In any case, since shibdib has rejoined and has to catch up, and the gambit (that NEVER WAS) is no loner in place, I withdraw my shorten request, though my vote remains on breadbocks for being too scummy and dumb to live.
You see, I have a problem with this: what is the logic in preventing a player from commenting at all with a day shorten? Is it to motivate him to show up?
"Oh, now that he's here- we don't need to hurry up and make sure he doesn't get to say anything".
Why shorten the day to try and punish a lurker? What is the point?
The shorten request had nothing to do with shibdib or the lurking. As I mentioned earlier, it was for breadbox, specifically at the beginning, when there were already enough votes to hammer him, and it was clear he should go down -- shorten so we can move on and can get back to the game. I make this position clear at least twice:
If that's true, why mention Shibdib at all? I may be harping on the smallest of points, but I don't like the inconsistency.
There is no inconsistency. As I said, he's back, needs the time, and is a factor in my decision to withdraw. You imply that he was a factor in my decision to request it, but nowhere I say that. I requested it for breadbox, I withdraw it for shibdib. No inconsistency.
On other things, what do you think about Spartan? Do you have opinions on the surprisingly quiet USEC?
I just feel it was odd to add shibdip as a qualifier to that statement, as you were in the process of mentioning how useless lurkers are, and how he should be lynched on principal (it's common to lynch lurkers as a rule, I believe you said).
If you were scum, and trying to lead a lynch against a inactive player as opposed to hosting a real second day scum hunt, I would say ending the day early and lynching someone who has yet to add a thought is a Grade A strategy.
Spartan: As I mentioned, I am in his BYOR mafia. He was catching a lot of shit over that a-ways for scum tells form a lot of very experienced players. I don't like his lurking, which it after all is, as he has been on and active in other mafia games. He's about as new as I am, and I think that makes him jumping about getting lynched.
Rule him out as scum? Hell no. He has yet to share any "scum tells", except in reaction to your prods.
USEC and Scatterbrain are a bit beyond me at the moment, I need to devote some time to just reading their posts. eclipsetail has also been a little under my radar, but his vote for you seems like bandwagon to me.
Breadbocks has frankly disappointed me: I was hoping for a something more than just "he's out to get me", which is just weak; doesn't mean it's untrue, just means it's weak.
Zako:
TheBroodyMoods:
I don't know who would get NK'd tonight. I'm going with my guts and I think you would get shanked tonight. As for scum: Zathras is scum. Eclipsetail looks a bit scummy, as well as Spartan.
I see that you also caught onto the backflip Zathras did.
I've got two predictions for that outcome so far, and I'm totally willing to take the risk:
You're doing a lot of standing up for breadbocks, but he hasn't done a whole lot of that himself. I am not ready to change my vote, just yet, but if he can't stand up for himself why keep trying to save him? At this rate he'll likely end up lynched day 2.
Breadbocks, come in here and prove me wrong- start over turning some of these bandwagons or you're going to end up in the noose again.
Alright, I'm calling it a night.