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OnceKing
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States939 Posts
February 20 2014 01:24 GMT
#321
Ok... what original content have you contributed n1k0?
Until very late in the day here were his only two meaningful posts:

On February 18 2014 00:39 N1k0 wrote:
Oh i have been lurking since i dont feel like i have something solid to contribute yet.

On February 18 2014 00:43 N1k0 wrote:
The one read i have is IAmRobik not being a vanilla townie, whether that means hes red or blue i have no idea yet.

Keep in mind that by this time I've already attacked Amiko, then withdrawn my vote, then turned around and had much of my argument with LT. And yet the person he has a read on is IAmRobik? Then I pressed him to have an opinion here:

On February 18 2014 02:54 N1k0 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 18 2014 01:08 OnceKing wrote:
IAmRobik:
You say some posts by Lord Tolkien are bad. Why are they bad? Just pointing out random things and calling them bad isn't going to help us.

N1k0:
You say you've been lurking but you've only got one read? What about the enormous mess between Lord Tolkien and myself?? What's your opinion on that situation?


Amiko
He's more likely to be town than maf, in the case hes red hes more likley to be Godfather than Roleblocker or Goon( tho i dont think theres any roleblockers since we are only 9 players) so i wouldnt waste an investigation on him since him being a Goon is the less likely scenario.
Why do i think he likely to be the Godfather in the scenario he is mafia? because of him trying to drive the conversation at the start of the day and then fading away. That being said i feel hes more likely to be town because of the fact that he hasn't been trying to deflect the threats he has received, but instead he been posting with the interest of town in his mind instead of trying to save himself.

Cavalinho
At the moment i feel like hes the most likely to be a red since his fast jump on OnceKing's accusation of Amiko, i feel like he saw an opportunity to get some traction behind a lynch early and jumped on it. In the case Cavalinho ends up being red that would probably mean OnceKing is town since i dont think they would both vote so quickly on the same target if they both were mafia.

Lord Tolkien
I dont really know what to think, hes trying hard to get someone lynched and as soon as he saw the case against Amiko losing traction he switched his stance and went against OnceKing. He's seems to be pushing for any lynch as long as its one that would have an important effect on the lynch on d2 which i feel worried about since we dont really know how many mafia there are and getting a townie (or even a blue) lynched against 3 reds would put us on a hard position. Ultimately i'm leaning to think hes town since he appears to be ok with him getting lynched as long as it results in a lynch of OnceKing on d2 who he believes to be mafia (tho he could be bluffing).

OnceKing
I feel like he is the less likely to be scum because of his being the first to throw a stone at someone, which could of getting him a lot of attention on him. If Lord Tolkien ends up being green or blue it would probably raise my suspicions of him but for the moment i really feel like hes town.
In the possible scenario that im wrong and he ends up being mafia that would probably mean there where 3 reds (instead of the more likely 2 because of being 9 players) since if there where only 2 it would be less likely for one of them to throw the first accusation at someone.

For the momment im gonna go with the
##vote Cavalinho
but i'm not too confident on it

Pretty much his summary of everyone is "I don't know, could be town or could be mafia." How's it constructive to just have no opinion on anyone? He says Amiko might be Godfather using the same reasoning LT said I might be Godfather (not original content), uses the same argument that Amiko used against Cavalinho (once again, not original), then on the topic of LT and me he just doesn't have an opinion or is reluctant to give one other than "uhhhhhh not mafia i guess"

Let's go back and look at what Cavalinho posted.
On February 17 2014 16:57 Cavalinho wrote:
[...]
And OnceKing is my strong townread as of right now. I see absolutely no reason for anyone to vote him for any reason, so Lord Tolkein voting him makes my stomach churn.
[...]

See how he, as Valenius stated, openly aligns himself with me? He just plainly says that he thinks I'm town and that LT is scummy in the other parts of the same post.
On the other hand n1k0 just posts a bunch of stuff looking doubtfully at both of us, then reluctantly comes up with the most hesitant "reads" of all time, and proceeds to (meekly) vote for Cavalinho.

We can see the trend of meekness continues to stick out:
On February 18 2014 09:38 N1k0 wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
On February 18 2014 09:10 Lord Tolkien wrote:
Fine. For you cal, I'll do one last analysis of it, and be extra critical of his post.

Show nested quote +
On February 18 2014 02:54 N1k0 wrote:
Amiko
He's more likely to be town than maf, in the case hes red hes more likley to be Godfather than Roleblocker or Goon( tho i dont think theres any roleblockers since we are only 9 players) so i wouldnt waste an investigation on him since him being a Goon is the less likely scenario.
Why do i think he likely to be the Godfather in the scenario he is mafia? because of him trying to drive the conversation at the start of the day and then fading away. That being said i feel hes more likely to be town because of the fact that he hasn't been trying to deflect the threats he has received, but instead he been posting with the interest of town in his mind instead of trying to save himself.

I addressed this before: his initial post is not enough to condemn him as godfather, and he didn't "fade away". It can be construed as scummy yes, but the other conclusions aren't the best. He was indeed deflecting the threats at the time of his case opening, and attempting to explain his reasoning.

