TWG CLXVIII: Capitalism [Game Thread]

[IBM]

Re: TWG CLXVIII: Capitalism [Game Thread]

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

Oh ThIs ShOuLd Be GoOd .

LeT ' S SeE HoW FaR WiLlFuLl IgNoRaNcE CaN TaKe YoU In A GaMe AbOuT FiNdInG WoLvEs AnD SoLvInG PlAyErS .

[Apple]

Re: TWG CLXVIII: Capitalism [Game Thread]

Better yet : a guide to tilting IBM

Tonight, acquire them. Tomorrow, say "okay I just really wanted to live through night one. I'm going to cut the shit."

I was about to say ignoring them wouldn't do the game much good, but this is gold.

Maybe even rose gold.

[IBM]

Re: TWG CLXVIII: Capitalism [Game Thread]

Better yet : a guide to tilting IBM

Tonight, acquire them. Tomorrow, say "okay I just really wanted to live through night one. I'm going to cut the shit."

WeLl ThIs JuSt InViTeS Me To MaKe ThE FoLlOwInG StAtEmEnT .

I WiLl Be TyPiNg LiKe ThIs FoR AlL My PoStS FoR ThE ReSt Of ThE GaMe . If I EvEr StOp DoInG So Or PuRpOsFuLlY AvOiD MaKiNg MeAnInGfUl CoNtRiBuTiOnS, KiLl Me .

I DoNt AcTuAlLy CaRe If I GeT AqUiReD , If It MeAnS FoRcInG ThE AqUiStIoNeR To TyPe LiKe ThIs FoR An EnTiRe DaYpHaSe Or GeT LyNcHeD .

[IBM]

Re: TWG CLXVIII: Capitalism [Game Thread]

To Be HoNeSt ThE EfFeCtS ThIs SiMpLe AcT Is HaViNg On ThE GaMe Is FaCiNaTiNg FrO
m A SoCiAl ScIeNcEs StAnDpOiNt , AnD It WiLl Be WoRtH FiNdInG OuT LaTeR If It WaS GeNuInE Or MaNuFaCtUrEd .

[IBM]

Re: TWG CLXVIII: Capitalism [Game Thread]

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

LoOkS PrEtTy LaZy To Me AcTuAlLy .

KiNd Of LiKe ThE ReAd YoU JuSt MaDe On HiM FoR It .

[Amazon]

Re: TWG CLXVIII: Capitalism [Game Thread]

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[Alibaba Group]

Re: TWG CLXVIII: Capitalism [Game Thread]

Also, IBM is more than a minor annoyance to me given that they're going to keep their gimmick up. It's of negative value to town, obfuscates their posts and makes them look silly.

It also gives them a significant amount of scum equity, since they've already gone to great lengths to make themself never an Acquisition target. It looks like one of: a style the Acquisitioner will never imitate, one they will abandon quickly if they are the Acquisitioner, or a play aimed at making sure the Acquisitioner can't infiltrate the wolves using IBM as a vector. I'm favoring the latter two interpretations.

Obviously it's annoying, but voting people who are annoying is not the point of the game, even if their posts have to be run through a lowercase generator or something. I think you going out of the way to explain this is very good, though.

The bit about the Acquisitioner is a very interesting point and one I hadn't thought of. There's also the fourth interpretation that they are the Acquisitioner themselves, unless that's what you meant by the second suggestion. I think drawing attention to themselves that way would be a net negative though. By the same logic as your third suggestion, a village-aligned CEO should not want to be Acquired, though, since their acquisition would be bad for the village and would also be an acquisition that doesn't happen to the wolves.

Admittedly I have to wonder if it is average to have thought out the use of the role like this, and it could be something IBM has done to be silly and isn't alignment indicative. However in the reply preview they are still doubling down on it despite this being raised and complained about by half the game.

I like the thought process going on there anyway and don't have any objections, except the bit that could be begging the question.

When I was last in the thread everything was roleplay and I didn't have a tremendous amount of time, so sorry in advance if I post too much as I catch up over the next few hours.

[Google]

Re: TWG CLXVIII: Capitalism [Game Thread]

When I was last in the thread everything was roleplay and I didn't have a tremendous amount of time, so sorry in advance if I post too much as I catch up over the next few hours.

