PFP,
ExtendifyGriff:Why did you post this?
Why is your one read just saying someone is a strong town?
Do you have the rest of your reads?
1. It was on my mind.
2. I've given several reads in this format over the course of the game. Most of them are town reads, and they're pretty superficial. I'm only just beginning to find more interesting nuggets buried in the rough.
3. All of the reads belonging to me are indeed in my possession, so yes.
A non-smartass answer would be: I don't have reads on everyone, and I don't have any startlingly awesome insights yet. But actually, I think writing down a list would help me organize my scumhunting process, so I'll do that after I've caught up completely. (So thanks for inspiring me, I guess)
Hmm... Actually I want to know; why are you defending Zrk? My reasons for holding off my vote still stand, but if you can't really fault any of our arguments, why do you think it's the wrong thing to do? Also, there is plenty of meat in most of our arguments, what made you think that you can't find anything conclusive about our alignments in it? Wouldn't concluding I'm town be PRECISELY a case of that?
So you're the first person to accuse me of the d-word. I wondered who it was going to be.
Tell me that what I've said hasn't helped you understand Zrk2's play better than you otherwise would have. I'm interested in seeing
meaningful arguments, and there's no meaning in repeating past mistakes. Since you (and Ranger) have never played with him before, I decided to share my insight with you.
Pointing out the flaws in each other's arguments and helping to refine them is a crucial part of town play.
"Also, there is plenty of meat in most of our arguments, what made you think that you can't find anything conclusive about our alignments in it?"Because they're flawed but you didn't know it.
"Wouldn't concluding I'm town be PRECISELY a case of that?"No, actually. I drew that conclusion because of your aggressiveness in hunting multiple people. That can easily be turned around, though.
If I hadn't said anything, and he was lynched on the reasons he was being voted for at the time, it
would have been difficult to come to conclusions based upon your reasons for voting him. That's independent of the way I derived your alignment, technically. The manner and timing in which you and Ranger changed your votes certainly gives me new and interesting information.
I am intentionally interfering with the pattern of behavior that leads to Zrk2 getting lynched to see what happens. Shaking things up tends to produce novel interactions.
Also, I mentioned this last game but wasn't as assertive, and he got lynched again and flipped town. So I'm being more aggressive with it this game since I've seen the evidence firsthand.
(This got kind of long because I've done a lot of thinking on the matter. I still feel like it's mostly incomplete thoughts, but I need to move on)
Toaster:So why are you defending him?
In addition to the reasons above, because it's difficult for him to raise a meta argument in his own defense. I also view him as a player with a handicap, and I'm trying to put him on an even footing.
I'm sure I could write for a good while longer on this subject. I'm not entirely sure about the merits of this strategy, so it's also a bit of an experiment.
PPE: Holy crap, he posted reads. And he's reconsidering his case on RC. Very interesting...
(I totally feel like Zrk2 is my little lab rat now)