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Trilt said:
This is an interesting argument, because I've actually never seen a wolf brag from you. Didn't do one in R&M, didn't do one in Favourite Things, didn't do one in A WW About Nothing... all games where you were a wolf.
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She did do a wolf brag in DRoP when we were wolves together, as some others pointed out. While I can see where you're coming from, I am just not getting as many feels from PBC as I expected to, mostly because when I was a wolf with her in that game she kept all of her enthusiasm in the wolf chat and kept most of it off the thread to avoid suspicion.

Unlynch Peebs.
 
kaydubs said:
Role call: @morninqlory @Ceke2002 @Crayola227
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Hi, I'm here. Sorry my browser's being a pain in the ar5e and keep freezing on me. I had a whole big write up about why I was and wasn't lynching whom, with diamonds and very apologetic flowers, but I don't know think I'll get time to write it up before I'm throttling my damn computer again. +pissed+

Anyway, I am going to lynch @dyachei, and that is only because I think dyachei is the one who is least likely to be lynched in the first round. I'd just really rather be able to have people around for a little bit longer so I can learn more before I start stringing people up. Sorry dyachei, I'm going to hand you one of my noose garlands with much apologies and really hope for your not death. :shy:

LYNCH DYACHEI
 
Trilt said:
I mean, a lot of that is a result of having heavily themed games. We generally have role names and abilities that mean something, so leaning on people until they tell them and moving along is a valid tactic. A lazy one, but it works in early game and a lot of them have no huge penalty for revealing roles (beyond giving wolves info to work with for cover). Until we have games that de-emphasize the role side of thing it's going to keep working like that. :shrug:
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I don't disagree at all, I just think it's stupid. Why bother playing the game? We could all just role reveal at the beginning and whoever has the sketchiest role gets voted. And then some mod will say "haHA! I know! I'll mess with their minds" which has been done a few hundred times now.

It just gets old. People need to play the game the way it was intended - based off of hints, suggestions, tells, and reads. Not "Uhhhhh..... no info, so I'm gonna RNG the game away or force people to role reveal."

I really LIKE that JDH has started prohibiting role reveals.
 
Zooters did reveal, they gave me a role name, and a little bit about their ability. Not enough to verify villager, but sort of matches mine.
 
finnickthedog said:
unlynch zooters

Do you know I still don't know who to vote for though?

Would you believe that I'm leaning towards AM? Do you think it interesting she said "good point" to one of trilt's post that, in my opinion, failed to make a good point? Do you know that I think there are decent reasons to vote for PBC but they weren't in the posted quoted? Do you know I find it interesting that all AM really said in response was a sarcastic "that makes sense" rather than any defense of her decision to vote for PBC following that post?
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My issue with AM is that she is much like LOTF in that when I am really suspicious of them it makes me not suspicious of them at all because they both play in a way that sets off tons of wolf alarms in my head. I've personally lead a bunch of lynches against AM because I was so dang sure she was a wolf based on play style and I was always wrong. I'm suspicious of her again this game and it's making me feel that she's likely a villager because she's been playing to her usual style thus far.

For now the person I feel best lynching is zooter, but I think that's a flimsy lynch too IMO. I haven't got very strong feels on too many other people though. My lynch may be going zootsuit's direction, give me a bit to read back through thread though.
 
Trilt said:
I mean, that one kinda depends on how obvious the seer is based on roles. But I get your point. I guess I just very much understand people leaning to role reveals D1 when there's no chance to point to your past play or anything. 🙂
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That's one of the reasons for asking people to talk about what they're reading and how they're interpreting it. Forcing them to talk more - and commit to how they are interpreting something - builds down the road.

Yeah. Day 1 is always gonna be horse****e. But there's no reason it can't be a foundation for Day 2, Day 3, etc.
 
I am here now. At dinner with my dad and trying to read too. I wanted to lynch here and there but then read further and didn't what to lynch those ways anymore. For the moment

***lynch finn***
 
finnickthedog said:
unlynch zooters

Do you know I still don't know who to vote for though?

Would you believe that I'm leaning towards AM? Do you think it interesting she said "good point" to one of trilt's post that, in my opinion, failed to make a good point? Do you know that I think there are decent reasons to vote for PBC but they weren't in the posted quoted? Do you know I find it interesting that all AM really said in response was a sarcastic "that makes sense" rather than any defense of her decision to vote for PBC following that post?
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PBC revealed to you, and you still think there are decent reasons to lynch her? What are they? Did she phrase it in a way you find less than believable?

