Do Sorian points exist? How many do I have?
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Do Sorian points exist? How many do I have?
StarSketch
Banned
I can see a newer scum player trying to suck up to a well known town player, but that's the only way 'sorian points' makes any sense.
so Sorian's town is he lol
AbsolutBro
Member
I would have gone back and added them in?
It is loose thoughts on D1? I am not sure how that is confusing.
StarSketch
Banned
To be honest, I'm half and half with Sorian at the moment. Considering his level of experience, he seems to be a bit of a wild card. Then again, we're in early game, so anything can happen. In a Role Madness game, moreso.
It's not about just inactivity, it's about coming in and not even attempting to engage in anything. Anytime I notice it happening I'm going to at least call it out. You're right that she's often fairly inactive but that doesn't mean she can't try to contribute when she does.
I find that I'm often scum reading SK over the course of a game, so now I just place a reminder for myself to go back and look at problematic posts later while I direct my energy elsewhere in the meantime.
You have negative 2 Time points, for whatever that's worth.
Sorian is playing like Sorian. Nothing to lead me to believe he's town or scum. Kalor's "defense" of acorn seems more like an observation than a defense, at least to me. I'm not reading a lot into it.
And furthermore...
Town fluffs activity, too, ya'll know. All the damn time.
I started second guessing myself. I'm gonna wait a bit before I vote again.
Don't do that. Get back in the game. Make some reads, blow the dust off these lazy vets!
I'm the guy sitting back upset that I'll never get any of that delicious Bat Milk.
Otherwise, I'm intrigued by Kalor.
People definitely think more power roles means the thread needs to do less since we already had people talking about a no lynch.
Timeaisis voted you don't you hate that?
Personally don't get upset by random chance. He has no reason to pick or not pick me. Now if it started picking up I might be a little heated.
And by random chance,
VOTE: Timeaisis
AbsolutBro
Member
To be fair, that happens in just about every game.
I think there's just as much incentive for posting as little as possible to posting far too much while rolled as mafia. Both extremes build up certain other expectations alongside 'possible mafia' that can be used as deflection.
I don't usually jump to the conclusion of mafia based on post count, and at least now with the new rule about post minimums we can see the quality of a bare 10 posts and see if it seems like they are intentionally trying to go unnoticed.
I'm not talking about normal games this isn't a normal game.
If everyone (including mafia) has a role, is there more incentive to lay low than in normal games?
Is that the conclusion of the scum thread?
That would depend on your role, I'd imagine, and whether or not you think you have to keep from having to use your ability by staying out of the conversation. I would say that laying low as town isn't very good for town in general.
As mafia though. Example mafia team has a bunch of cool abilities, knows town probably has a bunch of cool abilities, and wants to lay lower than they would in a normal game.
As mafia I think I prefer to solve problems with abilities rather than posting in thread.
Is that tenable with enforced post minimums, do you think?
I don't think mafia would have to worry too much about laying super low, though. Because of the increased number of abilities at play, there's much more spectacle to distract from them as long as they don;t push a town into activating an ability directly. So I wouldn't say it's so much "laying low", but staying unassuming. It's still to mafia's benefit to try and discover important roles that can out them.
Is that because your current scummates aren't as good?
I'm not sure that most people who roll scum even think about it so explicitly. I think sometimes they post less due to having to be more careful and being hesitant, but otherwise activity isn't alignment indicative. My entire problem with inactives is they become impossible to read beyond a gut read, so when scum is amongst them it's impossible to pick them out. The only time I was scum I don't think we ever once discussed our levels of activity or how much we should or shouldn't post.
by "laying low" in the traditional sense, I mean by posting as little information as possible while still nudging the post minimum. I feel like an unassuming mafia poster could post quite a bit and still do well in evading attention if done right.
fun times
fun times
I thought about it constantly. Maybe because it was my first game and I wanted to do well, but I was very conscious about how and when I posted, and even when I 'shitposted' to a degree.
Yeah, sure, so long as they're not all fluff posts then there's sure to be SOME THING of value. Unless they're really all just fluff...in which case I honestly wouldn't mind voting them.
I agree with science doggy here. Scum have three modes of transport: Inactive, Unassuming and Very Active, with most scum falling into the prior two. Though, when I say unassuming, it's not related to post count or fluffing, it's the posters who are actively giving out ideas, chasing threads but never committing beyond that (ie. This guy is really scummy because of x and x and y while this guy is really scummy because z but I'll vote for t because everyone knows he's been scummy all day because of g reasons) so basically people who try and stay middle of the pack, bandwagon-ey as hell.
0, you always find a way to lose them.
But that's my point. The loose thoughts were mostly rubbish outside the game. People have been shit posting, I have too, but you presented your post as more than it actually was, it's just a fluff piece.
I second Faddy's answer here, obviously I disagree with your initial conclusion but shutting down for a time does nothing.
I find this extremely hard to believe. And even if true, why would you be doing a random vote at this stage? There is enough material to make a real vote.
It's clear you are observing more than playing considering you always seem to pop right in if you're name is called. We don't need any of that.
VOTE: SexyFish
She still meets post minimums, it's just that most of her posts are a few words and are usually centered around misunderstandings. Which is why I read her by forcing her to vote and figuring it out from there.
Terrabyte20xx
Junior Wrestlemania XXX Champion
Role madness will always lead to less talking because people want to live long enough to use their role at least once.
When it comes to activity, I feel we as a community have a word meta issue where not posting every five seconds leads to suspicion and always lynching the highest post count. That's assuming things haven't changed much last season.
When it comes to activity, I feel we as a community have a word meta issue where not posting every five seconds leads to suspicion and always lynching the highest post count. That's assuming things haven't changed much last season.
I don't think it counts as much as you think it counts when you're counting thinking and your count is counting your thinking.
What intrigues you?
I'm intrigued by the attention he's somehow garnered, with his six posts not doing much to intrigue me on their own. Maybe I'm just sympathetic with the indecisive? I was considering standing up for Lifeline myself.
You seem pretty hung up my little poke. Seems like you are overcompensating to me.
Sorry, I just thought it was a little ridiculous.
seems like you were on the money there
In both my last two games I posted a fuckton and never got lynched.
Hell yeah SexyFish top town
Be a little less generous with your Snacks points, now.
Why Snack points and not Bat Points?
Also SexyFish are you awarding sexy points or fish points?
The second one may need to become its own thing if we get townies sucking up to mafia.
I don't like the bolded. Is it:
"you are overanalyzing but that's fine [I don't scumread you for it. Also] I'm here now."
or
"you are overanalyzing but that's fine. I'm here now [so you can stop being suspicious of me]."
?
That's a rhetorical question. I'm saying it sounds more like the latter.
Can we avoid putting words in people's mouths? THAT's a rhetorical question.
Hmm good idea.