EPTI will not be banned in the first game Bluelightz is hosting
I was going to wait for GMarshal's game until I saw slOosh. We always have the most interesting games together
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I will not be banned in the first game Bluelightz is hosting I was going to wait for GMarshal's game until I saw slOosh. We always have the most interesting games together | ||
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I agree with scib that a double lynch today would not be ideal, too little information. However, I think we should consider using double lynches on day2-3 to weed out lurkers quickly. It feels like in all my past games there has been at least 1 mafia lurking among them but by the time you get to day3-4 people are so able to create massive convincing cases against active players that you will never get a lynch on them until mylo or lylo. For those of you who haven't played with me before, my games are easy to find as this is pretty much the only part of TL I post in. | ||
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- The two things that have caught my attention so far are prplz first post + Show Spoiler + On August 08 2012 05:38 prplhz wrote: Hey didn't read thread yet can anybody tell me who is scum? He posts without reading, isn't relevant, sarcastic, and thumbs his nose at town. This just rubs me the wrong way. and Costos Luna's first two posts are pointing out a contradiction that isn't a contradiction and telling people to stop talking about a day1 double lynch, which no one was doing. - slOosh! you are the only absent member of our town, speak up! - P.S. Could someone explain the innocent child thing to me? I looked up the term on mafiascumwiki and it didn't seem to apply to this game. | ||
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Although scrib makes good points against Forumite I don't find myself convinced. The motive I read behind Forumite's inconsistencies and subsequent posts is an attempt to get things going and then trying to both be transparent and move the thread forward. I completely agree that the way he has handled himself so far has been bad, but both town and scum can play badly. What matters is the motivation behind the actions. I feel like his motivation is more likely to be town than scum at the moment. I agree with CL's opinion of Mord. I see Mord's focus on the VT claim that wasn't really a VT claim and make note of how that whole exchange gained the town exactly zilch and wasted our time. His first and last posts also bother me. His first post only stands out because of the end. He ends his post with a strong statement about how he is going to go scum hunting. What comes of that? 1 Question to CL. Then Mord completely sidetracks to the "VT claim" thing. Then the only other thing we get from him is the very lackluster response to Hiro about Forumite. It reads as very likely to be scum to me. prplhz is looking worse and worse in my eyes because of his lack of quality early and his lurking now. I don't really have anything new to bring against him as he hasn't written anything new. But his silence is condemning, his apparent desire to fly under the radar while everyone is focusing on Shiao/Mord/Forum. He needs to be kept in the spotlight with all our other suspects and he has earned my vote. ##Vote: prplhz | ||
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On August 09 2012 03:28 sciberbia wrote: + Show Spoiler + On August 09 2012 02:57 DoYouHas wrote: Currently I am basing my reads as much on intuition as on logic. Although scrib makes good points against Forumite I don't find myself convinced. The motive I read behind Forumite's inconsistencies and subsequent posts is an attempt to get things going and then trying to both be transparent and move the thread forward. I completely agree that the way he has handled himself so far has been bad, but both town and scum can play badly. What matters is the motivation behind the actions. I feel like his motivation is more likely to be town than scum at the moment. I agree with CL's opinion of Mord. I see Mord's focus on the VT claim that wasn't really a VT claim and make note of how that whole exchange gained the town exactly zilch and wasted our time. His first and last posts also bother me. His first post only stands out because of the end. He ends his post with a strong statement about how he is going to go scum hunting. What comes of that? 1 Question to CL. Then Mord completely sidetracks to the "VT claim" thing. Then the only other thing we get from him is the very lackluster response to Hiro about Forumite. It reads as very likely to be scum to me. prplhz is looking worse and worse in my eyes because of his lack of quality early and his lurking now. I don't really