(Do you realize you've got me doing it too?)
 
LetItSnow said:
That's cute, but ..... it's obviously evasive, obviously not based in any reason (remember, I asked 'and why'). So that answer just makes you look more wolfy.
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Time and energy doesn't mean I'll be able to provide brilliant insights on demand. I'm still me and I'm still mostly a WW space cadet.
 
Ceke2002 said:
Hi, I'm here. Sorry my browser's being a pain in the ar5e and keep freezing on me. I had a whole big write up about why I was and wasn't lynching whom, with diamonds and very apologetic flowers, but I don't know think I'll get time to write it up before I'm throttling my damn computer again. +pissed+

Anyway, I am going to lynch @dyachei, and that is only because I think dyachei is the one who is least likely to be lynched in the first round. I'd just really rather be able to have people around for a little bit longer so I can learn more before I start stringing people up. Sorry dyachei, I'm going to hand you one of my noose garlands with much apologies and really hope for your not death. :shy:

LYNCH DYACHEI
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Never apologize for lynches! WW is a bloodthirsty game and if you want to get information you have to be willing to get your feet wet (with people's blood).
 
finnickthedog said:
Would you believe that nyanko is right? Would you also believe that it gets annoying to phrase everything as a question so I'm saying less than I would like to? Did you know that there are only so many phrases I can attach to beginning of statement to make it a question but still indicate I'm making a statement rather than actually asking? Would you believe it gets repetitive?



Would you believe that I'll work around my posting restriction when I have a reason to do so?

Did you know that my vote was just a typical, beginning of the day random vote? Did you know there is no explanation for it? Did you notice I was the first vote today? Do you realize I had nothing to work with? Don't we have to start somewhere? Did you know 11 is my favorite number and I usually make that my first vote? Would you believe that I often change my vote later in the day as more discussion occurs?

Are you annoyed by my post restriction yet? Do you believe that I am?
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I've had exactly that post restriction so yes, I believe you are. It sucks, I remember.

But *shrug*. It is what it is.

You could *easily* have explained your vote when you made it. Then I wouldn't have had to call you out.
 
Ceke2002 said:
Hi, I'm here. Sorry my browser's being a pain in the ar5e and keep freezing on me. I had a whole big write up about why I was and wasn't lynching whom, with diamonds and very apologetic flowers, but I don't know think I'll get time to write it up before I'm throttling my damn computer again. +pissed+

Anyway, I am going to lynch @dyachei, and that is only because I think dyachei is the one who is least likely to be lynched in the first round. I'd just really rather be able to have people around for a little bit longer so I can learn more before I start stringing people up. Sorry dyachei, I'm going to hand you one of my noose garlands with much apologies and really hope for your not death. :shy:

LYNCH DYACHEI
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You're going to need to get way more bloodthirsty, real quick. :laugh:

Someone's getting lynched, let yourself have a say in it, use it to your advantage. Lynching is our best way to get info. Have fun with it!
 
Trilt said:
Would you guys believe that I actually knew exactly why Finn made the vote she did (and acknowledged it in my response to her)? And that she has been consistent in using that justification for D1 ever since our noob game?

It doesn't mean she's not a wolf, but it's her standard fare.
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So Finn always votes #11 on D1?

That's stupid.

Just think about it. Let's say we all did something like that. LIS always votes for the first person in the line-up whose name begins with A. Finn always votes #11. Dyachei always votes for the last person to sign up. Etc. etc.

How much do we learn D1 doing that? We might as well just skip Day 1 and randomly have the mods lynch someone.

I will always vote against people who use some sort of 100% uninformed voting technique because it's lazy and in the long run it hurts villagers.
 
If PBC isn't the best lynch right now, I suppose I can switch, but I really hope we're not letting a wolf get off the hook.
heyyimhayley said:
Zooters did reveal, they gave me a role name, and a little bit about their ability. Not enough to verify villager, but sort of matches mine.
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Interesting. I wonder if other players have similar roles to each other?
 
genny said:
PBC revealed to you, and you still think there are decent reasons to lynch her? What are they? Did she phrase it in a way you find less than believable?