Don't worry about posting too much, as long as your longer posts don't have stuff in them that's already been talked about multiple times to look like you're engaging like your last post.

[IBM]

Re: TWG CLXVIII: Capitalism [Game Thread]

Obviously it's annoying, but voting people who are annoying is not the point of the game, even if their posts have to be run through a lowercase generator or something. I think you going out of the way to explain this is very good, though.

The bit about the Acquisitioner is a very interesting point and one I hadn't thought of. There's also the fourth interpretation that they are the Acquisitioner themselves, unless that's what you meant by the second suggestion. I think drawing attention to themselves that way would be a net negative though. By the same logic as your third suggestion, a village-aligned CEO should not want to be Acquired, though, since their acquisition would be bad for the village and would also be an acquisition that doesn't happen to the wolves.

WeLl YoU WoN ' T HaVe To WaIt VeRy LoNg To FiNd OuT I ' M NoT ThE AcQuIsTiOnEr , SiNcE ThEiR OrIgInAl NaMe Is GoInG To Be FlIpPeD ThIs FoLlOwInG NiGhT .

WhIcH MaKeS Me ThInK YoU DiD ' Nt ReAlLy PuT MuCh InTo ThIs LiNe Of ThInKiNg .

[Shell]

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[Alibaba Group]

Re: TWG CLXVIII: Capitalism [Game Thread]

Don't worry about posting too much, as long as your longer posts don't have stuff in them that's already been talked about multiple times to look like you're engaging like your last post.

I was about six pages behind and replied to the post that replied to me. After that, I went through each page and looked for something I might specifically want to make a post. That is always how I play mafia, since I am often forced to play catch-up and can rarely participate in discussions as they happen. I think it is valuable to know somebody's thought process about something in the past when they weren't here, although you have to take it at good faith that it isn't biased from later pages, and don't really appreciate the condescension in this post. If I had known the pages I was behind on almost all consisted of Acquisitioner mechanical discussion, I probably wouldn't have bothered.

If you really care about whether I'm engaging, you should probably have a conversation with me, rather than just sit around being smug.

[IBM]

Re: TWG CLXVIII: Capitalism [Game Thread]

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I AcTuAlLy WrOtE My OwN JaVa PrOgRaM To Do ThIs FoR Me So KiNd Of A BuMmEr ThErE ' S OtHeR OpTiOnS .

DoNt WoRrY By ThE EnD Of ThE DaY I ' M SuRe IlL FiNd AnOtHeR GiMmIcK To BaNk On .

; )

[Shell]

Re: TWG CLXVIII: Capitalism [Game Thread]

WeLl YoU WoN ' T HaVe To WaIt VeRy LoNg To FiNd OuT I ' M NoT ThE AcQuIsTiOnEr , SiNcE ThEiR OrIgInAl NaMe Is GoInG To Be FlIpPeD ThIs FoLlOwInG NiGhT .

WhIcH MaKeS Me ThInK YoU DiD ' Nt ReAlLy PuT MuCh InTo ThIs LiNe Of ThInKiNg .

...Okay? No one was claiming you were one?

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[IBM]

Re: TWG CLXVIII: Capitalism [Game Thread]

...Okay? No one was claiming you were one?

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The bit about the Acquisitioner is a very interesting point and one I hadn't thought of. There's also the fourth interpretation that they are the Acquisitioner themselves, unless that's what you meant by the second suggestion. I think drawing attention to themselves that way would be a net negative though.

GoT ' Em

[Alibaba Group]

Re: TWG CLXVIII: Capitalism [Game Thread]

WeLl YoU WoN ' T HaVe To WaIt VeRy LoNg To FiNd OuT I ' M NoT ThE AcQuIsTiOnEr , SiNcE ThEiR OrIgInAl NaMe Is GoInG To Be FlIpPeD ThIs FoLlOwInG NiGhT .

WhIcH MaKeS Me ThInK YoU DiD ' Nt ReAlLy PuT MuCh InTo ThIs LiNe Of ThInKiNg .

I don't understand the connection between the thoughts in the first line, will you please explain it for me?