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Cavalinho
At the moment i feel like hes the most likely to be a red since his fast jump on OnceKing's accusation of Amiko, i feel like he saw an opportunity to get some traction behind a lynch early and jumped on it. In the case Cavalinho ends up being red that would probably mean OnceKing is town since i dont think they would both vote so quickly on the same target if they both were mafia.

Your argument is mostly just about his bandwagoning. Is there any other reason you're voting him over, say, me? I would like an explanation.

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Lord Tolkien
I dont really know what to think, hes trying hard to get someone lynched and as soon as he saw the case against Amiko losing traction he switched his stance and went against OnceKing. He's seems to be pushing for any lynch as long as its one that would have an important effect on the lynch on d2 which i feel worried about since we dont really know how many mafia there are and getting a townie (or even a blue) lynched against 3 reds would put us on a hard position. Ultimately i'm leaning to think hes town since he appears to be ok with him getting lynched as long as it results in a lynch of OnceKing on d2 who he believes to be mafia (tho he could be bluffing).

My issue with this underlined section is that I swapped my stance against OnceKing after he swapped over to me, I think that's pretty clear. I already stated I was unsure if he was just pointing fingers and just letting town tear themselves apart with no firm commitment himself as a godfather, or just a townie who's just directing town attention instead of actively participating with definitive reads and reasoning, and it was solidified after the random move onto me (and indicated as such before he pushed onto me).

You are correct: I'm looking for a lynch on Day 1 that will have the most impact for town in Day 2, given the unlikelihood of us actually lynching scum. If I'm that lynch, so be it, I'm fine with it.

Based on your analysis, the extrapolation is that we should be lynching me Day 1, so we can get a clear picture of OnceKing and lynch him, or progress onto Cal Day 2 if I ended up turning red.

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OnceKing
I feel like he is the less likely to be scum because of his being the first to throw a stone at someone, which could of getting him a lot of attention on him. If Lord Tolkien ends up being green or blue it would probably raise my suspicions of him but for the moment i really feel like hes town.
In the possible scenario that im wrong and he ends up being mafia that would probably mean there where 3 reds (instead of the more likely 2 because of being 9 players) since if there where only 2 it would be less likely for one of them to throw the first accusation at someone.

I still don't buy this, as being the first one to throw the stone, and then not really committing to the case, is just as readily done by a godfather looking to misdirect town attention; first onto Amiko, and then about-face onto me, after I gave my read about him either being town or possibly godfather. If I ended up green or blue, no suspicion would've been cast onto him if I wasn't being so vocal about a double-lynch (or vig shot at night if I turned up green). He was directly pushing hard onto me until I brought that up; now he's just referencing it in passing instead of actively pushing a case (like Amiko, again), and that I think is damning. His opinions are fairly unclear, and without strong reasoning involved thus far.

But it again is just me, and people don't believe me.

I also don't see why there needs to be three mafia with him being the first one to throw an accusation. That's a needless extrapolation.

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For the momment im gonna go with the
##vote Cavalinho
but i'm not too confident on it

Very indecisive, potential for yourself to pull it out later and say you weren't sure. Personally, I take it scummy; indecisive votes are my pet peeve. Decide on a vote and be decisive about it.


I'll open this up as a possible valid avenue of lynch and be willing to move my vote to him if everyone else decides upon it, but there's very little time and I'm expecting Cav or me (currently it appears to beCav) to be lynched.


I'll try to respond to the doubts you have but ill be brief since im heading out

First about Amiko, i started feeling him to be a red but as the day went on this suspicion went lower and lower, currently i believe him to be town, the reason i think that if he is red he's likely to be godfather is that since he tried to start the conversation which would most likely bring attention to himself which if he were red would make him vulnerable to not only getting lynched but also an investigation (which would not be a problem if he were godfather), but as i said i feel he is more likely to be town that mafia at the moment.

Why Cavalinho and not you, Cavalinho seems way more defensive than you do, and you argue with the town in mind instead of trying to save your own ass, even saying that what good could actually come out of your lynch (tho you could be a really good bluffer), plus i feel like Cavalinho jumped way too fast behind OnceKing's acusation of Amiko, 10 minutes after OnceKing's post looks like he saw an opportunity to get traction behind someone and jumped on it before it could fade away.


I agree with you that my indecisive vote is a really scummy thing to do, but i was just being honest about it, i am not sure of his mafianess but i feel like he is the most likely one to be at the time.

Im heading out now, but ill try to come back before the end of the cycle.

On February 20 2014 06:33 N1k0 wrote:
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On February 19 2014 06:27 Amiko wrote:
n1k0
n1k0, I don't think I've pushed on your actions very much. Your posts don't give me to much to work with, which I dislike. Let's start here:

1) Given the information you have right now, who are three people you think could be potential lynches tomorrow and why?

2) I put a post above discussing Robik's vote. What do you think of my analysis on that vote?

