Assist phase done. Back to business.
JetSquirrel - Have you never read through any games Vector played? I find it hard to believe that you're only now figuring this out.
Since i admit i suck in mafia games now (played 2 games Begginer magia 1 and wizard duel 1) i cannot make proper decisions and badnwagoning people gets you in trouble most of the time. so i voted for her? to look how she and other people would react towards me. and thats all i can think off
Covering excuses for poor play amidst your reaction to her gender could be interpreted as a primer intended to cause us to subconciously forgive your mistakes ahead of time. Why shouldn't I interpret it that way?
How the hell do i know which mafia games vector played in and for the gender thing look down
so i voted for her?
Why the question mark? It's a statement of fact. Why would you be questioning your own actions? Are you afraid you attacked the wrong person, since Jim called you out on it?
because then i was confused and didn't know that Vector was a girl and Jim typed SHE so i thought that was a grammar error, so i couldnt say for sure that she was a she or a he.
Missed this answer when I went back and noticed that the assist phase had started. Both are acceptable, though the editing is poor form.
ehhh.. il try to get some reasoning behind it
So you didn't have any reasoning behind it when you actually did it? Or was your reasoning then that both were townies and it didn't matter which one died, scum?
JetsquirrelSolifuge and Ottofar - Why shouldn't we pit our two most likely lurky players together in the first round for a nice, cathartic duel to the death?
Toaster - We were the only two players to resort to hex, and we both picked the exact same color. Imagine the odds.
I shall make mine a bit darker. Keep your "Garnet".
Unvote Ottofar
Solifuge - Pics of your kitten or you get to risk your life in the arena. I love kitties. :-P
JetSquirrel - Have you never read through any games Vector played? I find it hard to believe that you're only now figuring this out.
Since i admit i suck in mafia games now (played 2 games Begginer magia 1 and wizard duel 1) i cannot make proper decisions and badnwagoning people gets you in trouble most of the time. so i voted for her? to look how she and other people would react towards me. and thats all i can think off
Covering excuses for poor play amidst your reaction to her gender could be interpreted as a primer intended to cause us to subconciously forgive your mistakes ahead of time. Why shouldn't I interpret it that way?
so i voted for her?
Why the question mark? It's a statement of fact. Why would you be questioning your own actions? Are you afraid you attacked the wrong person, since Jim called you out on it?
These are your only two posts of Day 1. In the first, you RV Solifuge and Ottofar with a question. Ottofar never answers you, and yet you drop your vote on him. Wanting to use your vote elsewhere is fine, but you completely drop your question to Ottofar. If you don't care about following up, it tells the world that you don't really care about your question. Therefore, either your scumhunting has no teeth or you already know his alignment (ergo you are scum.)
I see RVS mostly as filler to get people to start dropping tells. If I see someone doing so, and no one's called them out for it, I see nothing wrong with dropping my RVS question in order to focus on pursuing them.
Assist Org with a defensive earthen barrier.
Neither Org nor Solifuge is striking me as scummy, and I see more value in this first battle in watching where the assists fall and in what order, and analyzing them afterwards. I choose to go along with Org's claim mainly out of curiosity.
This just bugs me. If you don't think of either one as scum, why work to condemn one? You aren't required to assist. (See note later)
I don't think anyone is scum at this point, and both Solifuge and Org have a tendency to not be useful.
I'm not allowed to assist someone as a personal experiment to see what information can be gleaned from the game mechanics, if any, about their alignment and their claim? Somebody was going to die. I didn't care which one. Org had more info to test against.
I'll pick my attack on Jetsquirrel back up when the next vote stage starts, assuming no one else (looking at you, Vector) does anything suspicious during assists.
Lonewolf I, why not pick up your attack on Jetsquirrel now? There's no gap in discussion, and since you're not waiting to see what the results of the duel are going to be there's no reason to wait until the next Vote Phase to start.
Well, I was going to wait because I felt that scumhunting in the assist phase should focus on those going into the battle and anyone who makes controversial assists. If Jetsquirrel does not provide an excellent reason for not assisting, however, he will enter the latter category and come back up to the top of my priorities.
Lazy. Unsubstantiated attack on Vector. Unwillingness to commit.
Most of the time when I get accused of lazy attacks, it's because all of my suspicions have already been addressed by others, and I have nothing to add. What you perceive as a lack of commitment in me is what I perceive as lack of bandwagoning in others. I don't vote if I have nothing to add to an attack, unless I believe that they are confirmed scum (or town in this case, since assist votes are helpful).
If you want to twist what I just said around and say that I voted Org without having something to add, please go back and look at my second answer to this post. I did have something to add, but it was related to his claim, rather than his alignment.
Is it necessary for the doc to protect? For the cop to inspect?
Your assist is a tool to hunt scum, to defend those you don't believe are scum, or simply to test the waters in an effort to find someone's affinity. Not using it is usually, if not always, a waste of potential data.
Now quit stalling for time and give a complete explanation of your reasoning behind this action. A gut feeling, or lack of one, isn't going to cut it.
Now you're just looking for excuses. I find it ironic that you would accuse someone of stalling here when you admitted not long before you were waiting for events to unfold (AKA let others do scumhunting for you).
Get your battle wand out, scum.
And events unfolded, I called him out on his not assisting and he has yet to provide an adequate explanation. Hence my vote on him, and the outstanding request for an explanation.
Now, I said I wanted to save assist analysis for after the dust cleared. Let's analyze!
Assist Solifuge with Fire.
Vector jumps the gun on assisting, then withdraws.
Assist Org with Water Healing
Jim responds with an opposing assist, apparently out of anger.
Assist Org with Water Healing.
Jokerman copypastes Jim. Stacking heals. Jim and Org both flipped town. Buddying?
Assist Solifuge's speed with Wind.
Vector sticks to her guns.
Assist Org with a defensive earthen barrier.
I assist Org FOR SCIENCE!!!
Assist Solifuge's defence with earth.
Leafsnail jumps in, directly opposing me.
Assist Solifuge's Defense with Earth.
Otto mimics Leafsnail
No assist is this also good?
Jetsquirrel declines to assist without reasoning. First thing that struck me as legitimately suspicious at the time.
No assist.
Toaster declines assistance, with adequate reasoning.
Assist Solifuge's Defense with Earth
Yet another copy from Leaf and Otto. Seems to also be for science. Maybe.
I will Assist Org's healing with water.
Appears to be voting to keep the battlefield level, on a gut feeling that Org is town.
Jokerman's already been asked about his copy-pasting Jim, so:
Ottofar,
Janus - Exactly why did you stack buffs with Leafsnail?