StorrZerg wrote:My change of stance on strike wolf.
Finally, you get around to this.
StorrZerg wrote: (the hidden wolf)
Considering that with the possible exception of Pancake I have been the most vocal about my disapproval of your play which I have not hidden which contradicts this statement, I hearby redub this case "Bullshit Storr Not-So-Hidden Wolf".
For the next part I am going to remove the spoiler tags because I am breaking this shit case down:
Storrzerg wrote:Much of day 1, i felt he was being inquisitive about players, poking here and there, and doing a good job analyzing the situations on hand.
Guilty as charged, sir.
Storrzerg wrote:We ended up pushing a few of the same people (virus/ nark),
A Virus case I disagreed with your initial read on and a Nark case that you forgot about but now want to act like it was one of your top 2 scum reads.
Storrzerg wrote:yet at the end of the day its a bit of a struggle as to what he was trying to accomplish. Considering near the end, Possible lynches gaining more than a foothold to be lynched would include
Ultra, Virus, DD5, AoG.
And I weighed in on each of them going as far as to reverse my view of Ultra and Virus and say that they were most likely town.
Storrzerg wrote:I bring this up, because he was starting to push me a bit harder near the end of the day.
Because it's only townish to spread discussion when you do it.
Storrzerg wrote:90% of his accusation had to do with "me vs pcm"
Because your case was manipulative as hell which you admit to yourself:
Storrzerg wrote:seems that its more about me being manipulative (guilty)
And no I don't consider you admitting to be manipulative about your cases to be a valid defense.
Moving on:
StorrZerg wrote: I thought i was onto something, and i had to reconsider my position at the time, was i ignorantly turning the end of day 1, into the day 2 of our last game (our being me and pcm which was a shitfest day 2) I concluded that maybe the points i had thought to be stronger, had not been as strong as i thought, and yes i probably over exaggerated points against pcm. Things also helped pcm's case when he started to post a bit more frequently, and he decided to push someone that wasn't "myself"
This is relevant because strike wolf hasn't actually stop pushing me.
You're right. I haven't. I still find you scummy. I have had limited time today, if there is going to be something I am going to make clear, it's who I have found scummy. I have said thoughts on Mtam, I have said some thoughts on Hotshot, I have said thoughts on DD. I'll admit that I haven't really gotten around to the Crasp-AoG back and forth or Streaker but frankly, I have had nothing really to say about Streaker (I had a slight scum read which has changed a bit over the last page with his address to the roleblocker claim but it basically came down to the tunnelling which isn't a very strong case and the feeling that he is capable of better.)
StorrZerg wrote: He took some time off, to pressure dd5 for a claim, and once the claim was had that was it. (similar to now with hotshot) as soon as the claim happened, "all was good with that person"
You can look, I have been bringing up DD. I am still quite skeptical about him. Nothing has been "all good" about him. I have liked his posts today, I still find him a valid scum prospect for a claim that DOES NOT FIT with the flavor. I stopped voting him in part because A. I also read AoG scummy so he was a satisfactory second lynch in my books (Note, it wasn't all good when he claimed there). B. DD came out with a role that can be confirmed (same as Hotshot). C. The tide was shifting against DD and I wasn't going to spend the rest of my day beating a dead horse.
BStorrzerg wrote:strike wolf wrote:Not completely useless, if someone with a verifiable result (Not the cop someone less important to the game) was to investigate they could prove your role which is generally not a scum role. The only question is it worth our time to test it. Screw it. Unvote for now. I want to think this over for just a little bit and I am pretty sure he is leading by a good bit so no reason right now.
strike wolf wrote:vote AoG
DD's role can at least be supported and is unlikely to be scum. Ive stated my opinion earlier that I think there is a good chance that Ultra and Virus are town and are at the very least likely to be telling the truth about being lovers regardless of alignment. Busdriver is almost if not just as likely to be Mafia as town and I havent liked AoG's post pattern this game.
His reasons to vote/unvote are more game mechanical. Its not so much if he thinks the person is mafia or town, its more about can he make it apear that his vote is validated by what he is saying mechanically.
Game mechanics have always been a part of my play style. If a claim can be proven through game mechanics. It's a valid way to test the claim.
StorrZerg wrote:The conclusions he has are fine, yet there is no deeper understanding to the player. At the end of the day when aog flips town, the response is just (note not actual response) "welp we had a town bus driver"
I am not one of those players who goes "Oh shit we lynched a townie". You lynch people in mafia, if you are wrong, hopefully you learn why you are wrong. If you are right, you celebrate. By the way, AoG was a redirector.
