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Re: Bastard Paranormal - Day 2 begins quietly
« Reply #390 on: January 04, 2011, 07:50:54 pm »

Jim Groovester seemed to make a 180 degree turn since Janus apparently had too big a bandwagon form on him... which seemed enough to erase all suspicion and change his views completely.  He changes to Dariush because... uh... something about hypocrisy?  I don't really get this one either.

I'm conflicted.

I look at JTF's Day 1 game and I think scum, and then I look at JTF's Day 2 game, and think town. I do think a JTF lynch would be illuminating but I can't get over that it looks like there are a lot of scummy shenanigans trying to get him lynched.

Dariush is only concerned with self-preservation. He hulked out that I voted him for his randomvote on Day 1, and he hulked out that JTF put him in the middle of his list of suspicions. These are not big deals, but he treats them like they are. Then he says a bunch of stupid stuff all the time, like the little nugget you quoted. I don't know whether he's doing this purposefully or if he's a giant idiot, but I really want to find out.

Also he's annoying.

If you still haven't noticed, my OMGUS was a randomvote which I later supplied with lots of arguments.
Assuming we are to accept this story, why did you make up the reasons for voting AFTER actually voting?

His explanation is contradictory with the reasons he stated for the OMGUS previously.
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Re: Bastard Paranormal - Day 2 begins quietly
« Reply #391 on: January 04, 2011, 09:24:06 pm »

Oh. Awesome, I'm still alive. Plenty of time to see what issues Zathras has with my responses. :-\

It's a pragmatic choice. In my case id rather have Org removed once and for all, so it would stop poinsoning the game, But i'll stay my hand. If you are town, then sorry for that. If you are scum, then man you got a talent to pull heart strings.
Fair enough. Now that there are a few more votes what do you think?

For reference (although it should be obvious), I'd also love to get rid of Org. Strictly speaking though he's posting plenty enough not to be modkilled under the rules, it's just that he's not actually playing that bothers me.

Oh... so.  In spite of my role pm having given no indication that I was so... I'm apparently town.
Never thought about it until now, but that's the way it's pretty much always been for Paranormal.  Here are the Role PMs from the last few rounds, doesn't specifically say that the human players are human in any that I noticed:  Round 17, Round 16, and Round 15

Mysteriousbluepuppet is scummy. Dariush is much scummier than when I made my previous list.  I'm still inclined to believe that Mysteriousbluepuppet was actually telling the truth when he claimed Kook, so a vote for Dariush it is.
Clarification request: what do you actually mean by "scummy" here?  It seems strange to say that you think someone is scum then go on to say that actually said person is telling the truth (and therefore presumably town).  It's like... a contradiction in your own thoughts.
I mean that he's acting scummy but (noted in the second half of the post) I think that he's probably not actually scum. Based primarily on the Kook claim and a bit of meta that there always seems to be a Kook Townie about. It's somewhat contradictory to say scum and not scum, but I think it makes sense. If it comes to it, he's deal-with-able later.

Same response to the point directed at me laster in your post.

Dariush... uh... pretty much OMGUS'd JTF and hasn't looked back since.  Care to explain?  Really, "twisting my words" without explaining how is one of the common ways for scum to dodge an attack.  He also criticises JTF's reason for having lynched Argembarger, but once again I'm left to guess at his reasoning behind this allegation.
He didn't OMGUS me by the strictest definition (or really by any definition).  He did OMGUS Jim on Day 1 though. And the other bits are perfectly valid.
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« Reply #392 on: January 04, 2011, 10:58:34 pm »

Toaster has claimed a rage vote on Org, but not removed it after saying so.  When your vote change is effectively lynching someone, that is NOT acceptable.  Especially when you're refusing to pass any kind of judgement on Janus and voting without trying to push a lynch.

I didn't remove it because I added questions directed at him.  Obviously, I got a complete non-answer.  He's been completely 100% useless this game, greater than standard Org useless.  Anyone else would have been lynched over this unquestionably.  It hasn't bugged me as much when his crap has been peppered with insight, but there's nothing this game- just pure shit.

