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Silver-Tiger said:

Vote: Final-Fan

Forgot to bold it.

I have a question for you, and maybe it has been answered so please point me to that answer.

Why did you vote to lynch Linkz on day one?



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Hephaestos said:
theprof00 said:

1)  However, now that wonk has confirmed Vette as town :P, I could go for either GoW or FF (possibly Heph, but not today).

2) Plus, I agree with Vette. The lovers are such a huge risk right now.

3) then he showed this massive page of evidence. if you were going to use your role on someone, wouldn't you at least think it's important to have some idea of what that player is? It was Heph who decided it was LD. If he had no previous inclination of stef, why the jump to LD?

4) (So, to me, this is now three mistakes by Heph). Tracking someone he has no thoughts on, not interpreting his flavor despite a sheet of evidence, and outing stefl.

5)...if Heph DID already know that stefl was an LD, then all he had to do was kill one of the 4 players that answered stef's question. I admit, it's a stretch, but look at the two people hit by scum power, me and trucks. Two of those 4.

6) Also, I don't know if Heph is soft-claiming hobo or not

7) Furthermore, GoW comes off as someone without fear of being killed at night. He's made a lot of contributions, and been very active. Perhaps he is just a vanilla townie...I don't know...but I'm willing and hoping the some of you will help me test out my theories. I'm not sure if Gow is the right person to go after or not. If there is someone out there who can look at the information I've provided and throw some ideas out there, it'd be appreciated.

1) what? how? where? please point the post where wonk does that. (I've said that way too many times this round)

2) No, until we have reason to believe there is only 1 scum left, they are a non issue.

3) ? what massive page of evidence? And I used my role on Stefl cause I thought he was scum. the jump to LD came from a combination to his cool composture when I accused him, the "cop" like claim and the flavor I had that now clearly pointed at LD but that I missunderstood. The first 2 aspects I did not have before I jumped to the LD conclusion.

4) A) see 3, it's no mistake. B) evidence without context means nothing, to me all the evidence I had pointed he was scum C) Thinking I was outing a scum. The only "mistake" I accept is B as C derives directly from B. I'm still sorry for C though.

5) why not kill stefl directly?  your theory there is not fitting. Unless of course if the smart enough person knew all the people targeted were not scum... I disagree on this about the siblings (though they are a non issue) and on you (though you i'm studying :p), on trucks, I, unlike you, didn't see him clearly as a townie.

6) Not...I said the flavor was unusual to my role, surely Hobos are accostumed to it no?

7) I doubt we have many vanilla townies... Waiting on your answer for 1) though ^^

1. By suspecting him :P

2. Yet yesterday, you were all for going after linkz.

3.  The evidence you provided was amazingly concrete.

4. Based on what evidence? What was pointing you towards scum for him?

5. Because of the doc. Or because you could use the info to set yourself up a claim. Or because trucks was more important?

6. True.

7. As do I. Whatever the case may be, he's playing aggressively for whatever reason.



Hephaestos said:
theprof00 said:

some minor evidence:

"moreover Proff's post isn't a slip, it seems to purposefully attract attention and create confusion."

@vetteman
"true, hence why i'm not in a hurry to lynch you. Death by Vig/SK is fine though (better than a townie)."

"Actually Stefl's role is only more powerfull if people know... though his fate depends on the protection he gets." -concerning stefl's role, no mention of possible RB, only protection.

"moreove, if vette isn't RB... proff is caught right handed."

evidence of what?

1) your vagueness was puroseful

2) Linkz was my priority day 1, both of us called for the SK/vig to strike Vett if there were one.

3) that's day 2 once I understood his role. Why would I talk about RB?

4) yeah you admited to lying in the post crossing that one, remember? or should I quote it?

1) Yes. You say I was being vague, yet just a moment ago you said "requesting doc protection for 'such a vanilla role'". Which is it?

2. fair enough

3. Why wouldn't you consider one?

4. And you jumped on the train. I'm pointing out that assuming you're mafia, vette isn't the RB.



theprof00 said:
Hephaestos said:
theprof00 said:

some minor evidence:

"moreover Proff's post isn't a slip, it seems to purposefully attract attention and create confusion."

@vetteman
"true, hence why i'm not in a hurry to lynch you. Death by Vig/SK is fine though (better than a townie)."

"Actually Stefl's role is only more powerfull if people know... though his fate depends on the protection he gets." -concerning stefl's role, no mention of possible RB, only protection.

"moreove, if vette isn't RB... proff is caught right handed."

evidence of what?

