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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 15:57 GMT
#426
BM and I go way back, like cheese and ranch dressing-- made to be put on seafood together

I'm pretty sure Tunkeg is screwing with us. All joking aside, there's no way he'd be so calm at the end of the alliance phase given how freaked-out he was earlier unless he was seriously feeling pretty comfortable with his setup. This isn't even a meta thing, this is just comparing "Tunkeg during start of PMs phase" to "Tunkeg at the end of alliance phase" and there's a huge difference. He's pulling all the strings around here
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 16:26 GMT
#428
this distincting between a large number of allies and a strong alliance is false. larger is literally better, because it means in the night phase you can do bigger combined attacks. If you think I'm in a small but "strong" alliance, that's fine, and if you think that Tunkeg is in a big but "weak" alliance, that's also fine, but if you think both those things AND think that I'm a bigger threat than Tunkeg during the nightphase, your premise doesn't follow your conclusion. I definitely think I'm a bigger threat than he is during the dayphase, but I've done my best to be open and honest and to mitigate that-- I'm almost certainly getting lynched tomorrow. And no matter how much you say it, you KNOW that if tunkeg lives through today, he'll weasel his way out of things tomorrow. That's the kind of guy he is.

In any case, stop drawing a distinction where there's no difference. There's like no reason to break an alliance except in the late late game, so now that the alliances are set in stone your allies are basically trustworthy. Tunkeg's swarm of allies is easily stronger than my 2 allies, but once he's dead, they won't be. I want him dead, and honestly, unless you think your group is stronger than his, you want him dead to. Vote in your own self-interest. Vote tunkeg.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 16:32 GMT
#429
Plus, all you guys who think having 2 allies is like the best thing are full of crap. On average, each person sent one PM and received one PM, putting them in contact with 2 people. Barring some supreme incompetence or unluck (or, of course, treachery) most players should have 2 allies. Some players will have 1 ally. Some will have 3.

# of allies is so important it's unreal. Any AoK battle is basically determined by who has more stuff barring big compositional or terrain elements, which there won't be much of. Tunkeg has more allies than me, so I can't kill him at night. My only hope is to get him lynched.

It's probably your only hope, too.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 17:05 GMT
#431
Man, of course I'm in a strong alliance. I'm freaking Blazinghand, literally the most experienced player in all of TL Mafia. At the dawn of time, when the world was yet unborn and gods roved through the cosmos, it was I who molded Qatol out of the stellar mud, and I who formed Incog from the stardust that gathered throughout the galaxy.

The reason I'm trying to lynch Tunkeg is I literally don't think I'll be able to kill him with my allies. And do you think anyone will trust each other enough to gang up on him with people not in their alliance? It'd be a fun trick to convince other people to attack Tunkeg then bail and let them get owned.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 17:14 GMT
#433
Dude, it's TOTALLY different. Attacking uses vital resources, risks losing units, and is anonymous and you don't know if your army will die or if you'll get betrayed or attacked while you're out. Doing it against a strong alliance is dumb.

The Lynch is much safer, and is what should be used against big alliances. attacks are for fighting people weaker than you.
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 17:15 GMT
#434
Look if I really thought I was stronger than Tunkeg I wouldn't be trying to lynch him, I'd just wait until night and kill him because I could. I really really don't think my allies have a chance of killing Tunkeg at night, and honestly I have ZERO confidence that some sort of non-allied coalition will take him and his buddies down. Think about it, you know it's true.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 17:16 GMT
#435
Also obviously if you lynch me, my allies definitely won't be able to kill Tunkeg. They won't be able to win in my stead, and his hordes will overrun everyone and we'll die etc etc. So there is that, too.
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 17:40 GMT
#438
If you lynch Tunkeg D1, me and my allies will be stronger and more likely to do what we want to do N1. If you lynch me D1 my alliance is shattered.

From your point of view, there isn't a huge amount of difference, except that Tunkeg is likely in a larger alliance, as you mentioned, and that's more dangerous. Even if you lynch him tonight, his buddies might be together and decently strong, but not overwhelming. Alliance size is the most important factor, and so you should lynch out of the largest alliance first.

Also, Tunkeg has been playing to avoid suspicion and appear weak. And for what it's worth, he's done a better job of it than me, though I haven't really been trying to appear weak. But my #1 goal is to get him lynched, and to get him lynched before his enormous alliance can take night actions, against you or against me or against anyone else. He's a tricky dude, and honestly people seem to actually believe his tripe (well, some people. could just be his ally-buddies so far). I think that without me to push him, he won't get lynched. That's basically it. You can say what you want about me, but say this: if I have one skill, it's getting money. And if I have two skills, it's getting money and tunneling someone.

