Tales of the Abyss - Town Victory!

[Achromatic]

HIPPPPPO

We’re frying up some Leafeon

want in?

[Leafia]

Lea, wolves can hammer if not all of them are on me or a villager could hammer me so yes I do have something to fear with 9 bs votes.

[Leafia]

Sorry, but I’m not on the menu.

[Achromatic]

[Leafia]

You’re also distracting the thread from scumhunting too.

[Achromatic]

Okay, who should we be suspecting whose not you? Who should we be townreading whose not you?

[Marluna]

119

[Prophylaxis]

Leafia - I feel like your tone was way more playful/bubbly in Eden/GI (less so for GI since you had mechanic-related reasons, but I also couldn’t find another towngame from you this year besides the one where you hydra’d with Silviu) compared to the two wolfgames I linked (where I feel like you were much more aggressive in declaring wolfreads and more focused on getting the game started)

I can probably look at games from 2022 in a little bit, but I think this is a pretty significant tonal shift from you and I want to chase it this time.

[Achromatic]

44 IS a post number, I was answering.

[Hippopablompoyeetus]

I havent done new voting before this is exciting

VOTE: Prophylaxis

[Mr.L]

So wait, do you think Leafia’s reactions to getting voted are fake or genuine?

[Achromatic]

me vs leafia right now

[Prophylaxis]

FWIW, I did some meta analysis on Leafia about a year ago, so if we’re all right on Leafia being a wolf then this would still hold up. Just to give some further context to my posts–

@Prophylaxis

Okay, I finished catching up, so here are my observations about the first 100-150 posts of the game.

• Wisdom’s “look at the rare occasion of me being top poster” kind of pinged me a little because I feel like most good townies are hyperfixated about their post count when they roll wolf, because they have this internal sense of pressure to match the same posting activity when they rand town.

However, I kind of liked where Wisdom’s head was when I engaged with her a bit, and I don’t think she’s a wolf with Leafia, so I’m fine with her at this juncture.

• Leafia actually strongly pinged me because she was really gung-ho and serious about the game early. In my experience, this is a bit of a wolfy indicator since wolves are a little uncomfortable around RVS and want to start the game off ASAP. This is why I wanted to check Leafia’s other games to see if she had the same streak of starting off the game super seriously as a wolf, or if she was a little more relaxed as town.

Not taking a look at Greatest Idea because she was a survivor.

Risky Light Game ([GAME THREAD 6/13] Risky Light Game: Featuring Rain - Day 4 - Mafia wonnered) (wolf): I think she was pretty serious to start off the game here. She starts off numbering her posts but then pressures her wolfbuddy, Frog, right off the bat. She then does a pretty quick unvote then later declares Frog her strongest townread.

SCP FM (SCP FM (4/18) - Game Thread, Ended, Foundation and GOC wins.) (wolf): I think she starts off this game pretty seriously here as well, with a vote on Gorta and some really early reads (Derps probably town). Funny enough she also does the early vote then unvote here as well.

Questions FM (Questions FM - GAME OVER (Mafia Victory) - #24 by Leafia) (town): I think she starts off this game more jokingly, with a vote on Eevee to ping him. She does give Jake a townread due to how relaxed he feels, but she jokes around with Blizer and says that she’s hardclaiming ??? in a game where no one knows their roles. She jokes even further along into the game by saying “According to Hippo, you’re lockscum Hippo”. It isn’t until in post 425 where she really starts playing seriously.

Plants Mountainous Poison (Plants Mountainous Poison - Day 8 (1/16) - Wolf Win) (town): Can’t really analyze this since she entered the thread late.

Sorc17 ([Game Thread - ENDGAME 2/17] The 'Supa Mario' Sorcerer17 - Mafia Wins) (town): Again, this is starting a little bit later so Leafia is pretty gung-ho and serious about providing reads here.

Town vs Bandits ([VFM] Town vs Bandits - Day 5 (4/13) - Bandits Win! - Completed - Forum of Lies) (town): She jokes around with Chloe early on and has some light banter about rolling Village Leafeon. She says a couple of posts give her good/bad vibes, and she makes a joke about Wazza (the host) being likely scum. Early votes on Eli. She does an early unvote on Eli, but she votes Emilia in the same post.

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I’m not 100% sold on this, but when I compare Leafia’s opening posts in this game to her town and wolf games, I feel like… she would be a little more relaxed? A little more playful? As town? And in this game I feel like she has some internal drive to start the game early – a drive that wouldn’t necessarily be there if she randed villager.

Maybe this is confirmation bias/bad meta showing, but her opening this game feel a little less natural compared to the villager games I just saw. I would love a second opinion on this.

[Hippopablompoyeetus]

By the way for those who havent played with me before, people call me the Resident Leafeon! I hang around and like to have fun!!

[sulit]

townie question

[Mr.L]

You people have too much time on your hands

Respect

[sulit]

poggers hippo !!!

[Achromatic]

Okay Proph I think I am comfortable saying one wolf down. Do we unvote and find another? Give the SK a chance to townside by shooting them tonight instead of me? Feels based.

[Leafia]

You’re my prime suspect right now for startng this wagon, but Mr. L and Proph don’t look much better since 3 votes is plenty for pressure.a 4th and 5th aren’t necessary, especially this early in the game and I especially hate how no one is bothering to consider the fact that I’m a villager here. Everyone is like Leafia has to be a wolf! And it feels really opportunistic, like wolves are piling on my wagon.

Neither Mr. L nor Proph stated a real reason to scumread me and you’re in fact the only one who even tried explaining your vote on me.

[Achromatic]

Okay so you’re just OMGUSing and providing no town reads.

Not talking to Leafia anymore lock scum.

Let’s find the others.