Originally Posted by whiteflame on 6/30/2026 at 6:37 PM (post #18)
Originally Posted by Thoth on 6/30/2026 at 4:18 PM (post #3)
Since alignments are randomized, I see no reason to lie about our characters. We might as well claim those immediately. I am Christopher Michael Langan.
Seems like a lot of people are getting onboard with claiming early, though I can't say I understand the reasoning here. Yes, characters are effectively randomized, but everyone would have submitted a set of 3 characters for Kohai to choose from. Scum will either have characters that don't obviously link to scummy roles or will just claim one of the other two characters they submitted. Just seems like it doesn't matter, but maybe that's your point. We have 5 claims out now, I'll likely give mine tonight, I just want to understand the thinking here.
Yeah you can still link justifications of characters to roles, so claiming like this is kind of wild, though I am not totally against having a few people locked into a claim. I think we should refrain from posting a ton more, so we can actually pressure people for information though.
In loving Memory of Lannan and Ajab, fallen debaters.
Claims:
Thoth- Christopher Michael Langan (Post 3, dp1)
Shining- FDR (Post 5, dp1)
Wryly- Princess Donut (Post 9, dp1)
Wylted- BBQ Becky (Post 10 dp1)
Unclaimed:
Mikal
Whiteflame
Lunatic
iLikePIe5
Magoroth
Banana
In loving Memory of Lannan and Ajab, fallen debaters.
I see no fault in a moratorium on further claims, but I also regret nothing. Nothing I tell you, nothing! Also, Lunatic should know that no one is an impartial judge of their own farts, that's basic fartology.
I will now wait for Shining to say something surly, Pie to press someone for a claim, Mikal to use OGI, Mago to do something off-the-wall, and Banana to offer some immediately towny-seeming lowercase reads.
Donut: CARL, IT IS ANOTHER VILE MURDERER.
Carl: I don't think so, not this time. Also, I know you don't have to type in all caps. I've seen you do it before. It makes you sound like you're yelling.
Donut: I AM YELLING, CARL.
I don't think that everyone claiming their character is important enough for me to push against majority opinion. I just don't think that it would carry the same drawbacks that it would in a theme where the character pool is essentially public and flavor is alignment-indicative.
I honestly don't see that much value in the mass claim for town, and while scum can always claim from a very wide pool of characters (not like there's a limit to the range), I do worry about people giving away their role by claiming.
That's still a real risk, but the need to modpsych Kohai makes it one that I wouldn't worry about unless your character matches a specific role so well that you can't imagine them being anything else.
And at best, locking scum into a character claim just limits the range of potential roles that can be applicable to their character.
Yes, that is exactly what I am saying lol
I understand throwing caution to the wind in a game like this and just letting people own their characters, I'm just not convinced it's doing anything for us. I'll be looking for some thoughts from those who haven't posted yet.
It's a calculated risk, and the calculations for this game are different than they are for most games on here. I won't deny that there could be legitimate criticism of it, but calling it "throwing caution to the wind", comes off as having a vested interest against it.
And speaking as someone who has done exactly that as scum before, yes, I do think it's plausible that scum could work out some roles from character claims.
Plausible, yes, but they could just as well convince themselves of falsehood.
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Originally Posted by wylted on 6/30/2026 at 6:56 PM (post #13)
Christopher langan is red pilled but he is not based.
After a quick looksie through his XformerlyTwitter page, I gotta say that I had no idea how racist he is. He was better before he was a minor celebrity.
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i am here. hopin i dont die np1 for the third game in a row.
Originally Posted by wylted on 6/30/2026 at 11:08 PM (post #39)
Is it racism if he's factually correct about all of his claims? I assume yes, but curious
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VTL: Banana
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Her responses are amusing me so she must be town
Find a fault in my reasoning. You can't
Originally Posted by Wryly on 7/1/2026 at 12:01 AM (post #45)
Her responses are amusing me so she must be town
If amusing people made me town, I would never roll scum again
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I vote we get a claim from Shining on the grounds that Shining is guilty until proven innocent, and so it has always been, unto the time of the ancestors
Originally Posted by Thoth on 6/30/2026 at 11:01 PM (post #46)
Originally Posted by Wryly on 7/1/2026 at 12:01 AM (post #45)
Her responses are amusing me so she must be town
If amusing people made me town, I would never roll scum again
lets debate it
resolved: is banana town?
i affirm the resolution.
