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SirPrimalform: .

Nmillar, what happened to coming back and hammering?
I said I would in the event of a no show, but Pooka made an appearance at the last minute. I did ask if we should go ahead, but people seemed more interested in voting for an extension.

I honestly thought that an extension would be granted due to the number of people requesting it, so i hesitated ...
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SirPrimalform: .

Nmillar, what happened to coming back and hammering?
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nmillar: I said I would in the event of a no show, but Pooka made an appearance at the last minute. I did ask if we should go ahead, but people seemed more interested in voting for an extension.

I honestly thought that an extension would be granted due to the number of people requesting it, so i hesitated ...
Knowing Joe better than others here I didn't think it was likely he'd grant one, I just went along in case. There weren't that many votes for an extension, presumably if Joe was to entertain the idea it would be subject to the same mechanics as a lynch.

Oh well. I'm still of the opinion that lynching one of the masons was the best course of action yesterday, but I guess we should run the numbers and see if it's still a good plan today.

7 alive today, if we lynch a mason we can expect 5 townies either including a confirmed mason or all of our power roles. That's not too bad.

Vote GameRager
Okay, time to run the numbers. Worst case scenarios are:

Lynch GameRager / blotunga would give us 4:1 (with one of the four possibly confirmed).

Lynch Pooka (as per yesterday's plan) would give us 3:2 if the mason claims are false.
EBWOP: 5 players, not 5 townies.
The fact that there was a night kill does disprove the theory about odd / even nights.
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nmillar: The fact that there was a night kill does disprove the theory about odd / even nights.
Kind of, although if I was balancing such a game I would make the restriction conditional based on whether both teams were alive, otherwise the remaining team would be severely disadvantaged. I guess what I'm saying is it's WIFOM.
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SirPrimalform: Guys, that was a colossal fuckup, where was everyone? We're exactly where we were yesterday, minus Lift. Still got the question marks hanging over the unbelievable duo. Still no confirmation of pooka. I guess another night's worth of actions and the fact that Lift was regular is a small consolation.
Indeed! We got neither the extension nor the lynch. It's disappointing for all the wrong reasons really. I'll catch up with the thread after doing some chores.
The one Litt suspeced most was nmillar and I'm pretty sure he would've pushed for his lynch today. I see no point in SPFs push to lynch me or GameRager either. However I rather would give Pooka the benefit of doubt and

vote nmillar

@SPF, what do you want to gain by eliminating one of me or GR? If nmillar flips town I think I would start looking closer at you.
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blotunga: The one Litt suspeced most was nmillar
Actually, I was behind Pooka and LOLchan yesterday, but he then did put me directly behind Pooka a little bit later on.

Either way, your post isn't entirely accurate. ;)
So I just read the mafiascum wiki page for Masons, and it is said the correct term for two people who know each other's alignment is Best Friends, and that this has fallen into disuse. Now I wouldn't put it past Joe that he's put two masons who are more like Best Friends, but now I'm having my suspicions. We've personally suspected blotunga all game, and we did the same for GameRager.

It appears blotunga was the first to suggest there's probably four scum as well.
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blotunga: You were suspicious of me? I wonder why did you vote dedo then? I also wonder a bit about the new setup. I was thinking that maybe there were 4 scum, so if one of dedo or micro were scum there are now 3. Anyway, I think that things might've changed.
He also claimed that agent's gambit didn't make sense.
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blotunga: But why would agent draw so much attention to himself.
At some point, he says he is not convinced that trent is scum.
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blotunga: I'm not convinced trent is scum though, since agent had no reason to give up his scumbuddies. Nor does that put trent in an extaordinary light, in case it's all a big WIFOM.
Now I still have a problem with what blotunga and GameRager did if they're both mafia. Why would they claim they don't have a nightchat? If they are mafia, of course they would have a nightchat, and they can simply sweep it under the rug by saying they're just masons and have a nightchat.

Given that quick reread, I want to put some real pressure for once this game. Vote blotunga.
Late bump
Hey all....lots of posts to go through, I see. I will go through them all and write a reply to some in a bit.

(I would've done so before but when I got back the old "day" was over and we ended in a no lynch)
Thanks, Joe and GR!

So, I've had this thought come down to me just now, about agent's gambit. What if the point of the gambit was not to make trent look good, but to fool us all into thinking there's only three scum instead of four?

I'm thinking we should really go ahead and lynch blotunga or GR to find out.
Replies to Lift's posts(even though he is gone I felt the need to answer these old posts)
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Lifthrasil: Yes. Don't use bold face unless you want to talk to the mod.

1) he discussed that theory, yes, as did nmillar, as did I. But he didn't list that theory as reason for the policy lynch. The advantages of the policy lynch are independent of the (unlikely) chance that there are 4 scum. Please learn to actually read before you reply, not just skim.
Yes, but SPF was/is pushing more for either of us to be lynched over the rest of you, regardless of reasons.

As for bolding.....I will take your advice into account but it is not a rule in this game & I use it to get player's attention quickly on some things(and don't use it all the time). If OP said to stop I would stop, of course.

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Lifthrasil: 2) No. Blotunga sees something that SPF didn't even write as scummy and accuses him of it. Which is called misrepresentation. Which is scummy.
All I seemed to see was SPF and others pushing blotunga to full claim over and over, which seemed scummy to me....fwiw.

