Epicmafia

Positive, Neutral, Critical

over 8 years

Post in this thread with a positive, neutral, or critical observation of me and I'll post the opposite for you. Please state the category of your observation. If your observation is neutral, I'll reply with a neutral one as well.

I'll be writing all three for each person, so if you want more, you can give me more and receive more in return (this means that you can get up to 3 responses from me in this thread).

Example: A says "Positive. Cody is smart and observant." I will reply with something like "Critical. A is too easily influenced by other people."

I'll be gathering all of the observations that I write into a file somewhere and maybe making a wrap-up post to summarize them.

EDIT: Here is the file that I've made with all of my responses for everyone in the thread. If you're seeing this, then I'm only doing responses for those people that I feel like responding to from now on. There are a few people on the file that didn't post here for whom I wrote these observations down prior to posting the thread, so if you didn't post here and you're someone who knows me pretty well, you might be in there!

Are you...

Positive?

Neutral?

Critical?

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over 8 years

can it nerd

Tatami

over 8 years

Can make argument that I'm insecure about being perceived as insecure which is really ironic.

You're a friend though and your perception matters accordingly, and if it led to at least one less person opting to avoid any of what I just said that post will have been worth it.

Tatami

over 8 years

Cody says

You are arrogant. A lot of what you say can come off as condescending in tone.

Completely true.

Cody says

Even when you mean well, you never let go of a chance to remind other people that you are better than them. It might have gotten to the point where it's just a persona you feel that you have to maintain, because you aren't actually like that with me most of the time.

I disagree with this one. I don't really try very hard to change people's perception of me. If you go through my responses the most common phrase is just "If you say so". A lot of the time that I see people make claims about me-whether they're that I'm elitist, stupid, rich snob, socially awkward, etc.-my tendency is just to go with it and purposely feed into it because I think it's amusing. It's also common for people to take my posts which don't involve their or my worth but make it about that anyway.

The truth is it doesn't matter if you're smarter than me or have a better career than me or are happier than me or more social than me on a mafia website. I've had people go on for pages about how much better they are than me at XYZ and I just kind of stare blankly at them and say "Oh okay, sure." I'm sure a lot of people on the site are smarter than me, I'm sure a lot of people are dumber than me, but why would anyone want to waste time figuring out which is which? I just want to play.

deletedover 8 years

I do become.

Becomeclear

over 8 years

pamda says

my observations are based on what I've seen and not what I've heard from other people. My positive observation is the same I posted on that other thread.

Positive! You are a really nice and sweet guy. You are smart and I really admire your analytical skills and good values (maybe some mistakes were made, but nobody is perfect).

Neutral: good at mafia.

Critical: i feel like you didnt have self control when u lost ur games before lololol i dont know if thats thr case anymore.

pamda do you forgive me

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over 8 years

love you too : )

Sonrio

over 8 years

he called us similiar i hate you elise

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over 8 years

Positive: levelheaded and very cunning. one of the small pool of actually decisive and smart people on em who think things through first, even if they have some slip ups sometimes. you're a very loyal friend but this can fall flat for you very easily if your emotions get in the way instead of facts, which can crash & burn if you don't realize your mistake beforehand. i think you have very good relationships, and your friends could trust you with virtually anything. a little on the naive side despite how you are. (it's kind of cute lol)

neutral: will call you when i am 18+ please wait for me

critical: your emotions will get over your head to get results and/or a problem solved. Depending on the topic, you will go through lengths of information (despite being wrong), to make sure you are 100% correct. If perhaps you had a long argument and were wrong in the end, you would work a bit too hard to own up to your mistakes and beat yourself up over it. it's okay to make mistakes when you're you, Cody. I could be completely wrong but that's how I see you based off of interactions with other people. I think you can come off as manipulative because of your nature but I personally don't see it at all. I used to be really scared of you but now I'm not

deletedover 8 years

my observations are based on what I've seen and not what I've heard from other people. My positive observation is the same I posted on that other thread.

Positive! You are a really nice and sweet guy. You are smart and I really admire your analytical skills and good values (maybe some mistakes were made, but nobody is perfect).

Neutral: good at mafia.

Critical: i feel like you didnt have self control when u lost ur games before lololol i dont know if thats thr case anymore.

Cody

over 8 years

Taking a break. I will get you all done later, I promise. I need to regain my touch. A three paragraph ramble often isn't as poignant as an insightful observation described in two sentences.

deletedover 8 years

Positive: You like to see the good in people, which is admirable. You like to give people the benefit of the doubt and you're pretty loyal. You are also logical and fair. Thoughtful as well (i mean you're posting like paragraphs about everyone) and good with words. Oh! and you're helpful.

