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PunishedBen posted...

I dont think there's a conclusive answer either at this point, but i wanted to see what Sultan would say. Regardless, I like the research you attempted, thats usually a good sign with you

So in going back to find the aforementioned Ben mention of Mario - which, how did death and i both manage to not see that interaction - I found this post, which I again don't like from ben. Death does research as both town and scum, and i feel like Ben is once again giving out town points way too easily. And the way he says it, it almost feels like he's trying to cozy up to death? Perhaps I'm assigning feeling there where there isn't any.

PunishedBen posted...

Fine I will help....is it possible you felt this in Paper Mario mafia? I was definitely scum that game and using my insider knowledge to go on tangents about Hidden Powers

TheSultanOfSlam posted...

That is also possible but I also murdered super quick in paper Mario

So yeah this is where Ben mentions Mario well before death and i do, and sultan responded immediately. If I'm interpreting events correctly, Sultan earlier told Ben that he was acting like he knew too much and that was fishy but didn't know if scum Ben had done this to town Sultan before. Ben first tried to give a hint, and then was very explicit about paper Mario (as an aside, it would be proper for me to admit that i was completely unable to read Ben in this game until kirby smacked a shitload of sense into me). Ben is correct that he absolutely used hidden scum knowledge to drive town up a wall, in a way that felt like earnest theory crafting. Well to me, anyway. And then sultan says, yeah but i was lynched early so i don't remember.

Sultan was lynched on a d2 special. I remember it clearly because i was part of the train, and he was afk at end of day, and he was LITERALLY MARIO.

I don't fault Sultan for not remembering that game clearly. You could all very easily tell me about super obvious things that I've completely forgotten. So I'm trying not to read too hard into this. But it could definitely be funny business, making conversation for the sake of it to appear active and not actually contribute anything, if they're both scum.

If ben is scum and sultan is town, i can interpret this as ben wanting to show Sultan that:

1. You think i am playing like X to you because you think i am scum
2. Last time i was scum and you were town, i did Y
3. X is not Y, therefore you shouldn't think I'm scum

I have this paranoia about ben because i remember Kirby once making an offhand remark about how Ben is talented at changing his play style from scum game to scum game.