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Ohhh now you’re on AM’s single vote 😉

But for real I ask this of you and @Animal Midwife isnt Gwen usually a more quiet player? Or am I just off in left field.
This one has merit based off yesterday. And yes, she is a quiet player which is why I don't mind pressuring her early to get the most feel now. She slips by as a wolf often enough with this play, so out of the people I am suspicious of, she is one I would like to figure out sooner than later.
 
Why were you so quick to defend her?

by my pointing out your hypocrisy I am defending her? Explain

It felt like a soft defense to me and like you were implying that her comments weren't weird in any way

Who was her in this exchange? Did I already ask this? Gosh I wish we used more proper names and less pronouns. My brain is stupid like that.

Mmmmk I’m just gonna leave the topic alone, Bc you’re doing that thing where you come off a smidge cocky/mixed with a tone that just bothers me, whether you’re trying to be that way or not. And I’d rather it not color whether I read you village or wolf.

I agree. I'm having some issues with Ziggy over this.

This doesn't sound like village Cray

Lynch Cray

🙄

Need to hear a ton more from @Stagg737 regarding reads. The questions felt shallow last night and didn't share original views.

I agree with this, last game where Stagg was wolf he was just like this, and it was different from how I pointed out that he ran village the other games he wolfed. It seems that he does adapt his play when you call him out, just something to be mindful of that he's smart enough to adjust his meta that way.
@Miranda Senft Why did you vote for dolphin last night?

@Dinashadow @muttmanager What do you think now?[/QUOTE]

Frak this is why I can't do the quotes thing, by the time I collect quotes for a big box, I forget the context and what I wanted to say. This is why I typically hit reply to each message and immediately comment, and why I don't read everything to catch up to current and then comment. It flies out of my brain.

Wolf me has a fake narrative, so it's actually easier for me generate content that is not married so closely to the thread and individual posts, btw. I mean call it WIFOM all you want, I definitely do this as a villager (make comments about my gameplay and why it happens the way it does). Anyone can make an effort to do anything as a wolf with intention. The point I'm making here, is here are my thoughts, you decide what is probable. I posted a thing the last game discussing that by nature of the game WW, all things are possible, insert tinfoil hat. But some things are more probable than others, and successful villaging basically relies on one being able to tease that out.

What do you think on people outside the main discussion?

I have notes, and since I'm not EXHAUSTED today like I was yesterday, I hope to make a good reads box and utilize that. Pretty excited actually. I wanted to reply here so I wouldn't forget and to let you know I see this and will get to it.

So your Mel reading card is like my AM reading card :thinking:

Lol except that time that AM got you lynch me at lylo and win the game. Not salty. Just a fond memory of one of our lylos together.

Does anyone want to get on Cray vote with me

Lmao. What is this? It's like you took notes about what happened with WM and AM, and now think this is a good way to get an easy mislynch D2 without looking too suspicious. I find it suspicious on the tails of that discussion. I've never seen someone call for someone's death after so little analysis that you've offered so far.

Why get mad at dolphin for doing this but not AM, who literally did it a couple posts above her.

I believe dolphin was responding to me, and it did help me. I said I didn't see anyone calling it wolfy and she quoted where someone had called it wolfy. It made perfect sense to me. I missed where someone said something and she helped me see it. Don't see why she needed to add commentary to that or why you are getting mad about it if you can't understand what was going on.

Ziggy, you obsess a little much on how consistent people are being. Yes, that is one way to look for wolves. But villagers are inconsistent af because they are in the dark, and that actually makes it more difficult to be consistent. Apparently this instance of quotes with no comments was more confusing to me than when AM did it, and that confusion and annoyance and perception that this was happening more than I liked, prompted me to say something.

While I replied to dolph's post doing this, it wasn't actually directed at anyone specific, hence why I did not call anyone out by name by voting anyone. I'm not going to analyze every time I see someone pulling this game move. Sure, sometimes it's fine. Sometimes it isn't. But I want it to stop and not become a village habit.

Not to mention, when you go to quote someone's post only quoting someone, it doesn't actually show anything in the post. It's therefore annoying to get clarification by hitting reply and asking that person, hey, why did you quote these posts and say nothing? What are you trying to say?

Like, what is the problem here? Generally, if you quote people, you should be able to offer a few words as to why. Sometimes for brevity I don't reread the whole damn quotes, I just read what someone had to write about it, and reread the quotes if I need to.

Or is saving time and making communication easier for the crowd not a reasonable thing to ask villagers to do for each other?

Wait now I'm getting told I'm cocky :heckyeah: this is new

(I feel like I am allowed to be happy about actually helping catch wolves last game tho)

It's not NAI to me. I consider her one of my top candidates for today

Good for you, I guess.

