M59 - Duck Season? - Game Thread

[goldfinger0303]

So, an update. Still slammed with work - will be on another 3 hours tonight (EST). And another hiccup just came in that I'll probably have to put my dog down this week. And word from high up isn't favorable on the substitution front, so you're gonna have to go with a sad Gold this game.

Anyways, my reactions.

I'm going to try and be more careful this time, since in my last game all I did was cause a PR to become a leading wagon.

Anyone who was voting based off of Tom's Taz comment clearly did not meet 5yr old goldfinger also rocking a Taz shirt to kindergarten. I pretty much view all the banter before page 5 as NAI. It's those who took it seriously and tried to make something out of nothing that seemed suspicious to me - damo and bugs bunny.

Similarly, those going after bozo for this stream of thought posts don't know that bozo always tries some weird strat D1. It's very NAI. The reaction I object to the most, though, is Tom's. He said bozo was a very good player.

I think yav's comment on my notice of lurking can be forgiven since he and I haven't played many games, so wouldn't know that I'm pretty consistently in the top half of posters.

People who seem off-meta:
Worcej seems eager.
TrPrado seems decidedly non-offensive. Perhaps deliberately so.
Summit is uncharacteristically bold

[goldfinger0303]

And th-a-th-th-tha that's all folks. Back to work.

[BunnyGo]

I don't mind the leading wagons (except bozo...but 2 people on a wagon is hardly "leading"). I'd like to encourage a ##vote gold option too. If it doesn't take off, I think food is a good choice, and damo isn't a bad one.

[BunnyGo]

oh man...ninja'd. Let me read his stuff first. ##unvote.

[goldfinger0303]

Oh, one more thing.

Macca struck me as extremely defensive right off the bat. Maybe it's because they're a newer player, but giving a semi-serious defense to a joke vote in the first pages seemed odd. So I paid attention whenever I saw them post again, and always defensive.

My townreads, for what they're worth, are HR, Flum, Vecna and Durga.

[summit_fever]

Oh, one more thing.

Macca struck me as extremely defensive right off the bat. Maybe it's because they're a newer player, but giving a semi-serious defense to a joke vote in the first pages seemed odd. So I paid attention whenever I saw them post again, and always defensive.

My townreads, for what they're worth, are HR, Flum, Vecna and Durga.

3 of these reads have at least 7 times the posts compared to the other. Why is HR a townread based on five posts?

[BunnyGo]

OK, after those posts I'm not going to push Gold on day 1. Good luck with life, Goldie.

[goldfinger0303]

Oh, one more thing.

Macca struck me as extremely defensive right off the bat. Maybe it's because they're a newer player, but giving a semi-serious defense to a joke vote in the first pages seemed odd. So I paid attention whenever I saw them post again, and always defensive.

My townreads, for what they're worth, are HR, Flum, Vecna and Durga.

3 of these reads have at least 7 times the posts compared to the other. Why is HR a townread based on five posts?

Ah, the bold one. Quality surpasses quantity. He points out hypocrisies that I agree with. For the most part he started new lines of questioning that were both pertinent and non-shallow.

[Durga]

Why is everyone listing four town reads. This is spam unless you have something substantive to say about them.

Hard disagree with calling the exercise spam. Why demand substantive observations so early?

I like townreading durga but it just ain't happening.

I've derived nothing from this. You can enlighten me on what people listing 4 random names has taught you. Smells like fake!engagement to me. I prefer when people justify or explain their reads.

[Durga]

Running top 4 townread results:

Bunny's: Flum, Vecna, TRPrado, Rdr
kgray's: summit, Vecna, worcej, Tom
rdrivera's: kgray, summit, Vecna, Bunny
bozotheclown's: Fluminator, rdrivera, TrPrado, summit
Tom Bombadil's: Vecna, hthefourth, Moscow, <none>
Macca573's: Bozo, Hellenic Riot, TrPrado, Flum
summit_fever's: bozo, bunny, flum, vecna

This is spam

[Durga]

Oh, one more thing.

Macca struck me as extremely defensive right off the bat. Maybe it's because they're a newer player, but giving a semi-serious defense to a joke vote in the first pages seemed odd. So I paid attention whenever I saw them post again, and always defensive.

My townreads, for what they're worth, are HR, Flum, Vecna and Durga.

All 4 veterans are your top townreads? Nice

[BunnyGo]

Running top 4 townread results:

Bunny's: Flum, Vecna, TRPrado, Rdr
kgray's: summit, Vecna, worcej, Tom
rdrivera's: kgray, summit, Vecna, Bunny
bozotheclown's: Fluminator, rdrivera, TrPrado, summit
Tom Bombadil's: Vecna, hthefourth, Moscow, <none>
Macca573's: Bozo, Hellenic Riot, TrPrado, Flum
summit_fever's: bozo, bunny, flum, vecna

This is spam

Then ignore it. Most of your posts are spammier, just saying you don't like how we're playing. A pox on your house until you contribute anything more than spite. You have 35 posts so far. By my count:

4 complain about reading anything
At least 10 are just discussing your idea of other people's metas
At least 10 complain about other people's posting

So well more than half your posts are "spam". There are some good ones hidden in there, but they aren't that prevalent.

