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[Pandarsenic]

Vector, I would love to see what you get from my screen name.

[CobaltKobold]

Pistols for Pandas?

[Cthulhu]

I will take the last slot!

[ToonyMan]

I will take the last slot!

Hello there Cthulhu!

Let's get this shingding down now.

[theevilmonk]

Holy moly, dude, I'm not seeing your name "Vector" and analyzing you on it, at least not consciously (keep in mind I could be lying here). I mean, I think you'll agree with me that it would be ridiculous for someone to try to Sherlock some kind of deep personality characteristics out of a six-letter username. I mean no offense, but not only is is ridiculously chancy, but who would ever go to such measures? I, for one, am happy just seeing ToonyMan's avatar and recognizing it and being saying "Hey bro I see you like mudkips MSPA, I do too. This is cool."

ones screenname can have an impact on how your veiwed, I for one know that mine makes me seem childish, especially with the large amount of spelling errors usually associated with anything i type. usually you dont actually think any of this through but it still influences your attitude toward that person, especially in an environment where you cant see, or hear the person where anything said requires alot of interpretation where the slightest change can change the whole point of a paragraph.

well anyway im going back to taking over the world french style in medieval total war 2.

[Leafsnail]

It'd be interesting to see what would happen if we were to play a game with anonymised usernames.  Especially if signups were private .

[ToonyMan]

I'm sure ToonyMan would be able to see everybody's tics, desu.

[Leafsnail]

Eh, but would it be a good idea to reveal your tics?  I mean, if the scumteam doesn't know who, say, Dakarian is until day 3, it could work to the town's advantage.  On the other hand, lack of meta tells would make scumhunting harder.

[RandomNumberGenerator]

Not to mention scum can keep changing how they type to throw people off.

NOT TO MENTION SCUM CAN KEEP CHANGING HOW THEY TYPE TO THROW PEOPLE OFF

not 2 mntn scum cn kp chngin ho dey typ to trow ppl off.

nottomentionscumcankeepchanginghowtheytpyetothrowpeopleoff

[dakarian]

That reminds me of a werewolf style game that had a possessing demon. 

The way they did was that one player, marked as the demon, would, when possessing someone, actually log in as that person's account.  They would spend the game day acting as that person, then possess another the next night.

That was on top of the werewolf/town and roles that accompanied them.  There were other roles that were involved with the demon (an unpossessable townie, a demon hunter, ext.)

Now, if you started it off with everyone making new accounts so that the demon won't have access to your main account then you could pull this off.

[RedWarrior0]

How is this discussion at all related to beginner's mafia? I mean really, a mafia game setup got derailed into the psychology of username choice and then to talking about other games?

Although that possession one combined with an anonymous one would be sweet.

[dakarian]

If it helps, know that we're mostly time killing while GlyphGryph finishes up the setup.  It's already been said that the game is set for tomorrow.  Meanwhile, a little pre-game chitter chatter.

Since this won't be the actual game thread, it won't be much harm

[Cheddarius]

ones screenname can have an impact on how your veiwed, I for one know that mine makes me seem childish, especially with the large amount of spelling errors usually associated with anything i type.

Well, yes, of course usernames have some influence. People aren't going to think much of you if your username is, I dunno, CockFaceMcGee48937520. But I don't analyze usernames to the extent of "Well, gee, monk, your username means you must have been a Buddhist from 1983 to 1987, and you participated in the Vietnam War but lost a finger to a roadside bomb" or whatnot. I don't actually think about it unless it's really glaring.

[Leafsnail]

If we were allowed to make a set of alts, I suppose a "masquerade" setup could be possible.  Then again, alts aren't generally allowed on this forum... perhaps we could do it over Quicktopic .

[Zako]

Am I too late to join? I'd really like to learn the finer points of mafia and havent really played...