I want him lynched the most, but obviously that's not going to happen today.  Therefore, I will Unvote Org and go over both Janus and Dariush from the beginning.

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Spoiler: Dariush (click to show/hide)


Executive summary:

Janus:  Passive day 1.  His reasoning for voting must be dragged out of him.  Day 2 he turns himself around and is active and participates.
Dariush:  RAGE day 1, but he was at least consistent about it.  He had more RAGE on D2, still consistent for the day, but at a different target than yesterday.  However, his rage is poorly backed up.

Dariush is scummier than Janus.


Final word:  Answer these questions and I'll see if I need to move my vote.

Janus:
1.  Why were you so passive day one?
2.  If it was currently a tie vote (without your vote) between Dariush and Org, who would you vote and why?
3.  Assuming Dariush hangs instead of you: if Org doesn't change his ways, will he be your top target D3?  Will Dariush's alignment have any effect on that?


Dariush:
1.  What did Janus do D1 that you consider scummy and voteworthy?
2.  What has Jim done D2 that you consider scummy and voteworthy?
3.  Do you think it was a good choice to swap from Jim to Janus as your focus at the beginning of the day?
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Re: Bastard Paranormal - Day 2 begins quietly
« Reply #393 on: January 04, 2011, 11:27:53 pm »

1.  Why were you so passive day one?
Ended up much busier than I thought I would be over the holidays. I did post a fair bit more at the end of the day.

2.  If it was currently a tie vote (without your vote) between Dariush and Org, who would you vote and why?
Depends on if I answer logically or emotionally. 

Emotionally, I would absolutely love to see Org hang for the crap he's been pulling this game.  I'm going to suggest that the Spore Spreader is removed from the next round to not allow him the possibility of Jestering in the future. Then we can just lynch him without worrying.

Logically, Org doesn't need to be lynched now. If it turns out that he's the Spore Spreader, it doesn't help to lynch him. If (as I think more likely), he's a dopp hiding as a Spore Spreader, he's quite lynchable when we get closer to LYLO. If he's town ... no. I can't even go there.  *maybe* some other Alien.

I can't think of anything else in particular he'd pull to provoke an emotional response, so probably the second case.

3.  Assuming Dariush hangs instead of you: if Org doesn't change his ways, will he be your top target D3?  Will Dariush's alignment have any effect on that?
He will still be the scummiest. Barring someone confirming scum tonight, I don't think it's possible for anyone to top him right now. But as per the logical bit above, I don't think he needs to be lynched just yet.

Top people to look into tomorrow beyond Org will be Jokerman-EXE, Leafsnail, Mysteriousbluepuppet, and Zathras in roughly that order.
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Re: Bastard Paranormal - Day 2 begins quietly
« Reply #394 on: January 05, 2011, 12:51:28 am »

Why...what the hell would make you think I was denying lurking?
Ok, so you admit it. You should work on it.

So you say that you thought Org and ToonyMan were "scummier targets," but that Org was unlynchable and you were hoping Toony would turn around and be useful. A few points: if you thought they were scummy targets, then why haven't you made a case against them? Has Toony satisfied your standards of usefulness?
What case is there to be made against Org?  I've made all that I could.  ToonyMan was being annoying and anti-useful, I'm not the only person to say it.  He's been much better since then, yes.

You're voting Dariush and you say he's been begging to be lynched "since D1." If that's so, why wasn't he on the list of yours that I just mentioned, and why did Argembarger warrant your vote even more, if Dariush was begging for it?
Begging to be lynched and me personally thinking he's scummy are two different things.  I've changed my mind on him since Day 1.

