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Re: Beginner's Mafia XVII - Day Two: A picture of Death
« Reply #435 on: November 04, 2010, 06:58:44 pm »

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However scum may use it as a strategy

If that's true (which it probably is), how are we to know that you're not using that strategy yourself to defend yourself? By putting yourself in the spotlight and bringing in all of the attention, you're doing something that someone wouldn't expect from scum, making it less likely for them to vote to kill you. It seems like a legitimate tactic for a scum to use, but it's difficult to tell whether you're clever scum that's going against the expected (not voting for Jet to clear your name and bringing attention to yourself) or whether you're just a townie doing your thing.
Well, you don't know for sure, do you?  That's the fun of mafia!  I put myself in the spotlight because I'm confident I can defend myself.
All I was doing is scumhunting.  That's all.  There's really nothing more I can say here, if I defend more we're into pure WIFOM, and well, we all know that leads.
(Protip: It doesn't lead anywhere.)
You can trust me or not.  It's your call.  But I'm gonna keep pushing.  I intend to confirm or deny my theory!
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Re: Beginner's Mafia XVII - Day Two: A picture of Death
« Reply #436 on: November 04, 2010, 07:07:18 pm »

And there's really nothing more I can say against you at the moment. In the hopes to avoid WIFOM, I'll be holding my tongue. Just know that I'll bring this up again once I've made some more observations and have solid evidence.
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Re: Beginner's Mafia XVII - Day Two: A picture of Death
« Reply #437 on: November 04, 2010, 07:28:24 pm »

 
By the way, which question did I not answer, Flintus?
I somehow lost track.

Just remember, that I don't like repeating myself.

My point was I wasn't satisfied with the answers to why you thought Offofar was town. You answer was bascially "Because he didn't play wel.l" But either way we can drop this for now as we have more important things to worry about.

And while I agree that if the pairing of Murphy and Jet is the scum then Murphy will be more dangerous but Jet's constant lieing and changing his mind in addition to his "You fools will all see" defence have left me certain that he his the scum while Murphy I am still not 100% sure about. Though Kamina's case looks relatively solid.
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Re: Beginner's Mafia XVII - Day Two: A picture of Death
« Reply #438 on: November 04, 2010, 07:42:38 pm »

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Since I stupidly said the moment day 2 began that a 'cop with a guilty would be handy right about now'

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I didn't realize this might encourage scum to think I was the cop trying to take control of the group

Unless I misunderstood what he was saying, it was at the beginning of day two.
Forgot to respond to this part.  Why did you think asking for a 'cop with a guilty' implied you were a cop, Azure?  I'm genuinely curious.  When I was dead, the vibe I was getting was another trap, to get scum to claim they were cop.  But I guess now that wasn't the case.  Ah well, no one took the bait anyway.
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Re: Beginner's Mafia XVII - Day Two: A picture of Death
« Reply #439 on: November 04, 2010, 08:29:21 pm »

Spoiler: HEY JET (click to show/hide)
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Re: Beginner's Mafia XVII - Day Two: A picture of Death
« Reply #440 on: November 04, 2010, 08:48:20 pm »

While I was dead, every time Azure posted I cheered a little.

Why so intent on lynching one of our best scumhunters, hmmmmm?

Aww. :-[ Thanks, bro. <3

Also: Azure, you do realize this makes you a prime target for scum, right?  And makes you look a scummier?  Surely you do.  What exactly do you expect to gain from claiming your role?  I'm curious as to your reasoning.

Several reasons. For one, there was nothing else to do with it but make a claim with it. :(

I couldn't save people because of the scum roleblocker who most likely targetted me because I acted very confident and aggressive during day 1, (like a cop would, in hindsight) and because I openly mentioned at the start of day 2 that a cop with a guilty would be pretty handy, which sounded like something a cop would say if he'd been roleblocked and was pissy about it (in hindsight). So... yeah; like I said, it was an impotent role that couldn't work its intended function any longer. The only thing left for it was to out it - along with what I'd tried to do, my motivations, what had happened as a result and my future plans for the role. It's only information now, but any and all information is useful to town.

Secondly, to gauge reactions.