Look at this push on Tunkeg and tell me that you can get him lynched without my fanaticism. Tell me that honestly, and if you really think that, AND you want to lynch the less tricky guy in the smaller alliance first, I think you need to play more intelligently. Tunkeg is the real threat here.
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 18:06 GMT
#440
No, no that's a terrible idea and you're bad for suggesting it. It's in your interest to lynch both of us, not neither of us, and it's in your interest to lynch tunkeg first since he's slimier and his alliance is bigger and more dangerous.
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 19:03 GMT
#444
"tunk doesn't seem to be making any friends" are you kidding me? This guy with no friends just pulled like 4 votes out of his ass and plopped them on me, most of them just saying "herp derp blazinghand in strong alliance"

the fact of the matter is, this game probably has 2-3 strong alliances and some stragglers. Tunkeg's is the strongest and we can't afford not to lynch him first.
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 19:34 GMT
#446
People voting me try hard not to look like "friends" with tunkeg, but they almost certainly are.

The fact of the matter is, most people in this game have 2 allies, even if everyone in the thread likes to go around pretending they're alone or have 1 ally or whatever. That's just the way the game works out with the PM setup. I'm certainly in a comfortable alliance, but all you guys voting me need to realize: most people in this game have about the same number of allies as me. Just because I'm willing to say it doesn't mean I'm a mastermind of some huge alliance: that's not me, that's tunkeg.

My goal is to lynch someone who I'm absolutely sure I can't just kill tonight. And that's tunkeg. I honestly think his group will send out a couple of attacks, clean up a couple more dudes overnight, and then bam we're down to like 9 players, 4 of whom are Tunkeg & co. And if there's infighting amongst the smaller factions, and someone kilsl someone else? then it's 8 players, 4 of whom are Tunkeg and co.

All I'm saying is, lynch tunkeg first. You want to lynch me tomorrow? fine! but for your own good, and the good of my allies and myself, let's kill tunkeg now.

When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 19:45 GMT
#449
Everyone voting against me including you
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 19:45 GMT
#450
Also, as you said, nobody has castles, walls, etc. You could just get crushed by the unstopperable tunkeg assault since you have no defenses...
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 19:49 GMT
#452
Ok so clearly nobody has thought this game through very well, as evidenced by the most recent post against me. I'll explain with a little bit of game theory. Let's say you have a group of 2 people, and you're up against another group of 2 people. You have two options: Combined Attack, Combined Defence, and Nothing. 2 armies will beat one army and kill the player behind it, but can be stopped by 2 armies.

If you do Nothing and the other team does a Combined Attack, you lose an ally or you die. Game over. If you do nothing and the other team does nothing, nothing happens.
If you do a Combined Attack and the other team does a Combined attack, 2 players die, it's even. If you do a Combined Attack and the other team does nothing, you kill an enemy.
It's impossible to be safe in this game. This isn't Black Forest where you can mass troops on your "border ally". This is a game where people WILL die to combined assaults, and you can't do anything to stop it. The only thing you can do is play smart.
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 19:50 GMT
#453
On August 16 2012 04:49 Sir Posts A Lot wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 16 2012 04:45 Blazinghand wrote:
Everyone voting against me including you


So Tunkeg's alliance is already completely outed. If this is the case then "our" alliance is completely harmless right? You can vote us off any time you want any day if we get "powerful and destroy everything in our path using the power of the Norse God Tunkeg!" like you say.

If this is the case, then there is little sense in lynching someone belonging to a "weak" (is already outed) alliance on D1.
So, by your own statements we can conclude you should be lynched instead


...there are 5 votes against me you know.

man

how srs are we in this game
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 19:52 GMT
#456
Look, the optimal play in this game is to mass up troops, for a combined attack. If 2 players attack you, and you trade armies with the first one, you have NO ARMY. This means that the second attack AUTO KILLS YOU. You are removed from the game. This is so damn strong it's unbelievable.
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 19:53 GMT
#457
On August 16 2012 04:52 Sir Posts A Lot wrote:
Really? I can only count 4 votes :/


Also, Prisoner's Dilemma is nothing new and innovating.
You can try all you can to use it on your favor but you can't.

Just like if this were a game of Chicken.


It's not a prisoner's dillemma, it's a "hey it's always better to attack" dilemma, and it FAVORS GROUPS WITH MORE PEOPLE. Groups like tunkeg's group.

Why isn't tunkeg afraid the night phase? Why? Because he's at home there. He just wants to get there alive so he can feast on your soul.
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 20:05 GMT
#459
omg pay attention

They are vulnerable ANYWAYS. If you have 1 army, and you're attacked by 2 armies, even if you fend off the first one, the second one shows up and you AUTO LOSE.

Read the OP.

There's NO DOWNSIDE to attacking other than potentially losing your army during the attack.
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 20:16 GMT
#461
if people attack with half their troops, then sending out all your troops OR defending with all your troops is BY FAR a better option. You've played AoK, right? In big-number fights, if one side outnumbers the other it's a brutal slaughter.

In fact, attacking with half your troops is a shit idea cause it's just throwing away half your troops agaisnt anyone who full defends, and throwing away the other half if anyone full attacks you.
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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Blazinghand *
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States25553 Posts
August 15 2012 20:24 GMT
#463
Off-topic? It's not off-topic at all. We're talking about optimal play. Your army is probably not double the size of anyone's army, ... but you can certainly do that via attacks if your alliance is 4 people!

You're just getting nervous because I'm revealing the truth, the truth about this game and about night actionss.

the truth we need to kill tunkeg
When you stare into the iCCup, the iCCup stares back.
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