Okay guys. Sorry for being late. I was at school when last I posted, so this time, I'll get right down to business.
Let's start with who's alive and what we're looking for:
11 Alive:
# Zathras
# JanusTwoface
# Toaster
# Jim Groovester
# webadict
# Ottofar
# Mysteriousbluepuppet
# Argembarger
# KaminaSquirtle
# Leafsnail
# Mish
Dead:
# SHAD0Wdump - Human Telepath
# Org - Human Medium
# Criptfeind - Human Medium
# Mr.Person - Human Agent
# Pandarsenic - Tough Doppelganger
There's 3 Dopps and at least one anti-Town alien. That's 4+/11, meaning we have to lynch scum today. If we mislynch, this leads to 3 town deaths, with the possibility of a Scientist kill, leaving us with 4+/7-8.
Our top priority is lynching the Exterminator. Eliminating him eliminates one night kill from each Night, with the possibility of a block or protect stopping the Doppelgangers.
Now, why didn't the Exterminator kill last Night? Exterminators are block-proof, so it was a protect that stopped him. And not simply a Guard, but a full-fledged Guardian, or the Alien never attacked...
But, I'll start on an entirely different topic. Mr.Person. I think I can show that he inspected me on the first Night. I realize it's not provable without a Medium, but I'm almost certain he inspected me.
One, he was after me the first Day. He always seems to have some sort of problem with me or I with him. However, at the start of the next Day, he wasn't pushing me anymore. Looking at his first post shows that he finds me suspicious, but less so than usually and goes on to comment about my overall play style.
Mr.Person, why were you and Zathras trying to get webadict lynched for stupid meta shit yesterday? And why were you focusing your lurker hunting efforts on webadict when there's a rogue's gallery of abhorrent lurkers this game who had even less excuse than webadict?
It was very out of character for Webadict to be lurking. Sure, he had an excuse, but the posts he did make were very passive and weak. Now you can make all the excuses you want, but the only reason I'm going to unvote for that is if he started acting different. Which he has, by the way, so no more Webadict vote for me. At least for now. Actually, ugh, I hate playing with Webadict. It's like trying to read a foreign language or solve a crazy hard logic problem. You know it's possible, but you just can't figure how.
I don't like how you've locked on to me and Janus. It's like an excuse to not contribute to the rest of the game.
I will keep voting scum until they die. Simple as that.
So you're absolutely, 100% sure that you have scum? Because otherwise you're tunneling something hard here and it's scummy.
Really now, tunneling became scummy? When did that happen? Last I checked, tunneling was a towny action to lynch a player he/she is sure is scum, or if you're ToonyMan, to put pressure on that player so you can figure out that player's alignment.
But alright, tell me this, JanusTwoface. If you were really, really sure that SHAD0Wdump is scum, why wouldn't you tunnel him until he dies?
Mr.Person: If you were a Military Scientist, which tech would you pick and why?
Assassin drone. I'd tell myself I'd wait until lylo and piss off the whole town by using it to replace our lylo lynch, but I'd chicken out and use it the night before if it's mylo.
If you wanted to know who I'd kill, probably Webadict. Not only do I have an inkling he's scum, I'd never be able to get him lynched. At least that's what I'd do now. Not very shocking since I need to get some different suspicions now.
He mentions needing to grab new suspicions, calling me out of character, but overall DROPPING THE ATTACK. I do not contend that this is proof of my being Town. But, it goes a long way towards refuting Zathras's argument against me.
Now, jumping to an overlook of today.
I see nothing against it in the rules, so here is the full conversation:
Hey Kamina, I plan to block you tonight, so you can confirm tomorrow that I am a warden as claimed (y'know, chains and all that). I don't want to do it to JTF, as I think he may be scum, or Jim as it would be too obvious.
If you have a power role that would be severely impacted by a block tonight, or if you are a PWV or have sentry guns, please let me know and I'll choose a different target.
PS: Please keep this to yourself until tomorrow. I would prefer people don't know who I will target until after the fact.
Ok, I'm not that powerful of a role anyway, so I'll go along with this. No funny business though. If you nk me and someone isn't blocked, then you will get lynched.
So long as you're really warden, you have nothing to fear.
Right, so we'll do this then. Also, for the record, I just remembered that it wouldn't matter if you were a PWV, since the psychic block happens remotely, so that's OK in any case. Again, please keep this to yourself until the morning.
