Jim: it tickles me greatly to see you playing the limerick game. Good one! Do more!
Tiruin:So like the other games Meph made, other than scumhunting, you say that flavor is an aide to winning?
Yes, but indirectly: understanding the flavour will help solve the puzzle, which ought to be necessary for a path to victory, but should not distract from the hunting which I expect will still be crucial. However, I think you know this, and know that I think so, so your question reads like temporising or buddying; how about your scum suspicions so far or non-flavour related insights?
Toaster:It seemed to me his vote of the skeleton was not a sincere attempt to learn anything, but merely to waste time, given he didn't ask questions (to Meph) or stated a purpose or expected it to do anything.
How was it wasting time if it was done in RANDOM vote stage while the rest of his post is game-relevant content? I think you're trying to make something out of nothing.
At the time it seemed suspect because he merely voted without adding anything (like questions to the mod or related flavour), and explicitly said he didn't expect it to work. I didn't consider it wasteful from the outset, I merely asked him "What do you hope to accomplish by this?" to which he replied basically "nothing", so I concluded he did it only to waste time. Why else do something you expect will accomplish nothing?
Tiruin, on the other hand, at least added some context to his flavour exploration, added some questions and speculation. It didn't seem wasteful in comparison. Only Jim's actually had an effect, though, so it wasn't wasteful after all. No big secret here.
Also, this is fun:
Bottle: ... you accused Jim of wasting time ...
... It seemed to me his vote of the skeleton was not a sincere attempt to learn anything, but merely to waste time ...
I'm sensing a problem here.
I think you're trying to make something out of nothing; in this case by quote mining: you snipped the crucial part of my question to Bottle that explains this:
Your post was after Meph confirmed the skeleton as a vote target. Do you think it was a waste of time? [which he answered in the affirmative]
I initially thought Jim was wasting time. Once his vote stuck, I clearly was wrong and retracted it. Bottle, however, doubled-down on it and insisted it was
still wasting time. Different, yes?
Did you not notice this relevant difference before you posted your question?
Zombie: as Bottle's replacement, what is your take on this? Do you stand by your predecessor's conclusions?
Dariush:He still didn't explain his own orb and he didn't explain why he decided to give Jim shit while ignoring Tiruin.
I answered the others. I skipped the orb one because it was idiotic, but here's the answer: I conjured it out of thin air through the power of
flavour!Shakerag:Having said that, however, the skeleton. The fact that a non-player is actually able to be voted is very significant in my mind. I'm very much in favor of seeing what this does. Like I said before, figuring out the mechanics are necessary. Once we at least have an idea on the bastardly mechanics we can properly scumhunt.
Oh, this is not good. No, you cannot
postpone scumhunting until after you figure out the mechanics. We probably won't understand them until D2 at the earliest (with flips and orb activations and night passing and whatnot), so should we not hunt at all D1? Why?
However your vote (the skeleton one, not the limerick one (but thanks)) gives me an idea:
Meph: when Jim voted the skeleton you asked him who should place the skeleton's hand on the Orb; will you ask the same question of Shakerag? What if their answers differ? Can they compel someone to do the skeleton hand thing, or do they have to consent? Would doing this trigger the end of the day?
Also: I vote Bookthras for King of the Limericks.
If I win this vote, would that make me "one of true Majesty"?
Hapah:I guess the lynchee could decide if they want to use the skeleton or not.
I think this is an interesting idea and has potential.