TWG CLXVIII: Capitalism [Game Thread]

[Apple]

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hi

Hey.

I just had to take a phone call and check on a document, but I'm still around. What's up?

[GE]

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if it was anybody else I'd yell at you for it but for some reason I like that coming from you

I know you said you're pretty sure who it is, but don't be pulling this kind of shit.

In another anon game, someone faked acting like someone and pulled it off amazingly.

Its scummy or it's not.

[Starbucks]

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god damn it

[Starbucks]

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I know you said you're pretty sure who it is, but don't be pulling this kind of shit.

In another anon game, someone faked acting like someone and pulled it off amazingly.

Its scummy or it's not.

I suppose so

I'm going to move my vote elsewhere today though

[Starbucks]

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or am I????????

[Starbucks]

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(the answer is probably yes)

[McDonalds]

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Hey.

I just had to take a phone call and check on a document, but I'm still around. What's up?

Nothing much. I've just been crying in various corners all phase and now I've emerged like a little butterfly from the dark cold cocoon that is inactivity/indifference

[Starbucks]

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Xiz if you're reading this I want you to know that the acquisitioner role is really cool and adds a new dimension of play to this game

[Starbucks]

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I'm hoping people will get over this gimmick stuff soon. I thought it might be easier to interact with if I was participating. I was wrong. I have a strong town read on Verizon for reasons I'm not willing to share, and I'm voting for a wolf. When people get serious (and no, talking about how players are avoiding acquisition through cheese instead of through maintaining a strong presence and being a distinct person instead of "LOL does anyone else I'm a CEO??!!!?!?!" doesn't count.), you'll see more involvement from your friendly neighborhood Amazonian.

this is hypocritical as fuck, considering that Amazon had been exclusively roleplaying up until this point

Sure. Their first post had wolfy punctuation and a random vote which has been followed up by being around the thread for more than 24 hours now with no content even remotely game related. Going from RVS mentality to "this doesn't interest me as a game" is a kind of disconnect you find in wolves almost exclusively.

this is still hypocritical, but I think it's coming from a town mindset

I think this is a towny level of entitlement. Going to roll with that read for a while

the language of the second sentence feels towny to me

IBM is clearly trying to participate. If we all ignored them, it might get them to play in a less frustrating way. I'm going to stop reading alternating caps posts. I encourage you all to do the same

this is just flat out weird as a suggestion

Yo hold up forgive me but I'mma try to walk the line on the fundamental rule of the game

Nah, fuck off. I don't care who you think you're baiting or, even worse, acting so condescendingly toward. I'm not interested

"forgive me" is always 100% a red flag for me because it feels like pandering / pocketing / appealing / whatever

but the second line is sassy and distincting "unappealing" that I don't think the first point is valid

Amazon is null-town to me

[Walmart]

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After some thought, I think I'm moving my vote to Facebook for now. Toyota still hasn't done much to improve their alignment fmpov, so they're still a possibility for me.

@Apple, are you still working on that reads list you mentioned yesterday? Just curious on your thoughts on the rest of the players.


Thank you,

Sam Walton

[Apple]

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Largely unordered within the tiers.

I don't believe I have all the wolves read as wolves, so don't bother asking me whether certain people can be teamed together. This is a start.

VV
Wells Fargo. Our heads are in similar places right about now, and I value that as a sign of villageriness.
Walmart. They have had acceptable catch-ups, and have been pinging out people who are all bark and no bite.

V
Disney. As I said before, I believe I know who this person is, so where some might see their posting as strange, I see it as fully within their range. They're up here particularly for a few posts like actually making a reads list of Lil B songs and showing general self-awareness of their posting, the first post I picked out of theirs notwithstanding.
Starbucks. I don't like the case they're making against Visa, but it in itself is respectable to notice and identify. They also seem like they're having fun in the thread, which I would not peg as an anonymous-wolf tendency.
China Mobile. Their stance on acquisition and people's reactions to it, since it's taken up much of early discussion, is a good look.
Google has also had some perceptive thoughts, including asking Walmart about one of Alibaba Group's comments that Walmart really just misread and thought was unclear.
Alibaba Group has given a number of reads and thoughts in rather few posts which I like. I only wish their time allowed for interacting with both their town core and their suspicions.
Visa. I think all of Visa's posts can exist in the same universe and I don't understand the case several are making against them. Probably my lightest V read, because them treating people recognizing their meta like an expectation is not great for an anon game.

