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I'm rather opinionated toward Jonty because I warned town that it was a bad idea to give Jonty free reign to use a power that we knew nothing about. Granted, it was late in the day and not much could be done but someone should have had the common sense to delve a little deeper into Jonty's power before it got to the end of the day. Now we have another townie dead (a seraph knight sounds powerful if you ask me) and the one who did it can only offer the defense of, "oops."Victor Sullivan wrote:Well, I think we're only left with 2 options at this point. MeDeFe, as strike wolf said, has put someone at L-1 for two days in a row now, and Mr. Squirrel seems peculiarly hostile toward jonty, especially after he claimed Ra. I feel like a mafia wouldn't be quite so strongly opinionated, so I kinda wanna say third party, but that gets awfully WIFOM-y. I think at this point I'd like to hear more from Mr. Squirrel, so I'll vote Mr. Squirrel.
-Sully
pmchugh wrote: If I wasn't lazy, I would sig that
I can understand Squirrel's pov on this one. If we leave jonty alive, he may "accidentally" kill another townie.Mr. Squirrel wrote:Well its a good thing we let you use your power. That turned out soooo well for usjonty125 wrote:I am Ra and I claim the kill on icedagger

Though he claimed the power was one-shot.VioIet wrote:I can understand Squirrel's pov on this one. If we leave jonty alive, he may "accidentally" kill another townie.Mr. Squirrel wrote:Well its a good thing we let you use your power. That turned out soooo well for usjonty125 wrote:I am Ra and I claim the kill on icedagger
Vote Jonty
Considering the direction I feel things are going in I'll say that I find his claim of a one-shot nightkill to be not unreasonable. I'm inclined to believe that he really is Ra. With that my own focus goes back to Victor and Strike Wolf.Victor Sullivan wrote:Though he claimed the power was one-shot.VioIet wrote:I can understand Squirrel's pov on this one. If we leave jonty alive, he may "accidentally" kill another townie.Mr. Squirrel wrote:Well its a good thing we let you use your power. That turned out soooo well for usjonty125 wrote:I am Ra and I claim the kill on icedagger
Vote Jonty
-Sully
saxitoxin wrote:Your position is more complex than the federal tax code. As soon as I think I understand it, I find another index of cross-references, exceptions and amendments I have to apply.
Timminz wrote:Yo mama is so classless, she could be a Marxist utopia.
I did claim one-shot power would FOS you but your copVioIet wrote:I can understand Squirrel's pov on this one. If we leave jonty alive, he may "accidentally" kill another townie.Mr. Squirrel wrote:Well its a good thing we let you use your power. That turned out soooo well for usjonty125 wrote:I am Ra and I claim the kill on icedagger
Vote Jonty
I'm not sure I understand why you feel I am scummy. As far as victor, his claim that he was bandwagoning to get a lynch before deadline is a bit questionable. I believe Jonty did cite some of his actions as being contradictory and while they aren't quite contradicting, there is a relation between the logic behind both posts.MeDeFe wrote:Considering the direction I feel things are going in I'll say that I find his claim of a one-shot nightkill to be not unreasonable. I'm inclined to believe that he really is Ra. With that my own focus goes back to Victor and Strike Wolf.Victor Sullivan wrote:Though he claimed the power was one-shot.VioIet wrote:I can understand Squirrel's pov on this one. If we leave jonty alive, he may "accidentally" kill another townie.Mr. Squirrel wrote:Well its a good thing we let you use your power. That turned out soooo well for usjonty125 wrote:I am Ra and I claim the kill on icedagger
Vote Jonty
-Sully
For now I'd say Victor. He was in on both lynches, both times at a "raising the pressure" point. Looking at the other voters against Naxus:
Vio claimed cop, no other cop has come forward yet, and it's getting high time. Probably town.
Jonty's claim of being Ra is reasonable. Probably town.
Rodion was third party and nightkilled.
I know that I am town.
I've been sensing more town than scum vibes from Safari, but can't say anything for sure.
We can't be dealing with more than 3 scum faction members or they would've won by now, even so, it means we have to lynch a scum today (or not lynch at all) or we'll lose by tomorrow. No lynch is pretty much a no-go, uniting 4 townies against 3 scum will be hard.