StorrZerg wrote: HIs only comment regarding something aog has done that could be scummy would be "posting pattern" which is not something easily grasped, its more of a blank statement that has no filling.
You can look back where I actually made more comments on AoG earlier. It's in that big post where I made my case on you which I still doubt you ever fully read.
Storrzerg wrote:So the end result of strike wolf day 1 still looks town, it felt like he was pushing me for real reasons, yet at the same time his perspective of my was very limited. "90% conversation regarding pcm" "5% my inquiring of zivel's lover" "5% of my misread on crasp comment" he wasn't really talking about my town reads, nor did he bring up other cases i presented and dashed them (note virus/ anark).
Alright. I'll make myself clear, if people can't figure out from my general attitude towards town reads. I don't consider people making them to be that strong of a town read. they are easy to fake as scum. I've stated today that I felt your Zivel town read was an easy one. Frankly if there was one town read I felt that spoke a little bit townie of you, it was your in depth read on Crasp.
I did speak fairly frankly about my disapproval of your early Virus vote day 1. I think I even stated that it was silly that you jumped him for his first post. I won't swear to that one without looking back though. We voted Nark for different reasons. Similar line? yes a bit. But different reasons. I did not really care for you jumping on Nark for an early joke vote and I felt at the time your "not contributing" comment was a bit unjustified considering that you were the one pressuring him to defend himself.
5% inquiring of Zivel's Lover: Yes. I still don't like it even as a throwaway comment.
5% misread of Crasp's comment: I believe my problem was just as much about you dodging statements about you role fishing for Zivel's comment there as anything else.
StorrZerg wrote:Day 2. This is where he really shows his true colors.
strike wolf wrote:Actually this is an interesting death since it could have easily been a town vig considering yesterday's scenario. It would not explain why there was only one death though.
Note, at this point he believes mtamburini to be the vig. This is very important if hotshot flips mafia. (Its also interesting that hotshot failed to mention this as a reason to "block" mtamburini, since that was on EVERYONE's mind no doubt day 1) (this doesn't have much relevance for today, but will hold more on day 3)
More than one person believed that Mtam was likely the vig. Read between the lines here though and you might see that I am saying more than I stated.
Storrzerg wrote:So back to why he has flipped from town to mafia in my eyes. Much of today's talk has revolved around 2 people, myself and hotshot, with supporting roles from mtamburini / aog early on. (and somewhat dd5)
strike wolf wrote:Real quickly as I domt have too much time right now. My impression right now is that between Hotshot, Storr, DD and AoG there are likely two or maybe even three scum (I would not put it past Storr or Hotshot to fake an argument if they were both scum or that they are both scum but differently aligned but Im not betting on that possibility.) It is also quite possible that multiple scum are lying low right now. Anyways:
Storr-I had moderately strong scum vibes from him yesterday. They are a little less today but not as much. I did not like how he seemed to try to gauge town's readiness to lynch AoG again before he had even posted. On the other hand, his initial case on Hotshot seemed more like the Storr I was accustomed to but it has kind of perplexed me how he seems to have abandoned some of his stronger points on the case and pressed the weaker ones.
2. Hotshot-found him mildly scummy day 1 and that hasnt changed much today. I have liked most of his answers to Storr's case but there is some contrast to how active he was once pressure began than beforehand.
3. DD-His play overall has been better today, IMO, however I still am not overly fond of his claim or how it has been a bit piecemeal in how it was put together.
4. AoG-not much to go on at the beginning of the day. My only issue came from when he was still Nark and a slight case I had made early day 1. Today, his posts thus far have been more up and down.
If I had to vote right now I would probably vote either Storr or DD, now that DD is claiming that his commute would not work tonight.
@Ultra: it isnt just reads or lack thereof that was bugging me. If you sont pay closer attention to cases and realize why Storr and Hotshot bringing up Virus is relevant to the game than even as a near confirmed townie, I cant take your reads too seriously because they are not fully informed on the game as it stands.
This post was SUPER frustrating to read. I know at this point that he still feels like i'm scum.
Actually at this point, I am glad you are frustrated because frankly, now you know what it is like for a lot of people in this game (me in particular) reading a lot of your posts.