have anything new to bring against him as he hasn't written anything new. But his silence is condemning, his apparent desire to fly under the radar while everyone is focusing on Shiao/Mord/Forum. He needs to be kept in the spotlight with all our other suspects and he has earned my vote. ##Vote: prplhz This post of DoYouHas makes me suspicious of him. 1) Perhaps I am biased, but I don't like his reasons for soft defending Forumite. I don't know how announcing a read but keeping it to yourself is 'transparent' and 'trying to move the thread forward'. His stance on Forumite seems wishy/washy and I'm not a fan. 2) He says that Mordanis reads as 'very likely scum', but then he votes prplhz for lurking? wtf? If you think somebody is very likely scum, and they already have two votes on them, you as a townie should add your vote, not vote for a lurker to 'keep him in the spotlight'. FoS DoYouHas 1) I found Forumite's initial suspicion of Shiao to be extremely transparent, honestly, what possible reasons could he have had that early in the game? Either he picked Shiao arbitrarily for early pressure as a conversation starter or he picked up on something in Shiao's initial posts. And those were the explanations he gave us. The timings of his explanations were a bit off and his pandering to more well known players came off badly, but lets look at the rest of his filter. He has been defending himself (how he handles this is the heart of your case I believe scrib). But he also is addressing most of the topics that have been brought up, he is asking players questions, and he is making his stances known. That moves the thread forward. My stance isn't wishy-washy, it was quite clear. He mishandled some of his play but I feel his motivation is more likely to be town. 2) You are being short sighted and misrepresenting my reasons for voting prplz. His lurking is only a 4th of why I voted him, even though it is an important 4th.
2. As mentioned by 1-2 people, he is not playing into his town meta. 3. He is lurking, which hurts town and is worse because he had potential to help lead town. 4. I needed to get this vote out there now because prplhz was getting pushed out of consideration for the lynch, which is wrong. I have more reasons for voting prplhz than I do Mord right now, and my opinion is only reenforced as time goes by without prplhz contributing. | ||
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On August 09 2012 05:23 sciberbia wrote: @DYH Please answer the following question for me: who do you think is more likely to be scum: Mordanis or prplhz? I'm not asking about who you have more reasons for voting for, or who you want to keep in the spotlight. If you had to bet your life savings right now on who is scum, who would you bet on? At the time of your asking my answer would definitely have been prplhz. After chewing over their more recent posts for a while I still would bet on prplhz over Mord. There are a few things in the way Mord has been posting that makes me want to keep him around. They are shown well in his latest post. That is a willingness to be wrong/admit mistakes and a seemingly genuine frustration with the passivity of the thread. prplhz on the other hand hasn't done much to dissuade me from my read on him. His posts since coming back are all focused on pushing Forumite. And while I will admit that the reason he gives for his vote isn't a bad one, the first thing I thought was "of course he went after Forumite, the easy target and the safe bandwagon". Which is kind of ironic to me because he sites himself as the victim of being an easy target in that very same post. I am uncomfortable lynching Forumite, as I previously said, I just don't read mafia motivations behind his posts. I have found a few reasons to keep Mord around at least for today. I just don't have the same kind of hesitation in voting prplhz, so that is where my vote is staying unless something drastic changes. @ scrib - What in Forumite's mistakes do you see as hiding mafia motivations? - I am going to be around for the next ~30 minutes. I will also try to wake up and be around an hour before the deadline. | ||
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prplhz(5): DYH, Marvel, Forumite, Keirathi, risk.nuke Forumite(5): Scib, slOosh, prplhz, Hiropro, Shiaopi Mordanis(1): CL Marvel(1): Mordanis Unless people's opinions have completely changed since the beginning of today, we are about to do exactly what none of us wanted, a day 1 double lynch. This is actually the ideal scenario because they both have their votes tied up on each other, but that is beside the point. It is not ok to risk being at 6-3 at the start of day 2 based on just the limited information of today. That is why you need to switch Mord, we ARE in a double lynch scenario, and it actually has potential of going through. | ||
