Tiruin:Ford
Is your logical system of tracking scum based on their vote pattern? It really looks muchly like it, as it seems you keep on pointing back onto the patterns in relation to those who've flipped scum.
Ah, sort of?
They're at least a method of exerting pressure and performing an investigation. I honestly don't know how good of a link it really is. Thus why I said I wanted other people's opinions.
But the votes are meaningless outside of the context of what was being said and done. Imiknorris's vote was a random vote, so I can't conclude anything from it at all. Except that if it was truly random, it's unlikely that it was pointed at an ally (3 out of 12). Nerjin's vote, on the other hand, was very low pressure, and he unvoted soon afterwards. It could be that he was being gentle on an ally that he saw as likely to panic and give his team away. It's also possible he was doing it as a way to advise his ally to stop doing that. (Given how low pressure it was, it actually makes a lot of sense ... I just got a little more suspicious of NQT)
The only thing I can be sure of is that Nerjin did it to make it look like he was scumhunting.
As this seems like a metatell to me, other then you saying you're pretty sure. Seeing your past posts, you're seeing it from attitude derived from the BM...
Somewhat. The BM helped me get used to him, but it's mostly the fact that we seem to have a similar sense of humor. Seeing he has a postgraduate, I think that puts us in the same age group, too. I think we're just similar people, and that makes it much easier for me to understand him.
...on the other hand, I have the hardest time in the world trying to understand you, Tiruin. >_>
Lastly, I'm curious about your read on DS.
Zombie Urist:
Captain Ford: What is your read on NQT?
I think I handled that.
Huuuh? You think DS's argument is bad but you see his point of view? This section is filled with contradictions.
It is not a contradiction in the least. Seeing someone's point of view doesn't mean I agree with it.
I think his argument is bad, but I don't think he thinks it's bad. I think he honestly believes he has something, and while I think he's wrong, I don't think he's malicious.
Ok, you see it from his probable viewpoint - that nobody would state what they think is utter trash and believes that it is reasonable, but...how did it shift from getting your vote, into the non-malevolent area? As in, the motives behind it?
I took a look at what DeathSword was saying about NQT, and then starting reading NQT's posts carefully, looking for what he was describing. I eventually noticed some things in NQT's posts I hadn't before, and realized that DS wasn't just imagining things.
I only ever pressured DS to find out what the hell he was doing. Now that I've got it figured out, I'm done with him for now.
Deathsword:Ford
Which leads me to the question, why are you going to such an effort to protect him?
Shouldn't I try to protect any townie from scum?
But in all seriousness, -snip-
How can you bee so sure of his alignment?
I'm not?
I followed that up with "But in all seriousness". I expanded your quote to reflect that.
It was a general statement about mafia strategy. I followed it up by explaining my real reasons in detail. I can see you're quoting it out of context in an attempt to make it look like I was claiming to know NQT's alignment, which isn't true.
All this statement means is that I saw you as more scummy, so I attacked you instead of him. Considering that you were on a bandwagon with
two scum, I think it is very hard for you to claim that you didn't look scummy.
And there is absolutely no chance of Nerjin being oportunistic scum trying to ride on my case?
That's absolutely what he was doing. Since the flip of Imiknorris, I think this link got a lot weaker. I find it extremely
improbable that three scum would bandwagon on the same target. Of course, that could explain why the other two distanced themselves from it so quickly.
It was not "just a joke". It was not a serious claim, but I was making a serious point.
Here you claim your "I am a mason" wasn't a joke. Which you repeated quite a bit. Instead you claim you were making a serious point. Tell me, what point would that be.
I did no such thing. I never claimed it wasn't a joke.
It was indeed a joke.
"not just a joke" does not equal "not a joke". Do you understand the difference?
Now, you may be wondering why I voted you, and not NQT. That's because I realized something. See, I had never played a game with NQT before, or read the ongoing BM. So when NQT started acting friendly (something rare in a mafia game) towards me (and others), I mistook it for a buddying attempt, rather than what it truly was: he was, quite simply, an eager new player that wanted to play what he thought to be a good game. Then, I attacked him and started building a case on him, while he tried to defend himself. Then came you. The heroic Captain Ford, completely sure of NQT's alignment and personality, ready to defend him from the evil Deathsword.
Of course you know NQT isn't scum. That is because you are, and you know your team. You saw my attacks on NQT as an opportunity. An opportunity to turn my own arguments against me and drive a lynch on me. It was actually a good plan, I'll admit. Not only that, but by defending NQT, you gain his trust, further encouraging him to support my lynch. Then comes lazy lurker obolisk, and instead of giving reads on players or at least trying to find evidence, merely parrots what others have said. I guess had I kept on believing that NQT was the real danger you would have voted me and tried to drive a lynch on me, maybe even attempt to convice enough people to hammer.
Time to die, Captain Scum.
Actually, you're the one who gave me doubts about NQT. I pressured you to get you to explain your case, because I couldn't see what you were seeing. Now I can see what you saw, and I understand your reasons.
I think your reasons were justified, and I don't think you're scum. At least, I don't think the case you were pushing makes you scummy.
Also, you're putting words in my mouth. At no point in my argument with you did I claim to know NQT's alignment. I only ever said "I can tell he's not panicking", and "he wasn't buddying you". I never claimed to know his alignment.
NQT is still quite possibly scum. I don't happen to think he is.
Also, on further rereading, Obolisk's reasoning on his vote actually looks pretty original. I haven't said anything like that, and neither has NQT. And I certainly didn't say anything like this:
Also, he just did the exact same thing the last two scum did before they tried to mk a mason.
Obolisk: I'd like to hear you elaborate more on this.
Also, a head's up. I'm going to busy the rest of today and the entire weekend. I won't be available again until monday, probably.