I see what people are saying about mathdude's post. It is unusually directive and it seems early to feel "torn" between a lurker exile and a mild suspicion exile.
Also, what does it mean that he votes Space to prompt greater participation when I had just done that? Are two prompting votes needed?
I know he's new, but that could be why he didn't realize his post would out scum!him. If people feel strongly, I'm ok with waiting for Day 2. Right now I'll ...
vote: Mathdude
What's the scummiest place in the wagon if math's town? I'm thinking this one.
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I think you are all assuming math is an expert, because he's tried very hard to appear as one. But the truth is he's a new player in terms of knowing the meta here, and you should think of him as such. The super scummy post is incredibly towny because no scum would ever risk posting it. It's probably the most honest post yet, by anyone.
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For complaints that I'm just townreading everyone... Well, I'm NOT townreading mcmc, that's for sure.
Who has complained about that, other than yourself?
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For complaints that I'm just townreading everyone... Well, I'm NOT townreading mcmc, that's for sure.
Ooohhh...... what is off about him, besides the aforementioned man-bun?
Can't quite put it into words yet.
Who are you voting for, and why?
The numbers in bold and italics inserted above are to show what parts of your post I'm replying to with the following comments.
1. Interesting to jump in and claim this before we know if this is the whole wagon or if someone else would join in a scummier way later. I could also see a comment like this serving to put a damper on further wagon growth preemptively, which would be helpful if you're partners.
2. I don't know that anyone is treating him like an expert, just an experienced player who has a better grasp on forum mafia than the average new guy that joins us here. Also, claims of too scummy to be scum are usually garbage. Not that they are never true, but I'm inclined to think attributing town points for scummy behavior is just poor play, particularly when you don't have specific personal meta history on the person in question that would suggest it is more consistent with their town self.
3. Joth accused him of two things in the post where he voted Robz, only townreading people and asking simple questions (to paraphrase).
ppe 1 by faust. I take back the second part of point 1, faust's post would do more to stop wagon growth than yours haha.