Chances are end of day or beginning of next day. Depends on if Acro can get a replacement; if not he gets modkilled. Pretty standard newbie game fare here sadly.
It hasn't been that long for Luneth, give him a shot. NW is basically DOA this evening though if he doesn't show up and defend himself adequately or give us something better to go on.
In other news, there are a LOT of people lurking hard in this thread. We're going to have a damn near impossible time of winning this game if we don't get more out of you guys with <1 page worth of filter. If you're not scum, you'd better speak up or you're throwing the game for us.
Alright bduddy, welcome to the thread. I'm going to hope that next time you give us more than a list of your 'worries and suspicions,' and give us some hard evidence and scumreads.
On March 08 2013 14:59 nobodywonder wrote: ##Unvote ok cool thanks bduddy for contributing, agree about the Arctic Daishi thing.
I'd like replies from the non-voters too. I will reread the filters and get ready to make my case.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Luneth your stance on voting an inactive scummy lurker is likely not going to get us anywhere. Let me tell you the tale of the absolutely fucking retarded township of NMM 37 (that I was a part of). D1 was full of lurk, barely half the thread showed up to do anything. Everyone eventually voted except for 2 people who were eventually replaced. But WHERE did people vote? Well people took the stance of voting for lurkers, and since there were so many to choose from, everyone essentially chose their own candidate and ended up lynching a townie, because it was real easy for mafia to hide and spread out their votes.
Since there were so many people lurking (similar to this game) it was essentially a complete crapshoot anyway as to whether we hit a scummy lurker or a town lurker. Better in the end to go with some educated guessing and learn from that than lynch someone who has contributed barely anything so we learn nothing after the flip. D1 sucks, and sometimes you lynch town, but it happens. If it happens we move on and keep hunting scum and learn from our mistake.
On March 08 2013 14:41 WaveofShadow wrote: Alright bduddy, welcome to the thread. I'm going to hope that next time you give us more than a list of your 'worries and suspicions,' and give us some hard evidence and scumreads.
Think you could make that happen?
I don't know exactly what kind of "hard evidence" you're looking for, other than "I'm the cop and..." All I have are the same posts as everyone else, and I've tried to read through them quickly so I can post before stuff starts happening so I probably haven't even read them as fully as everyone else. I did say that I'm feeling a bit suspicious towards TRN and Rainbows, is that what you mean by "scumreads"?
I'm just not seeing nobodywonder as scum (and I'm not just saying that because he unvoted me!), he seems like a genuine new townie to me. I am now somewhat suspicious towards Matriarch; very few posts (I see the post about a child, I understand that that would be far more important than posting here but it would also be a great excuse) and came straight back to jump on the nobodywonder bandwagon for reasons that don't really make sense to me. For now, though, I'm going to
##Vote: TheRavensName
who still seems most suspicious to me.
You didn't just claim cop D1 did you? Alright bduddy I'll spell out a couple things for you. 1) Claiming a blue role this early in the game essentially paints a big ol' bullseye on your back for mafia to target. If they manage to shoot you N1 you won't have performed any checks and are useless to us. 2) When I'm asking for your scumreads, I'm asking you to tell us who you think are scum and WHY. "I have a good feeling about NW," or "I feel suspicious" means dick all if you don't have anything to back it up.
In conclusion, do a little a thinking before you post about the repercussions of your actions and what it means to other people when you say certain things, and you'll go a long way. Don't just spew your thoughts into the thread for no apparent reason. It doesn't help us find scum.
It's either scummy as hell or absolutely retarded, but we'll try find out one way or another if/when he's shot N1. Either alignment, it just seems like awful play that we're going to have to WIFOM over later on.
If someone else in here is the cop, for the love of god do not counterclaim. Hopefully you know what to do because I'm starting to get wary of giving out basic strategies/tips out loud.
Hello ladies and gents. Reading over the latest updates to the thread as we speak and I gotta say, I like what I'm seeing so far: no replacements D1 makes me happy. Reads inc.
Nobodywonder I will admit, much like a lot of other people in this thread I was going to vote for him earlier on since he seemed like the best choice but there just wasn't enough to go on. Now that he's posted again I like him much more. He does some very good analysis on Luneth's awfully scummy post history and calls Krafla out:
No need for yourself to declare innonence so early while other possible bandwagoners such as Chew haven't explained themselves.
