silverbullet999 wrote:Well... your still a man... but by man I simply meant Human. (I'm just too lazy to type out human all the time... same thing with the he... it's really she.. but laziness implies otherwise)
This was awesome.
MrDNA32 wrote:It always perks my suspicions when someone blatantly says come bandwagon with me.
MrDNA32 wrote:So I have seen this before in a game I've played. I'm not claiming past judgment though, its just common sense a strong case speaks for itself and dosn't need you to call for support.
It's a common thing for players to say here, so it's a null tell.
I'm once again caught up. I have a few observations for which I'd like to get more data, however, so I'm keeping my notes under wraps for now. I'll reveal in due course.
My current area of interest is...
VOTE: MrDNA32
You need to focus on the players who are here.
To summarize MrDNA32's accomplishments thus far today...
Post 0: RQS, vote on Grump for not confirming
Post 1: Theory discussion not productive to scum hunting, vote on Equinox
Post 2: Responses to Grump, LordChronos, Equinox; questions to mikemike778 and a2rudeboy; vote on a2rudeboy for lurking
Post 3: More concerned with lurkers, lightly suspects LordChronos
Post 4: Responses to Lindisfarne, silverbullet999, and AzBlueM; notices that Grump is missing
Post 5: Responses to AzBlueM, question to ReaperCharlie, vote on Grump for lurking
I'll let you read his responses to players yourselves, but notice that he hasn't been doing very much to progress the game. He's voting Grump for lurking, yet when asked who his main suspect is, he answers,
"right now mike, but its an extremely weak read
." As far as I can tell, he's done nothing to help himself get a stronger read on mikemike778 or anybody else, and I know he knows what pressure is because he
claims he voted me to get "group reactions," and he's been keeping almost all of his votes so far on inactive lurkers.
Lurking is a null tell. Unless you've seen them log in and post in other games in multiple instances, you don't know if they're doing it intentionally or life's just in the way. In my opinion, unless they're being annoying and dodging prods, let the moderator deal with players who are not posting. Focus on the players who are playing; after all, we have 2 scum.
Active
lurking is the scum tell. When a player intentionally posts to appear as though s/he's participating yet that material doesn't contribute to the whole, you may have an active lurker on your hands. Scum, particularly inexperienced scum, have difficulty pushing cases against people they know are innocent, so they instead dawdle a little until someone makes a case for them. Catch them when they're dawdling.
Back to my case, what MrDNA32 is doing is keeping his votes in safe places. Nobody thinks too poorly of a vote on someone who's lurking; after all, we have a policy lynch called "Lynch All Lurkers." Unless that single vote builds into a significant bandwagon, the vote doesn't help town very much, and it doesn't lead to much suspicion against the voter. And that's why it's a scum tell.