3) You voted with me on Cavalinho, but he flipped green. I don't know your read on me currently.
If you think I am town, you should conclude at least two mafia voted on someone other than Cavalinho (assuming 2-3 mafia). If you think I am mafia, you should conclude at least one mafia voted on someone other than Cavalinho (assuming 2-3 mafia). Where do you think mafia would tend to vote?

Sorry i want able to respond earlier, but here we go.
1)
I feel like right now we should be looking hard at the lurkers, Valenious, Beneather and myself mainly because of the lowest amount of information in order to form reads.

Valenious
Right now i feel like hes the most likely to be scum, this is because i feel like his posts have been the less comitted ones out of all (mainly being defensive ones), he avoided jumping on any of the 3 likely lynches on day 1 (myself, LT, Cav) and kept his vote on Robik, he could've saved Cav by switching to me or LT (who he said would've been his other choice with Amiko if he didnt vote Robik).

+ Show Spoiler +

[..]

Overall, I'd be choosing between IAmRobik / LT / Amiko. The issue with this is, I can't see LT having pushed so hard (see above) on Amiko that early in the game if they were bros.

##vote IAmRobik

[..]

LT/Amiko would be my other choices, and as I stated I cant get a solid read on LT, so i'm avoiding the LT/Amiko vote for the moment.

The only townie move out of him i saw was pushing me to post my thoughts.


Beneather
I feel like he contriubited a little more than Valenious but not too much. He too like valenious voted for someone out of the 3 2 vote lynces which i see as a scummy move trying to keep uncommited, when he casted his vote and posted his case on Valenious he was not likely to be lynched since this was the first acussation being thrown at Valenious there wasnt much time left on the day for there to be a 2 vote switch onto Valenious.


You asked me to list you three potential lynches for today but i dont have anyone that i read as likely scum outside of Valenous and Beneather at the moment.
I do have a strong town read on LT, i would have a moderate town read on theDragoon if it wasnt because of his vote on LT because he thought he saw a mafia slip on him.

2) Im not what post were you referring to.

3) As i said in my suspisions of Beneather and Valenous i feel like scum would love to manage to get a misslynch without commiting at all on any of the likley lynches.
I have a soft town read on you at the moment, the fact that Cav flipped green doesnt change my opinion of you because i feel like we both read him as scum because of the same reasons.


While the second post might LOOK good let's take a look at what he's REALLY saying.
Note the tone of fear and not wanting to stick out in his posts!

First he suggests we should look towards inactives. Wonderful! Except all he does is give names, and everyone knows who's been inactive already -- not to mention this isn't something that Amiko and I haven't already said.
Then he just parrots what Amiko and Beneather have said about Valenius, then talks about Beneather with exactly the same stuff Amiko was using with potential vote switches to save a townie Cavalinho. If he were town, shouldn't he just say something such as "ya I agree"? Why need to fake that you have something to add and type a lot when you can get your point across concisely? The only reason is because he wants to look like he's contributing.

Once again, he really refuses to point fingers except at Valenius who's already fallen under suspicion and on top of that didn't provide his own reasons to be suspicious of him, merely others' -- this might be ok had he simply said that he agreed but instead he made a big long post that boiled down to "please think I'm contributing as I bandwagon this vote".

In fact, of his three points,
1 was already brought up by others such as Amiko, LT and me (Amiko did votes and said mafia wouldn't switch, LT looked at activity and said mafia are inactive, I looked at topics of discussion and said mafia were avoiding them)
2 doesn't even mean anything
3 is repeating what he said in 1, which as I stated was already brought up. None of this is original content and it seems he's been trying his best to pretend as if he's contributing when really he isn't.

Here's another golden example of parroting what's already been said:
On February 20 2014 07:34 N1k0 wrote:
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On February 20 2014 06:48 Valenius wrote:
On February 20 2014 06:33 N1k0 wrote:

Beneather
I feel like he contriubited a little more than Valenious


I would however like any form of back-up on this point. I feel like I've contributed spades more than Beneather. Am I alone in this thought?


You have posted more than Beneather, but most of your post have defensive/ filler instead of giving your opinions (mainly on the topic of LT vs OK), im not saying Beneather contributed much more than you, i just feel like his post on you was a lot more committed than your posts.
Of course this was before your big post tho.


All of this is enough evidence for me to ##VOTE n1k0
"Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got."
OnceKing
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States939 Posts
February 20 2014 01:26 GMT
#322
Also Beneather I really need to hear from you. You've been inactive for half the day now.
"Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got."
Amiko
Profile Joined February 2014
United States1725 Posts
February 20 2014 02:59 GMT
#323
I will around on and off the rest of the night if anyone wants to talk through things or ask my thoughts on anything. In the meantime will read through the last hour or two of posts and try to present a few things.

Two quick questions that are more technical rather than game talk:

1) Is there any way to have a filter with two people in it? Like, if I want to see player A and B speaking in order but not the rest of the comments in between?
2) Is there an easier way to post quotes than to click quote on each post and copy and paste the relevant parts?
Amiko
Profile Joined February 2014
United States1725 Posts
February 20 2014 03:47 GMT
#324
I am still muddling through thoughts on n1k0/Valenius/Beneather.