Cheers,
~z
Like I said before: Zathras had no need to warn the victim of his roleblock about it. Doing so seems to only cover his own hide, as usually.
Zathras has displayed numerous self-preservation symptoms. He has purposefully delayed release of information so that he would not be a target (naturally making an enemy or suspicious person out of himself). He has willfully gone after only one person, with ennui towards all other lynches. And he has placed his own well-being above stopping scum.
He didn't tell anyone he was a Roleblocker so that he wouldn't be killed by the Doppelgangers.
No, I was unsure about claiming, since if I could get him lynched without claiming, I wouldn't have to paint me as a target for the scum to kill. So I voted him and badgered him to answer questions; when he didn't, and it was clear I wouldn't have the time to press him until he cracked, I decided to claim the block. It was still pretty damned early in the day, though, wasn't it? I was in my second or third post of the day.
He's putting his own life above the survival and winning of the Town. Also, he seems blissfully ignorant that the scum would clearly know that someone gunning for them would know who blocked them. You're not trying to help the Town. But, why? What has you so wound up that you must go after lurkers and safe your own skin?
How about you being an Operative or Exterminator? It only seems natural as you don't want the Doppelgangers killing you, but you DO want people to think you're town. Almost at the expense of Town resources. Now, here's what some people have missed. You had the means to lynch a scum, and you delayed in hopes that you wouldn't be a target of the dopps.
Now, I suppose that's less than acceptable for a Town, but then why did you ask Kamina to lower any guards? You were a roleblocker, no? Did you not think, "I can roleblock people and things that kill"? I think that would've been my first thought, with a quick question to Meph, who would state that you simply don't leave your house.
Ah, but... You can't leave your house, can you? What if a Reporter tracked you going to someone's house last Night? What if you took a Stun Orb with you as your Tech? I suppose nobody else has thoroughly inspected the rules? Stun Orbs can have two-uses for Medium Tech. Now, it seems like this is all making sense, right? You're the Exterminator, right? You don't have a Shield or anything to protect you, so you stayed at home, in case some Reporter wanted to see you leave, breaking into my house and killing me. Is that it?
It's funny because you learned that Psychic Wardens don't leave their house last Night. You think that you would have read your Night PM, where it states you sit at home and block someone. For someone who's being rather picky about everything I do, you've made more than enough mistakes to make you being an Exterminator more than likely.
And now that I'm done piecing things together, I'll move on.
You're up, Zathras. Let's hear what you did last night, because your head's on the chopping block unless you have a plausible explanation for why you decided to not follow the easy path to confirmation that was laid out for you or a plausible explanation of the night's events.
I'm curious as to how you jumped to conclusions so fast. Perhaps you have some kind of communication channel with obvscum JanusTwoFace, the other person who was suggested to be blocked?
Wouldn't this also imply that YOU know JanusTwoface hasn't been blocked, Leafsnail? In fact, why go after JanusTwoface at all? It'd make more sense to vote Jim Groovester, the one who's making accusations about Zathras not following the plan.
Webadict: I'm curious on your views of what's going on. Three questions in particular:
- What do you think of Leafsnail?
- Why do you think there were two kills N1 and one kill N2?
- In your experience with Jim Groovester, what's the craziest gambit you've seen him try?
Leafsnail is acting odd. I suppose up until now I haven't been giving this game as much attention as it deserves, but he seems to be doing the same thing as Zathras. He's choosing one target and tunneling. I'll take a better look at him after this, as I'm currently responding in a catch-up mode sort of fashion.
For the second question, I believe Zathras was afraid to go out. He thought he was being watched or something, so he simply didn't leave last Night, in order to keep up the Warden facade. The only other possibility is a Guardian.
And third, Jim Groovester played out being a Military Scientist as a Body Double as a Dopp. Soo... that's about it.
The rules do not specify whether or not the Exterminator is required to kill every night. Did the Exterminator just take a no-kill night? If so, how often can that happen?
Unless, the Exterminator DID get blocked, I suppose.
Hmm...
He could have. But I see no reason for him to have done so.
I think he was blocked. Anyone other than Zathras who blocked last night better claim.
And before anyone suggests I'm the exterminator because I was blocked, you better explain why I was so eager to post that PM, and why I went along with Zathras's plan, among other things.