Like, Ziggy, it's totally OK for you to take these as you want, but you are surprisingly resistant to considering alternate explanations for whether or not given game choices are NAI or AI.

If you want to believe that only wolves sit on making a self-prez move close to deadline, and villagers don't also, I'm going to tell you you're wrong. You're just wrong. You don't have to take my word for it, you can listen to other players or read myriad past games where this happened.

If you think for whatever reasons this is particularly AI on this player's part, OK, that's fair. Nothing stands in isolation when analyzing players and their moves and their motives. Go ahead and ignore anyone who is telling you that villagers do the same thing as a matter of strategy. If the only real thing you have swaying you is the timing of the self prez vote, I'm telling you that's weak sauce. But you do you. Don't be surprised though when players try to correct some of this thinking.

It's just really frustrating to me that you can't see where a villager would hold their self prez vote to close to the end, to give wolves less chance to counteract it by voting or argument to achieve their mislynch. Is this really crazy talk?

I will bring up why I was pissed the last game. You really didn't see how a wolf would think I would be an easier mislynch at lylo than Skim or SP? I just can't even. I think I understand how you were reasoning that, but frankly you wouldn't entertain another thought about it, and it honestly seemed pretty obvious to me.

I guess I feel like you miss the obvious even when it's explained. You gotta do you, and you can have your own logic. But you will honestly get further in this game if you open your mind a little to other arguments and let that actually sway you sometimes. Without it being like pulling teeth.
 
Day 2 A Little Like a Liverpool Lynch Tally

MOOSE (3)
- zigzag, SAR, genny
Cray (2) - Coffee?, mutts
Gwen (2) - AM, Lupin
capri (2) - Dubz, MJ
MSU (1) - bryndi
bryndi (1) - Weim
Kara (3) - Cubs, MOOSE, Mel
Coffee (1) - Ski
SAR (1) - killer
Lupin (1) - Dina
dubz (1) - Snowy
Stagg (1) - dolph


math/28 voting
@Karabiner13 and @Miranda Senft are in the lead!

Missing: @Skimble @Crayola227 @vetmedhead @MSUcvmHOPE @Stagg737 @Gwenevre @capri1722 @sheltermed @Karabiner13

Lynch close at 9pm CST (2 hours remaining)

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Some equestrian education from one of your jump course designers:
 
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Day 2 A Little Like a Liverpool Lynch Tally

MOOSE (3)
- zigzag, SAR, genny
Cray (2) - Coffee?, mutts
Gwen (2) - AM, Lupin
capri (2) - Dubz, MJ
MSU (1) - bryndi
bryndi (1) - Weim
Kara (3) - Cubs, MOOSE, Mel
Coffee (1) - Ski
SAR (1) - killer
Lupin (1) - Dina
dubz (1) - Snowy
Stagg (1) - dolph


math/28 voting
@Karabiner13 is in the lead!

Missing: @Skimble @Crayola227 @vetmedhead @MSUcvmHOPE @Stagg737 @Gwenevre @capri1722 @sheltermed @Karabiner13

Lynch close at 9pm CST (2 hours remaining)

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Some equestrian education from one of your jump course designers:
???? Can anybody help me out here????
Mad Jack hasn't posted today
 
???? Can anybody help me out here????
Mad Jack hasn't posted today
I am not on the cray wagon yet. I can chat with her now so I have some time to figure her out further. MJ posts little anymore. I miss the good 'ol days with him. We used to stir up some serious shenanigans.
 
I am not on the cray wagon yet. I can chat with her now so I have some time to figure her out further. MJ posts little anymore. I miss the good 'ol days with him. We used to stir up some serious shenanigans.
That's not what I meant. Why is it showing MJ voting for capri?

edit: sorry, lol, as if you guys were mind readers :laugh:
 
interesting considering your thoughts on me included I talked a lot about math (yes, I like math), don't like the ziggy lynch (don't see how this is a problem.. do you WANT ziggy lynched?), and I wasn't self-prezing (which was true until I was in the lead, and then I did self-prez, so again, not sure your issue here)

Do you have any updated thoughts on anyone? I see you've mentioned myself, moose, and killer (flipped village) all as sketchy, bryndi as not sketchy, and kara in response to someone else as asking a lot of questions but not saying much else.

Specifically

-what do you think of Moose being up for lynch today?
-what do you think of bryndi's move last night, and how she is not dead?
-how do you feel about my points towards Cray + followup: would you say there is potentially a wolf between kara and cray?
overall I like this post, but have a question about the bolded - is there a reason that it's a bad thing to want ziggy lynched? I am curious because that is phrased in a very accusatory way for someone just playing some early game feels and it made me feel weird about how defensive it is of ziggy, who I have as a mostly null read atm
 
I'm still catching up, but can someone tell me more about the Moose lynch?

