So I'm not going to synthesize a full on defense for Radical but I wanted to address this since I'm pretty sure that Radical is town here. These next few quotes are going to be disecting Antonio's argument. I'll preface this by saying that I understand the point Antonio is making regarding Radical, but the argument doesn't hold as much water as you would think.
P.S. @Antonio for future reference Radical goes by they/them, not male pronouns.
However, I'll be voting for radical this round and the reason for my vote is because of my previous statements and how it's weird to ask about if other mafia sees each other before "subbing in" but makes since after receiving the role alignment and see no other mafia members up there. Once confronted by my accusations, he changes his stances and claims he was just "reading the op" when in reality, the thread could've been updated with that information (idk, was it?). However, reading the op doesn't change the fact that he did ask Daniel that question.
This is apparently the main point of reference for the argument. There's bad logic sprinkled all throughout here. Firstly, see my later responses regarding the supposed "pivot" here (spoiler: there isn't one). Secondly, I can testify that I read the OP before this game and
all of the rules regarding the mafia not knowing eachother and the game being flipless. If you want to be extra we can put it in the WayBack machine to prove it. So yeah, your point is moot.
Then why tf did you stated that you ask Dad the question if it's already in the main thread? Why did you have to state that in your original thread when we could have assumed it was in the main thread?
Context:
Once confronted by my accusations, he changes his stances and claims he was just "reading the op"
I don't know what point you're making here, that wasn't a pivot from radical trying to get heat off, they just were stating the facts of how the mafia is working this game. It isn't alignment indicative. I respect the effort, but you're no agent hydra. Nowhere did radical "change" their stances, they just stated the facts of how the mafia is working here. They aren't collapsing under your "pressure" here, you're just hyping this up in your mind.
You role alignment dm for **** sakes. And I'm not saying it's alignment worthy, I'm saying that I don't see people asking such a question before receiving their alignment role via dm.
And on the topic that Geoni, he literally forgot to dm me before I got here. Who's to say he forgot to mention something in role alignments.
This point is moot and somewhat crappy to try and speculate on considering that the host holds zero influence on roles. Just because he forgot to send you a role PM does not mean that he would have left out information in the scum PM. If you really want to go down this path of host speculation, you could easily make the argument that since Radical replaced into a new player that Geoni would have given Master64 a scum role for their first game. But again, the point is moot, because its pointless to speculate on it.
I understand that your main argument here is that you don't think that Radical would have asked the question before subbing in, when really that can just be applied to either town or mafia. Do you really not see any realm of possibility where Geoni approaches Radical to replace, only for them to ask certain specifics regarding the setup before they are replaced in? Theres also the fact that Radical and Geoni are good friends who talk about things. Silliness.
What would motivate radical to even ask Dad the question?
To understand the game better?
Why would he care if mafia knew each or not?
To understand the game better and get better reads?
It just seems too unlikely for him to ask that question to dad BEFORE he got his role alignment DM.
Which, again, if you just think about it then it isn't quite as damning as you seem to think it is. They could have just been talking about the setup beforehand. Might as well just have Radical give their point of view on all of this at this point.
It is more likely he asked Dad the question after he got his role then before is what I'm saying.
Again, it isn't alignment indicative because anyone would have asked that. If they asked it from a town perspective, they would be doing it to understand how it worked. If they asked it from a mafia perspective, then they would have also been doing it to understand how it worked. It goes both ways.
When it comes down to it this argument is just a baseless accusation. I'm reading Radical as town for these posts in particular:
People will not flip, not even when it turns back into normal mafia. We will have no idea until the game is over. Its going to be very hard for us
Also, on the bright side, scum don't know who each other are. I checked with Geoni before I subbed in. Unless I'm wrong and people want him to clarify. They don't find out til after our cell.
There isn't a lot but I view them as more town than Waffles. If you look at this from a tone perspective, then I view here as the most candid person in the thread right now. And also... if you really want to get into it, I view that post about the subbing in to be the most town thing in the thread right now. It indicates to me that they pointed it out for the benefit of everyone being able to analyze the thread.
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Also I'm reading Antonio as townie who has a bad argument, but good intentions. Soooo, the only person that leaves imo is Unravel. Will make a post on her in a minute.