(Do you realize you've got me doing it too?)
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Do you know I just find some of things she said to be weird? Do you not think, for example, her comment about a lack of a wolf brag had weird timing?
Do you know that I'm not saying I necessarily agree with the reasons but that I can see the logic behind them?
Do you know that her reveal seemed perfectly logical but I would never claim to 100% sure of village status based on that alone?

Do you realize I'm sorry that question asking is apparently contagious?
 
LetItSnow said:
That's one of the reasons for asking people to talk about what they're reading and how they're interpreting it. Forcing them to talk more - and commit to how they are interpreting something - builds down the road.

Yeah. Day 1 is always gonna be horse****e. But there's no reason it can't be a foundation for Day 2, Day 3, etc.
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This is why I'm having trouble with a lynch on day 1, yes I know it's part of the game and I'm kinda bumbling my way through at the moment, but if you lynch people with game knowledge out of the game then you don't get to read interesting strategy hints like this, or other discussions that give you more of an idea of how to play the game (besides reading endless amounts of blogs on strategy this, and strategy something else). I sat in on and lurked at the last game on here, but it's not the same as actually playing, now we're in a whole new ball park. At least with people like you, and Trilt, and others, you have reasoning and sense about the game and your approach.
 
Kam325 said:
Right, I agree with this, but you have to be reasonable about what's available for a D1 lynch when several hours have passed and there are only a few votes on the board. I can't tell you who's scummy at that point. No one has said anything. If everyone waits until someone does say something suspicious, we end up with a cluster**** at the end of the day and no time to discuss. But I can add a third vote to a pile and incentivize someone to say something in defense of themselves (this doesn't necessarily mean a role reveal on the thread).

The biggest cause of last minute scrambles is that we all pile on one person only, and no one else feels it's necessary to speak up and defend themselves until the primary candidate checks in at the end of the day and we all switch off. Which is why I agree with Genny it's a good idea to have multiple candidates aware they're up for lynch earlier in the day. But a bunch of single votes spread out across 13 different players until the hour before lynch close doesn't spark discussion either.
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Yes. There is very definitely a chicken/egg problem that can't be solved. But you have to start SOMEWHERE. That's why the reasons are pretty flimsy getting going - but the more you start rolling with them, the more you have to work with. Whereas the more people just throw some stupid auto-lynch vote (RNG, favorite spot in the roster, whatever), the less you have to work with.

I already agreed with your second point (about piling on one person only). In fact, I said as much.

I'm just trying to encourage people to actually PLAY.
 
LetItSnow said:
So Finn always votes #11 on D1?

That's stupid.

Just think about it. Let's say we all did something like that. LIS always votes for the first person in the line-up whose name begins with A. Finn always votes #11. Dyachei always votes for the last person to sign up. Etc. etc.

How much do we learn D1 doing that? We might as well just skip Day 1 and randomly have the mods lynch someone.

I will always vote against people who use some sort of 100% uninformed voting technique because it's lazy and in the long run it hurts villagers.
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Do you know people vote at random at the beginning of day one all the time? Do you know that whether they use RNG, #11, a joke from a previous game, or just scanning the list and picking someone out it always starts random? Do you realize there is no information at the beginning of day one? Do you not think it's a little ridiculous to pick on me specifically for something everyone does? Do you know if we all waited until there was information to lynch, we'd likely be waiting all day because no one would say anything?

Do you not see that my vote changed as there was more discussion on the the thread? Do you realize if I hadn't placed my first vote until later in the day I may have skipped the random vote? Do you not see that I am not actively attempting to lynch someone with an uninformed technique but rather using it as a springboard for discussion?

Edit: Again I must ask, do you not realize I was the first vote of the day period? How are you suggesting I should have decided my vote?
 
finnickthedog said:
Did you know that PBC revealed her full role to me? Do you think I was the best person for this job?