Not really for myself - I'm already quite set on a Murphy/Jet lynch for now - but for the town in general. For instance; Murphy's first move upon hearing it was to try foisting suspicion on me for making the claim, whereas it appears to have been enough to convince Mind to settle on a Jet lynch instead of me, at least for the time being. Jet simply spazzed out, but that's all he ever really does. Native seems also to suspect me for it, but sayin' as I doubt he's read up on the game yet, I'm not gonna slam him for it. He also seems kind of new and for some reason thinks I'm making a cop claim. ??? Flintus hasn't made his opinion clear yet, but he likely will soon enough. More information for the town, right there. All it took was a claim.

Thirdly... well, it would be inconvienent if the scum knew about this one, so I'm gonna keep it a secret. I rather hope it works, though; as far as I can see, this is well in the town's best interest in case things go south with the lynch.

It's not like I wanted to do that.
I'd have let it go a long time ago, if people would have bothered to spend a single post contemplating on what went wrong.
It just looks like everything I posted on day 1, was a total waste of time and effort this way.

Think about how I felt; I was so damn sure Otto was scum, but everything I thought I had on him was for nothing. I'd made myself look like a scummy tard to everyone, and was left alive to encourage it. I had nothing but a heavy scumtell hanging over my head from the start of day 2. But think about it; if I'd kept referring back to how much I'd fucked up day 1, how would that have helped matters day 2? I simply would have looked vulnerable, weak, and self-pitying - something scum or suspicious town could've easily twisted into a lynch on me. Although I have no problems with getting killed, I do have a problem with convincing the town to waste a lynch on me. I wanted to find the scum today, not keep telling myself I was a moron over and over.

We probably both do that.
However I'm not here to be nice and to go a long way round, just to avoid annoying someone.
Being reserved, quiet and minding ones own business, won't save anyone.
You have to be in ones face, if you wan't to get results.
That's one thing Ottofar was right about.

Oh, no no no; I wasn't talking about your rudeness. On the contrary, I thought you were a fairly fun foil. I was talking about how you were tunnelling me over my fuck up with Otto, trying to tell me over and over that he looked like town but with no evidence that could convince me or anyone else.

Could you elaborate that?
I'm not quite sure what you are trying to say.

Hrm. Phrased that badly.

I was referring to the fact that you decided to pressure Jet only a little and continued to focus on me, even while he was claiming he knew Otto was town and having some kind of existential fit every time Elegy's name was dropped.


Do you seriously believe Jet, as a normal townie, also knew Otto was town, Mindmaker?

Not even for a second.
However, I'll get around to that later.

Oh. Uhh... ignore the first part of my previous point, then.


No, just think about it first, before you start pointing with fingers.

I had. I'd gone through the game in a separate tab, checking all the posts Kamina declared were scumtells on Murphy's part. Jet, I already figured was scum.

Gee, thanks.
So now I'm supposed to close my eyes and pretend I'm not seeing any inconsistencies, just because you're doing me a favor in lowering me in your list of suspects?

...huh? The fuck you talking about? You think I'm trying to do you a favour? Sorry to burst your bubble, mate, but it ain't all about you.

Also, what inconsistencies? The only one you've pointed out was me talking Kamina's side after apparently convincing you I only used any scumtells I found. I've addressed that. What more do ya got?


Huh.
To be honest I haven't been really taking roles into account in all my theories.

Is it even allowed to reveal your role (or fake it)?
Let's assume it is.

Yeah, I can claim a role, but if I posted the PM Toaster sent me - no matter what it contained - I'd be modkilled for cheating. Frankly speaking, we can all claim whatever the hell we want; so long as we don't use any proof that's been issued in a PM, it's all good.

IRL and online are two complete different things.
This doesn't have to mean anything.

Perhaps. I have no idea; never played Mafia with the cards.

Azure, revealing your "role", imo, is a stupid move. You could go with the "they thought I was a cop and would just RB me again" argument for your actions, and that's plausible enough. But the primary thing causing my suspicion is the fact that you went from hinting that you were a cop to outright claiming that you're a doctor. It's like you want to assure everyone that you're a townie and should be kept safe, but you've already led us wrong about your role once and the defense of being RBed continuously doesn't seem like a strong defense against that in my opinion, it actually seems kind of scummy.

...huh? I wasn't hinting I was a cop. =/ I said the scum probably thought I was a cop because I not only appeared to be trying to dominate the town night 1, but I also (very stupidly) said a cop with a guilty would be useful (which, if WIFOM'd up, could have convinced scum I was cop - especially since they'd roleblocked me in the night and would be on the lookout for my reaction) in my first night 2 post.

