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Re: Does anyone else have any opinions? Isaac Send a noteboard - 08/08/2013 11:18:56 PM

View original postIsaac made a quite simple table of post counts, he even counted words (why is more words less scummy btw?)

I didn't actually count them, I don't like typing in the post box and tend to paste from MS word into it and often paste messages into word to read too. I almost always have word and excel open on computers. In Word the wordcount of a document is listed in the bottom left corner and if you highlight a selection of text it will come up too, as selection#/doc# of words.

On the scumminess, word count isn't indicative of scumminess exactly, we just tend to use post count fairly regularly and discriminate between NM messages and normal, and I noticed virtually all of them were short with some non-NM really just being single sentences too big to fit in a title. Wordcount seemed fairer and the number was easily acquired since I'd already pasted all their messages into a document.

As mentioned, low post/word count isn't really very scummy at all, it is anti-town because smart scummers keep their heads down and low posting by townies makes that easier for them. Many players do post less as scum, so it can be indicative, but mostly it has to do with it being far easier to find scum if everyone is talking more, at least in terms of game relevant stuff. To me personally, as someone who almost always gets stuck having to drag the game to the end of Day 1, and getting accused a lot over that necessary aggression, I find low posting very aggravating because it gives me less to hunt with, either for real evidence or framing material, and it means that person isn't helping investigate and thus is dumping extra efforts and suspicion on me, since Day 1 lynches have low success rates and require serious shoving to achieve a consensus on. Needless to say I try to discourage that, which is why I almost never go after early-game aggressive players but routinely suggest post count and the like as means of lynching.

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Fox is being triggerhappy. *NM* - 01/08/2013 06:08:21 PM 726 Views
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I'm RBIRL from friday to sunday, myself - 29/07/2013 02:10:19 PM 1194 Views
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I'm joining the RBIRL train - 31/07/2013 01:50:55 PM 1087 Views
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I'm actually kinda glad. I think it was getting too...complicated for me. - 29/07/2013 03:48:33 PM 1140 Views
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It was you that done it, now own up! *NM* - 29/07/2013 11:41:40 PM 723 Views
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Re: Vote: Hobo - 01/08/2013 12:27:15 AM 1103 Views
Re: Vote: Hobo - 01/08/2013 10:44:27 AM 1167 Views
I don't think it was - 01/08/2013 12:50:24 PM 1105 Views
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He was very unclear on tha tpoint after the fact - 01/08/2013 11:27:00 PM 1167 Views
No, his plan was actually pretty good. - 06/08/2013 01:00:31 AM 1212 Views
How is that a good plan? - 06/08/2013 06:37:24 AM 1260 Views
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Rules are made to be broken. *NM* - 30/07/2013 06:51:38 PM 733 Views
But is this rule able to be broken? *NM* - 30/07/2013 06:54:22 PM 719 Views