On February 20 2014 05:51 Valenius wrote:
First point: Wtf does OMGUS'ing mean?


I had to look this up earlier - http://wiki.mafiascum.net/index.php?title=Oh_My_God_You_Suck
Basically voting for one person because they voted for you.

I read through Valenius' explanation of his vote on IAmRobik and I think it makes a little sense from his point of view. I don't know, I guess I saw Robik's as trying to get leads by calling out XYZ as scummy or towny just to see how people responded. For my part I think I mostly wrote those posts off because they seemed ambiguous or just joking around.
I can imagine that Valenius would feel that these were scum (as I think Tolkien felt with OnceKing and I felt with Cavalinho). So, I don't put too much into Valenius' vote on IAmRobik.

Valenius' read of theDragoon as very towny (here http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=20833101 and here http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=20833346) seem a little odd because a few people saw Cavalinho as town

--
on n1k0

I do feel that n1k0 is backpacking on other people's posts. I somehow missed that he essentially repeated my question to Robik, though (which OnceKing points out). I could see that as pressing someone to answer something they didn't answer previously, but I think I would have written it more like "what abc is asking is xyz".

--


I am still unsure about this so I want to have a few questions for Beneather to answer if/when he shows up.

@Beneather:
I asked this one yesterday which I don't think he answered (in the one post he made since then).

On February 18 2014 06:07 Amiko wrote:
I see this post as more noncommittal than scummy. I at least want to see Beneather commit more. Beneather, if you don’t think Tolkien is scum, is there anything you see as weighing against him as town?


Here are three questions I want to start with:
1) Would you support a vote on n1k0 today?
2) Would you support a vote on Valenius todday?
3) What is your current read on Tolkien?
Amiko
Profile Joined February 2014
United States1725 Posts
February 20 2014 03:48 GMT
#325
EBWOP: The end of the first part should be

Valenius' read of theDragoon as very towny (here http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=20833101 and here http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=20833346) seem a little odd because a few people saw Cavalinho as town, so I'm not sure why he highlights theDragoon for reading Cavalinho as town.
Lord Tolkien
Profile Joined November 2012
United States12083 Posts
February 20 2014 03:54 GMT
#326
I would like Beneather to contribute NOW, and I will bring up a case against you, even if only to pressure.

@ theDragoon
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On February 20 2014 02:37 theDragoon wrote:
@OnceKing

On my previous post I said I don't have a strong scum read on Beneather but if Valenius flips red I started thinking about his most likely partners and Beneather looks to be the most logical choice.

If you read through Val's filter, a lot of it his him asking Robik why he thinks Val is scummy. Val also voted for Robik because he pretty much didn't like Robik's read on him. However, Val never mentions Beneather at all despite Beneather actually having a solid case, and an actual vote on him. I was a bit hesitant to make this connection because I thought if they were mafia teammates then Beneather wouldn't have such a solid case against his partner. So the question is, why did Val OMGUS Robik, who didn't have a solid case against him and ignored the only guy with a real case on him with Beneather? My guess is they planned this to keep themselves apart, to eliminate any possible connections between each other. Beneather knows that Val won't get lynched since he was mainly off town's radar and votes for him so that it's less likely that we make the connection between the two.

Another thing to note is that neither of the two jumped on any of the possible bandwagons on day 1: Cavalinho, Lord Tolkien, and N1k0. Again, this supports the idea of them trying to distance themselves away from each other, and with the lack of a bandwagon it makes it easy for them to just watch town go at each other. The three way tie between Cavalinho, LT and N1k0 was also in their favor since any one of the three being lynched results in a mislynch for us.


While this is a plausible outcome, the same applies to myself and OnceKing, or OnceKing and Amiko, and Amiko and myself.

I disagree, in that I find it highly unlikely that mafia would bring up a reasonable case against themselves FIRST (as Beneather's was), . and that extrapolating that if Valenius flipped red, it would entail his complicity. It could be possible that they are, but as with my previous explanation of why I think it's unlikely we have MORE than one mafia amongst the 3 Day 1 participants, I apply my skepticism here as well. It's far more likely for mafia to start bussing one of their own when the lynch seems nearly inevitable.

That being said, Beneather did post his vote after you posted yours on myself and we had ourselves a possible deadlock, so it is a possible explanation for that. However, I am just going to apply Occam's Razor for a moment and view that as mere coincidence. His continued non-contribution concerns me, however.

Additionally, what is your view on N1K0? You've spent most of your analysis on just Valenius and the possibilities that arise from lynching him. It's not a shoo-in at this point. What do you think a red flip of N1K0 means?

@ Valenius
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At the time of my leaving this thread to sleep, which I made a post about, the votes were:
cavalinho: (2) Amiko, N1k0

IAmRobik: (1) Valenius

Lord Tolkien: (1) OnceKing

Beneather: (0)

theDragoon: (0)

Amiko: (1) Lord Tolkien

OnceKing: (1)

N1k0: (1) cavalinho

This vote tally is thus far incorrect.
Going to your sleep post: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=441178&currentpage=11#211
and working forward until then from the last vote count: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=441178&currentpage=9#173

My vote was on OnceKing at that time, and Cavalinho's vote was on Amiko (NOT N1k0; he had no votes on him). I was originally going to point out that based on the vote post beforehand Amiko had no votes, but reviewing Cavalinho's filter, you are correct, as it would've been a MAJOR discrepancy. That being said, your sleep post was posted 45 minutes before Cavalinho swapped his vote to N1k0.