After I realized this, I knew the role was dead, so I figured I'd squeeze what use out of it as I could instead of continuing to pretend being vanilla town.

There's no real way to know whether or not you were RBed, so in my opinion, you're probably scum and trying to hide that by claiming you were RBed.

Think about it this way, then; if I hadn't claimed doc, what would you have otherwise called me out on? If you had nothing else to bring to the table, then what would be the point in me trying to claim doc if it would only make you suspect me? I may have made some stupid mistakes this game, but it doesn't mean I'm Jet.

Forgot to respond to this part.  Why did you think asking for a 'cop with a guilty' implied you were a cop, Azure?  I'm genuinely curious.  When I was dead, the vibe I was getting was another trap, to get scum to claim they were cop.  But I guess now that wasn't the case.  Ah well, no one took the bait anyway.

At the time, I'd lost my nerve and gotten depressed over lynching Otto. I was also annoyed that the maf had roleblocked me on the first night, so I acted like impudent child and complained about it, without giving any specifics in the post. However, assuming the roleblocker was paying attention, (which he must have been doing - otherwise there was no point in choosing me) I've theorized he'd presumed I had reacted to his block by trying to WIFOM myself away from it and, as a result, could hazard a guess at me being the cop but could be almost certain I was a power role. Or, at least, that's how I'd look at it, we're it someone else in my shoes.

I gotta stop doing long-ass posts. -_- It's, like, half 1 in the morning and I have a class at 9 that I can't miss.

Spoiler: HEY JET (click to show/hide)

Heh. XD I can't be the only person who finds the text under his avi ironic. I just can't be.
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Re: Beginner's Mafia XVII - Day Two: A picture of Death
« Reply #441 on: November 04, 2010, 09:44:55 pm »

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Several reasons. For one, there was nothing else to do with it but make a claim with it. :(

I couldn't save people because of the scum roleblocker who most likely targetted me because I acted very confident and aggressive during day 1, (like a cop would, in hindsight) and because I openly mentioned at the start of day 2 that a cop with a guilty would be pretty handy, which sounded like something a cop would say if he'd been roleblocked and was pissy about it (in hindsight). So... yeah; like I said, it was an impotent role that couldn't work its intended function any longer. The only thing left for it was to out it - along with what I'd tried to do, my motivations, what had happened as a result and my future plans for the role. It's only information now, but any and all information is useful to town.

Secondly, to gauge reactions.

Not really for myself - I'm already quite set on a Murphy/Jet lynch for now - but for the town in general. For instance; Murphy's first move upon hearing it was to try foisting suspicion on me for making the claim, whereas it appears to have been enough to convince Mind to settle on a Jet lynch instead of me, at least for the time being. Jet simply spazzed out, but that's all he ever really does. Native seems also to suspect me for it, but sayin' as I doubt he's read up on the game yet, I'm not gonna slam him for it. He also seems kind of new and for some reason thinks I'm making a cop claim. ??? Flintus hasn't made his opinion clear yet, but he likely will soon enough. More information for the town, right there. All it took was a claim.

Thirdly... well, it would be inconvienent if the scum knew about this one, so I'm gonna keep it a secret. I rather hope it works, though; as far as I can see, this is well in the town's best interest in case things go south with the lynch.
That cleared it up, thanks.
Masterful.  You're damn good at inciting reactions from people to determine their alignment.  Secret, eh?  Cool with me, as long as it's in the best interests of town.  Better be good.  I expect nothing less from you. ;)
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At the time, I'd lost my nerve and gotten depressed over lynching Otto. I was also annoyed that the maf had roleblocked me on the first night, so I acted like impudent child and complained about it, without giving any specifics in the post. However, assuming the roleblocker was paying attention, (which he must have been doing - otherwise there was no point in choosing me) I've theorized he'd presumed I had reacted to his block by trying to WIFOM myself away from it and, as a result, could hazard a guess at me being the cop but could be almost certain I was a power role. Or, at least, that's how I'd look at it, we're it someone else in my shoes.
Then I would have to guess Murphy would be roleblocker.  I couldn't see Jet thinking up something like that.  He'd just be like 'HURPDURP IM IN YUR MAFA BLOKIN YOR ROLS'.  Another reason we should kill Murphy first, to free up Azure's doc role.  That would help a lot.