Storrzerg wrote:"abandoning stronger points for weaker points" The whole case is subjective, with people having different opinions on what has value and what doesn't have value. I can't defend this kind of statement form him, since he doesn't address the points he is talking about. This whole "hotshot case" at this point and largely just been me bashing my head vs hotshot, there was no outside discussion going on, so i find this comment to be poor in choice to use for the situation at hand.
The second point on hotshot, is the same formula, he makes a broad statement about everything he has said. "still doesn't like hotshot" yet "likes hotshot responses" This is a contradiction, since almost all of hotshots input at this point has had to deal with my case imo.
I feel like you are trying to unfairly use a post where I admitted that I was strapped for time against me. It's also not a contradiction. I stated a lot of the reason why I was skeptical of Hotshot, that he became more active when put under pressure.
storrzerg wrote: and if not, there is little or no indication from strike wolf, what is still off about hotshot. The only thing he admits to, is how active he is when pressure was placed upon him. A note of change of behavior, good point but he doesn't go anywhere with this.
I don't like making all of my implications out loud. You are here to be able to read between the lines, I shouldn't have to lead you by the hand on a simple one like this.
Storrzerg wrote:Now, i know this post was a precursor to what he wanted to say,thats fine. Objectively he doesn't accomplish anything right now. 1. he isn't helping with the push against hotshot. 2. He isn't actually leaving room for discussion to be had. 3. There is no call to action for people to do something. The absence of trying to get something done, or accomplishing anything with his post is imo scummy.
Again I feel this is unfair considering I admitted to having been strapped for time. I made my statements. I clarified on many of them later. You're right, I didn't make much of a push on what direction it should go beyond a quick comment to say that I favored you or DD at that point because I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO BACK UP WHY.
Storrzerg wrote:The main case strike wolf presents against Storr day 2strike wolf wrote:@Storr v. Hotshot: Admittedly, I stated Hotshot originally because I felt that he had been ignored by Storr on things that Storr would normally jump on (notably commonly being online viewing the forum and then leaving without posting things). So, admittedly, I've been viewing everything here with a fairly skeptical eye. I liked Storr's initial push and I liked how Hotshot answered it. From there, I kind of get more and more cynical.
Its almost laughable at this kind of remark. have i done something similar to this? Sure, Who did I do this on day 1? Virus. Why virus? He had no post, then 1 post.. This entire remark is because "i should have noticed him viewing and not posting" I would have expected the "ignored" aspect to be followed up with, why strike wolf felt hotshot was scummy, and asking why i failed to pick up why hotshot was scummy.
No the follow up is why didn't you find HotShot scummy when he was behaving in a manner that I know you don't particularly like (as you have voted for it at least once in every game I have seen you play). I know you were online at some of those points where he wasn't, you were posting in the thread. Yes part of the reason I mentioned this was that my reasoning had changed. I felt you were ignoring Hotshot day 1. I thought it could be intentional. I brought it up as possible indication of similar alignment. That reasoning no longer stood by the time I made that post so there was no reason to ask it any more. So yes. I brought that up to give clarity on why this all started.
StorrZerg wrote:Again, we have blank statements with no attachment to the interactions of hotshot /storr. (likes the push, likes the answers)
But I didn't like the whole push. The initial push was good. You questioned Hotshot on his inactivity, some of his neutral stances, etc. etc. I felt it devolved and I stated why as I went farther into the post.
StorrZerg wrote:strike wolf wrote:@Storr: My point about your case moving from strong to weak was that you went from statements that legitimately pointed out some fluffy comments, odd/non-committal playstyle and some genuine concerns to talking about:
Fantastic we get to the meat of the problem. I really want to know what these genuine concerns i brought up are.
Oh wait. I also got into why I thought your initial push was strong in the very next statement. Nice being manipulative about how I wasn't and then showing that I was later in the post.
storrZerg wrote:strike wolf wrote:a. Misrepresenting your Nark case as over a joke vote: Frankly, there were a lot of people who were on it because of the joke vote and I just don't see this.
Not sure how this has to do with hotshot. I mean i know why it has to deal with hotshot, yet your not talking about the situation of me vs hotshot regarding my anark push.
It has everything to do with it. You pushed Hotshot on him misreading your nark push as scummy. I stated why that isn't as blatant a scum tell as you like to think.
I'll try to find time to respond to the rest tonight. For now I have to finish a project for work.
@Storr's partial: See now we are getting somewhere.