Which is a HUGE indicator of scum play. Why feel the need to declare yourself innocent before anyone has accused you of anything? To LOOK innocent: scum's MO. One thing still bothers me about you though. You seem to have changed your attitude completely from earlier in the game and you've started scumhunting hardcore. Are you still in favour of a no-lynch as per your quote here?
On March 07 2013 17:56 nobodywonder wrote: I'd rather like to avoid lynching on Day 1 if theyre unjustified. I want the threat to pressure lurkers to contribute and this would lead to the best case scenario. But if lurkers dont contribute, I have no issues with lynching,
SO Pressuring lurkers to contribute => they contribute. the goal is get contribution (not to lynch, unless necessarily)
This looks like coaching to me; I can't see why you changed your attitude so abruptly and immediately started pressuring the way you should have been from the very start. Explanation please.
OE's read on Frorgon is great in my opinion. I'm not set on voting him just yet because I think I'm trying to decide between Luneth and Nobodywonder for now. The rest of the lurkers (like Matriarch) just can't be as important right now because we don't know enough.
Daishi now that you're back don't make excuses, do what you're supposed to and hunt scum.
Hey NW, I'd like for you to respond to my recent post please. Your cases, while good are a little too easy to make this early in the game. That goes for OE's Frorgon case too, though he made a commitment at least; you have now flip-flopped between two cases of your own in less than three hours. To me this make it seem as you're trying very VERY hard to remove people's suspicions of you.
Now, most of the time when scum make cases just to remove suspicion, they don't add any real content, but your cases are not lacking in this regard. The quick change of mind and lack of commitment to the Luneth case make it seem like you're scrambling to find something that the rest of town can sheep onto and leave you alone though, and since these cases are on lurkers they're real easy to make since they're not exactly arguing with you.....
On March 09 2013 05:10 Frorgon wrote: I don't really consider myself to be lurking; when I post I try to add good reasoning to my thought process. Some of you are posting quite a lot more than me, I will admit that is true. But there are plenty of others who have posted about as much as me. Waveofshadow, and Matriarch for example. Meanwhile, people like Arctic and bduddy have contributed far less.
As everyone is bandwagoning on nobodywonder, bduddy is able to sit back and not do anything. Still nothing from him since I last posted hours ago.
Therefore,
##Vote: bduddy
Sorry for the spam, but are you actually comparing your posting level to mine? DId you even look at the filters and the content within? And Matriarch who hasn't done anything all game yet? REALLY? I expect you to have something a little better to go on with your vote. After OE's case you've got some pressure on you that you've done nothing to alleviate thus far.
The point of you not telling us about coaching is it creates more WIFOM in a newbie game where WIFOM is bound to be rampant anyway. Do we know if you're lying now or not? Who coached you, scum or town?(DON'T ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS)
Whatever I won't make a big deal about it and I'll do my best to ignore your post that talked about it, but that rapid change in attitude was obvious. In any case there's a couple things you've done here that make you look less scummy to me than a couple other people in here, so in light of his recent post:
@Daishi that's your contribution? You'd better give us something concrete right now; the day is still young.
@Frorgon, don't make excuses. I still expect you to respond to my last post in its entirety. Best way to get yourself out of the hole, much like NW seems to have done, is to scumhunt. So start doing it.
@Omni your cases so far have been solid, can you expand on your thoughts on MeatlessTaco? I agree he has been very aggressive in his posting though the only real scummy thing I've seen from him is the sheep vote onto Chew. Also what are your thoughts regarding the rest of the lurkers today? There are quite a few of them (Matriarch, Daishi, Luneth probably the worst offenders) and it's going to be very difficult to determine what to do with them once the day is over.
Somehow ChewonStu has voted twice and has voted for himself, lol.
On March 09 2013 06:02 Frorgon wrote: @Wave I didn't want to make excuses, but Omni seemed to want me to make one so I did.
After looking at your filters I suppose you have posted more but you're still not as prolific as many others in this thread.
Are you seriously not reading the thread? If even if you discount that my first page of filter is all pre-game banter, I still have been pressuring and making cases the entire day. Who would you say specifically is more 'prolific?'
Now you've said that my case for my vote isn't good, despite saying earlier in the thread that my case against bduddy was sound. I have stuck to my word on that, as he has not done anything to help his cause. I agree that nobodywonder has done things to help his cause in the past few hours, so my decision was a pretty easy one to make.
