Mini 934 - Troubles at Smiths&Catharts (Game Over!)

[ScramblesTheDeathDealer]

Oh, Scrambles, I like your avatar!

Ya gotta love Death Note

[Thor665]

Vote:Ythan because he seems to be a fan of spamming up the thread and I am a fan of that not happening.

You, dear sir, are about to not be a fan of Ythan in any way shape or form imaginable. I'm almost tempted to just vote Ythan, because he's always suspicious looking in my eyes, but at the moment I think i shall...

Vote: SFG

She is totally scum and I have it on good authority she always cracks under pressure depending on her current meta of choice.

[Pomegranate]

Yup.

[Pomegranate]

^^ that was directed at Scrambles.

[Ythan]

Feel better SFG. I hope it's not a bad reputation.

[Pomegranate]

Feel better SFG!

[Copper]

You should check my other games.

After doing so, I implore you -

do not do that here.

posting > lack of posting

Surely it is better for him to post loads of posts with not much in instead of a few posts with not much in. Even if what is added in each post is limited, surely it's better for our chances of finding the mafia if more is posted than less. Or am I missing something here?

It's a matter of degree. Let's assume we're talking about a vanilla townie. If you don't post much, with not much in, then the town may very well waste a mislynch on you, but that will be it. Now, if you post a lot with not much in, it drags everyone down. People look at their watched topics, see four new pages, and lose motivation. People besides the spammer post less. It becomes harder to find the real content buried in the noise.

In essence, while a lurker ruins their slot, a spammer ruins everything for everyone. Posting is better than not posting, but posting a moderate ammount and having everything be relevant is far, far superior to posting a lot for trivial things.

[Ythan]

There is nothing to keep any player in this game from keeping up.

[RayFrost]

Copper, would you be bothered if I tried to figure out who the heads of you are?

[Copper]

There is nothing to keep any player in this game from keeping up.

The fact that it is

possible

for us to overcome your anti-town actions isn't exactly a justification. Players who check in, say, once a day, should never feel like they are failing to keep up. Making townies feel rushed and useless is not a good thing to do.

Copper, would you be bothered if I tried to figure out who the heads of you are?

You're certainly welcome to voice speculation, though we'll never answer whether you're right or wrong (except for extreme values of wrong) and we won't answer questions that are just trying to narrow down our identity.

[Ythan]

My actions in this game are not anti-town. You may want to actually observe what happens before you try setting up a policy lynch.

[Copper]

You misunderstand. I'm not trying to set up a policy lynch, I'm trying to prevent one. Your post 57 and what I read of your other games suggests that you have the wrong idea about how much you should post (namely, that there is no upper limit to a good amount of posting, and if others fail to keep up it's their problem) and I'm trying to defuse that now before it turns in to a policy lynch situation.

[Ythan]

I'm torn between agreeing and wanting to say so and not wanting to make another post.

[TheCheshireCat]

You talk a lot irl don't you?

[Ythan]

It's rude not to answer posts specifically directed at me, especially if they're questions.

It varies based on who I'm with. If I was playing Mafia face to face that would be a yes.

[Thor665]

I'm torn between agreeing and wanting to say so and not wanting to make another post.

Ah, Ythan, either a very clever and sarcastic wit - or a wonderful punching bag of obtuseness. Take your pick.

[Ythan]

I'd be much less charming if I ruined the surprise.

[Copper]

She is totally scum and I have it on good authority she always cracks under pressure depending on her current meta of choice.

Would you care to indulge us and just expand on this idea a little bit? It seems as if you have more that you can add here, and I'm curious as to what it is.

I'm torn between agreeing and wanting to say so and not wanting to make another post.

Are you being delibrately obtuse, Ythan? Perhaps you just log in too much? I don't think CheshireCat or Thor will throw a fit if you don't specifically respond to each of their posts within the hour, and I know we certainly won't. I think you understand what everyone is telling you, but you are being kind of stubborn about it. If you want to defend your post oversaturation, that's fine, but be upfront about it. This idea that, "I want to make a post where I agree with you... but I guess I have to post again!! ", is silly.

And our best wishes go out to SFG. Get well soon.

[Thor665]

She is totally scum and I have it on good authority she always cracks under pressure depending on her current meta of choice.

Would you care to indulge us and just expand on this idea a little bit? It seems as if you have more that you can add here, and I'm curious as to what it is.

Primarily the idea is simply a joke and references the last game I was in with SFG. She used to have a list of her major meta points in her sig line, one of which was that she 'always cracks under pressure'. During the game we played she declared a change in her meta, including this point, and changed her sig while declaring we could pressure her but she wouldn't crack. Then later she cracked under pressure anyway.

Hence the joke.

If you want to defend your post oversaturation, that's fine, but be upfront about it.

What makes you feel Ythan is not being upfront about his attitude on his posting habits?

[Ythan]

Get over it. I'm online a lot for school and work and I post a lot and this is the way I post and it's not changing soon, certainly not before this game is over. How's that for upfront?

[Col.Cathart]

Votecount 1.1

With 12 players alive, it takes 7 to lynch.

RayFrost (2)

: Sotty7, NobodySpecial

SFG (2)

: Pomegranate, Thor665
Sotty7 (1): Ythan
TheCheshireCat (1): Inquisitor JL
ScramblesTheDeathDealer (1): TheCheshireCat
Copper (1): SFG
Ythan (1): Copper

not voting: RayFrost, Cyberbob, ScramblesTheDeathDealer.

current deadline is:

Thursday, 18.03.2010 at 00:30 AM GMT +1 (Wednesday, 17.03.2010 at 11:30 PM GMT, 6:30 PM EST, 3:30 PST).

MOD REMINDER: Voting game moderator or anyone else outside of the game is counted as not voting.

[TheCheshireCat]

Lol this is gonna be a long game

[Ythan]

I find that it will be much less aggravating if a few players don't waste every other post talking about spam.

[Thor665]

Lol this is gonna be a long game

Personally I've got money on SFG/Ythan being the most interesting personality clash of the game.

What are your thoughts on a large number of posts and its effect on the town be it positive or negative?

[Nobody Special]

Not sure how much I can explain this, but:

You posted here.

That's non-lurking. I can't get any more basic than that.

Umm... and that's scummy... how?

And what did you mean by breaking your mind?

I was sure you wouldn't show up here.... and you

did.

Mind == broken.

I'm torn between agreeing and wanting to say so and not wanting to make another post.

Ah, Ythan, either a very clever and sarcastic wit - or a wonderful punching bag of obtuseness. Take your pick.

I wobble between the two, honestly.

Lol this is gonna be a long game

You have NO IDEA.

I find that it will be much less aggravating if a few players don't waste every other post talking about spam.

The irony! It BURNS!!

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