One, Exterminators can't be blocked. Two, don't overexplain. Three, calm down. Four, don't tell people to claim.
Hmm. Zath's clearly not a dopp, and I tend to buy his warden claim. I have trouble seeing a Kamina/Zath exty-op combo, so I'll have to ponder Kamina's case. In the mean time...
Ottofar:
Well.
I guess Pandar might be a dopp. Not too sure.
Zathras, as stated, is probably an alien.
I'm gonna go sleep.
This post demands explanation.
While you're explaining it, please tell me if this explanation makes sense to you: You're an Alien Survivor who used Pandar's obvscumminess as an opportunity to come out to the scum team so you can help them win at LYLO.
Mish hasn't posted since the 19th, and probably needs to be replaced.
MBP has no such excuse. You're willfully ignoring this thread since you were just on the forum. Get in here or die.
This continues why I believe you to be a Doppelganger. It's these subtle phrases you throw in. It unnerves me. Something about you just reeks of scum.
I believe you didn't say anything about me, either, while you were pointing out people that weren't here. Why is this?
And now we can come back to Zathras again:
Thank you Kamina for posting that; I'm glad we can move on.
Webadict:
You are still at the top of my list. Your game has done nothing to help town; your posts have been devoid of content or hunting, except for attacking the one person who was attacking you; your attitude yesterday was suspicious; and your activity minimal, posting only often enough to not be accused of lurking, and yet doing next to nothing in those posts. I am pretty sure you are scum.
Janus & Jim:
I don't buy that either of you is town. Jim, your eagerness to jump on my case as the day started is scummy, and revealed suspicious knowledge: how did you know I didn't block Janus? Yes, I read your explanation, and I don't buy it. It seems you have other means of communication, and we know what that means.
Janus, your killing of Org was suspicious, as I said, plus your request to be blocked; your "missing" the point of Jim's first message of the day adds to this. I am not sure you are scum, but you are high on my list of possibilities.
More substance on both of these will come later in the game day, I'm busy now.
Mish & MBP:
MOD: I strongly request a forced replace or modkill for these two. People lurking for a couple of days is a challenge that the town must spot and stop. People not posting in a fucking week is something the Mod should remedy.
But we can make it easier for you: replacements are hard to come by, and someone replacing MBP would face 600 posts and the town's animosity; since he's posting elsewhere, his lurking is the activity of scum, and should just hang for it instead of going through the replacement pains. I will support a lynch of MysteriousBluePuppet if people decide to go for it. I think Web is scummier, but MBP's absence hurts the game more. Hanging either of these scumbags is OK with me.
Even if he comes back now, it is too late for him. I would go as far as to suggest people here who host their own games to remember his attitude this game and prevent him from joining games in the future. If only we had some sort of a thread to help mods keep track of people's attendance... but we don't seem to want that either.
Of course you'll go after me again. When haven't you? I really don't have time for your crap. I can tell you're not committed to your arguments, because you even go on to say that I should be lynched, but you'll gladly lynch someone else. Is there anything else you'd like to say over and over again about me? Perhaps that I'm scum? I think maybe it'll allow you to get away with keeping yourself out of harm's way.
But, then again, your evidence has got me so flustered that I don't know what to do with myself.
Meph: Requesting prod on Webadict and Ottofar as well- neither have posted since day start.
Whoa, kid. Don't you celebrate Thanksgiving?
Janus, your killing of Org was suspicious, as I said, plus your request to be blocked; your "missing" the point of Jim's first message of the day adds to this. I am not sure you are scum, but you are high on my list of possibilities.
I didn't miss the point of his first post of the day, I missed the first post of the page here. It wasn't until later that he actually explained that he was assuming that you had gone off on your own because there was no Exterminator kill. So really you're going after me for the Org thing and ... what else? Nothing really.
Yeah... I don't have much more than that on you, that's why I'm not voting you. You seem scummy to me, but I can't quite put my finger on it. I'll be watching you closely, though.
I still don't get the bit why you wouldn't actually want to block me if you thought I was scum. It's not like you have a physical role that would set off a PWV (if I were lying, but that would mean someone else killed Org and hasn't claimed it...).