Critical: YOU ARE TOO TRUSTING!! lol not everyone has good intentions and i think that you don't like to believe that. i think the fact that you think people have good intentions makes you somewhat susceptible to being manipulated easily.

debaser

over 8 years

Positive: you have the will to own up to your mistakes, a quality any self-respecting person should have.

Negative: you don't owe this site anything and are, maybe, more invested in it than you should be. Don't let it get to you and don't beat yourself up over your mistakes

Cody

over 8 years

ArieI says

positive: you see the good in people and are capable of giving people the benefit of the doubt

negative: the above attributes put you at a disadvantage on the internet

Critical: You are likely to be heavily influenced by someone else's opinion of a situation before checking out its details first hand, and then viewing the situation through colored lenses.

Positive: The time that you've spent online has toughened you up and made you into a more mature person than one might expect for your age.

deletedover 8 years

Positive: You're intelligent, ridiculously good with words.

Cody

over 8 years

HelloImDenis says

Critical: You look like a nice guy and you probably are. You have very defined morals, or at least I think so. Because of that, sometimes, you stand up for your friends too much, without knowing what's right or wrong and ignore the fact that the other person could be correct.

idk you so I'm just taking a guess from a few games we've played and some forum posts

edit: first I put this as neutral but I guess that was critical

Positive: You have an appetite for improvement. In the few mafia games that we played together I noticed you picking up on the tells that you were showing and changing up your game to play around the table that you were playing with.

Cody

over 8 years

thecolonel says

Positive: you have a cute avatar and are probably a cutie pie in real life :D

Critical (once again this is for Ian whom you most likely are but if you're not you can ignore this): You have an addictive personality. This is actually a negative trait that I share, and I don't know how to get rid of it except for extreme measures. I noticed this when you used the NBA finals result as an excuse to be banned from the site for a year.

Cody

over 8 years

jilio says

Critical - You can be a jerk

Positive - You are a kind hearted jerk. Hard to find people like that.

Positive: You seem pretty cool from the brief moment of interaction we just had in a custom lobby.

Critical: (Conditional on you finding the lobby randomly) You probably seek approval from people on this site to an unhealthy extent.

thecolonel

over 8 years

justrec says

Why is giving and getting opinions about the type of person you are normalized on this site? This topic and its variations has to be the most popular topic starter on these forums. You all wont get over your self esteem issues if you constantly do this

I'm open about not thinking you're real people and everyone's taking mine seriously

Cody

over 8 years

calvin says

Critical: You don't know the right time or place to channel or use your emotions correctly.

Positive: You have very good relationships with your friends and are very sociable. You are good at reading people and understanding the motivations behind their actions. I remember you making a read in a recent survivor game that hedger and I hosted that I thought was somewhat ridiculous at the time that ended up actually being spot on - it was pretty impressive.

deletedover 8 years

it's because people want to fit together

Arcbell

over 8 years

lmao justrec

justrec

over 8 years

Why is giving and getting opinions about the type of person you are normalized on this site? This topic and its variations has to be the most popular topic starter on these forums. You all wont get over your self esteem issues if you constantly do this

Devante

over 8 years

thecolonel says

Critical: you started the chain of people thinking I'm Ian

Pretty sure I said it first lol

Cody

over 8 years

Tatami says

Positive: Very loyal friend. Always tries to do the right thing , including presenting yourself the right way, even if sometimes you go astray. Very intelligent in a lot of areas. When you do get criticism you try very hard to improve if you can see that it is valid (and make a lot of effort to do so-more on that later)

Neutral: Are there really any neutral comments worth giving? I can't think of any.

Critical: Rational train of thought often misses key stations along the way (moreso in mafia than others). Less open to respectful disagreements or criticisms than ideal. Very stubborn at certain times-if you are very set on X, you kind of scrape bottom of the barrel to justify it even if the opposing evidence is pretty overwhelming. Could be generalized as easily influenced by bad but supporting evidence. Actions can sometimes not match up to spoken beliefs if emotions are right-more selfcontrol issue/emotional-intellectual consistency mismatches.

1. You have integrity and view truth as its own goal. There's no ulterior motives when we have a conversation - our (serious) discourse is aimed at arriving at truth and you never hesitate to let me know when I am straying from that goal.

2. You complain a lot about one of your fellow counselors at your summer camp to me.

3. You are arrogant. A lot of what you say can come off as condescending in tone. Even when you mean well, you never let go of a chance to remind other people that you are better than them. It might have gotten to the point where it's just a persona you feel that you have to maintain, because you aren't actually like that with me most of the time.

Arcbell

over 8 years

Neutral: I miss being friends with you and I hope that some day, if you're still here, we can go back to that.