I haven't played with her, but her reaction to being lynched yesterday was interesting. Lots of deflection and very little actual content.

^Good reasons. But she doesn't seem to be trying hard to stay alive. I would expect a bit more defense if she was a wolf.

Hey everyone, I have work from 6p - 10p so I won't be on for lynch 🙁
I'm going to stick with my vote for reasons stated before (timing).
If you have any questions, you have 10 mins (sorry I've been at school studying)!

Fair point. I will

Unlynch MSU
Lynch Kara

I will try to get on before lynch but no promises. Hopefully the ER will be slow tonight! (*knock on wood*)
 
Also Moose seems to be posting a lot about reasons why she won't be around for lynch close. Maybe not indicative of anything, but I don't know that I remember her doing that in other games I've played with her. Does anyone else know if she routinely does that?
 
overall I like this post, but have a question about the bolded - is there a reason that it's a bad thing to want ziggy lynched? I am curious because that is phrased in a very accusatory way for someone just playing some early game feels and it made me feel weird about how defensive it is of ziggy, who I have as a mostly null read atm
I don't see it is a problem, I think if she does, that's fine, but to use my not wanting ziggy to be lynched yesterday as a reason to find me sketch is pretty ??? considering she hasn't listed ziggy as sketchy, and I didn't want any of the front runners lynched yesterday
 
Lynch Kara

Been waiting around for her to show up all day but that doesn't seem like its happening. I'm fairly certain (will come back with confirmation if/when I find it) I've seen her straight up lurk as a wolf in order to avoid heat. This feels all too much like her wolf play.

ETA: Yupp I found confirmation. In CO, she directly said that she was avoiding thread on purpose while still posting in wolf chat.
This is a fair point about the CO game. Do you remember when she mentioned she would have to change her posting style due to work? I feel like it may have been before game start but don't remember.
 
I am torn on the Moose problem. On the one hand, I see some sketchy posting and an overall paucity of reads/strategy in a lot of her posts. On the other hand, she's clearly restricted today and almost seemed vaguely restricted yesterday with the sheer number of gifs she posted

It almost reminds me of a game I modded where a wolf got extra abilities if they adhered to a light posting restriction the day before (was that the CO game?).
 
I am torn on the Moose problem. On the one hand, I see some sketchy posting and an overall paucity of reads/strategy in a lot of her posts. On the other hand, she's clearly restricted today and almost seemed vaguely restricted yesterday with the sheer number of gifs she posted

It almost reminds me of a game I modded where a wolf got extra abilities if they adhered to a light posting restriction the day before (was that the CO game?).
Snowy received a conversion upon death by sticking to her restriction in CO. But I recall Moose always posting a lot of gifs.
 
This is a fair point about the CO game. Do you remember when she mentioned she would have to change her posting style due to work? I feel like it may have been before game start but don't remember.
I do, and I understand the possibility that she hasn't been on because of work, which is why thats not the only reason she's setting off my wolfdar. See my posts yesterday.

and its also an hour and a half before lynch. :shrug: if this sounds cold, but I would want to see at least a quick "hello, busy today, goodbye." post or telling one of her PM partners "Hey I won't be on for lynch" or something.
 
@ziggyandjazzy has she said anything like that?
I do, and I understand the possibility that she hasn't been on because of work, which is why thats not the only reason she's setting off my wolfdar. See my posts yesterday.

and its also an hour and a half before lynch. :shrug: if this sounds cold, but I would want to see at least a quick "hello, busy today, goodbye." post or telling one of her PM partners "Hey I won't be on for lynch" or something.
 
Im pretty concerned by the # that havent voted yet
I am torn on the Moose problem. On the one hand, I see some sketchy posting and an overall paucity of reads/strategy in a lot of her posts. On the other hand, she's clearly restricted today and almost seemed vaguely restricted yesterday with the sheer number of gifs she posted

It almost reminds me of a game I modded where a wolf got extra abilities if they adhered to a light posting restriction the day before (was that the CO game?).
Is MOOSE where you want to vote? Or are you conflicted bc you had someone else more wolfy?
 
Crayola227 said:
I will point out, that the last time she was like this, I was a wolf, she was a villager, and I NK her D1 for just this kind of play. So not sure I buy this play from Kara as anything outside the norm, but if she is a villager right now, I can exactly see how she might be making wolves nervous. I think she's a bit more pointed this time. So not sure if this represents a villager menage a trois of suspicion, or if there's a wolf amongst you 3. I'm guessing the latter, will keep my eyes on you.

Thinks a wolf of these 3. Doesn't think anything out of norm w/ Kara

For crying out loud Coffee, we ALL should know by now, that I generally respond to posts as I go, right then and there. So if I'm replying to a post, 9 times out of 10, I'm replying with knowledge only of what came up to that post, and not after.