[kgray]

Oh, one more thing.

Macca struck me as extremely defensive right off the bat. Maybe it's because they're a newer player, but giving a semi-serious defense to a joke vote in the first pages seemed odd. So I paid attention whenever I saw them post again, and always defensive.

My townreads, for what they're worth, are HR, Flum, Vecna and Durga.

3 of these reads have at least 7 times the posts compared to the other. Why is HR a townread based on five posts?

Ah, the bold one. Quality surpasses quantity. He points out hypocrisies that I agree with. For the most part he started new lines of questioning that were both pertinent and non-shallow.

This is nonsense.

What was "quality" about his weird questioning of how many times Tom would say it had been a while since he'd played with Moscow?

What hypocrisies are you agreeing with? That Durga seemed against killing lurkers in another thread but here is supporting it? I don't see how you can townread Durga while also agreeing with that "hypocrisy."

What new lines of pertinent, non-shallow questioning did he start? The one where he asked if anyone had a reason to vote for food besides the fact that he'd been lurking? That was an incredibly pointless question that had already been asked by Bunny, so it was neither new nor pertinent.

The one contribution from HR that I agreed with was his questioning about why food only mentioned me when bringing up people on his wagon. But that comment is not enough for me to townread him and it's certainly not enough for me to understand why you're so confident in your read.

[Durga]

Difference between joking around, and pretending to be useful but actually just not being that.

Not saying you're not useful, I'm definitely currently leaning town on you, but I'm gonna call out the exercise for what it is: an easy way for scum to look engaged with out providing reasoning.

My shit posting isn't an attempt to make me look useful or townie so it's acceptable :)

[goldfinger0303]

Oh, one more thing.

Macca struck me as extremely defensive right off the bat. Maybe it's because they're a newer player, but giving a semi-serious defense to a joke vote in the first pages seemed odd. So I paid attention whenever I saw them post again, and always defensive.

My townreads, for what they're worth, are HR, Flum, Vecna and Durga.

All 4 veterans are your top townreads? Nice

I could list a whole bunch of other names there and your comment would still apply. Want me to take your name off?

[Durga]

Oh, one more thing.

Macca struck me as extremely defensive right off the bat. Maybe it's because they're a newer player, but giving a semi-serious defense to a joke vote in the first pages seemed odd. So I paid attention whenever I saw them post again, and always defensive.

My townreads, for what they're worth, are HR, Flum, Vecna and Durga.

All 4 veterans are your top townreads? Nice

I could list a whole bunch of other names there and your comment would still apply. Want me to take your name off?

I don't really care, these are your town reads that you haven't explained, not mine. I'd like to hear reasons for them actually. Other than HR

[summit_fever]

Oh, one more thing.

Macca struck me as extremely defensive right off the bat. Maybe it's because they're a newer player, but giving a semi-serious defense to a joke vote in the first pages seemed odd. So I paid attention whenever I saw them post again, and always defensive.

My townreads, for what they're worth, are HR, Flum, Vecna and Durga.

3 of these reads have at least 7 times the posts compared to the other. Why is HR a townread based on five posts?

Ah, the bold one. Quality surpasses quantity. He points out hypocrisies that I agree with. For the most part he started new lines of questioning that were both pertinent and non-shallow.

This seems fair, though I still think it a stretch to create a top four townread off of five posts.

Do you think my boldness is scum indicative?

[kgray]

3 of these reads have at least 7 times the posts compared to the other. Why is HR a townread based on five posts?

Ah, the bold one. Quality surpasses quantity. He points out hypocrisies that I agree with. For the most part he started new lines of questioning that were both pertinent and non-shallow.

This seems fair, though I still think it a stretch to create a top four townread off of five posts.

Do you think my boldness is scum indicative?

Wait, what? That answer was good enough for you?

[BunnyGo]

Difference between joking around, and pretending to be useful but actually just not being that.

Not saying you're not useful, I'm definitely currently leaning town on you, but I'm gonna call out the exercise for what it is: an easy way for scum to look engaged with out providing reasoning.

My shit posting isn't an attempt to make me look useful or townie so it's acceptable :)

Ah, in that case...BRING ON THE LOONEY TUNES VIDEOS!!!

Who doesn't love Baseball Bugs!
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6dxbjk

It's not useful, but it *is* thematically important. AND everyone sure have a well curated exposure to looney tunes.

[BunnyGo]

Oh, one more thing.

Macca struck me as extremely defensive right off the bat. Maybe it's because they're a newer player, but giving a semi-serious defense to a joke vote in the first pages seemed odd. So I paid attention whenever I saw them post again, and always defensive.

My townreads, for what they're worth, are HR, Flum, Vecna and Durga.

All 4 veterans are your top townreads? Nice

I could list a whole bunch of other names there and your comment would still apply. Want me to take your name off?

Do you not townread Durga?

Is there someone else you do read?

Got any stock tips?