Mass Effect 17er [Game Thread]

[GeneralHankerchief]

Why were you focusing so much on the Dolby/Esooa interaction stuff this morning anyway, GH? Feels like most of your early posts were about that, though also, ISO bias!!!

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*grumble grumble ISO grumble grumble*

I don't really think I talked about Dolby/Esooa that much this morning (US time)? Last night, on gamestart, sure, but not this morning. As for why I focused on them last night, well, they... stuck out to me?

As for why I'm voting Amy: why not?

[Ampharos]

I don't really think I talked about Dolby/Esooa that much this morning (US time)? Last night, on gamestart, sure, but not this morning. As for why I focused on them last night, well, they... stuck out to me?

As for why I'm voting Amy: why not?

cause it's pretty WeirdChamp of you, bro

[GeneralHankerchief]

cause it's pretty WeirdChamp of you, bro

Not really if you've read my posts today.

[Ampharos]

Not really if you've read my posts today.

voting me is inherently WeirdChamp, i thought that went without saying

[Csargo]

oh and i wasnt calling amy a villager, i was saying they read me correctly

amy is a wolf

[Cuthillius]

That makes sense, thanks.

There's a whole philosophical thing I kinda wanna get into that I touched on in the last game surrounding the difference in the way people interact with players based on whether the most recent game that play was in was as villa or wolf. I probably won't though because it's more of a long topic for a dvc or something. I guess I'll just say that I think after two weeks of seeing me post as town I'm hoping it's just easier to see the similarities. I understand that your take is "you aren't posting that different from last time so why is the thread perception so different on you from people that were in both games" but hopefully you can get around to "you aren't posting that different from last time so you're probably just town again" soon.

I'd be curious to hear your thoughts from this angle on GH specifically.

[Arapocalypse]

This GH read is rough, a few points to it!!

Reading his posts, it feels like he's posting through a thick fog of war? Just getting the sense that his thoughts/reads are sort of murky, but in a foggy way and not like you're looking through water; also not ruling out that we're just seeing him through a Foe-Glass or something!!! More specifically, the focus feels sort of weird? I'm townreading the memes more than the content posts, and memes are much easier to just call town because of their hype!!!!! Feels like a surprising amount of repeititiveness in general, regarding Dolby/Ephemeral for instance!!

Capage read stuff feels like the towniest stuff that he's actually said overall, who I'm still leaning towards being just thread-spewed town that GH has contributed to!!!

[Csargo]

Vote: Csargo

I think some of their posting has been a bit awkward in its construction.



Is the most notable example. The "i just remember thing from what I remember" section reads to me like they were looking to add a qualifier and ended up getting turned around and added it twice.

I also thought the repetitive usage of the word "weird" as a qualifier a few times in a short span about GH's postings was, well, weird in a "wanted to shade the person getting a bit of heat without actually calling them out hard" way.

This read is thin, I know.

Yeah, that's basically me, awkward. I'm basically not holding anything back and reassessing as I'm posting, so it ends up being odd a lot of the time.

[Arapocalypse]

I don't really think I talked about Dolby/Esooa that much this morning (US time)? Last night, on gamestart, sure, but not this morning. As for why I focused on them last night, well, they... stuck out to me?

As for why I'm voting Amy: why not?

Sorry, I meant this morning game-wise at SoD1, not this 24-hour day's morning!!!

Okay, just... feels weird, not entirely sure why!!

You could say why not about anyone!!!! Is it because of Visor or do you have an individual read there, or both or neither?

[GeneralHankerchief]

This GH read is rough, a few points to it!!

Reading his posts, it feels like he's posting through a thick fog of war? Just getting the sense that his thoughts/reads are sort of murky, but in a foggy way and not like you're looking through water; also not ruling out that we're just seeing him through a Foe-Glass or something!!! More specifically, the focus feels sort of weird? I'm townreading the memes more than the content posts, and memes are much easier to just call town because of their hype!!!!! Feels like a surprising amount of repeititiveness in general, regarding Dolby/Ephemeral for instance!!

Capage read stuff feels like the towniest stuff that he's actually said overall, who I'm still leaning towards being just thread-spewed town that GH has contributed to!!!

Point of order, I've repeated myself on Dolby/Esooa because multiple people have asked me to elaborate across various points of the dayphase, but neither Dolby nor Esooa has posted all that much since SOD last night, so I mostly just ended up... repeating myself.

[GeneralHankerchief]

Sorry, I meant this morning game-wise at SoD1, not this 24-hour day's morning!!!

Okay, just... feels weird, not entirely sure why!!

You could say why not about anyone!!!! Is it because of Visor or do you have an individual read there, or both or neither?

I mentioned more than once that I didn't feel all that good about Amy's and Visor's interaction, specifically regarding the bit around Steamed Hams, and I liked how Visor came in hot/the way he did and thought it was pretty townie of him to do so in that exact way. I don't really have a specific read on Amy beyond me not liking that interaction, but my general thought upon moving my vote to Amy was "sure, we can roll with this".

[Arapocalypse]

There was another one?

Fair enough I guess.

Vote: Csargo

[Ampharos]

I mentioned more than once that I didn't feel all that good about Amy's and Visor's interaction, specifically regarding the bit around Steamed Hams, and I liked how Visor came in hot/the way he did and thought it was pretty townie of him to do so in that exact way. I don't really have a specific read on Amy beyond me not liking that interaction, but my general thought upon moving my vote to Amy was "sure, we can roll with this".

what did you dislike about my part of steamed hams?

[Visor]

what did you dislike about my part of steamed hams?

the fact that they are obviously grilled

[Arapocalypse]

Yeah, that's basically me, awkward. I'm basically not holding anything back and reassessing as I'm posting, so it ends up being odd a lot of the time.

