Muerrto, if I meta your scum games...will I find this a lie?
Not Voting - 7 (Amor, curiouskarmadog, Macavenger, Muerrto, pinkkitten90, Radio_Interference, WeyounsLastClone)
curiouskarmadog wrote:umm, did I toss blame or even say you are scummy?
No, you didn't toss blame, Mac did. I said that already.Muerrto wrote:Tossing blame in hindsight is less than helpful(not saying you were but that's why I made the comment I did).
Well, firstly because I didn't see any real scumtells from him in my read.curiouskarmadog wrote:Mac, RI has done exact jack to help this town, again, why do you feel like he is town?
And then claims BaB is trying to use RI to accuse him without getting his own hands dirty. But he leaves off the following part of BaB's post:BaB wrote:Also RI: I wasn't asking you for a case-by-case scum essay against Amor, I was just curious how you said his posts were wishy-washy.Everyone should read your post (121) looking for how Amor is extremely neutral. Then, it is a very strong and direct case.
(Italics mine) BaB is pretty clearly not trying to accuse Amor here, just pointing out that his posting style could be more helpful to the town. He agrees that it isn't scummy, then jokes about the style. Yet Amor omits this part of the quote that makes part of his accusation against BaB entirely false.BaB wrote:Linking this indecisiveness to being scummy is the weak part.Amor could be a mafia member trying to fit in, not helping the town, while at the same time not lurking. Or, he could just be trying to not offend anyone so that they don't attack him, because he is a townsperson.
***The last part of this post was me making fun of Amor's "attack and defend" technique. It would have been funnier if I hadn't pointed that this is a joke. I was afraid people might not get the joke, since it is, in fact, The Internet.
Why not? Nobody else had really said anything about JS up to that point either. What the hell is wrong with rereading and bringing out information on less examined players? You're attacking him for things I would consider borderline town tells here!Muerrto wrote:He's suspected/FoS'ed/voted pretty much everyone and yet hasn't really said anything about JS till his latest post. Am I to believe he read back, had an epiphany, and all of a sudden saw JS as suspect? No.
Possibly exaggerating to try to justify his involvement with the lynch here. He never really made a case against Amor, and the only ones I thought he acted 100% sure on were Occult and CKD. His first two of the day, when he hadn't really learned better yet. Obviously he was wrong with a bunch of them, but you're exaggerating how bad they were here.Muerrto wrote:I made it quite clear how much I thought of BaB's 'cases' on everyone, including YOU, CKD, Sauce, Me, Amor, Black, etc. In almost all his cases he was 100% sure he'd found the scum. Since we don't have 6 scum...
No, I'm saying you and Amor are scum because, in my opinion, you both pushed crappy reasons for BaB being scum, and lynched him on those crappy reasons.Muerrto wrote:My only defense, because it's just that easy is that I'm better scum than that.
You're saying me and Amor are partners and we both sat on the same target all day pushing his lynch?
Lol that's god awful.
This is probably just a semantic difference in our arguments. I'm certainly not trying to argue that BaB never changed his opinions. I tend to associate flip flopping with changing them rapidly in a scummy way, which he didn't do to speak of. If you're defining flip flopping more broadly, but as not necessarily scummy when done for acceptable reasons, then I agree with you.curiouskarmadog wrote:I agree that AMor is scummy (though I think it might be for different reason), I dont agree that he was stretching in regards to BaB being flip floppy...BaB was being flip floppy a good portion of the game..what is the stretch is that Amor stated Bab was scummy for being flip floppy.
Yeah, RI was the one who pointed out how Amor kept all his posts very neutral prior to his attack on BaB.curiouskarmadog wrote:Was it RI that called out AMor for fence sitting? If so, that does go in the favor of RI.
I didn't really catch anything about WLC on my read other than being lurky, but I'll try to reread him sometime soon. Should be a lot easier than rereading most parts of the thread, at least.curiouskarmadog wrote:I still feel like WLC and AMor are the scummiest
Not that I don't want Mac to answer, but why I found you scummier is because I found your play more manipulative, whereas I saw BaB as a somewhat desperate and misguided townie who still was starting to play mafia. I found the whole discussion suspicious, and I said I had my reservations yesterday about BaB, but with BaB gone now, you're still looking suspicious to me.curiouskarmadog wrote:Mac, what is your thoughts about WLC's attack yesterday?..he voted me because he said I clogged the thread yesterday and this was an obvious scummy act, yet he didnt attack or vote BaB...why would I be scummy for this yesterday and BaB not?
nice back tracking...WeyounsLastClone wrote:
Now, to take a more pro-active stance, rereading what's going on through BaB's analysis and thinking over the game, I still find Boggzie's behavior strange, especially going away like that. Also, ckd's behavior, going into a circular discussion with BaB like that, while not actually thinking BaB is scum, I don't know, I think it really distracted town, and I'm thinking it's really a bit scummy.Vote curiouskarmadog.
