@HijacK, on a side, and somewhat unrelated, note - before judging the current state of the community, and some of the reactions, I advice you to inform and educate yourself on the events that transpired during your off time here and led to where we are today.
HijacK: [...] I did suggest that. However, I no longer believe that is the case. Given this latter detail, I'm not going to cover the rest of the theory. [...]
I'm still interested in what made you consider said theory, and what made you change your mind. Basically, I'm interested in the thought process.
HijacK: [...] Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems rather faulty to judge a claim based on claims from, metaphorically, eons ago. Sure, some people bought that lie and Scum won, but they should get over themselves at this point. As scum, most people will have to fake a claim at some point, unless of course they are mafia doctor. So it should come as no surprise that in role madness games in a community that is well known to have lots of creativity as far as roles go, judgement based on previous experience is a pit that prevents any decent critical thinking and analysis of the current game. Would you always hold it against flub for claiming Town Arsonist?
That was not my point. The point is that exactly because people are creative and capable of pulling off all sorts of far fetched claims, some better than others, it's unreasonable to expect that things you say and claim won't be questioned and scrutinised; doesn't matter if it's a modest or extreme claim, doesn't matter if it's true or fake, we don't have a way of knowing which it is, and taking your word for it would be poor play. It's all part of analysing and critical thinking.
HijacK: [...] I hope that the realization you have answered your own question has struck you. [...]
Let me rephrase this, in case you really didn't get my point.
D2 starts. You're the first one to post. You mention you have a gun. For the very fist time. Logic dictates that people start reading the thread at the mod's D2 break post, assuming they're caught up with previous posts, as would be the case of cristigale since she was on during EOD.
Not ten posts later, you reply to her, and use the term "If you will recall" to bring up the mention of owning a gun, as if you had provided that piece of info like fifty or a hundred posts back, and had to refresh her memory.
IMHO, it hardly qualified for a reminder, and I file the way you prefaced it as part of he little word games you're playing.
I'm skipping the rest as I see that your defence for just about everything is basically "I won't feed the he wolves". May have some truth in it, but it conveniently leaves no room for debate.
HijacK: [...] Yogy could have escaped further questioning. [...]
This is interesting. Did you believe his claim to be true? If yes, have you changed your mind, and why?
HijacK: [...] You see, there is a discrepancy between what he flipped and what I would flip.[...]
What discrepancy would that be? Based on the "no role flips" rule, and what we got so far, yogsloth flipped Mafia, and so will you, especially if your claim is true.
HijacK: [...] Again, I received no information, thus I do not know. I'm guessing I didn't, but I do not know that for a fact. Your beliefs, however, are your concern in this regard.
Can I just call WIFOM on this? This rhetoric is honestly getting old. [...]
It's not a matter of personal beliefs, it's a matter of logic, and that's what I'm pointing out - if you apply logic, it's puzzling at best that you entertain all these cases and arguing about them at length. More so since you claim to be Elite Bodyguard, which is not something you just found out.
You can call it "rhetoric getting old" all you want, but it just doesn't add up from a townie mindset and thought process - you are way too concerned about looking bad, and trying to anticipate anything that may be linked/tied to you before anyone even expresses the slightest hint or accusation.
HijacK: [...] It does, and it will continue to do so. I am not the type to "spill the beans" on everything and leave everything exposed for the exploitation of wolfies. Whether you think this is a townie or anti-townie gameplay style... well, that's just you. [...]
It's not a matter of gameplay style, and I get the not wanting to "spill the beans" in one go. It's about the flow, and how the questions asked and the added pieces work, or don't work, in relation to what you've already claimed and to ongoing discussions, both content and time wise. For someone advocating players to be critical, you seem pretty averse to it when it's you that comes under the lens. And frequently resorting to AtE as a closing to your arguments doesn't do you any favours either.
More to follow.