Lenglon: I'm not sure if I said this already, I may have ended up scrapping the post where I said this, but here's the thing: all that stuff that happened while I was away? I read it, but it's hard for me to form opinions on it because I'm not reading it in a present context and a lot of stuff gets questioned and explained without me being able to say anything because, y'know, I'm away. So nothing I say will be heavily influenced by all the stuff I missed. Also, another note as to why it's harder for me to form opinions on, it's a lot of information I'm trying to digest at once rather than the bite-sized chunks when I'm following the thread normally (although bite-sized is a bit of a misnomer when I wake up to two whole pages of new posts, I haven't seen that since my second ever game here, smstr w/ love).
With that disclaimer aside, it's time to comment. Jack A T I don't really have a strong opinion on. He had a good start to the game but I haven't seen basically anything from him more recently so I don't have much to base an opinion off of other than half-remembered "he did good" vibes from day start. TolyK, however, has given quite a bit more content since my return, but... so much of it is about this cult leader freak-out that everyone is having
and the game mode freak-out he is having. Seriously, what self-respecting cult leader says he can add you to a quicktopic as a way to try and excuse his later conversions? Actually I need more info on TolyK to form a proper idea, gimme a moment.
TolyK: Look, I know the game mode mechanic is kinda weird. I don't know what it does any more than the average person, and yeah, that is kinda concerning: but no more so than any of the other powers that the scumteam may be hiding (assuming that the scumteam is the one who activated it and not a mafia-ally of some kind or even a town-aligned role using an ability that has a hidden, town-benefiting aspect). Yes, it's possible that it could have hidden effects, yes, we don't know who did it, but freaking out about it helps nobody, and at this point it almost seems like you're making a scene to fish for reactions to it to see if any townies know more than they should so you can mafiakill them. So, can you give me a good reason why we should focus on the game mode, which is at least an evil we know and can take into account?
Everyone talking about the cult leader thing: Why? Just why? I'm having flashbacks to Leafsnail in Paranormal 25 and that's not a good thing. I have a lot of respect for Leafsnail overall, especially as mafia, but he tunneled way too hard on the idea that the game was too easy and there must be a hivemind cult lurking among us and if the other town weren't so united it had real potential to derail the actual scum-finding that was going on. Look, there could be a cult, it's a thing, it's happened in the past, but why is this even being given any credibility D1 over someone saying they could create quicktopics, something that, again, is not that uncommon in BYORs.