Voting for Robik at the time, with not case presented is odd, and I feel everyone else has done a good enough job picking out why it was (link). If you had felt that he was scum, you should've brought it up and pushed it, like I was poking Cavalinho to do based on his early scumread on IAmRobik (he didn't).


On your analysis
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The second post, dissuading my inquest into game setup (Note: Not role setup, game setup) was just dismissing my question. As i’ve stated since, my question wasn’t an aim to dig out roles of people, but to find out the Mafia/Town setup. I still disagree with those of you that say this isn’t important.
3 Mafia: If we mislynch tonight, we lose.
2 Mafia: There’s another day.
Behaviour patterns. If you’re looking for 3 mafia, and trying to make connections between 3 players, and it turns out there’s only 2.. your whole analysis of player relations will be off.The same is true for the other situation.

The goal is not to mislynch tonight. A Day 1 mislynch is highly probable due to the lack of information to extrapolate from.

While the point about behavior is noted, this is not relevant today (and arguably Day 1). It changes the likelihood and distribution of scum to probably be 2 lurkers+1 active Day 1 participant most likely, from 1-2 lurkers and 0-1 active Day 1 participant pools. It doesn't change our main strategy or lynch pattern at this time. We'll know if there are 2-3 mafia if we mislynch green (because we'll likely lose during the night if 3); if we lynch a red, then it becomes useful to extrapolate whether or not we have 1 or 2 left. This is more relevant Day 3 given our current trajectory.

When I read Robik's quoted post on you, I construed it as mostly as a joke, (and if not, mafia bait). You reacted quite strongly to it. The same goes for the underlined quote. Your reaction to both was certainly scummy.

I won't comment on your additional thoughts (I agree with some of them, and disagree with others), but on the questions specifically directed towards me.

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Tolkien’s post following last night (Feb 19, 13:49). You stated that my vote on Robik was when no real case was brought up against me. Then, in your discussion on arguments with OnceKing you stated the issue you had were the multiple minor details he was bringing up ‘Grasping for straws’. This is the same reason which made me vote him. His original read on my scummy-ness was because I went to bed at 3:00am when the game started. Just wtf.

My main focus was the fact he was pointing out joke lines (which I thought were clear) and specific word usage, ex. (newbie), in his initial lynch case against me. Unlike with Robik, there was essentially a formal case presented by him against me which I found worrying alarm bells in (instead of just pouncing on Robik for his reads). The other points are valid and I would not have gotten a mafia read if he had just pointed those out without mentioning the other points.

Again, it was a joke line from what I can tell, or bait.

+ Show Spoiler +
In your response to Tolkiens questions about your first real post you brought up that LT saying what good could come out of his lynch.. on Day1, with an undetermined amount of mafia, no. That’s not a good town play, by either of you. Following a lynch policy for 2 days, also allows for 2 mafia kills, leading to a total of 4 kills. Assuming one of you were mafia; You’ve either got 4:1 (initially 2 mafia) or 3:2 (initially 3 mafia. The 4:1 isn’t bad odds, and wouldn’t be a terrible solution. 3:2 would be ridiculous, going to lynch wrong and lose based on day 1 assumptions.. in what world is that good odds? Assuming neither of you were mafia, and you both had bad reads.. the game’s practically over. 3:2 (initial 2 mafia), or Dead start of night two (initial 3 mafia). 1 in 4 of those situations is one that i’d choose to be in. Either way, it’s pretty scummy. Tolkien. you’ve been reasonably smart throughout so far, did you not run the numbers?

This and your much earlier carelessness for lynching Amiko “at this point it doesnt matter” are showing you as very lynch-happy. If you’re bluffing and hoping the “I’ll martyr myself” post for lynchings was a town move, it isn’t. I’m disappointed I didn’t pick up on it earlier.

I need clarification on the first part. Are you talking about the double-lynch proposal?

On the second part, noted, but I've discussed this to death, and explained myself here far too often.


@N1K0
I do have a strong town read on LT, i would have a moderate town read on theDragoon if it wasnt because of his vote on LT because he thought he saw a mafia slip on him.

Why do you have a strong town read on me? If I were stepping back from myself for a moment, I wouldn't have a strong town read on myself after Day 1. Middling at best.

Also, why do you read theDragoon as town again, and why did his vote on me impact your read so?




That being said, ##vote n1k0, based solely on the quality of contributions thus far from the two, but I am strongly reserving the right to change my vote pending additional analysis, and I am still waiting on Beneather to comment today. Still, this is where I'm leaning now.
"His father is pretty juicy tbh." ~WaveofShadow
Lord Tolkien
Profile Joined November 2012
United States12083 Posts
February 20 2014 04:07 GMT
#327
##VOTE N1K0

In case the mods can't see it. :o
"His father is pretty juicy tbh." ~WaveofShadow
Valenius
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1266 Posts
February 20 2014 07:09 GMT
#328
@LT, hopefully youll know which parts im on about without me quoting..