Anyways, would you believe she might not be someone we want to lynch? Do you believe that there is more to her role than the affinity for items she claims?
Would you believe that I'm not 100% convinced either way but feel what has been shared with me at least warrants a mention? Do you think PBC was insane to come to me to back her up? Do you realize how difficult this is to phrase? Did this even make any sense?
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Just reading this crap is reminding me how much I hated that post restriction when I had it. Ugh. *comfort*
 
vetmedhead said:
Never apologize for lynches! WW is a bloodthirsty game and if you want to get information you have to be willing to get your feet wet (with people's blood).
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Yeah, I know. It just feels so mean though, especially on someone's first day. I know it probably won't later on. I guess I'm just used to playing completely in character, and being out of character is something totally separate for me, and here I know I'm kind of slipping into table topping mode to a degree but it still doesn't feel like to the level I'd be in character mode if I was table topping - I'm finding it was far easier to blast someone into the netherworld when you're not actually playing yourself. This is like a strange combination of both at the same time. I'll get used to it, I'm sure, took me a while with VtM so I guess I can't expect things to make sense on my first day of play. 🙂

Sorry rambling, need coffee and breakfast.
 
Well, it's pretty clear to me that I'm not wanted in this game. I've been PMing with kaydubs and am not going to pay any more attention tonight and will consider in the morning if I want to keep playing.
 
And oh goody, my browser has decided to unfreeze itself, well there's something positive for the day. D
 
dyachei said:
Well, it's pretty clear to me that I'm not wanted in this game. I've been PMing with kaydubs and am not going to pay any more attention tonight and will consider in the morning if I want to keep playing.
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But I want you to stay. :arghh:
 
LetItSnow said:
I don't disagree at all, I just think it's stupid. Why bother playing the game? We could all just role reveal at the beginning and whoever has the sketchiest role gets voted. And then some mod will say "haHA! I know! I'll mess with their minds" which has been done a few hundred times now.

It just gets old. People need to play the game the way it was intended - based off of hints, suggestions, tells, and reads. Not "Uhhhhh..... no info, so I'm gonna RNG the game away or force people to role reveal."

I really LIKE that JDH has started prohibiting role reveals.
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Watched his latest game, I'm a huge fan of that rule. Hopefully it'll float over here soon.
 
And yes, a lynch tally would be great.
 
dyachei said:
Well, it's pretty clear to me that I'm not wanted in this game. I've been PMing with kaydubs and am not going to pay any more attention tonight and will consider in the morning if I want to keep playing.
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?
I hope you decide to stay 🙁
 
finnickthedog said:
Do you know people vote at random at the beginning of day one all the time? Do you know that whether they use RNG, #11, a joke from a previous game, or just scanning the list and picking someone out it always starts random? Do you realize there is no information at the beginning of day one? Do you not think it's a little ridiculous to pick on me specifically for something everyone does? Do you know if we all waited until there was information to lynch, we'd likely be waiting all day because no one would say anything?

Do you not see that my vote changed as there was more discussion on the the thread? Do you realize if I hadn't placed my first vote until later in the day I may have skipped the random vote? Do you not see that I am not actively attempting to lynch someone with an uninformed technique but rather using it as a springboard for discussion?

Edit: Again I must ask, do you not realize I was the first vote of the day period? How are you suggesting I should have decided my vote?
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A vote doesn't have to be the first thing someone/anyone says in the game. There can be ALL SORTS of game discussion before anyone throws a vote, if people wanted. Then there is a chance to have a reason for the vote.

You came in, posted "lynch so-n-so," and vanished. From my perspective, that's not helpful and looks sketchy.

Since then - as I've already posted - you've said some other things that shift you more from neg to pos in my book, but..... I really don't like the PBC vote (in spite of her completely ducking my question) because it feels just a titch too much like a dog pile. So I'm leaving my vote where it is until I see a better place to move it.
 
Kam325 said:
You're going to need to get way more bloodthirsty, real quick. :laugh:

Someone's getting lynched, let yourself have a say in it, use it to your advantage. Lynching is our best way to get info. Have fun with it!
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Thanks, I'm trying. I had a strategy all worked out, sort of, and I was trying to watch for hints and tells in certain responses from people, but then I went to bed and woke up and my brain was all sleepy and not caffeinated.
 
Animal Midwife said:
Interesting. I wonder if other players have similar roles to each other?
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Based on what we told her it's probably not similar abilities but rather a similar theme to how the abilities work, if that makes sense.
 
@dyachei I meant what I said before, I do think you're one of the most experienced and best players here, and I do really want you to stay for that fact (I went back and read through some old games before starting this one and you and the others I listed before always seem to know what you're doing, or you have an ability to reason the game through. I don't know what's happened, but please reconsider leaving the game. 😍
 
Oh please, LIS. I thought your question was in jest and I replied to suit. I wasn't trying to duck anything.
 
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