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Posted on entry Home again ::: October 13, 2004, 05:58 PM:
I think the charm of games like Thing and Mafia is that any basic logical analysis of the game mechanics yields so little information. If it could be boiled down to a number of logical rules, it would be much less interesting. Also, (at least for me) winning wasn't as much of a focus as having fun (and messing with people... "I don't care if he's mafia or not, I just want to kill him"). I think if people started playing it seriously, as in hard core "I'm playing to win," it would get old pretty quick.
Posted on entry Home again ::: October 12, 2004, 10:41 AM:
Yoon, you are so the thing. In fact, I remember a game on ... thursday night, I think... where somehow, with only 5 people left, you somehow convinced everyone to give you choice over who should be tested. Yes, the scientists gave absolute power to the thing (and they were doomed for it).

To add even more evidence, the only reason I didn't get stabbed in the back by Teresa immediately after getting thing-ed during that one cut-throat game was because I singled you out as being a thing that round (But you can't call me a back-stabber cause I had no idea you were a thing too at the time =). Of course, I didn't last long under Teresa's ruthless reign of terror.

damn... I just admitted being a thing... At least I can still say that I'm not mafia.
Posted on entry Home again ::: October 11, 2004, 02:09 PM:
Going back to work after a week of VP is really painful. Thanks to everyone there who made it such a wonderful, educational and enlightening experience. I've learned a lot, and everything hasn't even begun to fully sink in yet.

To everyone who is considering applying, just go for it (If I got in, you shouldn't have any problems). On the other hand, there were so many extremely talented people at VP8. I'm not sure what's the norm is for a VP class, but being in VP8 was a very humbling.

... as for Mafia and Thing... all I have to say is...

vengeance ... VENGEANCE!!!

oh, and the ever popular:

"I am so not the thing. You're just wasting your test on me."

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