With regards to the vote numbers, youre right. Ive counted your vote on onceking (the numbers there) just not your name. It seems I misnoted cava's vote, but either way it still only brings amiko to 1 vote. (Please correct me here if you feel im wrong and ill take another look.

Secondly, yes the double lynch situation put forward of lynching yourself, but only if we lynch onceking in the following day.
kitaman27 *
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9245 Posts
February 20 2014 15:14 GMT
#329
Vote Count



Valenius: (1) theDragoon

N1K0: (3) Valenius, OnceKing, Lord Tolkien

At this point N1K0 is set to be lynched

Please remember to unvote after voting. The cycle ends in . PM me if you have any questions or if you see a vote out of place.
I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt. I mean not that fancy store bought dirt. That stuffs loaded with nutrients. I... I can't compete with that stuff.
Valenius
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1266 Posts
February 20 2014 17:09 GMT
#330
Christ, its active today isnt? Managed 10 hours without a post from any players. Beneather, where are you? Amiko, whos your most likely vote target for today?

N1k0, theres 3 of us with votes on you now, and you havent made any real solid defense.. whats with that?
theDragoon
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada307 Posts
February 20 2014 17:40 GMT
#331
@Lord Tolkien
As I stated previously, I have a slight scum read on N1k0, however I have a stronger scum read on Valenius, which is why I voted him. Also, until after I read OnceKing's case against N1k0, I didn't really notice how he mostly piggybacked onto other people's posts without contributing anything original and this does make him look very scummy. I can see that being poor town play and analytical skills or just straight up mafia play.

If N1k0 gets lynched today and flips red this makes Valenius more likely to be town because he is the first player on day 2 to vote N1k0. There’s no way a mafia Valenius would initiate the lynch on his teammate who has already gotten suspicions from everyone. If Valenius is mafia, then his vote would be cast later after he sees N1k0’s situation unsalvageable. But if N1k0 flips green, then Valenius is definitely the best lynch target on day 3.

Mod question: If Beneather doesn’t post and gets modkilled does he still get replaced?
kitaman27 *
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States9245 Posts
February 20 2014 17:51 GMT
#332
On February 21 2014 02:40 theDragoon wrote:
Mod question: If Beneather doesn’t post and gets modkilled does he still get replaced?


That's usually a judgement call based on the activity of that player during the first few days and the availability of replacements. Generally, we do try to replace players during the first two cycles if possible.
I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt. I mean not that fancy store bought dirt. That stuffs loaded with nutrients. I... I can't compete with that stuff.
Valenius
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1266 Posts
February 20 2014 18:51 GMT
#333
Whilst theres very little going on:

As before I wont be awake at vote time. Ill be Heading off 3ish hours before. Sucks, but not much I can do about that.

As it stands, my vote is firmly on n1k0.
OnceKing
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States939 Posts
February 20 2014 19:29 GMT
#334
Yeah my vote's not moving. He hasn't even said anything in his defense.
"Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got."
Valenius
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1266 Posts
February 20 2014 19:46 GMT
#335
OnceKing, Whilst the lack of .. anything.. has been happening: I've been thinking through various theories that could explain the inactivity.

1) Mafia are feeling safe because n1k0 is a mislynch, and that vote's almost sealed with this amount of activity.
2) Mafia don't have any faith in n1k0 avoiding a lynch, and are just distancing themselves from him.
3) They've emigrated to mars.

I also have another (slightly reaching) theory.

IF we have 3 mafia: There are currently 3 votes on n1k0, 1 vote on me, and 3 unaccounted for.

If it gets to the end of the day and the votes stay the same; 3 mafia moving their votes to me gets me lynched. theDragoon, who I still have a town read on has his vote on me, which allows for an additional 3 votes, leading to a 4-vote majority. I die, mafia wins, gg.

I know it's an unlikely theory, but I think it should at least be considered. My question leading out from this is: theDragoon, do you believe your vote on me is better than a majority vote on n1k0? If this theory is correct, solidarity between town votes is needed.

Everyone else (incl OnceKing): What do you think about these above theories? Obviously the last one is very.. hypothetical. Just consider it.
N1k0
Profile Joined June 2011
Uruguay1075 Posts
February 20 2014 20:18 GMT
#336
On February 20 2014 12:54 Lord Tolkien wrote:


Why do you have a strong town read on me? If I were stepping back from myself for a moment, I wouldn't have a strong town read on myself after Day 1. Middling at best.

Your opinion on day1 of being ok with a self lynch as long as i gave information on OnceKing who you thought at the time was scum i see as the towniest move out of day1, even if i didn't think it was a good move at the time (which i explained more on a previous question from Valenious + Show Spoiler +
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=441178&currentpage=16#309
), i thought that the move had no possible positive outcome if you were scum-



Also, why do you read theDragoon as town again, and why did his vote on me impact your read so?
.