Originally Posted by Thoth on 6/30/2026 at 11:01 PM (post #46)
Originally Posted by Wryly on 7/1/2026 at 12:01 AM (post #45)
Her responses are amusing me so she must be town
If amusing people made me town, I would never roll scum again
no offense but a lot of your comments either make me scratch my head or get the wierd tinglies, and not the good kind... but i can see the attempt to be funny ig
Originally Posted by Thoth on 7/1/2026 at 1:01 AM (post #46)
Originally Posted by Wryly on 7/1/2026 at 12:01 AM (post #45)
Her responses are amusing me so she must be town
If amusing people made me town, I would never roll scum again
Are you amusing people? We can't know. The like button is gone. There is no law. Every post lands in a reaction vacuum. Maybe no one finds you funny. Maybe everyone hates you. Maybe they know about that thing you did behind the tree on the playground in the third grade!
Don't sweat it buddy I make people scratch their heads all the time, you're in good company
After thinking about it for a while, I'll SOP-claim. My role is called Paranoid. If someone's action visits me, I have a 50:50 chance of (1) killing them and neutralizing their action or (2) redirecting their action to a randomly chosen player. Justification is that Chris Langan is a vocal supporter of guns and conspiracy theories. Check out his banner on XformerlyTwitter for an example.
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Originally Posted by Wryly on 7/1/2026 at 12:07 AM (post #50)
Maybe they know about that thing you did behind the tree on the playground in the third grade!
Wishing I were dead because I wanted to play tag but would be at risk of fainting if I tried to run for more than two seconds?
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Originally Posted by Thoth on 7/1/2026 at 1:15 AM (post #52)
After thinking about it for a while, I'll SOP-claim. My role is called Paranoid. If someone's action visits me, I have a 50:50 chance of (1) killing them and neutralizing their action or (2) redirecting their action to a randomly chosen player. Justification is that Chris Langan is a vocal supporter of guns and conspiracy theories. Check out his banner on XformerlyTwitter for an example.
The first paragraph of his Wikipedia article says nothing about guns or conspiracy theories.
Originally Posted by Thoth on 7/1/2026 at 1:17 AM (post #53)
Originally Posted by Wryly on 7/1/2026 at 12:07 AM (post #50)
Maybe they know about that thing you did behind the tree on the playground in the third grade!
Wishing I were dead because I wanted to play tag but would be at risk of fainting if I tried to run for more than two seconds?
You're no fun. Now I'm sad.
Originally Posted by Wryly on 7/1/2026 at 12:19 AM (post #54)
After thinking about it for a while, I'll SOP-claim. My role is called Paranoid. If someone's action visits me, I have a 50:50 chance of (1) killing them and neutralizing their action or (2) redirecting their action to a randomly chosen player. Justification is that Chris Langan is a vocal supporter of guns and conspiracy theories. Check out his banner on XformerlyTwitter for an example.
The first paragraph of his Wikipedia article says nothing about guns or conspiracy theories.
I never said that was the only thing Kohai used. Anyway, you'll find it if you go to the next paragraph.
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VTL: Shining
I can't fault Wryly's logic
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Originally Posted by Thoth on 6/30/2026 at 11:15 PM (post #52)
After thinking about it for a while, I'll SOP-claim. My role is called Paranoid. If someone's action visits me, I have a 50:50 chance of (1) killing them and neutralizing their action or (2) redirecting their action to a randomly chosen player. Justification is that Chris Langan is a vocal supporter of guns and conspiracy theories. Check out his banner on XformerlyTwitter for an example.
i prolly would have claimed this first post. any reason u didnt?
Originally Posted by Banana on 7/1/2026 at 12:30 AM (post #58)
i prolly would have claimed this first post. any reason u didnt?
I wasn't sure that this was worth immediately SOP-claiming. In hindsight, I suppose the wiser rule to follow is that if you think it might be worth SOP-claiming, it's definitely an SOP-claim.
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Originally Posted by Thoth on 6/30/2026 at 11:33 PM (post #59)
Originally Posted by Banana on 7/1/2026 at 12:30 AM (post #58)
i prolly would have claimed this first post. any reason u didnt?
I wasn't sure that this was worth immediately SOP-claiming. In hindsight, I suppose the wiser rule to follow is that if you think it might be worth SOP-claiming, it's definitely an SOP-claim.
what benefit was holding that from town sposed to give? if a town pr visits you they culd die