Sure. Last time he lost was game 29. *NM* - 30/07/2013 09:32:45 PM 695 Views
Surely you recall the Marvel[ous] Siege? You were mason buddy - 01/08/2013 12:14:47 AM 1091 Views
I vaguely remember the Marvel game, but not any specifics... *NM* - 04/08/2013 09:55:24 PM 702 Views
I do... - 05/08/2013 04:25:10 AM 1084 Views
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Isaac is like the German Soccer team in this. - 01/08/2013 10:45:39 AM 986 Views
Re: Isaac is like the German Soccer team in this. - 01/08/2013 12:18:52 PM 1185 Views
(here) *NM* - 29/07/2013 11:03:26 PM 683 Views
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Re: Vote: Sacrilicious Toast - 31/07/2013 09:19:11 AM 1211 Views
Re: Vote: Sacrilicious Toast - 01/08/2013 10:50:16 AM 1050 Views
Re: Vote: Sacrilicious Toast - 01/08/2013 12:11:33 AM 1076 Views
Activate! *NM* - 31/07/2013 03:03:50 AM 714 Views
Not too bad that you waited with the game, Berg - 01/08/2013 10:35:51 AM 1048 Views
Re: Not too bad that you waited with the game, Berg - 01/08/2013 11:06:23 AM 1073 Views
Okay, getting moving (Table) - 01/08/2013 11:45:30 PM 1175 Views
Yes, No, No. *NM* - 02/08/2013 02:32:52 AM 697 Views
Yes, No, No - 02/08/2013 08:54:12 AM 1113 Views
Re: Yes, No, No - 02/08/2013 09:50:24 AM 1046 Views
Yeah, my name's a real one too, just not logically related to anything in the game. *NM* - 02/08/2013 07:17:42 PM 690 Views
Same here. *NM* - 04/08/2013 09:54:10 PM 670 Views
Yes, No, No *NM* - 02/08/2013 01:03:24 PM 672 Views
Yes, no, no *NM* - 02/08/2013 08:26:52 PM 622 Views
yes, no, no *NM* - 03/08/2013 01:10:00 AM 699 Views
would be nice if one player answered Yes, Yes. Yes now: Lie = lynch *NM* - 03/08/2013 09:12:07 AM 677 Views
Well I'm reasonably sure some of them will either answer other then yes, no, no or lie - 03/08/2013 12:29:34 PM 1091 Views
Yes. No. No. - 04/08/2013 09:02:49 AM 1001 Views
Re: Yes. No. No. - 04/08/2013 11:19:03 AM 1062 Views
Yes, No, No *NM* - 03/08/2013 11:06:41 PM 701 Views
Yes, no, no. Also, I'm back. *NM* - 04/08/2013 09:52:11 PM 570 Views
Yes, no, no. Also, I'm back. *NM* - 04/08/2013 09:52:47 PM 660 Views
Dangit, I hate when I double post. *NM* - 04/08/2013 09:53:29 PM 715 Views
Yes, No No *NM* - 05/08/2013 03:28:03 AM 678 Views
Sorry I didn't have anything new to add... *NM* - 05/08/2013 03:29:28 AM 664 Views
Yes, No, No. *NM* - 06/08/2013 12:46:10 AM 644 Views
I might as well Unvote before I forget - 02/08/2013 03:32:43 PM 1035 Views
EBWOP - 02/08/2013 03:33:23 PM 1009 Views
Vote: Isaac - 03/08/2013 05:09:47 AM 1140 Views
Re: Vote: Isaac - 03/08/2013 07:32:48 AM 1049 Views
The "... and people die" part is probably accurate though *NM* - 03/08/2013 12:32:40 PM 674 Views
Correlation does not equal causation . *NM* - 03/08/2013 05:42:30 PM 695 Views
Precisely *NM* - 04/08/2013 11:22:52 AM 668 Views
Re: Vote: Isaac - 05/08/2013 08:31:03 PM 1137 Views
Re: Vote: Isaac - 06/08/2013 06:40:24 AM 1073 Views
Baaaack~ - 03/08/2013 11:26:57 PM 1080 Views
Although interesting, the questions don't seem to be adding much to the info - 05/08/2013 07:03:07 PM 1120 Views
Well - 05/08/2013 07:25:22 PM 1031 Views
That is correct - 05/08/2013 07:35:24 PM 1045 Views
Oh yeah, you're right - 05/08/2013 09:42:23 PM 1098 Views
Re: Oh yeah, you're right - 05/08/2013 10:09:48 PM 1099 Views
Re: Oh yeah, you're right - 05/08/2013 10:20:02 PM 1141 Views
I posted I was back.... NLRBIRL *NM* - 05/08/2013 10:25:58 PM 642 Views
Yeah, I missed that. Sorry *NM* - 06/08/2013 03:13:11 AM 680 Views