With the cop outed on day 1 and permablocked afterwards it's not unreasonable for the scum to play it safe and lie extremely low. Victor's raising-the-pressure manner of voting fits with that. From my point of view he's the most obvious candidate.
vote Victor Sullivan
Maxleod wrote:Not strike, he's the only one with a functioning brain.
saxitoxin wrote:Your position is more complex than the federal tax code. As soon as I think I understand it, I find another index of cross-references, exceptions and amendments I have to apply.
Timminz wrote:Yo mama is so classless, she could be a Marxist utopia.
I don't think he should be lynched. His claim is pretty much confirmed. I just think it was a terrible turn for town that could have been easily avoided.VioIet wrote:I can understand Squirrel's pov on this one. If we leave jonty alive, he may "accidentally" kill another townie.Mr. Squirrel wrote:Well its a good thing we let you use your power. That turned out soooo well for usjonty125 wrote:I am Ra and I claim the kill on icedagger
Vote Jonty
pmchugh wrote: If I wasn't lazy, I would sig that
So you're suspicious of me because you felt in hindsight the case was weak and that it shouldn't have deserved so much attention? All I can really say is welcome to Day 1. The case was not very strong and no I don't think it would have garnered nearly as much attention any other day but I did recognize that and i didn't vote vio nor jonty for that alone. I pressed them for more information and when vio went inactive, I opted for the person who had shown a scum tell (weak yes but not completely ignorable) to vote for over the person who was simply inactive. It turned out to be the cop and that was an unfortunate event but I do not regret taking the game that course. You've also hinted at another reason. It was stated she was more likely to reply. This is completely true. I would rather go after the person who is more likely to respond than not. Let's say we were to have pressured Naxus (who in this case turns out to be the cop) and we ended up lynching him day 1 because deadline was approaching and he never came around to claim. We just lynched an inactive cop who may have been replaced otherwise.MeDeFe wrote:I went through the last couple of pages and looked at the wagon against Vio went in a bit more detail. SW's case against her was really quite flimsy, essentially she was still joking around when he thought we should be getting serious. PCM joined half a day later, arguing that we were more likely to get something out of her than out of Naxus who was completely inactive. VS jumped on half a day later again with no real stated reason for his vote. Jonty had announced that he would switch in advance and did so half a day later again, then Safari joined relatively quickly, stating that one was as good as the other, and I put Vio L-1 ~13 hours before the day ended (the deadline had been officially set to ~6 hours from then) in an attempt to force a claim.
I can't say whether the fact that SW made his case at all indicates that he's scum or town, I see good reasons both ways, but the fact that it was based on evidence that imo doesn't really deserve that moniker remains. The joke phase always phases gradually into more serious gameplay. I think it's pretty much inevitable. Calling someone out because they still joke around for a while is too weak reasoning for my taste. I believe the correct term here is IGMEOY
Maxleod wrote:Not strike, he's the only one with a functioning brain.

strike wolf wrote: So you're suspicious of me because you felt in hindsight the case was weak and that it shouldn't have deserved so much attention? All I can really say is welcome to Day 1. The case was not very strong and no I don't think it would have garnered nearly as much attention any other day but I did recognize that and i didn't vote vio nor jonty for that alone. I pressed them for more information and when vio went inactive, I opted for the person who had shown a scum tell (weak yes but not completely ignorable) to vote for over the person who was simply inactive. It turned out to be the cop and that was an unfortunate event but I do not regret taking the game that course. You've also hinted at another reason. It was stated she was more likely to reply. This is completely true. I would rather go after the person who is more likely to respond than not. Let's say we were to have pressured Naxus (who in this case turns out to be the cop) and we ended up lynching him day 1 because deadline was approaching and he never came around to claim. We just lynched an inactive cop who may have been replaced otherwise.

Begins a wagon? Vio was the only one voting him. I hardly consider one vote a bandwagon.safariguy5 wrote: He jumps on jonty for that bad move, then basically begins a wagon for voting him.
I think you missed my last post. Let me quote it here for you:safariguy5 wrote:I read this wagon as a someone trying to get an easy lynch on a pretty much flavor confirmed townie. It looks like a scum trying to push a lynch so we can get to night.
