I'm not sure if you all noticed, but I took a bit time off to rethink and to get a bit of distance to clear my mind.
Looking back, I still think it isn't handled perfectly, but I also can understand that I didn't react perfectly too. Which is fine, since people aren't perfect. If it works for you, that's fine. I still believe there is a chance this all comes back and bites someone in their behind, but I hope you can manage.
Now why do I speak in this 'you' language? Because I personally wont have much time beginning with the 20th and currently I don't have much drive to play
this game so I probably wont for a longer time. Have fun and take care. Hope there is more 'see you' than 'good riddance'.
Anyway, there is one thing I can't ignore on top of that, so let me reply:
JECE wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 2:03 pm
My goodness, mate. I always have a natural inclination to see the best in people, but this is pushing it.
I personally doubt this trait of your character, from the posts I've seen from you I've got another impression, but I'll come back to this later since you contradict yourself later in your own post.
At this point you are moving the goalposts given that you now accept that I did not simply do a pure guessing streak. So I can't help you come to see my point of view anymore since I can only expect you to find some other excuse to stay outraged.
I never moved any posts or goals. I don't accept it was not a pure guessing streak, you are either twisting my words or misunderstanding me. I said that finding those options for the guesses had the same thought/research process behind like I did. That doesn't take anything away from my argument.
The whole point is that there were (rationally) only 3 correct options left and you took it all by pure guessing. Not letting anything open for others, not trying to be witty and using the game by sorting, just pure, guessing, wanting to win despite the game or others.
I'm not sure if you unintentionally twist that or with a sinister mind, but with all those actions on top of it my personal opinion about you doesn't get any better.
As to future games, take a look at my Ten Commandments in Game XCVII. I took a different approach to resolving concerns that have come up in the past. But seriously, if in a given game there are only three options left and we still have 10+ questions left to ask, then such a game is about to end, no matter what we do with the rules.
I didn't say the game wasn't about to end, it was about fairness and respect for the game and that you lacked both of them. That you still don't understand that part (or at least keep ignoring it) is mind boggling. You throw out all those things but you don't respond to the argument.
Just make your guesses next time rather than stay up late and try to jump in and steal the win from beneath an unwitting teammate.
I always have a natural inclination to see the best in people
Yes, definitely. You totally try to see the best in people. I can totally see that.
I didn't stay up to steal anything. Sure, I wanted to win a round and did my best to get an advantage in time, sorting the novels and characters as fast as I could and thinking of what to ask and whom of the three to guess, but
stealing is just wrong here, especially with your self description. Anyone seeing the best in people would've acknowledged or at least considered that I tried to find a solution, but not to 'steal'. If you really believe your description, I suggest that you have a look at yourself again and re-evalue. You either are lying to others or yourself.
Anyway, from my post after your guess streak you can see I tried to solve this, my instincts here to ask questions and guess only with a clause. Accusing of 'stealing' here is just absolutely wrong.
Personally, I think you know all that and just try to deflect from yourself, but I can be wrong here. If so, try to reflect and stop lying to yourself.
Now then, I'll go to a game of mafia where at least the people are honest and can be trusted.