1. Work on what? My having a job, going to school, and being sick? Yeah, I'll get right on that.

2. If you thought those two were scummy, though, why does it look like you haven't pursued them today?

3. Explain the difference, then.

While you're at it, go ahead and tell me why you think I should be looked into. Give me something to respond to instead of harping about how I'm not posting.
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Re: Bastard Paranormal - Day 2 begins quietly
« Reply #395 on: January 05, 2011, 04:28:31 am »

Dariush... uh... pretty much OMGUS'd JTF and hasn't looked back since.  Care to explain?  Really, "twisting my words" without explaining how is one of the common ways for scum to dodge an attack.  He also criticises JTF's reason for having lynched Argembarger, but once again I'm left to guess at his reasoning behind this allegation.
So, I have to go through the thread and gather up my reasons. Very well.
Dariush.  You need to clarify your reason for voting Janus, and clear up the contradictions that have cropped up in your posts.  I find this particularly interesting:
If you still haven't noticed, my OMGUS was a randomvote which I later supplied with lots of arguments.
Assuming we are to accept this story, why did you make up the reasons for voting AFTER actually voting?
Maybe because it was start of the day one?
Dariush is just begging to be lynched, has been since Day 1 although it's getting worse. Easy Lynch.
Yeah, sure, that's exactly why I wasn't voted for by anyone on D1.
Dariush is only concerned with self-preservation. He hulked out that I voted him for his randomvote on Day 1, and he hulked out that JTF put him in the middle of his list of suspicions. These are not big deals, but he treats them like they are. Then he says a bunch of stupid stuff all the time, like the little nugget you quoted. I don't know whether he's doing this purposefully or if he's a giant idiot, but I really want to find out.
Are you blind or something? Your vote against me was only the first step, and I defended against JTF so that nobody will quote that post and accuse me because I ignored JTF's accusations.
Also he's annoying.
Yeah, really great reason, Mr. Asshole.
If you still haven't noticed, my OMGUS was a randomvote which I later supplied with lots of arguments.
Assuming we are to accept this story, why did you make up the reasons for voting AFTER actually voting?

His explanation is contradictory with the reasons he stated for the OMGUS previously.
When I say 'randomvote', I don't mean 'a vote picked by using www.random.org', but a vote on the slightest incentive that can later be changed or supplied with arguments.
Toaster:
1. Why do you ask the question if you answered it in the same post? Let's seee... He was passive, he didn't give any good reason as to why he didn't back out of Argembarger's bandwagon, he OMGUSed me right after stating I was low in his scumlist, plus twisting my word here.
2. Once JTF was about to hang, Jim suddenly changed his vote, and later, when I was about to hang, he changed his vote to me. Plus the same reasons from D1 still hold. Plus he's an idiot.
3. Would I have changed it if I DIDN'T think it was a good choice?

Now, explanation about 'twisting my words' part:
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Reply #68 - Asks why Org tends to get killed early while voting him, self-contradictory
Reply #95 - Blatent OMGUS against Jim Groovester, although possibly deserved in this instance
Reply #139 - Says Jim wants to lynch someone/anyone when the quote he included counters that
Reply #174 - Admits to aiming for a passive game
Reply #223 - Wants me to explain why I am disregarding MBP's claim and then does the same thing two posts later
Reply #245 - Thinks MBP should be ignored until Day 2, not really helpful to ever ignore anyone
Very angry, mostly because of / at Jim Groovester. Twisting quotes and blatent OMGUS, but I don't think he did either on purpose. Don't really have more of a reason for that than a gut feeling.
1)
So, I guess this is as good time to ask it as any:
Why does Org always get lynched or killed in the first couple of days?
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I hope everybody except scum would understand that it was plain old randomvote, so here's first twisting.
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I'm voting you because you're freaking out that I voted you.
You call that freaking out? You've spent half of the last game and the entirety of this one piling unrelated arguments against me. That is a reason for such a reaction. And you still didn't say why you picked my reason for randomvote of all others.
Your words will kill you. Choose them better next time.
Ah Oh, sorry pardon me. Surely Of course I'll do so keep this in mind the next time you're trying to accuse me because you don't like my choice of words I'm under suspicion.