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@Hiropro - What are your thoughts on Shiao? on marv? Who on the Forumite wagon looks most suspicious to you? on the prplhz wagon? @prplhz - What are your thoughts on Keirathi? @Mordanis - Has your stance on marv changed at all? @slOosh - With Forumite flipped townie where do you stand now? | ||
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However, I do agree some of your points and who you are suspicious of. The fact that it took vote switching instead of a clear majority to lynch Forumite increases the chance that prplhz is scum and that his scumbuddies manipulated the vote. That would make Hiro, Shiao, and Mord the suspicious parties day1. This is convienent as those are the people I have been most suspicious of after prplhz already. I'm going to withold my vote for now. I need to do some more filter digging and put together an actual case before I commit to pushing someone. | ||
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CL's voteswitch was unique from the others in a very specific way. He let you pick for him Mord. On August 09 2012 23:27 Custos Luna wrote: If it is necessary, I will switch my vote from Mord to Forumite to avoid the double lynch depending on what is said in the next half hour. However, Mord, you need to decide. Forumite or prplhz. Make your choice. Do so before I am required to or the wrath of the moon will fall upon you. On August 09 2012 23:36 Custos Luna wrote: Trying to decide the best course of action. You're right, I want to get my vote on a real candidate. Scenarios running through my head: -I vote Forumite: Mord can force the double lynch. If both Forumite and prplhz are town, this puts us at 6v3 for tomorrow, something I'd really like to avoid. -I wait for Mord to vote for a real candidate: causes him to choose and I can avoid the double lynch. If one of prpl and Forumite are scum, the double lynch benefits us. However, I'm still not entirely convinced and I'm trying to figure out how to give us the best chance into this lynch. He implies multiple times that voting Forumite is what he wants to do, so why not actually do it? His reason is that he fears that Mord will force the double lynch if he votes first. But is this a rational fear? no. If Mord is town then he would realize that everyone does not want a double lynch day1 and would not cause one. He probably would have sat on marv and been content that CL took the decision out of his hands. If Mord is scum then he would realize that the town is going to lynch him day2 if he forces a last minute double lynch and that a 2 for 1 trade isn't bad for town day1. Neither alignment would have forced that double lynch in Mord's position. So why would CL put Mord (someone he is supposed to believe is scum, drastically increasing the chance of a mislynch) firmly in the driver's seat of yesterday's lynch? I can think of only one answer: CL knew that either choice would end in a townie flip and did not want to be tied to the blame for it. The language he uses leading up to the lynch only strengthens my belief that this is the case. + Show Spoiler + On August 09 2012 23:27 Custos Luna wrote: Firm stance on wanting to switch to Forum, immediately hands reins over to Mord to choose Forum or prplhz.EBWOP: DYH, looking back, that does appear to be fairly accurate. I had thought more people unvoted off prplhz and onto Forumite. If it is necessary, I will switch my vote from Mord to Forumite to avoid the double lynch depending on what is said in the next half hour. However, Mord, you need to decide. Forumite or prplhz. Make your choice. Do so before I am required to or the wrath of the moon will fall upon you. + Show Spoiler + On August 09 2012 23:36 Custos Luna wrote: Begins to distance himself from a Forumite lynch and even entertains double lynching.If one of prpl and Forumite are scum, the double lynch benefits us. However, I'm still not entirely convinced and I'm trying to figure out how to give us the best chance into this lynch. + Show Spoiler [Important One] + On August 09 2012 23:54 Custos Luna wrote: This is a very important post tone-wise. It starts with a mischievous tone with the bantering line of "I would never!". This bantering statement tells me that CL just relaxed a bit, or even is feeling a bit victorious. This is immediately is followed by an even bigger distancing statement, "Still unsure on Forumite. But I'm less sure on prpl". Then his 'moon' closing is even a bit off of the normal. Up until this point the moon comments by CL have been either normal signoffs or threats. This one is different, it reads to me like a self satisfied dig at Mord, which seems out of place until I fit it to my theory.I would never! Still unsure on Forumite. But I'm less sure on prpl, and I want to pad some security against a last minute swap/double lynch. Therefore: ##unvote Mordanis ##vote Forumite The moon is shocked that Mord has actually committed to something. Custos Luna is SCUM ##Vote: Custos Luna | ||