At the time I made the comment, I felt that Kara's posts were good wolf hunting. I did not agree with Mel and Moose, who essentially said "oh she was just like this when she was a wolf" I was basically disagreeing with that comment, thus far. To support this, I referred to a past game and gave my opinion that she was playing like the time she was doing such a good job wolf hunting. Yes, the suggestion I was making was that perhaps those saying "whoa look at this gameplay from Kara, she's wolfy" when I thought it was good, was coming from wolves feeling threatened by her and wanting to discount her. At the same time, would they be that obvious in trying to discount her? Would Mel and Moose do that? I doubt if they were both wolves they would both say that at the same time. So I'm guessing one of Moose and Mel is probably villager, and not both wolves. In that case, that would suggest that one of them is telling the truth that they believe Kara's gameplay is wolfy, even though it strikes me village. So that means I maybe should reconsider Kara's gameplay as suggested by one of two players, since I am not believing they are both wolves. So I still don't think it's crazy, that out of 3 players in this particular scenario I've described, I think that they are not all wolves, at least one is villager telling the truth, likely 2 given the odds in this game of wolf:villager ratio, and that I for my own reasons doubt the whole thing had a w/w interaction buried in there, meaning that 2 were wolves. I entertained that it was 3 villagers. However, if up to 1/4 players are wolf, it might not be wise to determine 3/3 are villagers, and reasonable to think 1/3 are wolves, just by stats. I guess it's my own quirk that based on the nature of the interactions and the stats, that more than one wolf was unlikely, and thinking it was all villager might be unwise. So at the point I said that, I said that I was going to look closely at those 3 players. Yes, I was leaning village on Kara. And yes, I was starting to lean village on Mel. So I guess that means in that whole scenario I'm walking away more suspicious on Moose. But if I am trusting Cheezit, I cannot dismiss that Kara could be wolf. If Cheezit is village and picking up correctly that Kara is wolf, then similarly perhaps Moose is also village and seeing something I don't, in line with Cheezit. I don't know. I think I'm allowed to read that scenario as having a villager in it, and a wolf. And I don't know who that is. I'm trying to keep an open mind.

Is it fair that instead of breaking down my every thought as above on the Kara vs Moose vs Mel thing, that I just said hey, I'm thinking there might be a wolf and I'm going to watch?

There is no inconsistency at the time I said that. As I continued to read, my feelings on Mel and Kara continued to evolve. That's what reading the thread is supposed to do. People should try it someone instead of tunneling.

Crayola227 said:
love the use of the word "wolved" over wolfed, lol, it sounds more srs bsns

also, this bit of back and forth between you and Mel feels... pockety?
and it feels like a lot of people have gotten on KL's case, but then I see moose is unlynching math for crying out loud

was Mel's NPC vote before these jokey votes for math or stats, or after?

A Nothing comment on Moose. What was the point of mentioning that for Mel?

My notes said that I noted that in addition to Moose agreeing with Mel about Kara, that somewhere she expressed her undying love for him.

So I'm more than a little annoyed that picking up something like that, is being seen as a nothing comment on Moose. People should try to tease out why people are agreeing with each other. Is it based on true belief, or is it an attempt at manipulation?

This again was an interaction that was tipping me towards thinking that of Kara, Mel, and Moose, Mel was less likely to be wolf. In terms of pocketing, I didn't see Mel pocketing Moose on thread, so I figured that it was less likely Moose was making that comment as the manipulatee, and that perhaps she was trying to manipulate him. It's possible that she's a villager and it was a true and innocent comment. But I think I'm allowed to entertain otherwise.

I'm really getting annoyed, because you know what, you may not like my giant superposts or my thinking in them, but you best believe that there is in depth reasoning behind 90% of what I do, no matter my affiliation.

I'm also pointing out that while people did not like KL's joke vote, Moose made one too. And I'm pointing out things Moose is doing that may be suspicious. So then I'm wondering why people are going for KL not Moose. How is this not a fair observation? Basically, I'm describing a theory where Moose might be a wolf that is consistent with more than one point I've made about what's happened on the thread. Did I pull the trigger on Moose? No. Doesn't mean I should share my thoughts theories with the class and get input.

Crayola227 said:
for once I'm completely behind Cheezit, and he feels extremely village
WHAT? Didn't she already say she thought there was a wolf between Moose/Mel/Kara and that Kara seemed within her norm... but Mel says she ISN'T in her norm.... how can she both simutaneously think Mel could be wolf and extremely village, and agree with him but simutaneously disagree with him?

Lol. It's completely normal to village read someone, and think that they may be wrong about another player. Ffs, just because you think someone is village doesn't mean all your reads have to then agree with them. This is ridiculous. This is the kind of looking for consistency to be AI that will steer people completely wrong.