Your case was sound, hell it still is but it's not GOOD this far into the day. You say you have had stomach issues and couldn't post, fine. STOP MAKING EXCUSES AND SCUMHUNT. Your initial post based on the lack of content in bduddy's filter works early but this late when you have seen other 'prolific' posters actually submitting useful analysis and content is not enough. You're standing by your initial read of bduddy essentially amounts for you choosing to vote lurker. It's a throwaway vote, and looks scummy. @Omni There is no way I am contributing the least. This just isn't true. Can you really say that I am contributing less than bduddy? I have been consistent in my posts for my reasoning, and I think that is most important. I threw some suspicions your way, but you really shouldn't be all too concerned about it because you admitted that you didn't expect people to unconditionally trust you on D1.[/QUOTE]
On March 09 2013 06:10 Frorgon wrote: @Arctic What about Omni's case is so "great"? The claim that I have contributed the least? Because I'm pretty sure you've contributed less than me. Seems pretty easy for you to just sit back and buddy up with people without at least explaining why you like their case so much.
On March 08 2013 06:29 Frorgon wrote: @OmniEulogy I'm wondering why you asked me about what I thought was suspicious behavior. I clearly explained that in my initial post about the matter. It made me a bit uneasy about whether or not you were trying to get redundant information posted to cloud up the thread. As Wave said, the amount of posts you had started to raise a red flag for me. And don't get me wrong, it's not necessarily the amount of posts you had that was bad, it was that you seemed to be drowning the thread for a while with just your thoughts and limited discussion from others. That being said, I feel better about your contributions in the past few pages since other people have shown up.
You seemed rather hostile against Omni, who was very active in investigating people. Perhaps to stop his investigation?
Terrible. This was early on in the thread before Frorgon was even under investigation.
You've just overtaken everyone as the scummiest person in this thread. No opinions, sheep vote, attempting to prove yourself useful only when under pressure.
Fuck this, after re-reading Omni's 'amazing' case I see some holes in it that I'm going to expose eventually. First I'm going to see if Frorgon can dig himself out of this little hole before I do it.
On March 09 2013 05:54 WaveofShadow wrote: @Omni your cases so far have been solid, can you expand on your thoughts on MeatlessTaco? I agree he has been very aggressive in his posting though the only real scummy thing I've seen from him is the sheep vote onto Chew. Also what are your thoughts regarding the rest of the lurkers today? There are quite a few of them (Matriarch, Daishi, Luneth probably the worst offenders) and it's going to be very difficult to determine what to do with them once the day is over.
Hmm not sure what else to say about Taco... well actually I'll go the other way, I think I've covered pretty much everything he's done that seems to go against town, but he was right when he said you have to suspect everybody in one of his first posts.
On March 08 2013 07:07 WaveofShadow wrote: ... MeatlessTaco: Aggressively enters the thread makes a couple early game cases and leaves. Who is your top scumread right now and why? (I refuse to believe it's NW just because you voted him) ...
I wanted to pounce on Raven, his initial exuberance 10 min before game starts and then lurks for a long time like he's getting help from his scum mentor. Since then, he hasn't done enough to move my suspicion.
There is no instant lynch. My vote means who I suspect right now.
I felt that this was a good post, generally people who have decent activity before a game starts and then disappear as soon as it starts deserve to be looked at more closely.
At the same time going back to odd actions from him we also have things like this
On March 08 2013 07:34 Krafla wrote: What I wanted to add was it seemed like people only started to consider NW once MeatlessTaco went after him, and I was going to wonder out loud if MeatlessTaco ..
Everything starts somewhere. If my analysis was poor, argue that. Don't argue that I made an argument that caught on so that is bad. It's a good thing if an argument gets some traction.
On March 08 2013 07:34 Krafla wrote: And now the same thing has happened again and Matriarch has posted throwing doubt on Meatless just before I hit send, ohwell, I'm going to leave it here!
Let's hear Krafla's and Matriarch's reasoning behind suspecting me. I understand NobodyWonder hasn't said a lot, neither have I or you. We do what we can with very limited information. Make a case, but don't point fingers at me without a case better than "he made an argument that someone else agreed with".
He didn't actually make a case... did he forget? It was a joke vote that stuck and other people attacked NW. There was no case from Taco.
On March 08 2013 08:53 nobodywonder wrote: ...I'd still say if I can't find concrete proof of scum, then I would just get rid of the scummiest lurker...
