Ghost Bear
Costume Account (He/Him)
And apparently i screwed up my vote in my first post.
vote: boobeard
vote: boobeard
Snow Ghost's style seems a bit loose, like Lightning's. They don't care what people think of them. And there were a couple of times rereading where I'd think something about someone's post and SG would follow up with my exact thoughts.tell me about these two reads
Yeah I'm dumb. Duh of course I can just click on their names because they're new accounts. I'm stupid.ISOs
Your reasoning for voting me yesterday, which is the question that Spooky Space Kook asked you today, is that I made an emotional appeal based on being new. That doesn't make sense because you voted before I outed myself.I wanted to vote boobeard, because I didn’t like the Woe is me I’m new don’t do this to me. It was really weird and get out of place
Anthos self-pres's and breaks the tie between him and Boo.Hmm, lets try it
vote: boobeard
VOTE: Anthos
Vote could be read as deflecting for Boo, I think should Boo be scum this is a thread to revisit, but I haven't gotten scummy vibes from Snack, and I would be apprehensive to dive down this rabbit hole without actually knowing Boo's alignment. Forces a tie back up.i don’t think alien hints at anything if they are scum. i know sans is a hawthorn fan but might be overestimating alienhere
We know that this was town breaking the tie by voting Boo here.Vote: BooBeard
Just not buying it.
This vote change actually drops Anthos down, so I'm going to say Cat and Boo are probably not scummatesi still think this boo vote sucks
anthos is meh
wheres the spicy vote?
we need a new one to swap to...
Vote: Char Gar Gothakon
Everything from Captain Skunkbeard after his vote on Anthos. Seems content to just let it ride.
Vote: Captain Skunkbeard
i like it
Vote: Captain Skunkbeard
Next up, a flurry of votes to the side - again could be noteworthy if Boo ends up being scum (Cat aside), but the vote was languishing a bit so I don't necessarily side eye this too much.Vote: Captain Skunkbeard
Let's see.
I'm willing to give Boo the benefit of the doubt for today, on the off-chance they are new. I can believe it for now.
Unvote
Two unvotes from Boo which could be scum shying away from a bus, but I know in my instance it was genuine belief about Boo being new by this stage, and given that it makes me more trusting of Snow Creature just going off of similar mindset.Unvote
Idk maybe I’m dumb but I think I’m buying it. Either it’s true or Alien and Boo are scummates or masons or something. It feels like too specific of a lie, and no one is out here going “but wait Alien, it’s actually I that am the newbie!” Sure, Boo being a newbie wouldn’t actually clear Alien, but he seems really heavy handed in calling for his own immolation which if he’s scum helping out a out of game buddy I think his scummates would be super pissed. Meh. Need to think and get a new vote down - I might miss day end
Another vote off to the side.You know, I've been feeling the same. Let's shake it up!
Vote: Ghost Bear
I've already gone into Alien in more detail before, and while Boo was given a pass based off being new - the Alien read is just a straight up town read on my part. That said, does break the tie by going for Anthos. If Alien and Boo are actually just super bold scummates then bravo I guess - you got me.Vote:Anthos
Yeah, this ultimately doesn't look great. If there's any single person trying to obfuscate for Boo it's Snow Creature. That said I'm left wondering at day end where the rest of the scum team is if Boo and Snow are both scum here. Where would they have been that someone else couldn't make a more natural push to protect Boo at day end? Might not have been present, that's a possibility. Other than that though it feels like their should've been a more elegant way to handle this. Ultimately I come away feeling like day end was in fact pretty tepid, there wasn't a ton of vote movement around the leading wagons. I think the Snow Creature and Boo connection is definitely a concern should one flip scum, with Snack being the only other vote that even sort of catches my eye as a possibility. But generally it just doesn't feel like scum was overly worried here unless the scum team includes exactly those three. Eh, we'll see how Boo plays today but I'm not left immediately frothing at the mouth to chase that squirrel again.I just did a quick reread myself to get an idea, all I really got was a couple of people accused them of potentially role fishing and I think some non-commital posts. Not a whole lot.