Not to mention, if I think there is one wolf between Kara, Mel, and Moose, then why can I not think that wolf is Moose, and therefore Mel is just a mistaken villager? Or even entertain that it could be any other combo of villager(s) wolves(s) among the 3.

I've said over and over and over. It's not just a question of, is the conclusion someone making accurate or not. For villagers, most of the time it will NOT be. It's a question of their reasoning.

That said, what I said about Kara earlier in response to Moose and Mel, was saying that I found issue with the reasoning that so far in the game, she was ONLY consistent with her wolf meta. You will see me disagreeing and correcting people all the time. The fact this happens, doesn't always mean they're a wolf, and it doesn't always mean I think they are a wolf. Maybe. It depends.

There is nothing inconsistent about any of what I've just explained.

Crayola227 said:
OK, thank you, I was flowing with AM, but this idea that she was trying to get people on WM... like, why can't I recall her making this impassioned plea that we forgo all other votes and vote WM for being quiet?

Because she was too busy being cryptic.

However, she's made a strong statement that almost sounds like... lying. I can't tell when you pressure AM enough to just come clean with her thoughts when she's a villager (seems that it happens so rarely), but I will say that it feels like she's actually more forthcoming as a wolf.

So is her earlier crypticness sign of villager AM? No, I'll say that's negated by this follow up post, like where AM finally sees fit to say something of substance, and it comes off as an outright lie.
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Crayola227 said:
I am seriously wondering if there was some way the wolves sniffed out Barkely the village vig. Because otherwise that is just really great luck for them, and big suck for us. I wonder what wolfy abilities you usually see to balance out a vig, I can't recall.

Who was his other PM partner?

Also now we have the issue of the killerleaf ressurection.

I trust Mel. I spoke up for Kara earlier, but I'm side eyeing her.

Seriously concerned about Lupin.

AM & Moose, I have no idea except they are making me side eye. Cubs has a post besides the emoticon that made me squint.

Need to look at who was on killerleaf and BJ again, because those were lynches I did not love.

Not sure my new "method" is going to work in a game this huge, wanted to get out my current thoughts.
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I got bored of analyzing because I feel like the other analyses are pretty good stand alone.

I will mention the "issue of killerleaf ressurection" I don't consider an issue. Also think she has been playing long enough to know there is no way for the wolves to have "sniffed out" barkley as the vig by N1 unless Barkley did relay to PM partner, but it seems way more likely that it was just a lucky hit and I would definitely not immediately think "PM partner"


Um, I seriously don't see how you take issue that I consider KL's resurrection an issue. Maybe I'm not being clever, but Pippy has raised the point in the past that if there is a villager resurrector, they should claim the rez. Unless of course there are reasons they have not to (they have more rezzes, for example). Because sometimes they have clues as to whether or not someone came back villager or not. I think affiliation of rezzes is pertinent.

And yeah, anytime a PR dies, you absolutely should consider if anyone else was going off of analysis vs RNG in the NK pick, lol. Or even redirection. You absolutely should consider if it was a PM partner. You absolutely should consider conversely, if there was something on thread that Barkely said or did that the wolves may have caught on to. Why? Because maybe there was a w/v interaction with Barkley on thread that we could pick up on knowing what we know now, and it could lead us to a wolf. This has literally happened before in a game.

Could it all be random chance? Sure, anything can be. I still don't know why it wouldn't be a reasonable thing to discuss.
 
Im pretty concerned by the # that havent voted yet
Is MOOSE where you want to vote? Or are you conflicted bc you had someone else more wolfy?
I originally hadn't seen moose as particularly wolfy, now seeing more of where the argument is coming from

also think that mel has some compelling thoughts about kara, but need to go back and read more

I'll tentatively lynch moose, but that may be subject to change after some re-reads
 
Sorry I did it specifically for Ziggy, I meant to put something like here you go Zig Bc she asked the question burn I forgot. It was literally just she said I didn’t see anyone mention what AM did was Wolff but Lupin did so I quoted it. I normally don’t do that, so I will apologize in this instance but also like I prefer quotes vs I’m writing this long post with no context or proof of what I’m saying but look at me village so hard. So to each it’s own I guess.
It's fine. I wasn't trying to pick on you specifically. I just felt like I kept seeing it, and I wanted it to stop.
 
Ok, I have to go write a 3+ page behavior report on a fear aggressive rescue GSD that I've never met, so I likely won't be back on in any real capacity. If people could explain the reasons for the moose lynch, I'd appreciate that. She did pm me today, but just asked me about my feels. I honestly don't have strong feels for her one way or the other.

My craydar is currently leaning village, and I'm hoping it's still accurate. I'm not willing to eat hats over it yet, but there have been village cray signs. Not sure why others are seeing her as wolf.

Lynch stagg

I didn't like the late joke vote yesterday, and then last minute change. I could be convinced to vote mel, but it seems others are reading him village right now.
 
