me. I'll adapt though.
Why not?Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:29 pm Let's decide whether or not a thing is pingworthy, gang.The highlighted portion feels tacked on and arbitrary. Speedchuck has shared a straightforward read about Ultra when prompted. He then adds a nothing read on Sloonei which acknowledges that he is observing Regular Sloonei Behavior, but quibbles over it anyway. Why does this non-read on Sloonei exist?speedchuck wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:13 pmUltra has hesitant to interact with the thread, which is why I voted him D1. He spoke mostly to Nova, who was answering whatever was thrown his way. Some weird dependent thing.Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:10 pmWhat did you see last game?speedchuck wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:08 pmThis is, like, the opposite of what I saw last game.![]()
Also hi guys
This game, Ultra has already made a hot take and claimed that he's going to flex on the thread (not hesitant), and you're buzzing him with questions as if he needs the help. (Where Nova was just whatever about it)
Enough for an early townread on Ultra. Not sure what to think of all your questions yet. Feels kinda like fluff, but it's also something you do with new players.
No I'm wondering why you brought up Matahari. I'm not objecting, just kind of perplexed and wanting elaboration.
Right, ok, whatever. But claiming's not allowed so that wouldn't work either (except that we'd eventually find out it was a mislynch)Ultra wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:35 pmUh, no.nutella wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:31 pm......even with all the other problems, this would never work. You just expect to assume the first player to vote is that role? Not a random scum voting for a town to get everyone to pile their votes on and go on their merry way?Ultra wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:51 pmThe plan would only have everyone abstain until the felicia player casts their first vote. Not sustain for the entire day. We would get a D1 scum lynch. Sorry if that was not clear.Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:44 pmI am not the host but based on my years of experience on this site, I think that your proposal would be considered a violation.Ultra wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:37 pm Now if the host comes out and says something like that is a no go, that's one thing. Though as a host myself, I feel like that's a gray area.
But if we can do it I don't see why it wouldn't work. The buy in would be "if you stick to the plan town benefits", so if you're not in you're automatically suspect. Then we proceed to get a D1 lynch of any role we want to.
As for my strategic objection: I think that the most important weapon a civilian has is their vote. A plan which involves have everybody abstain from voting on Day 1 is essentially waving the white flag on Day 1. Mafia get to kill somebody before we've tried to lynch them, and the activity that would normally take place on Day 1 is delayed until Day 2.
I feel like you just didn't even think that through
It would be just like a cop vs cop fake claim scenario. If scum wants to fake claim, they get contested by the felicia player. We know one of them is scum, and one of them is felicia. We could lynch between the two and in fact, if the peeked scum is different than the fake claiming scum (likely), that's two right there.
I thought it through very well thank you very much![]()
Yeah -- I sometimes get the sense that players on sites with more of a focus on mechanical deduction via claims are playing a very different game.
I have substantiated a gripe that I have with a Speedchuck post on Day 0. It exists to bolster the conversation in the thread.nutella wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:48 pmWhy not?Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:29 pm Let's decide whether or not a thing is pingworthy, gang.The highlighted portion feels tacked on and arbitrary. Speedchuck has shared a straightforward read about Ultra when prompted. He then adds a nothing read on Sloonei which acknowledges that he is observing Regular Sloonei Behavior, but quibbles over it anyway. Why does this non-read on Sloonei exist?speedchuck wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:13 pmUltra has hesitant to interact with the thread, which is why I voted him D1. He spoke mostly to Nova, who was answering whatever was thrown his way. Some weird dependent thing.Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:10 pmWhat did you see last game?speedchuck wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:08 pmThis is, like, the opposite of what I saw last game.![]()
Also hi guys
This game, Ultra has already made a hot take and claimed that he's going to flex on the thread (not hesitant), and you're buzzing him with questions as if he needs the help. (Where Nova was just whatever about it)
Enough for an early townread on Ultra. Not sure what to think of all your questions yet. Feels kinda like fluff, but it's also something you do with new players.
Why does this non-read on speedchuck exist?
Why does anything exist?
I'd like some host clarification on whether Rip can recruit baddies, I assumed not given flavor and balance
I don't feel strongly about it either way. It's something I can easily imagine myself saying as well, as a general impulse to sort out what I'm thinking about people who have been active in the thread so far.Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:52 pm
I have substantiated a gripe that I have with a Speedchuck post on Day 0. It exists to bolster the conversation in the thread.