I don't want the Boo train, nor Alien, nor Skunkbeard on a reread. So I'll vote:Anthos
And finally my vote off wagon for the sake of showing all the day end votes.These wagons suck. I’ll move to Anthos to avoid tie shenanigans if it gets close.
VOTE: Ghost Bear
I tried faking experience because it's a costume game. Being unable to prove that I am new lessens the effect of it. Coming out of the gate with "hey I'm new" seemed to me like a great way to get voted out Day 2 after the potential noob bonus is up when the people who didn't vote you out Day 1 can now vote without a guilty conscience, which is what seems to be happening today anyway.boobeard voted for anthos for self-preservation, so it skews the motivation for voting. spent day end defending himself, did not spend as much time on trying to sully anthos. still quite null. guess it's worth asking why he thought he should fake being experienced in the first place if not to hide something else.
I had discussed earlier in the phase that Anthos was more of a null for me than scummy and that I felt Alien looked worse, with Boo being my preferred vote. Once my thinking on Boo shifted to a newbie, and Alien was so vocal in protecting Boo I didn't really have any appetite left for voting either of them. Yeah, I could've just null voted Anthos at day end but it didn't seem like there was any risk of a tie, so instead I put a vote down to show where I actually thought scum was - at least that way I have a stance down that's better than nothing or me just shrugging and going for a null.Thanks for the effort, Pazzo. My personal pet theory is we had two town wagons leading so the majority of scum were on other votes. That's just a gut feeling.
Can you explain the thinking behind your Ghost Bear vote at the end of the day? It was pretty late if I remember right.
I tried faking experience because it's a costume game. Being unable to prove that I am new lessens the effect of it. Coming out of the gate with "hey I'm new" seemed to me like a great way to get voted out Day 2 after the potential noob bonus is up when the people who didn't vote you out Day 1 can now vote without a guilty conscience, which is what seems to be happening today anyway.
I'm re-reading the thread throughout my work day and I'll post a list of my reads when I can. Depending on the size of the list it might be in 7 hours when my work day is done.
I guess I didn't think it through? Another bad move on my part. I was trying to get people to stop talking about Day 1 no votes and instead I sucked all the oxygen out of the room. Oops!
3On a scale of 1-10, how much do you want to off BooBeard today?
What are your thoughts on Skunkbeard at this stage, and can you give me a bit more detail on why you weren't interested in going for Skunk despite (as of your most recent reads list) still not town reading him?I just did a quick reread myself to get an idea, all I really got was a couple of people accused them of potentially role fishing and I think some non-commital posts. Not a whole lot.
I don't want the Boo train, nor Alien, nor Skunkbeard on a reread. So I'll vote:Anthos
I wanted to vote boobeard, because I didn’t like the Woe is me I’m new don’t do this to me. It was really weird and get out of place
meanwhile I still want to see a boobeard flip, and apparently boo lied about something?
These things are not mutually exclusive. I lied for both reasons, and like I said yesterday I didn't think through my reasoning properly. There's no more drip to feed and I'm dropping this point now.Yesterday you said that you lied because you wanted to control the conversation (stop the no vote nonsense), today you say you lied because you were afraid for your life. Certainly, these things aren't mutually exclusive, but you do seem to be drip-feeding the reasoning behind your actions. Would you agree?
I still haven't decided either way for Skunk. Yesterday, reading their posts, they put themselves out there as an island early on. Early vote on Anthos and kept pushing it, RPing as a pirate. It just felt too in your face to be scummy. But Technicolor also raises a great point when they say it could be Skunk just letting it ride and sliding through easy. So I'm really not sure. A plus for them today is they've voted Ghost Bear which I'm feeling too.Looking back over the Snow twins as someone asked me to, and wanted to follow up on one thing:
What are your thoughts on Skunkbeard at this stage, and can you give me a bit more detail on why you weren't interested in going for Skunk despite (as of your most recent reads list) still not town reading him?