As my note to Kamina made embarrassingly clear, the non-physicality of the thing was not immediately obvious to me until I reread my role PM in preparation of sending the night action. This is my first paranormal, so it being a remote action was not clear on my mind. Yes, I was worried you were setting me up to be killed by sentry guns or somesuch, but this was a baseless worry.
I will support a lynch of MysteriousBluePuppet if people decide to go for it. I think Web is scummier, but MBP's absence hurts the game more. Hanging either of these scumbags is OK with me.
If you want him lynched, vote for him. Hanging back until you see a consensus is scummy, even in a case like this.
They should both be hanged, but for different reasons. Web is the scummiest, so I'm voting him as that's how one plays the game -- lynch the scummiest. MBP hanging, on the other hand, is more of a meta-game argument: his absence hurts the game, and his replacement would give a scummy player an unwarranted clean slate; the game would proceed better if he hangs. He is certainly scummy enough to deserve to hang. But I only have one vote, so I'm telling people that if we wish to pursue a meta-gaming lynch for the benefit of all players, I'll support it. It's better than having two inactive players murking the waters; it interferes with all our abilities to successfully scumhunt or narrow possibilities down. The game would be better with him gone, so if I can help make it so, I will.
Either that or you really think that you have the entire Dopp team + the Exterminator nailed down (pro tip: in any game, if you think this you're either scum or wrong 95% of the time)
I certainly don't think I have all the scum nailed down. In fact, I went as far as saying "I'm not sure you're scum", didn't I? Saying that I did, in the face of that statement in the post you were replying to, seems like a wilful misreading and misrepresentation of the statement, doesn't it? Also known as a "lie"...
Even if he comes back now, it is too late for him. I would go as far as to suggest people here who host their own games to remember his attitude this game and prevent him from joining games in the future. If only we had some sort of a thread to help mods keep track of people's attendance... but we don't seem to want that either.
Not really going to help this game... But it's something to consider.
It is, isn't it? Offtopic question: why did you never submit Sorcerer's I results to the new attendance tracking thread?
When you say things like this:
No, I'll decide what to do later, and we'll see where that leaves us tomorrow, but I'll only dance this dance once. The purpose of the power is not to dick about with it where it does no good, it's to prevent kills as it did last night. If you guys wish to lynch me for it, then go ahead, we'll discuss that when the time comes.
I assume you are not going to follow along with the plan.
But no, you are right. The only plausible explanation for why I came out voting for you today is because I read about it in scumchat, instead of the astronomically improbable explanation that when you defiantly stated you were not going to follow the plan I believed you.
To put it bluntly, Zathras, why are you being retarded? You don't have to believe what I say, but you do need to think it through. Why is it so improbable that I believed you when you were being a defiant fucker about being confirmed?
Nevermind, I see now that you were indeed too retarded to read my post in context, and merely went mad with rage at the thought that people weren't submitting to your will and following your commands. It wasn't scumchat, it was brain damage.
To make it clear for you: I don't take orders from you, boy. I will play how I choose, and your barking like a mad chihuahua has no bearing on my decision making process. I decided it was a good idea to waste my action one night if it would help assuage doubts, but once is enough. The blocking will be henceforth used how I decide is best, with the intent of preventing another kill and nailing more scum. Suggestions are welcome; orders can be shoved up the issuer's ass.
I think it laughable that people were actually thinking following Pandar's advice was good for town. Yeah, no ulterior motives there....
Webadict: please grace us with your presence. Questions for you: what is your read of JTF, Toaster and Arembarger? Would you support a lynch of MBP? Do you buy my warden claim now? Who do you think performed the Dopp kill last night? Do you have speculations on the lack of an exterminator kill? Who are the scummiest on your list at the moment? What have you done in favour of town in the entire game?
Another 'blah blah blah vote wuba' post from Zathras. Let's see his questions:
JanusTwoface? Probably Town.
Toaster? Scum.
Argembarger? Probably Town.
Lynch MBP? When you're the Exterminator? I laugh. I like how you phrase the next question too. "Do you buy my warden claim?" Seriously? What is this? Hey, Zathras, do you buy that I'm King now? Can you at least phrase it in the way so you're trying not to look like scum?
I don't know who performed the Dopp kill last Night. That sounds borderline rolefishing. Besides, if I had role information, I wouldn't be a pansy and try and cover it up.
Speculations on no Exterminator kill: You no killed. Possible Guardian. Also - and I only just thought of this one - Mish not being here.
