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Scientastic
Mar 1, 2010

TRULY scientastic.
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I have engaged, now I am off to drink tea and feel sorry for myself. Age has caught up with me

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Sub Rosa
Jun 9, 2010




I agree it was early and justified but more importantly I hate posting gimmicks even if Disco Elysium was a good game.

##vote Bifauxen

Sub Rosa
Jun 9, 2010




Mafia edit: poorly justified

Grandicap
Feb 8, 2006

Bad vig shots d1 are a town use of the ability.

Not pro-town, but indicative of a town mindset.

Scum would save it for an actual threat or to bump up LYLO a day, or for town cred... Bif did none of those things.

Hal Incandenza
Feb 12, 2004

Grandicap posted:

Bad vig shots d1 are a town use of the ability.

Not pro-town, but indicative of a town mindset.

Scum would save it for an actual threat or to bump up LYLO a day, or for town cred... Bif did none of those things.

I think that’s a bit reductive for a start of D1 vig, this seems more alignment neutral as I could see scum thinking it’s easy to hide behind the joke rationale and get an easy extra kill in

b-minus1
Jul 24, 2008

She's a maniac, maniac
on the floor
And she's dancing like she's never danced before
For the record I don’t think bif is scum. However Grandicap is pinging me at the moment

Grandicap
Feb 8, 2006

Hal Insandenza posted:

I think that’s a bit reductive for a start of D1 vig, this seems more alignment neutral as I could see scum thinking it’s easy to hide behind the joke rationale and get an easy extra kill in

I disagree.

Mr. Steak
May 9, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
well thats one way to end jokephase!!

Mr. Steak
May 9, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
we can wifom about this all day, but my gut tells me ##vote binus

Mr. Steak
May 9, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
also sylar from heroes is a good flavor submission if you're angling to be overpowered lol

b-minus1
Jul 24, 2008

She's a maniac, maniac
on the floor
And she's dancing like she's never danced before

Mr. Steak posted:

we can wifom about this all day, but my gut tells me ##vote binus

I think you’re experiencing indigestion

CCKeane
Jan 28, 2008

my shit posts don't die, they multiply

Grandicap posted:

Bad vig shots d1 are a town use of the ability.

Not pro-town, but indicative of a town mindset.

Scum would save it for an actual threat or to bump up LYLO a day, or for town cred... Bif did none of those things.

What? Bif isn't exactly a newbie vig, c'mon.

Mr. Steak
May 9, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
iirc the wifom always going something like this:

-the play was strictly anti-town
-but it obviously attracts negative attention, which scum want to avoid
-but that's just what they want us to think!

Grandicap
Feb 8, 2006

CCKeane posted:

What? Bif isn't exactly a newbie vig, c'mon.

Exactly. Firing like this doesn't give a scum vig any of the stuff that they want. Me defending her is an outlier in town reactions, and one she likely wouldn't count on. So it was largely a waste of an ability.

Scum wouldn't do that, unless it was exceptionally funny, or revenge motivated.

Scum Bif with a vig would be way more likely to try and get one of the tangential benefits of vigging someone rather than an early hipshot.

Scientastic
Mar 1, 2010

TRULY scientastic.
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Hal Insandenza posted:

I think that’s a bit reductive for a start of D1 vig, this seems more alignment neutral as I could see scum thinking it’s easy to hide behind the joke rationale and get an easy extra kill in

This is literally exactly my thought process

Mr. Steak
May 9, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
ive gotta admit im kind of annoyed that bif specifically chose to shoot yami, since yami doesnt exactly sign up for every single game and i like playing with him.

i do appreciate the forcible thrusting of the game out of jokephase, but it was at the expense of someone who was literally asking for jokephase to be over *so he could play* :(

Scientastic
Mar 1, 2010

TRULY scientastic.
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Grandicap posted:

Exactly. Firing like this doesn't give a scum vig any of the stuff that they want.

What? Yes, it does. It gets them one death closer to their win condition. Your response exactly shows why scum would think they could get away with a D1 vig

Mr. Steak
May 9, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
edit: i must have misremembered yami specifically trashing on jokephase, but that still seems to have been the implication. my feelings are the same

Scientastic
Mar 1, 2010

TRULY scientastic.
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Mr. Steak posted:

ive gotta admit im kind of annoyed that bif specifically chose to shoot yami, since yami doesnt exactly sign up for every single game and i like playing with him

This too

Grandicap
Feb 8, 2006

Scientastic posted:

What? Yes, it does. It gets them one death closer to their win condition. Your response exactly shows why scum would think they could get away with a D1 vig

My response is atypical, banking on it is a fool's gambit.