Damn, why do I even spend time on this meaningless defense against someone who is hellbent on lynching me? Unvote, vote Jim.
He attacked me based on my choice of words. That was as good a reason as any to change my randomvote for Org to randomvote for Jim and see the reaction. His reaction confirmed what I thought about him, and my vote stopped being (pseudo)random.
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Let's just lynch somebody scummy and get back to this on Day 2.
Hurr, I was correct about your intention of lynching someone. Anyone.
Either Jim meant 'let's lynch scum' and stated an obvious and useless thing or he meant 'let's lynch someone who looks like scum', which is a scummy thing. Initially I thought he meant the second possibility, but it may be also the first. I humbly admit my error.
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Dariush is still in my top 3 picks. His reasons for voting you were mostly OMGUS. He's far too concerned with making himself look good. And on top of that, he's only had 5 posts this game, so he's clearly been lurky.
I respond whenever I have something to say or when I'm directly addressed. Also, about half of this game was spent arguing about whether MBP's claim can or can not be trusted. It was stated several times that that is a nulltell and those statements were ignored, so I didn't bother repeating what was said (and ignored) earlier.
I wasn't aiming for passive game - what I said is that I have said everything I had to and don't have anything else to say until something happens. And yes, by 'everything' I meant I questioned everyone suspicious, etc. Second twisting.
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JTF, why did you pick the least active players as 3 out of your 4 suspects? Do you want to quietly hang them while picking off active players at night? What are you other reasons?
Also, what are you reasons to disregard MBP as a suspect except for belief that scum won't claim Kook on D1? Do you understand the WIFOM possibility?
I think I conveyed the answer adequately in my initial response:
I disregarded the importance of MBP's claim. You disregarded any suspicion toward him. See the difference?
Third twisting.
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Yes, I indeed think that MBP's claim should be ignored (for now). If we lynch him, nobody would ever claim Kook again. If we don't lynch him (because of his claim), every dopp would claim Kook. Man, this is the first day, we don't know virtually anything!
When I said 'ignored', I didn't mean either that he should not be lynched at all or that he should be lynched D2. What I meant is that we shouldn't try to get something of his claim, which doesn't change a thing. Fourth twisting.
In total, we have 4 quotes out of 6 twisted by JTF to suit his (future) accusations. Sufficient?

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Re: Bastard Paranormal - Day 2 begins quietly
« Reply #396 on: January 05, 2011, 04:33:21 am »

If you have an incentive for voting somebody it's not random.
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« Reply #397 on: January 05, 2011, 04:38:14 am »

If you have an incentive for voting somebody it's not random.
Then how will you call a vote with some incentive, but without sufficient amount of it to be called a... adjectiveless vote?

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Re: Bastard Paranormal - Day 2 begins quietly
« Reply #398 on: January 05, 2011, 06:31:21 am »

1.  Why were you so passive day one?
Ended up much busier than I thought I would be over the holidays. I did post a fair bit more at the end of the day.

2.  If it was currently a tie vote (without your vote) between Dariush and Org, who would you vote and why?
Depends on if I answer logically or emotionally. 

Emotionally, I would absolutely love to see Org hang for the crap he's been pulling this game.  I'm going to suggest that the Spore Spreader is removed from the next round to not allow him the possibility of Jestering in the future. Then we can just lynch him without worrying.

Logically, Org doesn't need to be lynched now. If it turns out that he's the Spore Spreader, it doesn't help to lynch him. If (as I think more likely), he's a dopp hiding as a Spore Spreader, he's quite lynchable when we get closer to LYLO. If he's town ... no. I can't even go there.  *maybe* some other Alien.

I can't think of anything else in particular he'd pull to provoke an emotional response, so probably the second case.

3.  Assuming Dariush hangs instead of you: if Org doesn't change his ways, will he be your top target D3?  Will Dariush's alignment have any effect on that?
He will still be the scummiest. Barring someone confirming scum tonight, I don't think it's possible for anyone to top him right now. But as per the logical bit above, I don't think he needs to be lynched just yet.

Top people to look into tomorrow beyond Org will be Jokerman-EXE, Leafsnail, Mysteriousbluepuppet, and Zathras in roughly that order.
Wow.
U mad bro?
I really think that its ridiculous that you think a role should be removed because you are mad. If I were a dopp, it is better to be active so you don't get lynched early, geez Janus for someone who plays Mafia I would expect some people to understand that. Too mad I guess.