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On August 11 2012 16:10 Mordanis wrote: DYH: Your first post indicating that the people who switched their votes were suspicious was based on prplhz being scum. Your accusation of CL assumes that prplhz is town. So how are you leaning right now? Right now CL is my best read. And if he is scum then chances are both yourself and prplhz are town. This isn't based on your play, but rather that I don't think that CL would have gone through that song and dance with a scumbuddy and he wouldn't have given a townie the option of killing his scumbuddy. Those are my assumptions right now, but it is pointless to work off them until I know I'm right about CL. @scib - You seem overly ready to let CL off the hook for his play that is not only bad, but implies knowledge that only scum would have. You want to focus on the people who aren't writing anything. I want to focus on the person I've caught being scummy. So unless CL has a damn good reason for his actions, I'm sticking with my vote. | ||
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I can't say with absolute certainty about everyone else, but I know that I would absolutely lynch someone who caused the double lynch of 2 townies AND did it with a last minute vote switch. I would tunnel such a person into the ground. And maybe this is me having taken the temperature of the town incorrectly, but I don't think I would be the only one by a long shot. Oh, and then there is this: On August 08 2012 03:34 Mordanis wrote: Which, on top of everything else, would easily be enough to bury Mord if he double lynched and missed scum.Personally, I haven't had too much time to think about when/how to use the double lynch mechanic, but I can say that in my experience it happens fairly often that neither candidate up for lynching D1 is scum, and going from 9 town 3 scum D1 to 6 town 3 scum D2 would be pretty brutal. In short, I am strongly against D1 multi-lynching unless something very convincing happens to change my mind. | ||
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This may not have been explicit in your defense, but it is there, and I came to agree. If I'm going to push CL all the way to the deadline, I need to make a case using his whole filter, not just one terrible misstep. As for a double lynch today, I'm against it. I agree that it would increase our chances of hitting scum. I just don't see us agreeing on 2 candidates and getting the votes organized in time. Double lynch is a great tool, but we are playing with fire. If we don't have a good handle on the votes a good while before the deadline it is just too big a risk. | ||
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On August 12 2012 12:47 sciberbia wrote: @DYH Have you thought any more about prplhz and CL? How likely do you think each of them is to be scum? Will you be leaving your vote on CL or are you open to switching? Yes, I am willing to switch to prplhz. I did not find as much supporting evidence in CL's filter as I was hoping to. HOWEVER, right now, I am demanding to know who CL actually is. I am seriously frustrated knowing that he is a vet but I can't look into his past games. Is it jcarlsoniv? is that what that whole thing that got edited out was about? Prplhz really hasn't done anything to ease my suspicions of him from day1, I just loathe backing off my own case in favor of someone else wagon. I still lean slightly scum on CL, but that is the beauty of a prplhz lynch. If prplhz flips town then I'll be pretty confident I'm right about CL, if he flips scum then we get even more information because of how much he was discussed day1 (and I'll know scib is probably right about CL's actions). Win-win for me. And don't yell at me for lynching for information slOosh. prplhz is plenty scummy in his own right. It is just an added benefit that I get extra information from a prplhz flip. ##Unvote ##Vote: prplhz | ||
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On August 12 2012 14:09 Keirathi wrote: Lol. Isn't that the whole point of playing on a smurf account to begin with? Either to 1) escape your meta so you can try different things, or 2) not have people biased against you just because of who you are.  That is the price you pay for being a vet, you gain skill and experience but you also build a meta. And it isn't like CL is playing some off the wall style or anything, why be afraid of his meta? | ||
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