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Sky's blue cause of light and the ozone etc..curiouskarmadog wrote:Now you are back tracking. First I clogged the thread on purpose, now I was manipulative. please explain or post where my play was manipulative? I want to see quotes. It is easy to say the sky is blue, but I little harder to back up the statement... please provide quotes where my play was manipulative.
It was a bit drastic, but I wanted to do something major to try and help. I think it might have been too far in the other direction.Macavenger wrote:Amor first.
As noted by RI, Amor starts out with fairly noncommittal posts. It's debatable whether this is really scummy. However, when called on this, Amor launches into a full attack on BaB (post 125). Now, Amor has already tried to explain why this isn't scummy, and CKD also said in post 401 that he thought the style change was a null tell. I disagree. For starters, there are plenty of ways to change a noncommittal style other than launching an attack. Simpling stating conclusions with more confidence instead of waffling on them would be a good start, as could trying to do more direct questioning/scumhunting. Making an all out attack under pressure from the town to change your play is something I see as a bit over the top, and more likely to come from scum. In addition to this general thought, I see specific things I don't like in Amor's attack in post 125.
You may be right in this case, but these are still generally scummy things to do. I was pointing out general tells that BaB had committed. You may think it was misguided, but how was it scummy?Macavenger wrote:I feel Amor is reaching on several points in his attack on BaB in 125. He calls BaB's initial enthusiasm for lynching scummy. This would be true for an experienced player, but I've also seen it be an extremely common view of newbies making their first few game posts (the other being "we should no lynch because we have no info"). Even by this point in the thread, it was pretty clear to me BaB hadn't played before, and he backed down immediately when told why this attitude was bad. Amor also suggests invoking LAL on BaB's admission that his case was weak, saying he either knowingly posted a weak case, or lied about doing so. This is another case that I think the use of the newbie card was quite realistic - and advocating a policy lynch against a brand new player seems a bit extreme to me.
Personally, I thought the entire second paragraph of that post was a joke. Even if it wasn't, it still felt like an indirect attack to me.Macavenger wrote:The thing that bothers me most about 125 though is that he quotes BaB out of context. He offers the following quote:And then claims BaB is trying to use RI to accuse him without getting his own hands dirty. But he leaves off the following part of BaB's post:BaB wrote:Also RI: I wasn't asking you for a case-by-case scum essay against Amor, I was just curious how you said his posts were wishy-washy.Everyone should read your post (121) looking for how Amor is extremely neutral. Then, it is a very strong and direct case.(Italics mine) BaB is pretty clearly not trying to accuse Amor here, just pointing out that his posting style could be more helpful to the town. He agrees that it isn't scummy, then jokes about the style. Yet Amor omits this part of the quote that makes part of his accusation against BaB entirely false.BaB wrote:Linking this indecisiveness to being scummy is the weak part.Amor could be a mafia member trying to fit in, not helping the town, while at the same time not lurking. Or, he could just be trying to not offend anyone so that they don't attack him, because he is a townsperson.
***The last part of this post was me making fun of Amor's "attack and defend" technique. It would have been funnier if I hadn't pointed that this is a joke. I was afraid people might not get the joke, since it is, in fact, The Internet.
I've defended this before. My perspective is, if we hadn't lynched BaB he would have continued to dominate conversation, and it would distract us from other scum. A person who has been heavily discussed, acted scummy, doesn't make consistent/logical arguments but is really town (as it turns out, I was only thinking of this as a slim possiblity when I made the statement) would be a huge liability in LyLo.Macavenger wrote:In post 211, Amor makes his comment about BaB the possible VI being a safe lynch, which has also been brought up before. I still think this looks scummy. Amor implies significant doubt that BaB is scum, but calls him a safe lynch anyway. He tries to clarify this in 219, but I'm not sure that I believe the clarification, or that it helps much. You don't lynch VIs, you ignore them. Amor thinking he's scum is find and dandy, but he's acting like other people should be ok with the lynch even if they think BaB is town, which is not.