They're just mad because they didn't think of more creative lies in a costume game built on lies in their lying game.These things are not mutually exclusive. I lied for both reasons, and like I said yesterday I didn't think through my reasoning properly. There's no more drip to feed and I'm dropping this point now.
Your on some major bullshit right now ghost.Yesterday you said that you lied because you wanted to control the conversation (stop the no vote nonsense), today you say you lied because you were afraid for your life. Certainly, these things aren't mutually exclusive, but you do seem to be drip-feeding the reasoning behind your actions. Would you agree?
if boobeard were lying about being new, the real new player alien mentioned would have come forward to discredit him. i believe alien is being truthful about thati still think flipping boo beard is the way to go & i still think he's likely lying about being new, but if he is new i think he's town-- scummies would just take the newbie cred, wouldn't try to seem more experienced.
thinking you'd automatically be voted out d2 for saying you're new on d1 assumes you would have been voted for today regardless of you've done. sounds like you might have a guilty conscious yourself.I tried faking experience because it's a costume game. Being unable to prove that I am new lessens the effect of it. Coming out of the gate with "hey I'm new" seemed to me like a great way to get voted out Day 2 after the potential noob bonus is up when the people who didn't vote you out Day 1 can now vote without a guilty conscience, which is what seems to be happening today anyway.
I'm re-reading the thread throughout my work day and I'll post a list of my reads when I can. Depending on the size of the list it might be in 7 hours when my work day is done.
Yep I am side eyeing everyone who Scumreads Boo for implying trying to look less new is shady in a Freaking Costume Party !!!!!!!!!We're not on lynch all liars because it's hilariously stupid. Eliminating all liars will lose you the game more than 50% of the time in most communities and I'd argue more than 75% of the time in this community. Anyone beating the Boo lied drum today before they even posted is sus.
They're just mad because they didn't think of more creative lies in a costume game built on lies in their lying game.
Your on some major bullshit right now ghost.
Vote:Snow Ghost
We have not been in a 'Lynch all Liars" meta Since I have started playing.
trying to appear more experienced and using deception is in a costume game of all places raising red flags for you doesn't make sense. When there was no big gameplay lies from Boo (by the way this group lets big gameplay lies slide all the time.)
This line of thinking feels manufactured.
I was going by instinct for Day 1 and Anthos was giving me bad vibes.captain did not explain his vote, but if it is who I think it is, it's not unexpected for their town play. @Captain Skunkbeard - what were you thinking when you voted for anthos?
can you qoute any post in perticular that made you feel bad?I was going by instinct for Day 1 and Anthos was giving me bad vibes.
I don’t think there’s any one post I could point to, it was how they were posting in general that was making me feel bad.can you qoute any post in perticular that made you feel bad?
@Snow Ghost what are your thoughts on Alien at this stage?
Follow-up then, just to better understand the argument against Boo you are making. Do you think Boo is a newbie? Not asking about the reasoning provided as to why he has said all that he has, just high level - do you think he's a newbie?Jumping to defend Boo like that would be a very brave scum move. Not unthinkable but calling him scum would not be the first word out of my mouth right now. Apart from the self-sacrifice though there is nothing else so I would very much like to see a good bunch of town tells while he still is enjoying his grace period.
this is enticing to me because stan was on my list of people to iso, and i also havent liked what ive seen from him on d2 yet. did you give a read on him somewhere?vote: The Ghost of Stealin Stan
Follow-up then, just to better understand the argument against Boo you are making. Do you think Boo is a newbie? Not asking about the reasoning provided as to why he has said all that he has, just high level - do you think he's a newbie?
if boobeard were lying about being new, the real new player alien mentioned would have come forward to discredit him. i believe alien is being truthful about that
vote: The Ghost of Stealin Stan
Anyone beating the Boo lied drum today before they even posted is sus.