Scummiest: Toaster, you, Leafsnail, Ottofar, Mish.
In favor of the town? Well, being Town usually is pro-Town in general... but I can't say that there's all too much I've done for the town. I'd say I was far too busy so far. But, how does this make me scum in your eyes? I'd say if you really wanted to make a case against me, you would've. Instead, you're simply repeating "Web is scum," and that's it. You don't want people to lynch me, but you don't want to seem inactive. It's a win-win for you, right?
Kamina: Your line of attack is too heavy in WIFOM for my tastes. The blanket answer to "Why would I do this as scum" is "So you could say you wouldn't do that as scum." You wouldn't want to force a mislynch on Zath as that would almost certainly turn in to a lynch of you the next day. You could help cement his claim today (giving you town cred) and then kill him off tonight.
Argembarger: The traditional uses of a scum assassin bot is to use it right at LYLO to turn it into a scum win- the town usually uses it early before they get killed. It's not a vindication of his alignment, but it does knock him down on the suspicion list a bit, at least.
For someone concerned about WIFOM, you pack it into this post.
The Assassin Bot is no longer as powerful as it was. It isn't a lylo breaker anymore. It is instead an extra kill now, because it's safer to use before you die. Why you're trying to protect Janus is odd, especially considering he can protect himself. You're implying he's town because scum would save it, which is WIFOM.
one question for Zathras: If you wanted to stop scums, why did you bother to tell Kamina that you were blocking him? That's stupid! That means if Kamina is scum, you've turned a 33% chance of blocking scum into 0%. Are you really trying to block scum, or just cover your own hide?
Now it seems you're not even paying attention. This is what I said in the post to which you reply:
I decided it was a good idea to waste my action one night if it would help assuage doubts, but once is enough. The blocking will be henceforth used how I decide is best, with the intent of preventing another kill and nailing more scum.
I know you are smart enough to know better, and engaged enough to remember the whole "is he or isn't he, should he be confirmed" conversation yesterday, so I have no choice but to see this as a wilful misreading of the situation, hoping to steer the conversation away from you. Well, at least you are back. Please don't forget to answer my multiple questions.
People, what are your views on Web as scum now? Why is he getting a free pass? Once again, he has posted, but done nothing at all to hunt or to favour town, except for attacking those who were attacking him. So far it has only been me and Mr. Person... funny how he turned out dead this morning.
Willful misreading? YOU TOLD HIM YOU WERE BLOCKING HIM AND ASKED HIM TO LOWER ANYTHING PROTECTING HIM! If that isn't self-preservation, I don't know what is. You're obviously caring that people think you're a Psychic Warden, but you're not okay with working with the Town. You're obviously trying to keep yourself alive or you wouldn't've tried to hide your role when you had almost PROVEN PANDAR SCUM or asked someone if it's okay to block them, in case they have something that kills you.
I don't know if you suddenly dropped a couple thousand IQ since the last time you played mafia, but you seem to have some rather bizarre ideas of what's acceptable for a Town to do. Is hiding information that could lynch a scum a good idea? If it keeps you alive! Screw the team, go for the solo win? Screw off. If you're Town, you should be banned from games. You think you're some sort of Mafia King, but what you do harms the Town more than it helps it. So suck a crate full of lemons.
Since when have I been given a free pass? WHAT FREE PASS? Why would I kill Mr.Person? HE STOPPED GOING AFTER ME AT THE BEGINNING OF DAY 2! If anything, his death hurts me... well, it would have more if he wasn't an Agent. WHERE ARE YOU GETTING YOUR EVIDENCE?! There's no quotes, and it's certainly a misrepresentation of facts right there. I only thought of the opposite when Mr.Person died. Using Mr.Person makes your point basically MOOT! If he was suspicious of me, then who would he have inspected, you nimrod? See, unlike you, I'm pretty sure Mr.Person would've said, "Webadict is scum!" in the first post.
Granted, I'm assuming a lot of things. But, I'm just showing how bad your evidence is. By the way, if you end up dead tonight, I'm scum.
Ooooooh!Go cry in the corner.
Now, I have to decide whether or not to lynch Mish. If he turns out to be the Exterminator, then you're just really bad at the game, wasting the Town's resources going after me, keeping yourself alive, and warning people that you're blocking them.
And,
Extension.