Mr. Steak
May 9, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
we could literally wifom about it forever. in my opinion there are far more detriments to bif's play as scum than town, but who's to say how many of these bif was taking into consideration before shooting.

pros
-extra town kill
-people might wifom that you are town

cons
-jokephase obliterated
-instant kneejerk suspicion
-force scumbuds to take a stance on you
-lost vig for use in better circumstances

situational
-odd number of day players = fewer votes required to execute

Mr. Steak
May 9, 2013

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
far more valuable than pursuing bif today, is being able to talk about something concrete like bif's vig shot. and dig into people's reactions to it. in that sense, bif really helped town get some momentum to start scumhunting

Sub Rosa
Jun 9, 2010




Grandicap posted:

Scum wouldn't do that, unless it was exceptionally funny, or revenge motivated.

Scum Bif with a vig would be way more likely to try and get one of the tangential benefits of vigging someone rather than an early hipshot.
This seems overcertain.

Grandicap
Feb 8, 2006

Sub Rosa posted:

This seems overcertain.

I feel strongly about it.
Could I be wrong? Sure. Do I feel like it is likely? Absolutely not.

Idle Amalgam
Mar 7, 2008

said I'm never lackin'
always pistol packin'
with them automatics
we gon' send 'em to Heaven

Mr. Steak posted:

(inanimate object club)

Jose Valasquez
Apr 8, 2005

Amnistar did this exact same thing D1 in The Good Place mafia and he was scum.
That doesn't mean bif is scum but saying "scum wouldn't do this" is dumb

Idle Amalgam
Mar 7, 2008

said I'm never lackin'
always pistol packin'
with them automatics
we gon' send 'em to Heaven

Sandwolf posted:

hows everyone?

Well enough to hunt scum. Who is it and why is it you?!

Idle Amalgam
Mar 7, 2008

said I'm never lackin'
always pistol packin'
with them automatics
we gon' send 'em to Heaven

Bifauxnen posted:

*Too busy licking a rum stain off a nearby counter to listen to Yami*

Lol are you from disco elysium

Sub Rosa
Jun 9, 2010




Can you tell me more about what makes you feel strongly about it? Meta read of Bif?

Idle Amalgam
Mar 7, 2008

said I'm never lackin'
always pistol packin'
with them automatics
we gon' send 'em to Heaven

Bifauxnen posted:

*singing loudly* "Life gets haaard! But we go oooooon!!"

*crashing noises*

"I don't want to be this type of animal anymore..."

*starts crying*

Lmaaooo

Idle Amalgam
Mar 7, 2008

said I'm never lackin'
always pistol packin'
with them automatics
we gon' send 'em to Heaven

Scientastic posted:

Using a vig on D1 isn't scummy or townie, but that was loving scummy. Just vig someone for no reason right at the start of the day based on nothing, terrible

Agreed

##vote bif

Grandicap
Feb 8, 2006

Jose Valasquez posted:

Amnistar did this exact same thing D1 in The Good Place mafia and he was scum.
That doesn't mean bif is scum but saying "scum wouldn't do this" is dumb

Sub Rosa posted:

Can you tell me more about what makes you feel strongly about it? Meta read of Bif?

These two go together.
I could see a Steak scum, or a Keane scum, or an Amni scum trying something like this. They have a flair for the dramatic, pushing chaos. Not a thing I see in Bif. Her play is more methodical as scum.
So, yeah. I feel strongly that Bif is town. I would feel strongly about a large swath of players engaging in the d1 hipshot day vig as being town, and be unconvinced about a much smaller sliver.

Idle Amalgam
Mar 7, 2008

said I'm never lackin'
always pistol packin'
with them automatics
we gon' send 'em to Heaven

b-minus1 posted:

I think you’re experiencing indigestion

Lol good post and agreed, why vote bee??

Grandicap
Feb 8, 2006

Idle Amalgam posted:

Agreed

##vote bif

Bad vote.

##vote Idle Amalgam

Voting Bif for her use of the vig is incorrect, but not something that surprises me. This vote in particular is bad and scum centric. The single word Agreed on a post of someone else. Trying to tie it back to Sci. Taking no responsibility for the easy vote.

Idle Amalgam
Mar 7, 2008

said I'm never lackin'
always pistol packin'
with them automatics
we gon' send 'em to Heaven
I can see some of the merit in what steak is saying actually...

:thunk:

Sub Rosa
Jun 9, 2010




Grandicap posted:

They have a flair for the dramatic, pushing chaos. Not a thing I see in Bif.
Would I be correct in guessing you haven't played Disco Elysium?

Grandicap
Feb 8, 2006

Sub Rosa posted:

Would I be correct in guessing you haven't played Disco Elysium?

That is correct. I've heard good things though.

Sub Rosa
Jun 9, 2010




Bif has been posting exclusively as a character from that game that "dramatic, pushing chaos" could be a very apt descriptor for.

Grandicap
Feb 8, 2006

That is an interesting nugget of info.
I still feel the same way that Scum-Bif wouldn't do it like that, but less strongly now.

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Voodoofly
Jul 3, 2002

Some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help

So much for trying to post as a concert venue marque until the game really started moving.

I'm with whoever said that a day 1 vig is basically null to me.

I'm also slightly busier than I thought I would be today so might not be posting much until later on.

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