I don’t think there’s any one post I could point to, it was how they were posting in general that was making me feel bad.
I didn't misunderstand anything. It's sus to come in hot on an easy target and worse if Boo actually turns out to be new.
He's got a whole post right there, if you cared you'd dig into it, instead you're folding the minute there's any pushback at all.i'll step off boo, since if i'm right he'll reveal himself later on anyway & don't want to take up the conversation with it, but it's not sus to keep suspecting the same person after the night phase, and boo is not an easy target
He's got a whole post right there, if you cared you'd dig into it, instead you're folding the minute there's any pushback at all.
will dig in & give more reads once i'm less irl busy today
Trust me no scum is that selfless.Alien: If Alien is who I think they are then I believe they would've sacrificed themselves for me regardless of their alignment.
Okay, that clarification helps me better understand your POV on this at least. It's a more plausible line of thought than continuing to think he might not be the newbie which is what I thought part of your posts was getting at.No counter to Alien's meta reveal means that Boo is very likely if not almost certainly the newbie in question.
And then to the big debate in my head and why I haven't voted for Boo yet (+ Ghost Bear being more odd than him): what if it still is just a new townie doing a newbie mistake? Sure, historically some newbies have been nefarious with the newbie card, but is this such a case? What if that which I perceive as manipulation is nothing but eager honest politeness that comes from meeting new people? That's why I want to wait and see if he can do something to convince me of his towniness.
It doesn't make him more or less suspicious in and of itself, but your stance seems to be simply "we still don't know his alignment" which is a very rudimentary way to approach this. If you think yesterday was a town wagon vs. a scum wagon then make that case beyond a very basic "well he might be scum still!" A town vs. scum EOD is very often one of the most informative things to examine, but you can't approach it with the mindset of "Well, I NEED this flip in order to analyze it from that POV". Look at it through both lenses, see which assumption (town or scum Boo) matches up the best with what we see happen.i think alien is being truthful, but i'm not sure the newbie would come forward
if this is based on your previous post, you've totally misunderstood why i voted for boo bear. it's not some sort of eliminate all liars policy.
also that's ridiculous, boo was the runner up, idk why we should suddenly look away from him just because his opposing train was town, like how does that make him less suspicious?
will dig in & give more reads once i'm less irl busy today
That's a dangerous assumption to make. D1 reads are cheap.Also want to say in favour of Char, they were the first one to try to get people to talk serious, put down some reads and actual effort.
That seems town to me, scum would want to hide in the shitposting for longer.
Trust me no scum is that selfless.
Are we really not gonna pressure Wax? Has he even posted D2?That's a dangerous assumption to make. D1 reads are cheap.
I feel pretty good about Pizza and San Fran at the moment.
Still leaning Town on Kook as well. Although she hasn't had as strong presence today so far I liked her posts.
On another note ,the interaction between Snow Creature and Pizza felt a bit off to me. Maybe they really do think alike, but it felt strange to me how SC tried to highlight how they agreed with the Clown. I could see this being a pocket attempt.
Char hasn't had a huge impact today and I'd be open for a vote there. His push on Wax also seemed kind of strange. I guess it's a continuation of his vote from D1, but he doesn't really advocate it and it feels like he just wants to park his vote somewhere.
You can disbelieve my willingness to flip all you want. I've said what I'm gonna say on it and I'm done now.I find it very hard to believe that enough players would feel strongly enough about Boo and your sacrificial offering to actually flip you on D1. Like someone else said, your ploy was just posturing for town points. The fact that you continue to wave this about as a badge of towniness makes you look more suspicious.
Whatever dudeSure, just like I legitimately believe I'll win the lottery every time I buy a ticket.