1) your vagueness was puroseful

2) Linkz was my priority day 1, both of us called for the SK/vig to strike Vett if there were one.

3) that's day 2 once I understood his role. Why would I talk about RB?

4) yeah you admited to lying in the post crossing that one, remember? or should I quote it?

1) Yes. You say I was being vague, yet just a moment ago you said "requesting doc protection for 'such a vanilla role'". Which is it?

2. fair enough

3. Why wouldn't you consider one?

4. And you jumped on the train. I'm pointing out that assuming you're mafia, vette isn't the RB.

1) the "such a vanilla role" is a quote from you today. Notice hot it's also a vague statement? (obviously you notice it since you made it :p)

3)  Didn't come to my mind.

4) ah well you forgot the explanation there ^^. And i've been on/off the vett train since day one (and well he's a player I always suspect anyways).



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theprof00 said:
Hephaestos said:

4) A) see 3, it's no mistake. B) evidence without context means nothing, to me all the evidence I had pointed he was scum C) Thinking I was outing a scum. The only "mistake" I accept is B as C derives directly from B. I'm still sorry for C though.

5) why not kill stefl directly?  your theory there is not fitting. Unless of course if the smart enough person knew all the people targeted were not scum... I disagree on this about the siblings (though they are a non issue) and on you (though you i'm studying :p), on trucks, I, unlike you, didn't see him clearly as a townie.

1. By suspecting him :P

2. Yet yesterday, you were all for going after linkz.

3.  The evidence you provided was amazingly concrete.

4. Based on what evidence? What was pointing you towards scum for him?

5. Because of the doc. Or because you could use the info to set yourself up a claim. Or because trucks was more important?

1) that's actually surprisingly valid evidence ^^

2) The only reason i backed down from linkz was the siblings claim.

3) that's what I mean by "I ticked", the fog sudently became clear and all was revealed ^^

4) Day one, nothing, hence why I targeted him. Day 2, my result, but that was a mistake in interpretation.

5) Why would the doc target Stefl above anyone else? didn't you say yourself that trucks was the most obviously town after day 1?



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theprof00 said:

I agree that FF has been far too agreeable this game. He's usually on my ass. Whether that is because I'm no longer using gambits or what, I don't know. However, now that wonk has confirmed Vette as town :P, I could go for either GoW or FF (possibly Heph, but not today). I really really get suspcious around people who think I'm town. (Although in their defense, I completely see how I'm playing differently from last game).

Plus, I agree with Vette. The lovers are such a huge risk right now. The best thing to do today is somehow lynch the roleblocker, and get stefl to LD one of them. Even still though, even if we don't get the RB there still might be a way to pull off the LD. But, I agree that [the lovers] don't need to be lynched today, that can be put off til later. In that respect, sure it seems off to me that he's so insistent.

Here's the other thing on Heph. Heph could be anything. He said that his role he got flavour along with his role that told him that stefl was some scummy thing, but then he showed this massive page of evidence. Am I to believe that he had all this very convincing evidence beforehand? Furthermore, if you were going to use your role on someone, wouldn't you at least think it's important to have some idea of what that player is? When stef said, "to be honest, I did know his alignment". I, personally, thought cop. It was Heph who decided it was LD. If he had no previous inclination of stef, why the jump to LD? (I here also agree with linkz about scum tracker).

So, why would you have a big pile of evidence laying around going unused? IMO, he didn't need his role at all to figure that out, and I don't believe that he only looked for evidence AFTER stefl claimed.  AND his circumstances are a little strange. Special flavor, not figuring it out (yet having all the necessary info), or even how he said he wouldn't be getting special info on other nights, even going to the point where he thought ABC bent the balance specifically for him because of some previous error, etc. Now, he did say that it was "a mistake", and it seems genuine, but when I see people (like GoW) saying "the RB is either FF or Vette, because it's certainly not me, or theprof, or the lovers/wonk/heph&stef, it makes me nervous. It makes me nervous because:

...I do agree with GoW that Heph cannot be RB. Why? Because only the tracker would know who stef went to see at daybreak. I just also cannot imagine tracking stefl when you have a set of notes on him pointing at possible LD. I just don't see that happening. So, GoW is right, Heph is not the RB...is this a slip on GoW's part, or did he really just not factor in Heph. (So, to me, this is now three mistakes by Heph). Tracking someone he has no thoughts on, not interpreting his flavor despite a sheet of evidence, and outing stefl.