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« Reply #399 on: January 05, 2011, 02:40:34 pm »

If you have an incentive for voting somebody it's not random.
Then how will you call a vote with some incentive, but without sufficient amount of it to be called a... adjectiveless vote?
Not really a reason for voting somebody.  If you can't explain your vote then you're going to have to at least say Panda wintuition or something.
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« Reply #400 on: January 05, 2011, 02:43:01 pm »

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« Reply #401 on: January 05, 2011, 02:57:11 pm »

1. Work on what? My having a job, going to school, and being sick? Yeah, I'll get right on that.
If you were generally active and just busier than normal, I'd cut you some slack.  Likewise if you kept up with the game and made up to date (even if minimal) comments when you did drop by.  But you go days without posting, don't interact with large parts of the game, and do this in just about every game you're in.  So yes, you should consider your balance somehow.

(For the record, I'm not saying that you should prioritize mafia over job / school / health / life in general, please don't read it that way.  And I don't know what a better balance would be. :-\)

2. If you thought those two were scummy, though, why does it look like you haven't pursued them today?
... I answered that at least in part. I haven't pursued Org today because it's proven pointless thus far. ToonyMan *was* being scummy, but he's been much better (as I said) so I haven't felt the need to pursue him any more.

That and getting essentially insta-wagoned at the beginning of the day ate up a large part of my pursuing time. :-\

3. Explain the difference, then.
By begging to by lynched I mean that there was more than one person thinking that Dariush was particularly scummy Day 1.  Jim Groovester and Argembarger voted him, others called him scummy but didn't vote him. The OMGUS in particular. 'Begging to be lynched' was probably a bad choice of words. The difference is that he wasn't top of my personal scum list until partway through Day 2.

Does that help?

While you're at it, go ahead and tell me why you think I should be looked into. Give me something to respond to instead of harping about how I'm not posting.
At the beginning of Day 1, you had 6 posts. The average player at that point had 20. Up until the last 24 hours or so you were posting an average of once per page (at 50 posts per page). Granted, the last 24 hours have been better.

Like I said, that wouldn't be that bad if you were keeping up with the game, just not posting. But you've been behind or just ignoring current issues when you do post.

The main thing I'd like you to respond to: Why have you *still* not voted? Or if you don't plan to, at least given a solid reason why not?

If you have an incentive for voting somebody it's not random.
Then how will you call a vote with some incentive, but without sufficient amount of it to be called a... adjectiveless vote?
If you're still talking about your vote for Jim during Day 1, that was a flat-out textbook OMGUS. It's possible that it was a rage-OMGUS and not at all related to your scummitude, but you really can't (successfully) deny that it was an OMGUS...

Wow.
U mad bro?
I really think that its ridiculous that you think a role should be removed because you are mad. If I were a dopp, it is better to be active so you don't get lynched early, geez Janus for someone who plays Mafia I would expect some people to understand that. Too mad I guess.
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Re: Bastard Paranormal - Day 2 begins quietly
« Reply #402 on: January 05, 2011, 03:40:23 pm »

Yeah, that's just lately though. It's not a usual thing.

I haven't voted yet because I haven't determined who I think needs my vote. Dariush is coming across as kind of scummy, but he's got a ton of votes on him. I think Org could stand to use some pressure, but my vote alone is useless there.

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« Reply #403 on: January 05, 2011, 04:04:23 pm »

Jokerman:  You have four hours to commit.  Why have you not done so yet?
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« Reply #404 on: January 05, 2011, 04:24:23 pm »

Joker/Janus (and everyone really):  Who says Org is unlynchable?  Both of you say you want him to hang, and I was voting him until a bit ago.  He's been nothing but useless this game.  If the three of us voted him, we'd only need one more vote for him to hang.  I saw MBP say he wanted him gone, and various points of dislike from others.  If we wanted to, why can't he hang?
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