On March 08 2013 14:56 MeatlessTaco wrote: No vote: OmniEulogy, Krafla, TheRavensName, Arctic Daishi, bduddy, Matriarch, Frorgon, WaveofShadows
You all need to make a stand. Are you going to let marines kills our broodlings one by one? Vote and make a case.
Again from somebody who hasn't actually made a single case all game this seems really REALLY bad... looking through his filter and doing this again... I'm actually going to move Taco to my scum list.
##Unvote ##Vote: MeatlessTaco I believe this case is Much stronger than my case on Frorgon and am changing my vote for that reason. What does everybody else make of this case on Taco?
In fact... I am going to push for Taco's Lynch, I expect anybody who wants to hit scum to jump on this train, The Wagon of Justice has arrived. + Show Spoiler +
On March 09 2013 04:49 OmniEulogy wrote: I'm also quite worried about Taco. His actions so far are a mixture of scum/town so I can't get a good read on him.
We have his opening joke vote, which alone I have no problem with
On March 07 2013 14:06 WaveofShadow wrote: My GOD this thread is exciting.
On March 07 2013 14:17 nobodywonder wrote: woo! ~ exciting game
Nobody's only post is sheeping the experienced guy adding no new content of his own? Now you can lurk and say "I would have contributed if the game were more exciting?" That seems pretty anti-town to me.
##Vote: nobodywonder
Now it's more exciting.
However we do end up sticking on NW through pressure of other people so he never actually has to vote. He uses this as an excuse to pressure others to place votes on people when he himself never actually made a serious vote.
Keep in mind how early in the game these posts are.
On March 07 2013 15:49 MeatlessTaco wrote: Matriarch / Krafla:
If I held a gun to you head noose around your neck and made you pick someone to lynch instead of yourself, who would it be?
Point taken, I guess I'd have to pick someone randomly, so probably someone that hasn't posted yet, Arctic Daishi?!
Why are you afraid to take a position? Are you going to vote for Arctic Daishi or just write his name with a question mark?
I feel that Krafla here was trying to apply pressure the Arctic who had yet said anything at all but Taco tries to pressure him to vote for somebody who hasn't said a single word so far? that's sketchy so early on in the game. Makes it seem like he doesn't care who is voting for who.
On March 07 2013 15:49 MeatlessTaco wrote: Matriarch / Krafla:
If I held a gun to you head noose around your neck and made you pick someone to lynch instead of yourself, who would it be?
Point taken, I guess I'd have to pick someone randomly, so probably someone that hasn't posted yet, Arctic Daishi?!
Why are you afraid to take a position? Are you going to vote for Arctic Daishi or just write his name with a question mark?
Nope, I'm not going to vote yet, I want to make an educated decision of who to vote for instead of flinging dirt and seeing what sticks
Take a stand. Are you going to side with me trying to lynch someone acting suspicious or side with nobodywonder trying to lynch a lurker who can't defend themselves? This is TL Mafia which is serious stuff. You aren't allowed to be Switzerland.
Again goes after Krafla early on, Why is Taco so obsessed with getting people to vote? The game isn't even through the first 24 hours. Town doesn't need to throw votes out so quickly, they need to think about their actions as Krafla is doing. This raises more questions about how much Taco actually cares who gets lynched.
And then we have these back-to-back posts. Holy Shit Hypocrisy.
On March 08 2013 03:08 ChewOnStu wrote: Im finding nobodywonder scummy too for complaining about lurkers not contributing yet he's barely contributed anything himself.
##vote: nobodywonder ...
Why are you bandwagoning on NW while your only contribution is couple of trite posts about your lurker policy?
On March 08 2013 14:06 MeatlessTaco wrote: You are right. His behavior is unacceptable so far. You got anything to add Chew?
##Vote: ChewOnStu
His FIRST real vote is a complete sheep with nothing to add about why Chew is scum. Does he really care who gets lynched? This doesn't take away from the good points he's made and some of his questions have been really good... but the inconsistency is there.
^ My original look through his filter.
Oh god now you're channeling Vivax. Just how much 'inspiration' did you get this game? I expect MeatlessTaco to return triumphantly to the game and analyze (read:remove) his vote on NW, and explain to us who his top scumread is before this goes through.
I'd also like to point out now that the vote count was posted, have a look at who is still on NW. All of the lurkers who essentially jumped on the badnwagon and left. That's going be a real bitch to go through and figure out which of them is scum, because I believe there is at LEAST one scum amongst Daishi, Luneth, Matriarch and Krafla.