His vote on you looked odd to me, specially since he based it on part of what he thought was a slip on your part. He later explained his reasoning on this.
+ Show Spoiler +

I called it a slip because I wasn't really thinking of the mafia QT and the fact that he mentioned it could imply that he's been using it. I might be reaching with this but that was my thought process behind it.



He has done nothing to lead me to believe him to be scum outside of this.

On February 20 2014 12:47 Amiko wrote:
on n1k0
I do feel that n1k0 is backpacking on other people's posts. I somehow missed that he essentially repeated my question to Robik, though (which OnceKing points out). I could see that as pressing someone to answer something they didn't answer previously, but I think I would have written it more like "what abc is asking is xyz".

Its true that i have been using other peoples opinions in order to mold mines there's no point me saying i haven't, this is on part because the reads i felt more comfortable about on day1 were wrong.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Right now i'm the likely candidate to be lynched, what do you guys think each possible flip means?
N1k0
Profile Joined June 2011
Uruguay1075 Posts
February 20 2014 20:25 GMT
#337
On February 21 2014 05:18 N1k0 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 20 2014 12:54 Lord Tolkien wrote:


Why do you have a strong town read on me? If I were stepping back from myself for a moment, I wouldn't have a strong town read on myself after Day 1. Middling at best.

Your opinion on day1 of being ok with a self lynch as long as i gave information on OnceKing who you thought at the time was scum i see as the towniest move out of day1, even if i didn't think it was a good move at the time (which i explained more on a previous question from Valenious + Show Spoiler +
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=441178&currentpage=16#309
), i thought that the move had no possible positive outcome if you were scum-


ebwop: Also you asking me why i had a town read on you also strikes me as a town move.
Beneather
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada451 Posts
February 20 2014 20:54 GMT
#338
On February 20 2014 12:47 Amiko wrote:
I am still unsure about this so I want to have a few questions for Beneather to answer if/when he shows up.

@Beneather:
I asked this one yesterday which I don't think he answered (in the one post he made since then).

Show nested quote +
On February 18 2014 06:07 Amiko wrote:
I see this post as more noncommittal than scummy. I at least want to see Beneather commit more. Beneather, if you don’t think Tolkien is scum, is there anything you see as weighing against him as town?


Here are three questions I want to start with:
1) Would you support a vote on n1k0 today?
2) Would you support a vote on Valenius todday?
3) What is your current read on Tolkien?


Sorry for being inactive, had some rl stuff to do.

First off, N1k0 seems to be most likely scum as he even stated that he has just backpacked on other people's opinions, that is rather scummy as mafia will try to stay in the shadows and just follow other people's and bandwagon a townie lynch. N1k0 is a big candidate and is probably the lynch for today. How he turns will decide the outcome of how this game will play.

@Valenius seems scummy to me as well. He points out that I am a scum candidate but doesn't provide any evidence except that all my reads can be turned to myself. Well yes, it can be as I have not been playing the best town due to my inactivity and lack of contribution. All my reads on other people can be turned against me and make myself looks scummy, however i know that I am town so why would I make reads on myself that I am mafia, that doesn't help anyone and is not the point of this game. I am suppose to give my reads on everyone else that is playing the game. You calling me scum seems like a retaliation for voting for you on day one and putting some spotlight on you.

On February 20 2014 07:51 Valenius wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 20 2014 07:39 N1k0 wrote:
On February 20 2014 07:27 Valenius wrote:
You say you had a town read on Cavalinho, why didnt you switch your vote from Robik to me or LT in order to save him?


I answered this question in my previous post.

If i’d have had a stronger read at the time, I’d have moved it to them. I didn’t. LT/Amiko were my other choices at the time, but neither read was strong enough.

What you are saying is you had a stronger read on Robik being mafia than Cavalinho being town?


Are those the words that came out of my mouth? Let's run this through logically.

Let's say i'm 50/50 town/mafia on both on LT and Amiko. (Probably slightly biased either side, but for this 50/50 is good enough.)

I have what I believe to be a reasonable read on Cavalinho as Town. I have at the time a reasonably strong read on Robik as mafia. I believe enough in my read to leave it on Robik. If I had a stronger read on either of the other two, I switch it. Switching without having a significantly higher read on either side is me flipping a coin. Do you disagree? There's a 5 in 7 (or 4 in 7) chance that either of them are town. Those odds aren't good enough for me to flip that coin.

You say that you have a strong read on Cavalinho being town but you keep your vote on Robik instead of trying to save the obvious town Cavalinho. It still doesn't make sense to me( I think someone brought this up but whatever).

On February 21 2014 04:46 Valenius wrote:
OnceKing, Whilst the lack of .. anything.. has been happening: I've been thinking through various theories that could explain the inactivity.

1) Mafia are feeling safe because n1k0 is a mislynch, and that vote's almost sealed with this amount of activity.
2) Mafia don't have any faith in n1k0 avoiding a lynch, and are just distancing themselves from him.
3) They've emigrated to mars.

I also have another (slightly reaching) theory.

IF we have 3 mafia: There are currently 3 votes on n1k0, 1 vote on me, and 3 unaccounted for.