Dunno. prob means nothing. I think barks is a good enough player she wouldn't have shared this info with cray or lupin d1
yes, and cray and lupin are good enough players to still read between lines

someone doesn't have to come out and say "I have a PR wolves please NK me." Wolves are a nervous bunch and it doesn't always take much for them to want to rule someone out as a PR.

Sometimes just being quiet will make a wolf suspicious and NK there, especially if they don't have other good leads. N1 is a good time for them to pick a NK going on very little, because often they do have little to go on.

It's also a good time to pick a NK target to throw shade on a PM partner, or players like myself and Lupin. If I were the wolves, I'd want to make us look shady and set us up for distraction or mislynch.

So no, nothing means nothing in WW. Most things happen for a reason.

As much as I am against NKA as a massive source of WIFOM in many cases, I still think notions should be entertained. There's very few concrete data points in the game, lynch deaths, votes, and NKs being a few of them.
 
Anything else about Lupin leading this vote? (aside from your extracurricular activities)

Not that I remember reading. Seems like she was really focused on either killer or BJ and now she's very focused on BJ today.
 
When did crayola get so argumentative? lol

Not sure why I've been 110% pissier while playing WW. It feels kinda good though. Like I'm following the teachings of WW Jesus LIS by yelling.
I feel like we could all use more hugs, cray especially. WW can be so mean sometimes.
 
Crayola227 said:
I will point out, that the last time she was like this, I was a wolf, she was a villager, and I NK her D1 for just this kind of play. So not sure I buy this play from Kara as anything outside the norm, but if she is a villager right now, I can exactly see how she might be making wolves nervous. I think she's a bit more pointed this time. So not sure if this represents a villager menage a trois of suspicion, or if there's a wolf amongst you 3. I'm guessing the latter, will keep my eyes on you.

Thinks a wolf of these 3. Doesn't think anything out of norm w/ Kara

For crying out loud Coffee, we ALL should know by now, that I generally respond to posts as I go, right then and there. So if I'm replying to a post, 9 times out of 10, I'm replying with knowledge only of what came up to that post, and not after.

At the time I made the comment, I felt that Kara's posts were good wolf hunting. I did not agree with Mel and Moose, who essentially said "oh she was just like this when she was a wolf" I was basically disagreeing with that comment, thus far. To support this, I referred to a past game and gave my opinion that she was playing like the time she was doing such a good job wolf hunting. Yes, the suggestion I was making was that perhaps those saying "whoa look at this gameplay from Kara, she's wolfy" when I thought it was good, was coming from wolves feeling threatened by her and wanting to discount her. At the same time, would they be that obvious in trying to discount her? Would Mel and Moose do that? I doubt if they were both wolves they would both say that at the same time. So I'm guessing one of Moose and Mel is probably villager, and not both wolves. In that case, that would suggest that one of them is telling the truth that they believe Kara's gameplay is wolfy, even though it strikes me village. So that means I maybe should reconsider Kara's gameplay as suggested by one of two players, since I am not believing they are both wolves. So I still don't think it's crazy, that out of 3 players in this particular scenario I've described, I think that they are not all wolves, at least one is villager telling the truth, likely 2 given the odds in this game of wolf:villager ratio, and that I for my own reasons doubt the whole thing had a w/w interaction buried in there, meaning that 2 were wolves. I entertained that it was 3 villagers. However, if up to 1/4 players are wolf, it might not be wise to determine 3/3 are villagers, and reasonable to think 1/3 are wolves, just by stats. I guess it's my own quirk that based on the nature of the interactions and the stats, that more than one wolf was unlikely, and thinking it was all villager might be unwise. So at the point I said that, I said that I was going to look closely at those 3 players. Yes, I was leaning village on Kara. And yes, I was starting to lean village on Mel. So I guess that means in that whole scenario I'm walking away more suspicious on Moose. But if I am trusting Cheezit, I cannot dismiss that Kara could be wolf. If Cheezit is village and picking up correctly that Kara is wolf, then similarly perhaps Moose is also village and seeing something I don't, in line with Cheezit. I don't know. I think I'm allowed to read that scenario as having a villager in it, and a wolf. And I don't know who that is. I'm trying to keep an open mind.

Is it fair that instead of breaking down my every thought as above on the Kara vs Moose vs Mel thing, that I just said hey, I'm thinking there might be a wolf and I'm going to watch?

There is no inconsistency at the time I said that. As I continued to read, my feelings on Mel and Kara continued to evolve. That's what reading the thread is supposed to do. People should try it someone instead of tunneling.

Crayola227 said:
love the use of the word "wolved" over wolfed, lol, it sounds more srs bsns

also, this bit of back and forth between you and Mel feels... pockety?
and it feels like a lot of people have gotten on KL's case, but then I see moose is unlynching math for crying out loud

was Mel's NPC vote before these jokey votes for math or stats, or after?

