http://www.rpgdl.com/forums/index.php?topic=572.msg11729#msg11729We'll start with this first post. I'm wavering as I critique it, which means a 3 star rating. Neither here nor there, but merits a glance while lesser posts would be ruthlessly crushed in the waste bin of history.
You are asking me several things, starting with Sopko, and as the post does merit an answer, here it is. What DO I think of Sopko? Had I been answering before he returned, my response might've been different. However, he is back, now, and I'm confident we should wait and see what tomorrow holds for us with him around. His claimed posting restriction seems closer to the convenient excuse side, true, but there are others who are closer. Cid is the easy answer, but using smilies and netspeak shouldn't be too difficult. Certainly easier than Alex's restriction, which got him modkilled. So when you look at the other things he's suspected of, I see the same things I also see about yourself. The lurker charge is certainly lessened now, if not made moot altogether.
And I also see other things about you I'm not willing to put aside, like I am doing temporarily for Sopko's claimed restriction, and I'm still not voting for you.
What is this case I see against you? Let's see. I don't expect you (if you're town) to seriously consider or even type out the possibility that you're scum, no. BUT I also get wary when you type things like 'I am town', which is something I quoted you do. In fact, when OK does it (a lot, and over the top), I look at it as a weird restriction on his part. It certainly grabs my attention in a bad way, but I'm just trying to make the best-informed decision based on actual content, and not restrictions. As time passes and we get info from lynches, plus a lot more content out there, this might change. But not now, not for me.
Also. You fielded the idea. As far as I can see, if that didn't happen to be the most concrete case against Sopko, it certainly is way up there. And yet, you don't press it as much as I'd expect. Day 1? Who knows. But this looks bad to me. Also, like I noted before, hiding in this wifom would be perfect. If Sopko is lynched and flips town, any attempt to use the same theory to lynch you is likely to be perceived/spun as 'if x isn't scum, lynch y', and thus the person proposing it would get tossed into the well. I don't like how your argument handily defends you against something you are equally 'guilty' of, same as your own target. I'm treating Sopko as that, btw, since you clearly intended to vote him, and only didn't correct the tag mistake because many others joined in and you seemed to want to give Sopko a chance to respond.
On you using the wrong name: there's no good response to this, and it's not a question from me, but merely me noting this for posterity's sake. To repeat, scum commit this kind of mistake far more often, and that usually happens on day 1 when this gets largely ignored. On its own, not nearly a case. But along with other things? Helps pad it.
The idea of a full roleclaim day 1 is stupid. I see it as bad and harmful to town. Even though you're no longer calling for it now, you still supported and pushed the idea before (not alone, no, but scum hiding in that crowd makes sense, as you yourself mentioned). That's still a point against you in my book.
On a second thought, I'll grant you the point on Cid. While I still think it's likely you two could be working together, your explanation is very logical, and until either of you flip or are otherwise confirmed, this will just pollute an otherwise decent start-of-game case.
So why didn't all this get you my vote? I was fully intending to vote for you until nearly the end. But due to my restrictions, I had to phrase the post in certain ways, and time just kept on running out. In the end, I couldn't make a second post just about LD, and I did (still do) find her actions the scummiest.
http://www.rpgdl.com/forums/index.php?topic=572.msg11731#msg11731Yakumo, in fact, gets 4 stars for spotting this. It is, in a way, hypocritical of me to do something similar to what I accuse others of. However, in this particular case, I didn't have a better option. My restriction forces me to react rather than act, and to have a lower limit of words, among other things. With the time available to me, I couldn't find a better way to achieve my goals and both leave my thoughts on two people I considered scummy AND make a short summary of why I think LD needs to be thrown down the well. After getting NK'd a couple game on night one, I just kept getting this feeling that if I don't say what I think I'll just regret sitting on it well into my death.
And my vote on LD. Well, she'd posted. I'm still not sure she has an annoying posting restriction, and she is actually against it. I understand people being cautious and not going for it (well, not really, but I'm trying to be nice), but why would someone be outright against it?
http://www.rpgdl.com/forums/index.php?topic=572.msg11739#msg11739I disagree with mass restriction claiming, but maybe there could be a concerted effort to make them more obvious? I – seem to lose my train of thought easily.
Here, we have LD earning five stars for this performance. Reemerge when called upon for lurking, be vague enough about your restriction to allow you freedom of action later on, and categorically object to a mass restriction claim without a single reason why. While one could object to this proposal, I at least outlined why I think it's a good idea. It would be nice if she gave even a token effort why I'm wrong, or why she's right. In fact, a token effort to provide content would be appreciated, period. She fielded a vote against Sopko from early on, and has asked him a single question in her recent post. Could this truly be her only contribution to the game? Do the rest of you buy her attempts at showing that vague restriction she claims to have?
