Anyone else's MS acting up this morning? I've already written this only to lose it.
Lawls wrote: You seem to be worried Panacea, are you worried?
Do I? Where do you get that? No, not in the least. The "tells" against me are exaggerated to the point of hilarity. But at the very least, I'm getting a wonderful feel for those players on my wagon, their reasons (or lack thereof), and the speed at which they hopped it.
havingfitz wrote: Panacea’s first post strikes me as a bit overly helpful.
...
... Mine was the first post in-game. As an SE. Those are inclined to be helpful.
havingfitz wrote: Explaining RVS and RQS was fine...but then following it up with the “Which sounds best” question seemed to be just a bit over the top. Like you were trying to determine the way the players would want to proceed before doing so.
I find that the debate over which, RVS or RVS, is preferable to be an efficient tactic to get reads on (typically) the more advanced players. But sorry, you're right, I should've broadcasted that when asked earlier so y'all wouldn't vote me for it.
havingfitz wrote: I assume you mean Lawls (who as it turns out appears to have more mafia experience than many of us)
Yep. But, y'know, as he'd yet to post when I RV'ed him, I wouldn't
know
his experience, would I? Other than the fact that he was listed as neither SE nor IC. Ergo: Newbie.
havingfitz wrote: Is Elementary Fermion the other ‘Newbie’ you were referring to? Because he had already provided his game experience (once again...mafia experience in several games on another site so by no means a Newbie) and yet you jumped off his wagon equally fast.
Have you actually looked at
this post? Because you'll notice a bolded black line (Elementary's name is a bit long
), followed by the mod's bolded blue font. It looked like a question Andrius had posed to Phate, and that Phate had answered just beneath it. Dumb mistake. Yeah, I've heard, thank you.
havingfitz wrote: What are you talking about Panacea? I assume you are referring to Bridges ‘aspect of personality or playstyle’ question? I didn’t see it as a request for strategy. Did any of the answers people provided give too much away?
No, looking at his question alone, there's no threat. But did you read his answer? His was an admission that he has a tendency to tunnel. He may've
worded
a request for playstyle, but he was asking for weaknesses. I think not. And I'm fresh from a scum game, so maybe I'm jumping hte gun, but look at his own answer this way:
a) He's Town. Now scum know that with the right amount of manipulation, he could more easily than your next player be encouraged to tunnel on a Townie.
b) He's scum. Now he can get away with just a bit more tunneling than your average bear, and pull the "Well I told you I happen to do that!" defense.
Either way, it's a bad idea.
So now I'm going to offer an SE lesson.
1) This game has no humorous flavor. Whatsoever. We need to fix it. If you think we're at a decidedly un-fun stage now, imagine how uninteresting it is for a player being railroaded with dressed-up "tells". Can we lighten up here, please?
2) You've got a player put at L2, RVS of D1, at
twenty-two
posts, only four of them by the accused player. Does no one see a problem here? Quicklynch? Anybody? How about now:
- Vote #1 (Bridges) was made after his votee's first post, with not so much as a nonreason offered, in what's become the RVS stage, while later claiming "it wasn't random."
-Vote #2 (Lawls) given shortly thereafter
for no stated reason whatsoever
, despite my encouraging him to offer something later. The point of the nonreason is to accent a Random Vote, and yet Lawls didn't and still hasn't offered even that. Since his opportunistic vote on me, he's asked me if I was worried. That's it.
(I actually don't mind Vote #3 (Edprada) because at least it offers
some
sort of rhyme or reason.)
While we've all been in this lovely debate, Independent John's gone AWOL, and those on the wagon haven't offered much other than to say their vote wasn't random and ask me if I was worried.
Does anyone else see a problem here? This is moving way too quickly, and not a whole lot of discussion is being offered by more than a few players.
Town: 2. 2.
Scum: 2. 1.