A Nothing comment on Moose. What was the point of mentioning that for Mel?

My notes said that I noted that in addition to Moose agreeing with Mel about Kara, that somewhere she expressed her undying love for him.

So I'm more than a little annoyed that picking up something like that, is being seen as a nothing comment on Moose. People should try to tease out why people are agreeing with each other. Is it based on true belief, or is it an attempt at manipulation?

This again was an interaction that was tipping me towards thinking that of Kara, Mel, and Moose, Mel was less likely to be wolf. In terms of pocketing, I didn't see Mel pocketing Moose on thread, so I figured that it was less likely Moose was making that comment as the manipulatee, and that perhaps she was trying to manipulate him. It's possible that she's a villager and it was a true and innocent comment. But I think I'm allowed to entertain otherwise.

I'm really getting annoyed, because you know what, you may not like my giant superposts or my thinking in them, but you best believe that there is in depth reasoning behind 90% of what I do, no matter my affiliation.

I'm also pointing out that while people did not like KL's joke vote, Moose made one too. And I'm pointing out things Moose is doing that may be suspicious. So then I'm wondering why people are going for KL not Moose. How is this not a fair observation? Basically, I'm describing a theory where Moose might be a wolf that is consistent with more than one point I've made about what's happened on the thread. Did I pull the trigger on Moose? No. Doesn't mean I should share my thoughts theories with the class and get input.

Crayola227 said:
for once I'm completely behind Cheezit, and he feels extremely village
WHAT? Didn't she already say she thought there was a wolf between Moose/Mel/Kara and that Kara seemed within her norm... but Mel says she ISN'T in her norm.... how can she both simutaneously think Mel could be wolf and extremely village, and agree with him but simutaneously disagree with him?

Lol. It's completely normal to village read someone, and think that they may be wrong about another player. Ffs, just because you think someone is village doesn't mean all your reads have to then agree with them. This is ridiculous. This is the kind of looking for consistency to be AI that will steer people completely wrong.

Not to mention, if I think there is one wolf between Kara, Mel, and Moose, then why can I not think that wolf is Moose, and therefore Mel is just a mistaken villager? Or even entertain that it could be any other combo of villager(s) wolves(s) among the 3.

I've said over and over and over. It's not just a question of, is the conclusion someone making accurate or not. For villagers, most of the time it will NOT be. It's a question of their reasoning.

That said, what I said about Kara earlier in response to Moose and Mel, was saying that I found issue with the reasoning that so far in the game, she was ONLY consistent with her wolf meta. You will see me disagreeing and correcting people all the time. The fact this happens, doesn't always mean they're a wolf, and it doesn't always mean I think they are a wolf. Maybe. It depends.

There is nothing inconsistent about any of what I've just explained.

Crayola227 said:
OK, thank you, I was flowing with AM, but this idea that she was trying to get people on WM... like, why can't I recall her making this impassioned plea that we forgo all other votes and vote WM for being quiet?

Because she was too busy being cryptic.

However, she's made a strong statement that almost sounds like... lying. I can't tell when you pressure AM enough to just come clean with her thoughts when she's a villager (seems that it happens so rarely), but I will say that it feels like she's actually more forthcoming as a wolf.

So is her earlier crypticness sign of villager AM? No, I'll say that's negated by this follow up post, like where AM finally sees fit to say something of substance, and it comes off as an outright lie.
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Crayola227 said:
I am seriously wondering if there was some way the wolves sniffed out Barkely the village vig. Because otherwise that is just really great luck for them, and big suck for us. I wonder what wolfy abilities you usually see to balance out a vig, I can't recall.

Who was his other PM partner?

Also now we have the issue of the killerleaf ressurection.

I trust Mel. I spoke up for Kara earlier, but I'm side eyeing her.

Seriously concerned about Lupin.

AM & Moose, I have no idea except they are making me side eye. Cubs has a post besides the emoticon that made me squint.

Need to look at who was on killerleaf and BJ again, because those were lynches I did not love.

Not sure my new "method" is going to work in a game this huge, wanted to get out my current thoughts.
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I got bored of analyzing because I feel like the other analyses are pretty good stand alone.

I will mention the "issue of killerleaf ressurection" I don't consider an issue. Also think she has been playing long enough to know there is no way for the wolves to have "sniffed out" barkley as the vig by N1 unless Barkley did relay to PM partner, but it seems way more likely that it was just a lucky hit and I would definitely not immediately think "PM partner"


Um, I seriously don't see how you take issue that I consider KL's resurrection an issue. Maybe I'm not being clever, but Pippy has raised the point in the past that if there is a villager resurrector, they should claim the rez. Unless of course there are reasons they have not to (they have more rezzes, for example). Because sometimes they have clues as to whether or not someone came back villager or not. I think affiliation of rezzes is pertinent.

