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MafiEra Mafia |OT| The Day of the Blargonauts
- Thread starter The Bear
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sure but at this point im willing to indulge
pretty hard to have a reads list when i have no grasp on the game
What specifically has made you feel better about Fran today?
Turmoil had an early exchange that gave me townie vibes but since then he hasn't impressed. I plan to give him a reread when I'm on a computer next. Also want to reread Fran but so many posts already😞
Indeed, Fran was on my nope list. But I still love you, Fran.
I can't tell if Fran and Chuggs are town v town who are just rubbing each other the wrong way or if one of them is scum. It ain't both.
Heyyyy, there's rac.
Yeah, Sophia did some shady things. Whether or not it was scummy, who knows, but meta doesn't clear it. Even the most careful players can make mistakes. It was like the Blarg thing was a mistake that she had to justify, because it made no sense and she went right back without any real outside prompting.
Maybe there is a scum in there pointing the finger to capitalize or to blend in, who knows, but it doesn't make what Sophia did any less questionable or worthy of some attention, but again, without CeeCee, there's not much we can do with it.
I'm conflicted on this too, because I believe I was one of the first people to float Chugg as a scum read, Fran didn't come in until later when he took issue with Chugg's read on Malus. I'm not sure how to read it all in that context, since it could be Scum Fran trying to appear like a Towny with his quick scum read on someone who was already starting to get some suspicion on them.
I've never found turmoil an easy read. Interesting.
I would agree with the townreads on Kyanrute so far, but he would not be a pick for leader for me. Stan is about as wild as I would go.
Yes, dear, you rang?
Indulge me - if we did vote you leader, would you play it straight, or would you Blarg out?
I don't know if I trust the answer but I want it anyway.
On D1 in Brexit, I specifically called him "Town as Fuck" during my night chat with Zeke lol. There was just something about his posts, the way he was trying to suss things out, it read very Towny to me. I just couldn't see Scum in it. Very different vibes this time around though.
But I don't think that's always the case for him, so I'd grain-of-salt it. Meta reads in general, in fact.
This game overall feels weird to me. The mechanic is good. It's got people talking. But it's also got us working to solve a problem related to our problem, so a lot of the discussion may actually end up being totally useless, or at least less useful, since I suspect a lot of it is just going to come down to style. But we're digging through all this content, so it feels like there should be something there, right? But I wonder if any of it's actually revealing.
Just idle thoughts, I guess. But it does feel like we're all going in circles a bit.
If by "Blarg out" you are insinuating that I would ignore the majority in favour of my own reading, then I most definitely would not "Blarg out". Because that is not how I am
Why did you quote me about that? What you said is precisely the point I was trying to make against Faddy.
Okay that makes more sense. I'm just out of it and was confused there for a sec. Sorry about that.
But anyway I'm clocking out for the night. Don't know if I got some stomach bug or something, but I've been vomiting up a storm. First time I recall throwing up in ages that wasn't a result of alcohol and it sucks.
Do you know how hard it was to come up with a counter-argument to your own line of thinking? Good work carry on
Oh snap, this election is actually ending fairly soon. I'll make some more meaningful comments before the end but, honestly, I dunno if I'm even that invested in who will be made leader. I wouldn't want CeeCee, Natiko, Geno, or Blarg to be the one, but that's pretty much it.
Hopefully there'll be a replacement for Giant Panda before it comes down to it.
Hopefully there'll be a replacement for Giant Panda before it comes down to it.
I don't have much to say right now I guess.
Looking at the player/post count list, I'd probably want to hear more from Ketkat, Kawl, malus, turmoil7, and absolutbro.
I haven't had a chance to use a computer yet to follow up on the couple of points I'd like to. I feel like outside of that it's mainly just a holding pattern until people actually start placing votes. Hopefully one of my preferred options pan out, but if not I'll evaluate the remaining candidates and go from there.
Right now, cabot, Fandorin, Brazil, Stan, Kyan, Sorian, Pirate Bae, Natiko all have votes (and a few have voted themselves. Myself, I think most of those are good choices, though I'm less invested in Kyanrute (wild card) and Sorian (I've talked about it) than the others. I don't feel super certain in my Stan vote, so I expect I'll start hammering out my decision after Stan's next appearance.
But I am concerned about the lower tier of activity. CeeCee, turmoil, malus, whomever replaces GP, and AbBro all have fewer than ten posts, too, btw. KetKat, Zubz, and Kawl don't have many posts and not much content. CeeCee's on a plane. Rest of y'all need to weigh in.
But I am concerned about the lower tier of activity. CeeCee, turmoil, malus, whomever replaces GP, and AbBro all have fewer than ten posts, too, btw. KetKat, Zubz, and Kawl don't have many posts and not much content. CeeCee's on a plane. Rest of y'all need to weigh in.
That was a far longer day than I anticipated! Just caught up.
Is it any more cheating than voting for yourself to be leader?
When Blarg shitposts this much, it's usually because he's trying to distract from something, at least to my knowledge. As I stated before, though, this is literally a Blargonaut themed game so his change in behavior is likely due to that.
Nobody else is screaming town, sadly. Maybe Sorian, but I haven't played enough games with Sorian to know any tells, & just know that Sorian's the towniest townie to ever town according to past conversations that I may or may not be misremembering.. I want to hear more from the quiet ones who just jumped in, since I'm assuming they're taking over from players who were idle because they were busy & not because they were Scum skirting by. I will say I find you trusting Pirate Bae so readily as odd, but I can understand how real life biases can play into who we vote for/against. That's how they get ya, though...