What's the NL for? RBIRL Real Busy in Real Life, NL=? - 06/08/2013 08:56:16 AM 1070 Views
Oh, duh, "No Longer" RBIRL *NM* - 06/08/2013 08:57:15 AM 657 Views
Yup *NM* - 06/08/2013 01:00:31 PM 705 Views
would be a very awkward abbreviation - 07/08/2013 10:05:17 AM 1054 Views
Re: Although interesting, the questions don't seem to be adding much to the info - 05/08/2013 08:26:01 PM 1187 Views
Agreed. Random lynches seem like a last resort to me. - 05/08/2013 08:55:59 PM 1099 Views
Now that you mention it, appearance might indeed be useful. - 06/08/2013 12:52:25 AM 1138 Views
Re: Now that you mention it, appearance might indeed be useful. - 06/08/2013 06:59:26 AM 1107 Views
Re: Now that you mention it, appearance might indeed be useful. - 06/08/2013 10:01:18 AM 1122 Views
Re: Now that you mention it, appearance might indeed be useful. - 06/08/2013 12:56:47 PM 1203 Views
I didn't have anything either. *NM* - 06/08/2013 01:02:46 PM 695 Views
No, I'm sorry, I don't - 06/08/2013 02:33:58 PM 1150 Views
No appearance was described in my role message. *NM* - 06/08/2013 08:45:51 PM 693 Views
Nope. *NM* - 07/08/2013 07:23:00 PM 700 Views
No, nothing on appearance *NM* - 07/08/2013 09:02:11 PM 702 Views
I think we may need to contemplate some semi-random options - 06/08/2013 07:55:25 AM 1065 Views
List of remarks by the 'accused', plus some remarks on them - 06/08/2013 08:51:15 AM 1273 Views
explanation - 06/08/2013 09:05:55 AM 1155 Views
Re: explanation - 06/08/2013 09:47:35 AM 1139 Views
Re: explanation - 06/08/2013 09:59:45 AM 1169 Views
Re: explanation - 06/08/2013 01:28:49 PM 1113 Views
I'm just surprised I'm not on the list. I was always a low poster... - 06/08/2013 10:00:22 AM 1137 Views
Re: I'm just surprised I'm not on the list. I was always a low poster... - 07/08/2013 07:48:34 PM 1066 Views
Your questions - 06/08/2013 02:59:16 PM 1151 Views
I apparently answered your questions backwards - 06/08/2013 03:06:06 PM 1056 Views
I would look at it a bit differently, even if the outcome doesn't change that much - 06/08/2013 03:55:12 PM 1153 Views
Well, I'm impressed - 06/08/2013 04:11:31 PM 1060 Views
I thank you for the compliment. - 06/08/2013 09:51:54 PM 1127 Views
Re: I thank you for the compliment. - 07/08/2013 01:53:25 AM 1094 Views
Those are fair points - 07/08/2013 11:08:21 AM 1102 Views
Re: Those are fair points - 07/08/2013 01:01:55 PM 1114 Views
Oh dear, this is unfortunate. - 07/08/2013 09:46:26 PM 1147 Views
I think you just killed Beetnemesis *NM* - 07/08/2013 10:56:16 PM 670 Views
Better him than me . *NM* - 07/08/2013 11:16:29 PM 676 Views
Re: Oh dear, this is unfortunate. - 07/08/2013 11:32:12 PM 1076 Views
nice analysis - 07/08/2013 10:25:20 AM 1022 Views
Like I said before, Tables=Death - 06/08/2013 07:20:07 PM 1098 Views
Re: Like I said before, Tables=Death - 06/08/2013 08:22:47 PM 1030 Views
Beware of BAMF! (Out of town till Saturday) - 07/08/2013 03:37:36 PM 1046 Views
Re: Beware of BAMF! (Out of town till Saturday) - 07/08/2013 04:11:04 PM 1105 Views
Re: Beware of BAMF! (Out of town till Saturday) - 07/08/2013 04:43:12 PM 1093 Views
Re: Beware of BAMF! (Out of town till Saturday) - 07/08/2013 05:34:04 PM 1106 Views
He really is... - 07/08/2013 04:55:59 PM 1090 Views
Re: He really is... - 07/08/2013 08:36:44 PM 1133 Views
Hm, that's not quite what I was thinking when I said that - 08/08/2013 08:49:11 PM 1017 Views
BAMF? - 07/08/2013 06:31:59 PM 1091 Views