Even CKD agrees that BaB was flip-flopping. Why are you spending so much time defending a dead townie, other than to get town brownie points?Macavenger wrote:]Also in 219, Amor mentions BaB flip flopping. I'm really not seeing this. The only real significant case of it up to that point in my mind was the turnaround on Occult, which looked like a normal newbie action to me. He never really went after Amor, and his first real "informed" case was against CKD. Saying he's flip flopping is an exaggeration, in my opinion.
I honestly thought that both acted suspiciously at points in the argument. JimSauce, who you replaced, said much the same thing.Macavenger wrote:Posts 249 and 265 to me feel a bit like he's sitting back, watching the BaB/CKD argument play out, looking which way might be most advantageous to jump. He's voting BaB throughout this, but making noises about CKD being scummy in the argument, possibly setting the stage to hop his vote over to CKD if a wagon on him gains momentum. I also had that in my notes as possible distancing with CKD at the time, although I think that's less likely now.
I was agreeing with Muertto thatMacavenger wrote:Post 348 He calls out BaB's unvote from CKD and need to rethink things a scummy retreat. This is really reaching in my opinion. BaB and CKD have had a large argument to this point, and I see no reason why BaB could not have decided CKD was defnding himself well and gone to reread to find new suspects. I've done this myself as town on more than one occassion.
Also note for future reference, in 348 Amor calls BaB an easy target.
The point was that my "flip flops" were normal town changes of opinions, and I used BaB's as contrasts.Macavenger wrote:Post 421, while defending himself from CKD, Amor accuses BaB of flip flopping again. I still disagree, and still think this is reaching. Also, claiming "BaB does it more!" in response to CKD accusing you of flip flopping is not a particularly encouraging defense, even if I did agree BaB did it more, which I don't.
Like I said, big parts of BaB's were pure informational recap, and the rest of it was a case against Sauce and WLC. The case was the etnire analysis, with the rest of it being information, but BaB was trying to pass it out as a super-town uber-document. Also, BaB explicitly said he was retreating to get out of the centre of attention. How is that not scummy? And how is letting yourself, a townie, get lynched and not even defend yourself pro-town? I stand by my point hereMacavenger wrote:Post 527 he calls BaB for stepping back from the game to write a big information post scummy. Again, there's nothing wrong with pausing to reread. Are you just looking for thigns to attack him over? You also claim his big post was information, not analysis, while admitting he builds a case against JS in it. Now, I happen to know his case was off the mark, but that doesn't make it not analysis. You're still nitpicking/reaching here - posts like that giving that much information and analysis, especially looking at players who've basically flown under the radar the whole game, are good for town.
Yes, yes I can. Lynch every two days gogogoogogo!Muerrto wrote:Sorry for the lack of input. Will try tuesday. Mac can attest I'm in another game requiring more of my attention atm. Sorry again. Hard to re-read 24 pages =p
I'm not saying you were directly manipulating town, but in the ckd/BaB discussion I felt you were the more steering one (my post was about I felt you were a bit more manipulative than BaB, not directly the most manipulating scum I've ever seen). You say "First I clogged the thread on purpose, now I was manipulative." and make it sound they are completely different things, but I think they got together with your actions.curiouskarmadog wrote:Now you are back tracking. First I clogged the thread on purpose, now I was manipulative. please explain or post where my play was manipulative? I want to see quotes. It is easy to say the sky is blue, but I little harder to back up the statement... please provide quotes where my play was manipulative.
also please explain why you didnt state my play was manipulative yesterday...this was your case.nice back tracking...WeyounsLastClone wrote:
Now, to take a more pro-active stance, rereading what's going on through BaB's analysis and thinking over the game, I still find Boggzie's behavior strange, especially going away like that. Also, ckd's behavior, going into a circular discussion with BaB like that, while not actually thinking BaB is scum, I don't know, I think it really distracted town, and I'm thinking it's really a bit scummy.Vote curiouskarmadog.
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I would like others to address this too.
nope. mine have most gone for 10-17 pages for the first day.Many times. Yes. I've been at page 30 over a span of 3 months on day 1 and the mod was in the game.
Have you?