Alright you fools, I am back from my gaming session and regrettably, I had to miss out on EoD.
Ended up pulling in a no lynch. Not good.
Before anyone wants to get the bright idea that neglected to vote despite I highly support lynching, especially D1; subbing in late - agonizingly close to EoD does not leave much room for deliberation. Especially when you have to sleep and already have prior arrangements that take away from what little time there already is. When I was asked to replace Crowlich was unfortunately at a pretty bad time.
@/Ragiku I get that everyone's pinned against each other in this game, but can we cut @/Agrina some slack? Everyone's bombarding them, which, from personal experience, I know that that can be overwhelming and make you not want to participate at all. How can they help us if we scare them away, no offense.
Honestly, considering this is a game relative to heavy finger pointing and heated debates, it's already expected of each player to know what they are driving into. However, I do understand these games can get overwhelming despite their intensity, and if that happens, it's best to probably take a break and step back from the game. I've had to do this a few scant times, so no one will fault them for it.
But just asking to cut someone slack for the sake of cutting someone slack isn't something I find encouraging and should be avoided.
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I just want to say that I think from experience it is a common mafia tactic to post as many posts as you can so that it looks like you are contributing even if you are not. I am 97.23% sure that someone in the thread has mentioned this already, but I have not looked. Just expressing my own opinion.
I have seen plenty of both mafia and town vying equally as the highest vocalized players, so considering this, I do not get how based on one game and just as a pointed tactic you used designates being vocal as AI? I've seen mafia slip right beneath the radar by being less vocal and just contributing enough to appear town with PoV and end up having town just simply eliminate each other with ease. One of the last games I was in mafia practically won this way. So your logic here seems rather odd.
Okay, I can post what I intended to earlier now. Again, I apologise for that.
@/Werelynx
My main motivation for calling out TyrianCallows for her early nudge of the inactive players was exactly because of that: it was early. Way too early. Ten hours in to a 48-hour day cycle? Some people would have simply not had the opportunity to post. This is likely just my own personality bleeding in here, but it irks me when that sort of stuff happens. A little patience is in order. I think they should be given at least a day before they should be looked at as scum, or even inactive in the first place.
I also brought up the potential of vocal scum, because in the one game I did play, I was scum and my tactic was to be very vocal, and try to at least seem helpful. Contribute, but contribute stuff that will muddle the thoughts of the town or lead them the wrong way. The reason I think we should be wary of vocal scum is because that's the tactic I would personally use.
My opinion of the D1 lynch being a culmination of what I've heard others say is purely because I lack experience. I've only played one other game that I've really known what's going on (the old Fandom Mafia), as anything else before that is too long ago (in the realm of five to six years ago) for me to remember anything useful. Besides, it was a chat-style Mafia, and I was never very good at it.
As I said to Lynx, how is being a vocal player counted as AI?
Re: Slot Ten.
I have been in a few games where there was a reserved slot that was generally unknown to the player base. Usually these slots are geared towards the mods for special characters that have special abilities and roles that could be interlocked to certain wincons or for added special mechanics. Considering this has just done nothing but general continuous speculation without much of anything contextual behind it, I feel we are wasting time deliberating on it until at least we have more information on exactly what the slot is for.
Re: TyrianCallows
My initial opinion on Tyrian was on how aggressive they were right out of the gate and how fast they seemed to jump behind Berry on the situation with Agrina. A lot of their content was lacking thereof, with the exception of the spreadsheet which is now private. Interesting. What I find more intriguing is the fact is that several people have pointed their suspicions on their behavior and it seems they have literally gone silent. Which is upon close inspection, seems rather strange. I am not quite sure what this would imply since it's rather abrupt. However, it has me wondering to say the least on why they have not attempted to provide a defense. At this point, I am going to be closely watching what they do as we proceed into day two. Grated they did attempt to prod the inactive people into joining the discussion, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. But the majority of their posts lack content, substance towards general targets and who they find as scummy and felt more lackluster without heavy drive to participate. Considering this, I definitely would like to hear what they have to say in accordance to the suspicions that have been placed against them.