Speedchuck gave an indecisive wave of the hand. I'd like him to tell us what it means, and I'd like other people to comment on it.
Why does your response exist?
What is your read on the player called Sloonei so far?nutella wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:55 pmI don't feel strongly about it either way. It's something I can easily imagine myself saying as well, as a general impulse to sort out what I'm thinking about people who have been active in the thread so far.Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:52 pm
I have substantiated a gripe that I have with a Speedchuck post on Day 0. It exists to bolster the conversation in the thread.
Speedchuck gave an indecisive wave of the hand. I'd like him to tell us what it means, and I'd like other people to comment on it.
Why does your response exist?
Your behavior might be meta consistent but that's independent of how it looks on the surface. It feels like he was weighing between the two rather than giving a hedgy read.Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:52 pmI have substantiated a gripe that I have with a Speedchuck post on Day 0. It exists to bolster the conversation in the thread.nutella wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:48 pmWhy not?Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:29 pm Let's decide whether or not a thing is pingworthy, gang.The highlighted portion feels tacked on and arbitrary. Speedchuck has shared a straightforward read about Ultra when prompted. He then adds a nothing read on Sloonei which acknowledges that he is observing Regular Sloonei Behavior, but quibbles over it anyway. Why does this non-read on Sloonei exist?speedchuck wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:13 pmUltra has hesitant to interact with the thread, which is why I voted him D1. He spoke mostly to Nova, who was answering whatever was thrown his way. Some weird dependent thing.Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:10 pmWhat did you see last game?speedchuck wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:08 pmThis is, like, the opposite of what I saw last game.![]()
Also hi guys
This game, Ultra has already made a hot take and claimed that he's going to flex on the thread (not hesitant), and you're buzzing him with questions as if he needs the help. (Where Nova was just whatever about it)
Enough for an early townread on Ultra. Not sure what to think of all your questions yet. Feels kinda like fluff, but it's also something you do with new players.
Why does this non-read on speedchuck exist?
Why does anything exist?
Speedchuck gave an indecisive wave of the hand. I'd like him to tell us what it means, and I'd like other people to comment on it.
Why does your response exist?
The usualSloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:57 pmWhat is your read on the player called Sloonei so far?nutella wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:55 pmI don't feel strongly about it either way. It's something I can easily imagine myself saying as well, as a general impulse to sort out what I'm thinking about people who have been active in the thread so far.Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:52 pm
I have substantiated a gripe that I have with a Speedchuck post on Day 0. It exists to bolster the conversation in the thread.
Speedchuck gave an indecisive wave of the hand. I'd like him to tell us what it means, and I'd like other people to comment on it.
Why does your response exist?
Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:45 pmGot any impressions on particular players so far?
Wonder if there's any intention peeking through here.MafiaMenace wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 10:53 pmat first glance cult looks pretty harmless early game, in my personal opinion it should be spent on someone like deathstroke, it brings down the average kpn from 2.5 (i assume) down to 1.5
i dont see any posts of ultra that would let me make a read as they are all pregame fluff which happens or strategic thinking which comes from both alignments
I can't emphasize enough how much I'm triggered by cults. I already admitted it isn't an entirely balance concern for me so much as that I feel like, between the 8 starting scum and potential for recruitment, we can easily get very close to a minority town situation while the game continues, and at that point, it's somewhat unenjoyable to play.
Just soft ones atm.Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 12:04 am @UltraSloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:45 pmGot any impressions on particular players so far?
ExplainUltra wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 12:11 amJust soft ones atm.Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 12:04 am @UltraSloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:45 pmGot any impressions on particular players so far?
I think Epi comes off somewhat better than you do
All right. I buy that.Ultra wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 12:10 amI can't emphasize enough how much I'm triggered by cults. I already admitted it isn't an entirely balance concern for me so much as that I feel like, between the 8 starting scum and potential for recruitment, we can easily get very close to a minority town situation while the game continues, and at that point, it's somewhat unenjoyable to play.
I only appear fixated because we have one super peek from felicia. So ofc I'm going to bring up the biggest priority.
The Sk is another potential target but they can absorb a lynch which is pretty annoying
nahSloonei wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 12:13 amExplainUltra wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 12:11 amJust soft ones atm.Sloonei wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 12:04 am @UltraSloonei wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2019 11:45 pmGot any impressions on particular players so far?
I think Epi comes off somewhat better than you do