Now for vio:Mr. Squirrel wrote:I don't think he should be lynched. His claim is pretty much confirmed. I just think it was a terrible turn for town that could have been easily avoided.
I would, if I had ever voted for victor.VioIet wrote: Mr.Squirrel, I think you should unvote Victor
pmchugh wrote: If I wasn't lazy, I would sig that
Yes, on day 1 I felt that your case against Vio was flimsy even for day 1, that's what caught my attention in the first place. Yes, you did help move things along which is not in the interest of the scum, but an easy case on day 1 over a minor quibble is something the scum would be stupid not to go for. At the time the wagons were started there was no way of telling who would be more or less likely to respond or go inactive, I'm not accepting that part of your reasoning, you voted for her way too early for that.strike wolf wrote:So you're suspicious of me because you felt in hindsight the case was weak and that it shouldn't have deserved so much attention? All I can really say is welcome to Day 1. The case was not very strong and no I don't think it would have garnered nearly as much attention any other day but I did recognize that and i didn't vote vio nor jonty for that alone. I pressed them for more information and when vio went inactive, I opted for the person who had shown a scum tell (weak yes but not completely ignorable) to vote for over the person who was simply inactive. It turned out to be the cop and that was an unfortunate event but I do not regret taking the game that course. You've also hinted at another reason. It was stated she was more likely to reply. This is completely true. I would rather go after the person who is more likely to respond than not.
And this is just bullshit. "What if we had lynched Naxus and he had been a cop?" Are you serious? You try to defend yourself by saying that there are hypothetical situations that would've been worse than the current one? Are you trying to give me hard evidence for your scumminess?Let's say we were to have pressured Naxus (who in this case turns out to be the cop) and we ended up lynching him day 1 because deadline was approaching and he never came around to claim. We just lynched an inactive cop who may have been replaced otherwise.
saxitoxin wrote:Your position is more complex than the federal tax code. As soon as I think I understand it, I find another index of cross-references, exceptions and amendments I have to apply.
Timminz wrote:Yo mama is so classless, she could be a Marxist utopia.
Again I'll say welcome to day 1. Don't expect people to be posting 5 paragraph long cases on people on day 1 and you won't be disappointed. Also I will again say read what I said. I didn't just vote for vio for the little quibble if I was doing it just for that jonty was the better target. He had done the same thing and went on to seemingly ignore the issue as well. I voted her because she was inactive and unlike Naxus had demonstrated a behavior that while weak overall was not helpful to town. That was my main reason for voting her. You joined the bandwagon and didn't show any sign you felt it was weak until day 2...MeDeFe wrote:Yes, on day 1 I felt that your case against Vio was flimsy even for day 1, that's what caught my attention in the first place. Yes, you did help move things along which is not in the interest of the scum, but an easy case on day 1 over a minor quibble is something the scum would be stupid not to go for. At the time the wagons were started there was no way of telling who would be more or less likely to respond or go inactive, I'm not accepting that part of your reasoning, you voted for her way too early for that.strike wolf wrote:So you're suspicious of me because you felt in hindsight the case was weak and that it shouldn't have deserved so much attention? All I can really say is welcome to Day 1. The case was not very strong and no I don't think it would have garnered nearly as much attention any other day but I did recognize that and i didn't vote vio nor jonty for that alone. I pressed them for more information and when vio went inactive, I opted for the person who had shown a scum tell (weak yes but not completely ignorable) to vote for over the person who was simply inactive. It turned out to be the cop and that was an unfortunate event but I do not regret taking the game that course. You've also hinted at another reason. It was stated she was more likely to reply. This is completely true. I would rather go after the person who is more likely to respond than not.
It's a perfectly legitimate hypothetical considering the scenario at hand as to why it's better to aim at someone who shows signs they are more likely to post than someone who isn't. I see you felt the same way day 1 when voting Vio. I am giving you an example of part of the thought process to why I chose to vote vio. I was okay with your reasoning for putting vio and naxus at L-1 at least to the point I didn't plan on voting you but this latest comment has brought you back up the list. You've repeatedly now tried to understate my reasoning for voting vio and now trying to discount part of the reason without legitimately rebutting the reasoning.I will admit that I have very little solid evidence to go on, but you're playing pretty much exactly the way I would play if I were scum. Call it a gut feeling if you will, but I just can't shake it.