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I gotta stop doing long-ass posts. -_- It's, like, half 1 in the morning and I have a class at 9 that I can't miss.
I do the same thing.  I just keep getting ideas about the game, and I have this 'just one more refresh, and someone will have posted something now' thing going on.
It is only 9:43, but I have an 8:00 physics midterm this morning!  I should be studying damnit, not making pictures mocking Jet!
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Heh. XD I can't be the only person who finds the text under his avi ironic. I just can't be.
Nope, I do too.  HOW WILL YOU WIN, JET?  TELL ME BUDDY!!!
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Re: Beginner's Mafia XVII - Day Two: A picture of Death
« Reply #442 on: November 04, 2010, 11:34:59 pm »

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Great way to show you're stupid, it should be obvious that you're just trying to play dumb now.
The fact that I overlooked some stupid rule does not make me stupid.

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And you call that a good case?  What about Azure being the only thing that kept you guys on topic during my absence?  Why wouldn't scum just let you guys be stupid together?  While I was dead, every time Azure posted I cheered a little.  If Azure is scum, he's ridiculously good at it.  Not good enough
First of all, being smart (and looking smart) doesn't make you any more or less likely to be scum.
Second, dropping hints about having a power role and claiming doc - for a townie these would be mistakes, and how can you be sure these weren't done intentionally by mafia-Azure, to look like a valuable townsperson?
Third, he's not that errorproof. See day 1.

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You listed jet as #1, which I can agree with, that is of you town.  But you're just going with your last plan, as you would immediately be called out as scum if you changed it.  I don't see how Azure is anywhere near #2, for reasons mentioned above.  Why so intent on lynching one of our best scumhunters, hmmmmm?  Of course you want me hanging, but don't want to be too obvious about it, so you put me under your other two targets.  And nothing from Mindmaker?  While I don't think he's scum, he would be my next choice after you and Jet.
Did you overlook my following post?
I later realized that Azure and Jet can't be mafia at the same time. And since I'm almost sure about Jet... go figure:
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As I've said, a plausible scenario is that scum-Azure's gambit wasn't a gambit initially, but a genuine attack, which he later dropped and then claimed it to be a trap in which Ottofar has fallen
Wait.
I suddenly realized that this couldn't be a genuine attack. A scum can't attack another scum genuinely.
It means that my "Azure=scum" scenario is wrong.
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Re: Beginner's Mafia XVII - Day Two: A picture of Death [One replacement needed!]
« Reply #443 on: November 05, 2010, 08:03:28 am »

Vote Count:

NativeForeigner: {0}
Flintus10: {0}
Mindmaker: {0}
Jetsquirrel: {3} Murphy, Mindmaker, Flintus10
KaminaSquirtle: {0}
Azure Sepulchre: {0}
Murphy: {2} KaminaSquirtle, Azure Sepulchre

Not Voting: NativeForeigner, Jetsquirrel

Day 2 ends Friday 11/5 11 PM EST

Day ends in about 14 hours from this post.

Reminder- a tie results in no lynch.
« Last Edit: November 05, 2010, 04:02:16 pm by Toaster »
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Re: Beginner's Mafia XVII - Day Two: A picture of Death
« Reply #444 on: November 05, 2010, 09:45:34 am »

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The fact that I overlooked some stupid rule does not make me stupid.
No, it doesn't.  It means you're trying to look stupid.  Assuming you're smart scum, this is you trying to look like town.  You used WIFOM to cover it up.
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First of all, being smart (and looking smart) doesn't make you any more or less likely to be scum.
Second, dropping hints about having a power role and claiming doc - for a townie these would be mistakes, and how can you be sure these weren't done intentionally by mafia-Azure, to look like a valuable townsperson?
Third, he's not that errorproof. See day 1.
No, smart doesn't make you less likely to be scum.  But good scumhunting, and not letting this thread stall seems like a towntell to me.
Claiming power role could indeed be a scumtell.  But I don't think that's near enough evidence to say he's scum right then and there.  I think the night actions and what Jet/Murphy flips will shed a lot of light on this.
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Did you overlook my following post?
I later realized that Azure and Jet can't be mafia at the same time. And since I'm almost sure about Jet... go figure:
I guess that I missed that, it was late when I wrote that post.  Sorry about that.
Doesn't stop you from being scum.

And Native/Jet/Flintus, what are your thoughts on Murphy?  On Jet?  Remember, your vote is your #1 scumhunting weapon, use it!  I can forgive Native, he's new, but you guys should get cracking.  I want to see more scumhunting!  And I assume you don't want the day to end in a no lynch?