Hi Csargo!!!!!

Where are you at in the game, in that case? I've seen a whole bunch of posts in your ISO but it feels like you're either holding back a lot or don't have stuff to hold back, would be interested in talking about where you're at!!!

[GeneralHankerchief]

what did you dislike about my part of steamed hams?

The initial part that Visor questioned. I thought it was way too soon to slap a townread on him, and (granted this is later on) I don't know how I feel about your response.

Also the lights just flickered in my office and I think there's a reasonable chance something explodes soon so I'm probably done here until I get home.

[Arapocalypse]

I mentioned more than once that I didn't feel all that good about Amy's and Visor's interaction, specifically regarding the bit around Steamed Hams, and I liked how Visor came in hot/the way he did and thought it was pretty townie of him to do so in that exact way. I don't really have a specific read on Amy beyond me not liking that interaction, but my general thought upon moving my vote to Amy was "sure, we can roll with this".

Ah, okay; was wondering whether there was more stuff beyond that interaction!!!

Not really hyping about that in particular; I somewhat liked the thing about not wanting to immediately townread Hally/Ephemeral initially and then immediately doing it (mitigating factors for that though), but otherwise felt shrug!!

[Arapocalypse]

Oof, stay safe GH!!!!!

Any thoughts about the !!!!!!!! on you so far, Amy?

[Zack]

Official Tally as of #558

4 Ampharos (Visor, Hally, Cuthillius, GeneralHankerchief)

2 Montmorency (ColonelLubriderm, pzelda)
2 Csargo (Sunbae, Arapocalypse)

1 Maple (Ephemeral)
1 GeneralHankerchief (Csargo)
1 Hally (Montmorency)
1 Cuthillius (Maple)

Not Voting: Ampharos, Dolby, dyachei, Esooa, Manasi

[Zack]

Pretty sure that's correct, PM / DM me if you find any errors.

[Arapocalypse]

First of all, I'm leaning Montmorency to be... not quite towny, but TWTBAW; feels like he's just been doing his own thing/sliding comfortably into the thread/that sort of casualness where he's not overly self-aware of his posts!!! Which also involves his later posts where he doesn't really talk about reads on people in and of themselves, that I sort of think is a little overly suspicious-looking that mafia would be aware of and refrain from doing, to at least sneak some sort of read in it... it's not even hedging, for one!!!!

Second of all, I missed the live-action Powerpuff girls link in his post earlier, and that looks like it'll be an utter disaster; they're going to try and capitalize on recent superhero hype to force it dark and "edgy" and bluh!!!!!! Why DC!!!!!!!

[Arapocalypse]

Also, Cuth can be towny!!!!

[Sunbae]

I got my box of Kaldheim in finally. Alt Border Valki, Extended border Kaya, Regular Vorinclex, foil Tyvar, and Foil Alt border Toralf being the big hits. The list cards all sucked sadly.

Not a bad box though!

[Sunbae]

I'd be curious to hear your thoughts from this angle on GH specifically.

I mentioned it earlier but I think the way he has basically not engaged with me at all is different than the way he handled me as a wolf last game. He spent quite a few posts and walls trying to explain himself to me whereas this game he's basically just done his own thing and ignored me. I've found it villagery but it's low on the "holds up for a long while" or "more important than how he solves others" scales.

[Csargo]

Hi Csargo!!!!!

Where are you at in the game, in that case? I've seen a whole bunch of posts in your ISO but it feels like you're either holding back a lot or don't have stuff to hold back, would be interested in talking about where you're at!!!

I don't really have strong thoughts on very many people. I think Visor/Dolby are performing below my expectations of them, judging by past experience. They're usually more obviously town, pretty quickly, so I think they're underwhelming at present.

I'm thinking that pzelda is probably town, because the thoughts and how he's processing people are eerily similar to last game.

I think Esooa, GH, Hally, you, and Cuth are okay.

The rest I don't have particularly strong thoughts either way on.

[Sunbae]

My town core is Zelda, Ara, and Colonel i think

[pzelda]

What on earth am I missing on Capage!!!!!!!!!!! Someone here is the problem, and I feel like it's me!!!!

I think you haven't seen me scum in a while. But let's talk about you. You are usually quite difficult to read early on, but I'm getting a good vibe from this one post (earlier posts were either forgettable or slightly scary as that comic strip reminded me of w!GH in champs, but I guess you just couldn't resist a good joke). Here you react to previous activity and ask questions, if you further develop your reads based on answers I think it's a good look!!! That said, some parts feel over the roof hype, almost cryptic. I don't love it, but I don't think it's wolfy.

I don't think you are in danger of getting my vote today, but It's also too early to let you in my town. And i think that's a fair read.

[Sunbae]

the xposts today are

[Visor]

I don't really have strong thoughts on very many people. I think Visor/Dolby are performing below my expectations of them, judging by past experience. They're usually more obviously town, pretty quickly, so I think they're underwhelming at present.

I'm thinking that pzelda is probably town, because the thoughts and how he's processing people are eerily similar to last game.

I think Esooa, GH, Hally, you, and Cuth are okay.

The rest I don't have particularly strong thoughts either way on.

i didnt know my parents were playing this game

[Cuthillius]

Ara, your definition of "TWTBAW" seems... gauged on a much more sensitive scale than usual, so I'm not sure what to do with those reads? Like, usually I'm used to people applying that read to people who are doing things that just splash into the thread in a very wolfy way, but you seem to be saying "these things are slightly >rand w and I don't think this person would do that many slightly >rand w things so they're probably town". Does that make sense?

Also, why am I a villager?