It's the onomatopoeia nightcrawler makes when he teleports - 07/08/2013 06:38:24 PM 1089 Views
Re: It's the onomatopoeia nightcrawler makes when he teleports - 07/08/2013 06:42:30 PM 1156 Views
Re: It's the onomatopoeia nightcrawler makes when he teleports - 07/08/2013 06:45:49 PM 1125 Views
When it comes to Marvel, it's Spidey and Deadpool all the way! X-Men. Pffft. - 07/08/2013 10:38:41 PM 1039 Views
Dr Doom was always my favorite hero in Marvel, but Deadpool is pretty cool *NM* - 07/08/2013 10:52:39 PM 668 Views
Dr Doom has cool costume, but other than that I don't know much about him. - 07/08/2013 11:37:09 PM 1061 Views
He's Marvel's Lex Luthor, only much cooler - 07/08/2013 11:48:00 PM 1003 Views
I'd actually say he's a bit more like Marvel's Superman than Marvel's Lex Luthor. - 07/08/2013 11:54:14 PM 1146 Views
I'm not a Marvel fan, but Doom is amazing. - 07/08/2013 11:52:09 PM 1048 Views
OK, here I am! Some layout analysis: - 07/08/2013 04:49:33 PM 1095 Views
Re: OK, here I am! Some layout analysis: - 07/08/2013 05:44:09 PM 1153 Views
Well, you obviously know something, so out with it - 07/08/2013 06:33:04 PM 1075 Views
With that in mind... sounds like I hit too close to home, and you got sensitive - 08/08/2013 03:10:50 AM 1126 Views
Vote: Beetnemesis, Are you accusing me of being scum for pointing out your post had no substance? - 08/08/2013 03:39:25 AM 1172 Views
Re: - 08/08/2013 06:30:26 AM 1061 Views
Granted, as you yourself pointed out: attack is the best defense - 08/08/2013 08:17:31 AM 1019 Views
How often do we even have SKs? *NM* - 08/08/2013 09:39:58 AM 760 Views
This pushes it over the edge for me too. - 08/08/2013 01:13:21 PM 1062 Views
Hah. You got prickly pretty quickly. - 08/08/2013 07:39:24 PM 1091 Views
Prickly? I'm not touchy about it just suspiscious - 08/08/2013 08:01:39 PM 1048 Views
Re: OK, here I am! Some layout analysis: - 07/08/2013 06:38:45 PM 1066 Views
My feeling is that a "normal" game is pretty easy to balance - 08/08/2013 03:08:09 AM 1046 Views
re - 07/08/2013 08:36:15 PM 1080 Views
Isn't it at the very least Roleclaim time? - 08/08/2013 04:31:26 PM 1095 Views
Re: Isn't it at the very least Roleclaim time? - 08/08/2013 05:44:54 PM 1112 Views
Re: Isn't it at the very least Roleclaim time? - 08/08/2013 07:51:09 PM 1113 Views
Re: Isn't it at the very least Roleclaim time? - 08/08/2013 08:02:45 PM 1084 Views
Re: Isn't it at the very least Roleclaim time? - 08/08/2013 08:05:52 PM 1199 Views
The thing we want to avoid is MASS roleclaim - 09/08/2013 08:30:32 AM 1005 Views
Okay, almost totally off topic but... - 07/08/2013 11:40:54 PM 995 Views
The problem with that - 08/08/2013 08:09:56 AM 1087 Views
Re: The problem with that - 08/08/2013 05:02:56 PM 1051 Views
Reminds me of the Cairhien game a bit. - 08/08/2013 06:14:17 PM 1017 Views
That remains one of my favorites - 08/08/2013 07:48:42 PM 1053 Views
I haaaated the Cairhien game - 08/08/2013 08:16:57 PM 1114 Views
Re: That remains one of my favorites - 08/08/2013 09:42:25 PM 1030 Views
Does anyone else have any opinions? - 08/08/2013 05:51:23 PM 1040 Views
My take: - 08/08/2013 08:00:13 PM 1220 Views
Did you just admit to being a scummer? - 08/08/2013 08:04:21 PM 1108 Views
Hah, remember when I mentioned grasping at straws? - 08/08/2013 09:31:35 PM 1047 Views
We have always used the term that way, always, that and only that back to game 2 - 08/08/2013 09:44:20 PM 1095 Views
Holy crap, 4 years ago. - 09/08/2013 02:09:09 AM 964 Views