I wanted to vote boobeard, because I didn’t like the Woe is me I’m new don’t do this to me. It was really weird and get out of place
Your reasoning for voting me yesterday, which is the question that Spooky Space Kook asked you today, is that I made an emotional appeal based on being new. That doesn't make sense because you voted before I outed myself.
To that end, I think I will vote boo beard.
vote: BooBeard
Y'all, I'm literally a new player. This is not a gambit. I don't know how to play properly, I don't know the MafiEra meta. Clearly I have a lot to learn.
If you really want to wagon me on Day 1 because I prod voted an inactive player then go ahead.
I didn’t like their play day 1 and still don’t today, if they are new I’m sorry but it sounds like a gambit at this point.I think that's somewhat fair as it did feel a bit heavy handed to me too, but why do you still want to vote out Boo at this point? Is there anyone else that weirds you out or you think is sketchy?
what did you not like about boo’s play before he came forward as a newcomer?I didn’t like their play day 1 and still don’t today, if they are new I’m sorry but it sounds like a gambit at this point.
however, I need to read through today’s posts to see if my vote changes. Still think boobeard is scum though
have you had a chance to follow up on this? thoughts?People seem to like his vote on Ghost Bear though so I'll look there next.
Fuck, this is turning into a frustrating game for me. I'm normally way too invested in games, but that makes me self destruct and eventually have to replace out. Here I'm trying to not take the game so deathly serious and now it's a struggle to post at all.
Vote: Char Gon Gothakon
Let's keep pressure on them pls
They always came off as scummy to meSo you ended up on Stan yesterday. Why do you want Char to feel pressure now over Stan?
I just don't buy Boo as scum still. Feels like he was getting scum read for general day 1 crap before all the newbie nonsense, and everything with the newbie stuff just seems like town who messed up rather than scum doing it with a purpose.
Kind of agree with Techni in that Alien feels like he's really playing up going to bat for Boo, but I really didn't see much case for him outside of that, so I'm cool with not going down that road at this moment and seeing if he offers up anything later.
Stallin' Stan folded quick once he was called out on the Boo stuff and I'm not a big fan of that at all. Reexamining your scum reads is a good thing, but the speed at which he did that just from the slightest pressure just feels weird. Wonder if scum was expecting Boo to have more heat on him today than he ended up having.
There's a lot of people just chilling in the background which is tripping me up in this game just because of the whole costume aspect.
Pazzo, Sans, Snack, Techni, Kook, and Cat Creat are probably who I feel the best about at the moment, but there's so many unknowns right now. Waxy just melting like wax, before showing up on the same vote he was beating the drum for the same person he was on for no reason yesterday is a bad vibe. Going to throw a vote down on Stan, but I'm cool with both Waxy and Ghost Bear vote also
Vote: Stan
I knew i would get exactly this kind of reaction "oh no, he dared to change his mind, he must be scum because town care about maintaining consistency above all else." if i was mafia i would have just stayed on boo bear, it's not like i couldn't have made up arguments if i wanted to, but i don't care about pretending that i never change my mind, i care about finding scum. i knew perfectly well that switching my position made me seem more suspicious, not less.
i said from the very beginning of the day that if boo bear's new then he's probably town because the way he acted dind't make sense for newbie scum. i was vaguely thinking that maybe alien's friend was mafia so didn't claim, or that alien was mafia, seemed like there were a lot of possibilities, but when i thought it through again i could see that bb being new made more sense. i wrote up all my thoughts, you can see them if you go through my post.
Put a vote down, coward
I don't' know, check your other thread.Is scum even playing?
I don't think Ghost Bear is honestly working through the game. I think he is doing very surface level basic observations without actually putting real thought to paper.
i agree with this, he seems checked out and like he's not paying attention. my problem is that scum are usually really invested in the game. so if they wanted to fake coasting, wouldn't they do it in a way that raised less red flags?
This post is also so bad.I wanted to vote boobeard, because I didn’t like the Woe is me I’m new don’t do this to me. It was really weird and get out of place