If it gets to the end of the day and the votes stay the same; 3 mafia moving their votes to me gets me lynched. theDragoon, who I still have a town read on has his vote on me, which allows for an additional 3 votes, leading to a 4-vote majority. I die, mafia wins, gg.

I know it's an unlikely theory, but I think it should at least be considered. My question leading out from this is: theDragoon, do you believe your vote on me is better than a majority vote on n1k0? If this theory is correct, solidarity between town votes is needed.

Everyone else (incl OnceKing): What do you think about these above theories? Obviously the last one is very.. hypothetical. Just consider it.


This is also a very good scum post. You are trying to put fear of the town losing if they do lynch you I like it! Scare town so they don't lynch mafia awesome ! You have one vote on you as of right now and you think it can simply change to you and are frightened by that chance. Why are you scared of being lynched? There is only one vote on you as of right now and you even brought up that it would be unlikely for it to be changed from n1k0 due to activity.

On Tolkien his read is very town to me and I would be shocked if he was scum. He has been the most active and his posts have a lot of content in them.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Day[9} <3
Valenius
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1266 Posts
February 20 2014 21:07 GMT
#339
On February 21 2014 05:54 Beneather wrote:

This is also a very good scum post. You are trying to put fear of the town losing if they do lynch you I like it! Scare town so they don't lynch mafia awesome ! You have one vote on you as of right now and you think it can simply change to you and are frightened by that chance. Why are you scared of being lynched? There is only one vote on you as of right now and you even brought up that it would be unlikely for it to be changed from n1k0 due to activity.



I've got very little pressure on me compared to n1k0. If I'm mafia; I post a few opinions early on, and sit back and blend into the inactivity. I don't post, multiple times throughout the day when basically nobody else is.

I'm the only one who posted for almost 1/4 of the day phase, There's no where I'd be willing to draw that sort of attention if I'm mafia. I'm not scared (I don't believe it's a possibility) of being lynched today, if it plays out as it is. If it plays out as it is, and the 3 missing votes are placed based on each of your reads; I believe n1k0 will be lynched.

The whole point of my theory post was to discuss the things that may happen if the day doesn't play out as it currently is. That situation scares me, yet that situation is only possible if all 3 of the Mafia choose to vote on me. You're asking me why I'd be scared if all 3 of the Mafia are voting on me? What sort of a question is that?. If there are only 2 mafia, then this situation is not possible, and 1 vote on me doesn't worry me.

Lastly, again: Do you really think I'd be making that sort of post (One that I knew would come under scrutiny based on earlier aggression against role/setup talk) if i'm trying to coast through the day?

I have a mafia read on you, your post is not making that read more townie..
Amiko
Profile Joined February 2014
United States1725 Posts
February 20 2014 21:28 GMT
#340
On February 21 2014 02:09 Valenius wrote:
Amiko, whos your most likely vote target for today?


I still feel it’s very tough to pick between n1k0, Beneather, and Valenius. I have been hoping that one of the three would put up something that swayed me one way or another but it hasn’t happened.

At this point, though, I think it’s important that I try to put up a vote because it doesn’t seem reasonable to expect to get anything that will give me a strong read.

I don’t expect Beneather to respond in a meaningful way.
If Beneather is mafia, there is no real pressure on him to post something. A few people have given him soft town read, but more importantly the votes have come in on someone else (n1k0). We can point to Beneather’s silence and ask questions to the air, but if it’s not enough to convince us to vote on him, it won’t matter to him.
If Beneather is town, I don’t feel his silence is helpful to us. Since he voted to lynch Valenius day 1, I feel he has an obligation to give comments on Valenius’ day 2 comments. Particularly so when Valenius voted for him day 2. This makes me disbelieve the possibility he is a lurking town and prefer the conclusion he is idle town or mafia. In either case, I don’t expect to get anything from him that is likely to give me good reads.

So, I feel a vote on Beneather is not that well founded (because of his inactivity) and unlikely to give much information (based on considering him mafia or idle town).

So, I think I am deciding between n1k0 and Valentius.
n1k0 and Valenius are both responding to posts and pressure, but I am not getting a strong read from either one. Generally, Valenius is more offensive, n1k0 more defensive. I understand feeling less confident in reads after day1 (since mine were wrong as well), but I feel if I were town in n1k0’s situation I would try to more actively make a case who I felt was mafia if only because I knew myself to be town.

I think the same thing comes up here from n1k0-
On February 21 2014 05:18 N1k0 wrote:
Right now i'm the likely candidate to be lynched, what do you guys think each possible flip means?

I get that this is asking questions, and that’s nice. But I feel that if you are town and you feel like the vote is going to land on you, you should be giving our reads and thoughts on the premise that town will want to consider them after you flip. At least, I think that’s what prompted me to start volunteering a lot more of my thoughts day 1. (To be fair, I don’t think Cavalinho really did that day 1, but I feel like n1k0’s vote has more momentum than his)

OK I JUST REFRESHED AND SAW BENEATHER POSTED SO IM GONNA READ THAT :X
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