N
Marlboro. Absolutely nothing to go on.
Amazon. I don't think they ever got back to me on why they were specifically singling Facebook out when others seemed guilty of similar behavior, but they also noticed IBM at least trying to participate, which should be the main basis for our reads anyway. They posted the convertcase link, which while it "trivializes" IBM's gimmick, is a small thing that at least helps other people read their content. One nice thing, one not-so-nice thing, balances out.
GE. I have trouble figuring out their mindset. They've pushed a few people to do things, but have aggressively wanted credit for doing so, and that was in reaction to Visa voting them.
Microsoft. They've been pretty absent and thought expression, while there, is rather terse. Want to hear more.

W
Shell. This is newer, and the one potential association I can see right now. Shell presented a case they considered enough to vote Toyota after they'd previously posted that Toyota seemed fine, but then unvoted after what I consider a minor correction to their case. It's a case I would have called good enough for a first day, as well, and Toyota hasn't posted themselves out of that hole. They've also raised an issue with Disney but it hasn't seemed to stick. Even with Shell's thread presence, I can't tell where they sit on things, since they seem more inclined to opportunism and seizing posts in the moment.
Verizon. I'm with Wells Fargo in that going about the first day by trying to solve the Acquisitioner already is a fruitless strategy, but this is the subject of one of Verizon's longer posts. They also came in not expecting much that was serious, but then they continued to post frivolous comments as the game transitioned into its serious phase. They've mentioned a lack of available time, but they've also not given much over to making serious things happen. They also have no real reads that I can find.
IBM. They've recently hired a new CEO, to my understanding. I don't intend to hold them accountable to the actions of their prior, but their not posting for an entire real-time day is not a good look.

WW
Toyota. Largely a tone read here. Toyota constantly remarks about how first days are hard and has spent many words being skittish about sharing thoughts. That reads more like they're trying hard not to spew anyone. They also keep reiterating a "non-vanilla" read which needs to stop.
Facebook. Shows up, routinely posts fluff, and (I believe) wanted to spoil IBM's identity.
UPS. Also content to just check in and buddy Amazon that one time.
McDonalds. They're focused on Amazon, whose posts make sense to me, to a point beyond just not recognizing "wolfy punctuation" as a stylistic meme. Not a fan of their votes on Visa and their about-face on Toyota (similar to what Shell did, but in the opposite direction) from earlier.

[GE]

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Apple

[McDonalds]

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I will be pretty inactive soon. Sorry guys. I'll probably be very active in future phases provided I don't get offed/wolved or anything

[Shell]

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WW
Toyota. Largely a tone read here. Toyota constantly remarks about how first days are hard and has spent many words being skittish about sharing thoughts. That reads more like they're trying hard not to spew anyone. They also keep reiterating a "non-vanilla" read which needs to stop.
Facebook. Shows up, routinely posts fluff, and (I believe) wanted to spoil IBM's identity.
UPS. Also content to just check in and buddy Amazon that one time.
McDonalds. They're focused on Amazon, whose posts make sense to me, to a point beyond just not recognizing "wolfy punctuation" as a stylistic meme. Not a fan of their votes on Visa and their about-face on Toyota (similar to what Shell did, but in the opposite direction) from earlier.

Um... yeah, you're going to have to tell me where Toyota was skittish.

You also have to let me in why Facebook and UPS are the bottom of the bottom for such little posts. "Spoiling an identity" and "buddying up" are all not good reasons for you to heavily consider them.

McDonalds made a stupid vote, but they haven't done anything that caught my attention.

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[Wells Fargo]

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I hate being at the top of that reads list, Apple