Only 13hrs 15mins left today, guys!  Not much time.
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Re: Beginner's Mafia XVII - Day Two: A picture of Death
« Reply #445 on: November 05, 2010, 10:07:30 am »

Flintus did vote, he just go overlooked.
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Re: Beginner's Mafia XVII - Day Two: A picture of Death
« Reply #446 on: November 05, 2010, 10:40:15 am »

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No, smart doesn't make you less likely to be scum. But good scumhunting, and not letting this thread stall seems like a towntell to me.
Not really. A smart townie does scumhunting. A smart scum fakes scumhunting. Both are very active.
But this probably doesn't matter right now. Azure's scumminess should be reconsidered only if Jet suddenly flips town.

Seriously people, do vote.
If there's no lynch, then there will be just an NK of the least suspicious person.
Who's least suspicious now? NativeForeigner? Flintus?
Well, whatever.
I mean, we'll just be one townie short.
Even if the lynchee flips town - are we better off with two less townies, one of whom was under heavy suspicion, than with one less townie but no less suspects?

Sigh...
Probably we can get another extension?
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Re: Beginner's Mafia XVII - Day Two: A picture of Death
« Reply #447 on: November 05, 2010, 11:29:23 am »

(Bah-Post)

Whoa. For a few days I thought this was dead.

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Re: Beginner's Mafia XVII - Day Two: A picture of Death
« Reply #448 on: November 05, 2010, 12:54:30 pm »

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No, smart doesn't make you less likely to be scum. But good scumhunting, and not letting this thread stall seems like a towntell to me.
Not really. A smart townie does scumhunting. A smart scum fakes scumhunting. Both are very active.
But this probably doesn't matter right now. Azure's scumminess should be reconsidered only if Jet suddenly flips town.

Seriously people, do vote.
If there's no lynch, then there will be just an NK of the least suspicious person.
Who's least suspicious now? NativeForeigner? Flintus?
Well, whatever.
I mean, we'll just be one townie short.
Even if the lynchee flips town - are we better off with two less townies, one of whom was under heavy suspicion, than with one less townie but no less suspects?

Sigh...
Probably we can get another extension?
I wrote a detailed explanation of my reasoning here, but then I foolishly forgot ctrl-click to quote Flintus from earlier in the thread, and I don't feel like rewriting that, so you'll get the abridged version.
If we lynch scum today, then we're good for a while.  If we don't lynch, we're in MYLO, and it would be a bad idea to lynch, so we'd be stuck with not lynching again, which mean no lynch until we're in LYLO.  If we lynch a townie, then we're in LYLO, and we'll have more info than if we didn't lynch anyone.

I dunno about an extension.  What more do we have to talk about?  I think we should just end this day, so we some material to talk about tomorrow.  I'll second you if the no voters don't vote soon, though.
Flintus did vote, he just go overlooked.
He unvoted:
Okay I think I will back off Mindmaker for now so unvote, you havn't really answered my questions in a way that gets rid of all suspicion nor have you provided good reasoning but I am beggining to suspect that it is mearly a clash on the way we play the game and inexperienced tells, rest assured if either Murphy or Jet is town then you will be straight back to number one.

But it seems we aren't getting anywhere right now so I will concentrate on Kamina's accusations. and look through them tomorow.
(Bah-Post)

Whoa. For a few days I thought this was dead.
Not as long as I'm around!
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Re: Beginner's Mafia XVII - Day Two: A picture of Death
« Reply #449 on: November 05, 2010, 02:12:06 pm »

Well, my take on Jet is simple enough. He's not playing too brightly and he suspicious as all hell and has fallen into the desperation phase of "You'll all see". But I don't have much more other than my suspicions.

As for Murphy, my suspicions are rising.

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Oh, I completely forgot that there could be power roles.
Wiki says doc claim is mafia.

Right there it was like he was making a point to show that he had to use the wiki, and his ignorance of the situation of power roles. It seems like he's been playing stupid quite a few times, like when it came to scumchat, and claiming he's only played IRL, but then he turns around and makes a cohesive list of his suspects. He doesn't seem to be new to the game at all, just to the online version. He could very well be trying to play us all.

Those are my thoughts as of right now, if any of you have further evidence, that would be great. Or we could go for a no-vote.
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