...if Heph DID already know that stefl was an LD, then all he had to do was kill one of the 4 players that answered stef's question. I admit, it's a stretch, but look at the two people hit by scum power, me and trucks. Two of those 4.We're looking at someone who was "smart enough" to think that I might be lying about having a role AND figure that I might be third party. (One of the reasons I'm on Vette is because I felt that his "maybe a kill was blocked" was an attempt to make it look like he blocked a kill. But back to the subject at hand, Heph could have used the opportunity at the start of the day to get stef to claim.

 

(And yes, I'm directly implying that RB is scum, I mean, look at the setup we had with Roman being able to redirect night actions from a target to himself, and RB, and LD. It sounds like a perfect balance combination. If LD outs someone, or soft-claims, they can either try to block or kill him. Roman can target him to allow free reign, and a kill or block on stefl would allow another night of investigation. Then with the doctor (yes, i do believe there is a doctor, and no it's not me), they can still RB him. This kind of goes against what I thought about stefl still being able to use his role unhampered tonight, but if it's true that the cop is actually just a lie detector, there will be other chances for him to use his power (IMO).

Also, I don't know if Heph is soft-claiming hobo or not, but keep in mind that the first instance of hobo appeared as a scum fakeclaim, in mafia history. It's a good cover...in fact, in my first game, I claimed something very similar without even knowing the hobo role (i claimed seer, who get's random information that I can't interpret properly).

Furthermore, GoW comes off as someone without fear of being killed at night. He's made a lot of contributions, and been very active. Perhaps he is just a vanilla townie...I don't know...but I'm willing and hoping the some of you will help me test out my theories.

Also, starting tonight, I'm asking for doc protection. There's a chance that stefl soft-claimed too thoroughly, and is of no use tonight. He is practically useless now. (Note that I'm not telling doc what to do. I'm simply giving myself more of an opportunity to make it to tomorrow)

I'm not sure if Gow is the right person to go after or not. If there is someone out there who can look at the information I've provided and throw some ideas out there, it'd be appreciated.

This post, especially the bits that talked about you not trusting me because I think you're pro-town, made me smile :D

I'm not the roleblocker. I will nameclaim if the need arises, and you decide to look into the character, you'll definitely know what my role is. Atleast part of it, anyway. 

Out of the people I've not decided to even look at lynching today, Heph is definitely the most suspicious to me too. 

And why do you say I have no fear of being nightkilled ? Should I be ? If you die in mafia, you die. Theres no need to hide behind something, that will obviously give away to the mafia that you have a power role and cause the town to be suspicious of you. So having a carefree attitude towards yourself and being involved is bad now ?

What will it take for you to understand that I'm not the roleblocker ? 



GodOfWar_3ever said:

What will it take for you to understand that I'm not the roleblocker ? 


Roleclaim Roleblocker, like that at least, if you are, you won't be able to use it with aim =D



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or is that "breaking the game" lol :p



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if I ever host again, i'll make a rule.

"Only informative roles can roleclaim (their true role)" (and make an exhaustive list). They would get their next action randomed.

For others the cost is a random between "loss of ability", "modkill", "turn into actor", "turn into priest" and worst of all "become a tree stump" (though no, that would be punishing the other players really =)



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More thoughts on Heph.

Heph also never mentioned wildvine. After wildvine flipped, Heph said something like "wildvine was making me most by his defense of Vette", followed by some gobbledeguk. Additionally on day 2 when you pointed out voting patterns from the Linkz train, you specfically went after the "second wave", while wild was in the first wave, no "doubt it could've been a "mistake", or you could've been trying to use wild's flip to give substance to your vote.

Later, you will say that you will put your vote on the person that rubs you the worst, and unvote, voting vette. Then why did you vote GoW in the first place?

 

Then yesterday, you also used the 4th vote 4th unvote against me. You even went so far as to HoS me, and then say that if it wasn't for one other person, that [theprof] would've gotten the vote. However, when I questioned your motivations, saying you couldn't be serious, you simply said you were "trying to get a read and tease me". This struck me as odd because you brought it up several times, and every time was quite serious. I retorted that your teasing could easily have led to a train, and there's a line between teasing and rallying votes toward your cause.

 

Also yesterday, when I asked Linkz if he noticed anyone being surprised at the wonk gambit, [Heph] made it a point to say he wasn't surprised.

 

You also have been on every easy lynch candidate, ie; things that anyone could find problems with. This reminds me of dsis "lie as townie" question, leading to a strong train against yourself. Scum do tend to work on "defendable cases", as in post-flip "how was I supposed to know he was X. He did a terrible job, he played very badly; perhaps it's better still that he's gone since he's been a distraction and might've been used as cover".