Re: TWG CLIX: Form your special exclusive groups now! - Game Thread
You're pretty bad at reading comprehension. The things you bolded are what I think. The stuff you ignored is the supporting argument--you know the thing I want so see from people.
I think unsupported gut reads are largely useless to other players. That's what I think.
I think posting "X is town, Y is a wolf" with no explanation creates the illusion of contribution and activity, but does nothing to promote actual discussion on the alignment of X or Y, nor does it promote an actual game conversation in thread. That's a bad thing. That's what I think.
I think saying "so and so has content" because they posted "X is town" without saying "X feels similar to game A, where they were town, and are being unusually aggressive, when as wolf they've historically lurked" gives wolves a method to hide in plain sight. That's also a bad thing. That's what I think.
I think disparaging game mechanics discussion has a chilling effect on actually thinking about the game. Theorycraft has a purpose, because if you can contextualize the game, you can begin to figure out why X said what he said, and why Y responded in kind. It has a purpose because if you're not paying attention to game elements, you might miss a hint that suggests a wolf or serial killer or confirmed town, or might create a scenario where town can lose more readily. That's what I think.
I think that complaining about my posts not being human enough is an easy way to create the impression of activity, without actually putting real thought and effort into it. That may just be due to laziness, or it may be due to wolfiness. This is how I post. I'll post this way as town. I'll post this way as wolf. Maybe playing with you guys will gradually change up my style, but I've been playing this way for years. It's not going to change overnight. That's what I think.
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But you know what? All of the above is the kind of hyper-rational, slightly distanced stuff that you don't like anyway. Because I'm speaking about ideas, not people. So here's what I think about people. You, for example. I think the only reason you bothered to make the post I quoted is because you were challenged by Xel about it, and in order to not look weak (refer to the post you quoted), you made a shitty argument with logical gaps in it to support your past read, and maybe get Xel off your back. And that is the exact type of defensiveness I referred to earlier in the game about you. I'm not sure that you're a wolf, but you're playing differently than town you. That's what I think.
You're pretty bad at reading comprehension. The things you bolded are what I think. The stuff you ignored is the supporting argument--you know the thing I want so see from people.
I think unsupported gut reads are largely useless to other players. That's what I think.
I think posting "X is town, Y is a wolf" with no explanation creates the illusion of contribution and activity, but does nothing to promote actual discussion on the alignment of X or Y, nor does it promote an actual game conversation in thread. That's a bad thing. That's what I think.
I think saying "so and so has content" because they posted "X is town" without saying "X feels similar to game A, where they were town, and are being unusually aggressive, when as wolf they've historically lurked" gives wolves a method to hide in plain sight. That's also a bad thing. That's what I think.
I think disparaging game mechanics discussion has a chilling effect on actually thinking about the game. Theorycraft has a purpose, because if you can contextualize the game, you can begin to figure out why X said what he said, and why Y responded in kind. It has a purpose because if you're not paying attention to game elements, you might miss a hint that suggests a wolf or serial killer or confirmed town, or might create a scenario where town can lose more readily. That's what I think.
I think that complaining about my posts not being human enough is an easy way to create the impression of activity, without actually putting real thought and effort into it. That may just be due to laziness, or it may be due to wolfiness. This is how I post. I'll post this way as town. I'll post this way as wolf. Maybe playing with you guys will gradually change up my style, but I've been playing this way for years. It's not going to change overnight. That's what I think.
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But you know what? All of the above is the kind of hyper-rational, slightly distanced stuff that you don't like anyway. Because I'm speaking about ideas, not people. So here's what I think about people. You, for example. I think the only reason you bothered to make the post I quoted is because you were challenged by Xel about it, and in order to not look weak (refer to the post you quoted), you made a shitty argument with logical gaps in it to support your past read, and maybe get Xel off your back. And that is the exact type of defensiveness I referred to earlier in the game about you. I'm not sure that you're a wolf, but you're playing differently than town you. That's what I think.
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