That's when you asked and were told by the Moderator, it has come up since then many times - 09/08/2013 04:10:28 AM 1046 Views
I can't be the only person laughing at you right now - 09/08/2013 05:44:03 PM 1048 Views
I doubt anyone is laughing including yourself - 09/08/2013 06:08:41 PM 970 Views
No, he's correct. - 08/08/2013 09:53:43 PM 1143 Views
Re: My take: - 08/08/2013 08:12:46 PM 1126 Views
To be a student of Isaac is a subtle thing - 08/08/2013 09:30:02 PM 1010 Views
sure - 08/08/2013 08:44:06 PM 1032 Views
Hmm, my thoughts, - 08/08/2013 08:56:27 PM 1130 Views
Re: Does anyone else have any opinions? - 08/08/2013 10:30:22 PM 1065 Views
Re: Does anyone else have any opinions? - 08/08/2013 11:18:56 PM 1140 Views
"Post count" usually acts as a tiebreaker - 09/08/2013 02:12:28 AM 1087 Views
I disagree - 09/08/2013 09:00:33 AM 1039 Views
Re: I disagree - 09/08/2013 11:25:29 AM 1021 Views
Several people have called for a roleclaim from beet - 09/08/2013 09:06:28 AM 1055 Views
I feel like I'm missing something really obvious here... - 09/08/2013 09:16:51 AM 1055 Views
Re: I feel like I'm missing something really obvious here... - 09/08/2013 03:18:38 PM 1099 Views
No, I meant entrails. - 09/08/2013 03:49:21 PM 1015 Views
Re: No, I meant entrails. - 09/08/2013 04:05:31 PM 1051 Views
Ah. Well that definitely explains it. *NM* - 09/08/2013 04:49:55 PM 669 Views
That's awesome. *NM* - 09/08/2013 09:21:59 PM 663 Views
Re: Does anyone else have any opinions? - 09/08/2013 11:48:13 AM 1016 Views
I'll point out that SKs were one of a few options I hypothesized - 09/08/2013 05:47:23 PM 1060 Views
Re: I'll point out that SKs were one of a few options I hypothesized - 09/08/2013 07:10:44 PM 945 Views
OK, so the smiley was a typo - 09/08/2013 07:26:58 PM 1075 Views
I do, but - 09/08/2013 03:39:28 PM 1040 Views
RBIRL - 09/08/2013 05:50:21 AM 1058 Views
The case on Beetnemesis - 09/08/2013 05:05:32 PM 1164 Views
Ah good, time for a point-by-point rebuttal - 09/08/2013 06:04:11 PM 1088 Views
EBWOP: A final point - 09/08/2013 06:14:25 PM 1125 Views
Actually... - 09/08/2013 06:38:26 PM 1091 Views
I can't see any difference with Isaac's "aggressiveness". *NM* - 09/08/2013 07:31:28 PM 740 Views
Re: EBWOP: A final point - 09/08/2013 07:55:19 PM 1184 Views
Yet you still refuse to roleclaim, are you suicidal? - 09/08/2013 07:04:40 PM 1120 Views
Shrug, I have nothing against roleclaiming. Roleclaim: Tracker - 09/08/2013 07:33:40 PM 1067 Views
Correct me if wrong... - 09/08/2013 08:39:58 PM 1104 Views
Exactly! - 09/08/2013 11:06:25 PM 1123 Views
Wow, I'm gone for 24 hours, - 11/08/2013 12:02:38 AM 1088 Views
No, you just did everything you could to avoid it, like claiming almost no one had asked... - 09/08/2013 08:42:10 PM 1151 Views
I think you're right. - 09/08/2013 11:47:32 PM 1306 Views
Re: Yet you still refuse to roleclaim, are you suicidal? - 09/08/2013 07:49:12 PM 1076 Views
Re: Yet you still refuse to roleclaim, are you suicidal? - 09/08/2013 08:04:42 PM 1118 Views
too much mud - 09/08/2013 09:50:35 PM 1163 Views
Vote: Beetnemesis - 11/08/2013 10:32:51 AM 1243 Views
@ Mod, Vote Check - 11/08/2013 04:46:16 PM 1078 Views
That's a valid vote, I had missed it. Twilight pending. - 11/08/2013 05:36:13 PM 1040 Views
Actually, so did I. Did I hammer? - 11/08/2013 05:55:14 PM 1044 Views
Yes. *NM* - 11/08/2013 05:59:47 PM 533 Views
beetnemesis has been lynched. - 11/08/2013 05:52:43 PM 1134 Views

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