And yeah, anytime a PR dies, you absolutely should consider if anyone else was going off of analysis vs RNG in the NK pick, lol. Or even redirection. You absolutely should consider if it was a PM partner. You absolutely should consider conversely, if there was something on thread that Barkely said or did that the wolves may have caught on to. Why? Because maybe there was a w/v interaction with Barkley on thread that we could pick up on knowing what we know now, and it could lead us to a wolf. This has literally happened before in a game.

Could it all be random chance? Sure, anything can be. I still don't know why it wouldn't be a reasonable thing to discuss.
This was very hard to read for me but I do follow your points here.
 
What do you think of the fact that Cray also said there is a wolf between Moose/Kara/Mel even if she thinks Mel is extremely village?
way to take it out of context

like I'm not allowed to make a statement about someone and then as I go change my mind

tell me something, what was the order of my posts? did I say there was a wolf between the 3 before coming to a strong conclusion about Mel? did I not make any points in between that might have shown what was I seeing that made me lean? like what I later thought was possibly Moose pocketing/buddying Mel? or a point he made later I thought was good?

and frak me, my notes say it was SAR that expressed her undying love for Mel

I'll have to go back.

The point is, you'll have to come off it that I expressed a village lean on Kara, changed my mind, and came to a village lean on Mel.

Wolves make a point of not upsetting the apple cart this way. They are only in the dark about PRs. They don't need to draw attention to themselves by contradicting themselves and changing their minds.

Get used to villagers being in the dark and changing their mind.

Here, this article may help
Resolving Simple vs Human - MafiaWiki

"In my experience, a scum role PM tends to make a person be incredibly objective-oriented. They know their wincon. They are the informed minority. And so, they have a bias in their actions. The job of a scum player is to do actions which help the scum while looking like they are helping the town. So a scum player's focuses are rather simple. They are interested in a specific way of portraying things. Their posting is often more simple, because their goal is simpler: look town, while not helping town.


In contrast, a town role PM actually tends to keep people closer to their default human status: they lack direction. A town player, as the uninformed majority, doesn't have an idea what they are doing. They are inherently random and chaotic. As a result, they are more complex and harder to figure out. This is why it's so easy to misread players: scum are better at giving a good image than town are. They will have posting which there's only a few select interpretations of. With town, a town player doesn't have that same interest in looking town, so they don't have a focus on their image. Without image control, it can be hard to understand what they are doing and why it's town. (Often, even they don't know!"


While it is true that wolves can go back on what they say as they try to follow the vagaries of the lynch mob, it's frankly bad and lazy wolfing. If you sing the same song the whole game and don't reconsider reads, village will catch on. If you just seem to change your tune always buddying someone or being on a wagon, village will catch on.

Frankly, I'm more suspicious of people who tunnel. Villagers tend to be more paranoid and thus mistrust more people. Wolves can give out their trust and approval more freely to try to make friends because they are not wolf hunting, just trying to get trusted. Tunneling can absolve a wolf of having to actually make more reasoned arguments to vote where they vote, and make less enemies in a game because they are not antagonizing more villagers by voting them.
 
Day 2 A Little Like a Liverpool Lynch Tally

MOOSE (5)
- zigzag, SAR, genny, meats, stagg
Cray (2) - Coffee?, mutts
Gwen (2) - AM, Lupin
capri (2) - Dubz, MJ
MSU (1) - bryndi
bryndi (1) - Weim
Kara (3) - Cubs, MOOSE, Mel
Coffee (1) - Ski
SAR (1) - killer
Lupin (1) - Dina
dubz (1) - Snowy
Stagg (2) - dolph, skim


22/28 voting
@Miranda Senft you are in the lead!

Missing: @Crayola227 @MSUcvmHOPE @Gwenevre @capri1722 @sheltermed @Karabiner13

Lynch close at 9pm CST (50 minutes remaining)

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Okay guys, have literally two minutes before we get slammed again. I would appreciate not getting lynched tonight. I do just want to say that kara did do this when she was a wolf last time (CO) but eh, if you lynch me it is what it is (got lots of neuro to do). Sorry to be flippant, lack of time.

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Why would he be voting for someone who also hasn't posted all day?
MJ does not play normally, so I doubt he even has a reason if so. With both him and WZ on capri, I wouldn't rule out a follow vote since they are generally tight. Or, another interesting possibility, is a silencer/vote controller. Who knows. Until MJ can or chooses to speak, these are all questions for the unicorn.

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Why would he be voting for someone who also hasn't posted all day?

Because MJ does a lot of things that don't really make sense?

I am wondering where Capri is. She is liking posts so she's definitely on and lurking.
 
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