With Sorian & Dr. Monkey voting for Stanley Palmtree, I'm going to hesitantly trust their judgment.
VOTE: Stanley Palmtree
<3 you too!
Is it any more cheating than voting for yourself to be leader?
When Blarg shitposts this much, it's usually because he's trying to distract from something, at least to my knowledge. As I stated before, though, this is literally a Blargonaut themed game so his change in behavior is likely due to that.
Nobody else is screaming town, sadly. Maybe Sorian, but I haven't played enough games with Sorian to know any tells, & just know that Sorian's the towniest townie to ever town according to past conversations that I may or may not be misremembering.. I want to hear more from the quiet ones who just jumped in, since I'm assuming they're taking over from players who were idle because they were busy & not because they were Scum skirting by. I will say I find you trusting Pirate Bae so readily as odd, but I can understand how real life biases can play into who we vote for/against. That's how they get ya, though...
With Sorian & Dr. Monkey voting for Stanley Palmtree, I'm going to hesitantly trust their judgment.
VOTE: Stanley Palmtree
<3 you too!
I suddenly regret this decision.
I suddenly no longer regret this decision.
I was feeling some kind of way about you, Zubz, but this made me chuckle. Sensibly.
I put in a good word for you early in the phase for meta reasons, but I find your admitted sheeping a little off-putting. Part of me wants to give it a pass because you're at least self aware (and again, admitting), but I'm still not sure it sits right.
Explain this one, would you? Are you referring to the replacements? We don't know if they were busy or why they dropped. Neither was idle. Just GP a little. So what do you mean?
I've seen Blarg as Town and Scum, and he's a shitpost master regardless of alignment.
I've never seen the fabled Scum Sorian, so at the least I'm trying to keep some distance, but yes he does naturally read pretty Towny to me.
I don't trust Pirate Bae, but she is reading rather townish to me here. I especially liked her reasoning on her town read on Kyan. I figure if she were to end up as the Leader, I'd get a better read on her through that process.
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On a side note, what's up with these sudden Stan votes? Is it just because people are Town reading the people voting for him?
Zubz, you had mentioned FluxWave as a scum read of yours alongside Blarg, right? What do you make of him voting for Stan now with you and Blarg all of a sudden?
That's fair. I usually don't have any good takes until we get to D2, admittedly, so I don't really have too much to contribute until we get a flip, but I deserve any & all call-outs for it.
And I was referring to the replacements, & wanting to hear/see more from them; I thought a few more of the replaced were idle but I may have been mistaken.
That's fair, but Blarg just wipes pages out with shitposts when he's Scum. In games where he's town, Blarg usually has some sort of end game.
I'll admit my Stan vote was because I had no better leads & 2 people I Town leaned were for him. As or Blarg or Flux following, however, it's suspicious, to say the least. The fact Flux joined in kind of makes me want to back out in case they're Scum & are trying to set me up as part of their cabal, but it's also D1, so I have no major reason to be too suspicious yet.
Bit of a mixed bag so far. You're presenting more thoughts than you have in certain other games, but some of those thoughts include comments like how you won't be providing reads because they're garbage so I'm not sure what to make of it. Unlike Sorian though I won't profess to have a strong ability to read you. If I absolutely had to choose I'd probably land on scum reading you just due to the sheer noise:content ratio.
Nope. I wasn't in Archer, Disney Princess, Dark Souls, Power Rangers and only had a cameo in Heroes vs. Villains but won that game anyway. Dunno why I would have an interest in games I didn't appear in but that's fanfiction for you
I mean technically yes, but it's unlikely to happen with my vote.
What's with these stan votes? Zubz, why are you so ready to follow Monkey and Sorian on the train?
Same for flux, blarg.
Not sure if I'll be around for day end, but I at least will do this for now:
Vote: Zubz
I don't like their sudden stan vote, and I have been watching them for a few pages now. They seem hesitant to commit and follow their own reads, instead opting to jump on stan with the excuse of trusting well-known players. I want them to stand on their own two feet. I want to see what they do when their feet are held to the fire.
Same for flux, blarg.
Not sure if I'll be around for day end, but I at least will do this for now:
Vote: Zubz
I don't like their sudden stan vote, and I have been watching them for a few pages now. They seem hesitant to commit and follow their own reads, instead opting to jump on stan with the excuse of trusting well-known players. I want them to stand on their own two feet. I want to see what they do when their feet are held to the fire.
I've done everything he's done, as described, and yet you vote for Zubz over the protagonist? It's okay
Terra is either scum or lazy town.
Evidence? Saying that it's suspicious that I posted some jokes and nothing since. Means that either he didn't read my posts and yet is still scumreading me, or he did read my posts and is choosing to ignore parts of them to make a case.
Evidence? Saying that it's suspicious that I posted some jokes and nothing since. Means that either he didn't read my posts and yet is still scumreading me, or he did read my posts and is choosing to ignore parts of them to make a case.
Other people I would vote for:
Terra
Kawl
Blarg (mainly for the lols)
I voted for zubz over these because he has piqued my curiosity the most he past few pages. I have never played with Terra before and kawl barely has a presence so I would vote them to learn more about them.
Blarg is a shot in the dark for me, tbh. I never understand him.
Terra
Kawl
Blarg (mainly for the lols)
I voted for zubz over these because he has piqued my curiosity the most he past few pages. I have never played with Terra before and kawl barely has a presence so I would vote them to learn more about them.
Blarg is a shot in the dark for me, tbh. I never understand him.