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Lifthrasil: 3) Again, learn to read before writing. Don't just skim. That is not what I wrote and either you really don't care what others write or you intentionally misrepresent. ... Really, you and blotunga are the scummiest players in this game and only the fact that 4 scum are so unlikely protects you.
Do I have to repeat everything I wrote? Why are we even discussing blotunga at this moment? But OK, I'll indulge you:
- he started out very scummy. Already misrepresenting what others wrote.
- he was unwilling to vote any of the proven scum players. Check it, he was on neither of the trains.
- when I asked for your confirmation, he butted in and didn't let you reply in your own words. Just as if he were afraid of what you might say. Trying to confirm himself, by putting words in your mouth. Which is very, very scummy.
1. I read as best I can....but when there are walls of text it gets daunting.
2. I asked you to repeat what your thoughts were to avoid having to go through several hundred posts by everyone to find specific posts. You didn't need to say what about blotunga bothered you with longwinded talks when a post number or short summary would also have sufficed.
3. Maybe he didn't know if those others were scum and that's why he didn't vote? Of course this could also be scum play to some extent, but I don't think joe would make us opposite alignments just like I find it unlikely we have 4 scum as some think.
4. The confirmation thing also seems a bit scummy, but see just above this line at 3.

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Lifthrasil: 4) ... I don't even understand that question? Should I not suspect someone because someone else suspects him too? That doesn't make sense at all!
You voted for someone that someone on your policy lynch/scum list also voted for. To me this seemed odd.

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Lifthrasil: 5) Well, you didn't want to lynch trent either, so we know how reliable your reluctance to lynch based on your 'streak' is.
But I find it interesting that you berate SPF for voting for someone who isn't his prime target ... and then you go along voting for someone you don't want to lynch. Not just 'not your prime target', like in SPF's case, but a far stronger 'I don't want to lynch Pooka' ... and then you vote for him nonetheless.
At least I finally hit scum more times than I usually have in a row, which is something I guess.

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Lifthrasil: Anyways. Pooka seems to be hiding in spite of the rapidly approaching deadline. Maybe some RL stuff intervened. But maybe he just doesn't know how to defend himself, which would mean we are on to something here.
Who knows.....now we have lost a chance at possibly winning the game due to a no lynch, and you are gone from the game.
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Lifthrasil: 4 hours to go. Please keep in mind that a no-lynch would be way worse than a lynch without a claim!
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nmillar: True, but I want to at least allow Pooka as much chance as possible to make an appearance. I'll add my vote shortly before the deadline if it's a no show.
You had a chance to vote and then didn't vote(iirc) and hammer pooka, when you said you would. Why is that?
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SirPrimalform: I didn't say I wouldn't vote pooka, I said they weren't my preference. The lynch requires consensus and sometimes you have to compromise. I see Lift has already called you out on this so I won't deconstruct your post further.
True enough on the compromise.....which is partially why I voted Pooka on the last "day".
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PookaMustard: If you fancy seeing a Haitian Regular flip, go ahead and add one more vote to the wagon. Can I also ask for everyone else to claim? After all, if I'm the final scum, it would be pointless for me to ask that at L-1.

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vote extend
Claiming vanilla town then asking for everyone to claim...seems very suspicious. Claiming vanilla town allows a scum to not claim a possibly used(by another) PR that another could maybe debunk and the full claim coupled with it is suspicious to a good degree(as I said).
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Lifthrasil: NO. Definitely not! The same arguments against a mass-claim still apply. Especially if you actually should be Town. Why would you, if you were Town, want to deliver a hypothetical investigative role to the remaining scum on a silver platter? That would only achieve that he will die Tonight and can't report their finding tomorrow.

So, NO MASSCLAIM! Let's just hope that any PRs survive the Night and can share something tomorrow, instead of getting them killed in the last minute.
Lift/you makes/make a good point here, as I also said: The claim thing seems suspect, and is also not good town play.
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PookaMustard: Whew. Seven people only. I'm actually still thinking of going for one of nmillar, LOLchan or RedFireGaming, since they don't appear as town as SPF or "linked together" as blotunga and GR.
I also think one of the ones you listed(who all/mostly all wanted voting extensions, I see) should be possibly lynched next, and hope we get lucky.

Also why didn't you list Pooka this time?
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PookaMustard: Thanks, Joe and GR!

So, I've had this thought come down to me just now, about agent's gambit. What if the point of the gambit was not to make trent look good, but to fool us all into thinking there's only three scum instead of four?

I'm thinking we should really go ahead and lynch blotunga or GR to find out.
Thing is, if we are eliminated(through a mislynch/NK combo) then town loses that edge which could be used(if we were the last remaining town) to likely hit the last scum with ease/certainty.

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Also all caught up.......will post more in a bit, but for now all I can say is this: We had a chance(even if it was more likely to hit town) to hit the last scum, and we blew it....now another town is dead, likely done(as I figured) so that we would be suspect for not being hit in the NK if we both survived the last "day/night".

Make of that what you will.

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GameRager: You had a chance to vote and then didn't vote(iirc) and hammer pooka, when you said you would. Why is that?
I've already answered this with my first post of today. As Lithrasil isnt around anymore, I'll pick up the mantle, and tell you to please read. It is only a handful of posts up.

You've actually quoted me saying "if it's a no show" as well, so you've answered your own question there.