And this is just bullshit. "What if we had lynched Naxus and he had been a cop?" Are you serious? You try to defend yourself by saying that there are hypothetical situations that would've been worse than the current one? Are you trying to give me hard evidence for your scumminess?Let's say we were to have pressured Naxus (who in this case turns out to be the cop) and we ended up lynching him day 1 because deadline was approaching and he never came around to claim. We just lynched an inactive cop who may have been replaced otherwise.
Maxleod wrote:Not strike, he's the only one with a functioning brain.
Commander9 wrote:Trust Edoc, as I know he's VERY good.
zimmah wrote:Mind like a brick.
Strawmanstrike wolf wrote: Again I'll say welcome to day 1. Don't expect people to be posting 5 paragraph long cases on people on day 1 and you won't be disappointed.
And what behaviour was that? Oh yes, the cause of the minor quibble.Also I will again say read what I said. I didn't just vote for vio for the little quibble if I was doing it just for that jonty was the better target. He had done the same thing and went on to seemingly ignore the issue as well. I voted her because she was inactive and unlike Naxus had demonstrated a behavior that while weak overall was not helpful to town.
I'm not even going to bother...That was my main reason for voting her. You joined the bandwagon and didn't show any sign you felt it was weak until day 2...
At the time you vote for Vio, there were very few clear such signs yet.It's a perfectly legitimate hypothetical considering the scenario at hand as to why it's better to aim at someone who shows signs they are more likely to post than someone who isn't.
Yes, a few hours before the day ended after VS had killed the wagon against Naxus. You voted for her nearly 4 days before that. Timing does matter, you know.I see you felt the same way day 1 when voting Vio.
To me your reasoning still looks very much like "I voted for her because she was joking around when I thought we should be getting serious".I am giving you an example of part of the thought process to why I chose to vote vio. I was okay with your reasoning for putting vio and naxus at L-1 at least to the point I didn't plan on voting you but this latest comment has brought you back up the list. You've repeatedly now tried to understate my reasoning for voting vio and now trying to discount part of the reason without legitimately rebutting the reasoning.
saxitoxin wrote:Your position is more complex than the federal tax code. As soon as I think I understand it, I find another index of cross-references, exceptions and amendments I have to apply.
Timminz wrote:Yo mama is so classless, she could be a Marxist utopia.

Firstly, I'm pretty sure I explained my voting patterns when you first attempted this case against me:MeDeFe wrote:Considering the direction I feel things are going in I'll say that I find his claim of a one-shot nightkill to be not unreasonable. I'm inclined to believe that he really is Ra. With that my own focus goes back to Victor and Strike Wolf.
For now I'd say Victor. He was in on both lynches, both times at a "raising the pressure" point. Looking at the other voters against Naxus:
Vio claimed cop, no other cop has come forward yet, and it's getting high time. Probably town.
Jonty's claim of being Ra is reasonable. Probably town.
Rodion was third party and nightkilled.
I know that I am town.
I've been sensing more town than scum vibes from Safari, but can't say anything for sure.
We can't be dealing with more than 3 scum faction members or they would've won by now, even so, it means we have to lynch a scum today (or not lynch at all) or we'll lose by tomorrow. No lynch is pretty much a no-go, uniting 4 townies against 3 scum will be hard.
With the cop outed on day 1 and permablocked afterwards it's not unreasonable for the scum to play it safe and lie extremely low. Victor's raising-the-pressure manner of voting fits with that. From my point of view he's the most obvious candidate.
vote Victor Sullivan
MeDeFe wrote:I went through the last couple of pages and looked at the wagon against Vio went in a bit more detail. SW's case against her was really quite flimsy, essentially she was still joking around when he thought we should be getting serious. PCM joined half a day later, arguing that we were more likely to get something out of her than out of Naxus who was completely inactive. VS jumped on half a day later again with no real stated reason for his vote. Jonty had announced that he would switch in advance and did so half a day later again, then Safari joined relatively quickly, stating that one was as good as the other, and I put Vio L-1 ~13 hours before the day ended (the deadline had been officially set to ~6 hours from then) in an attempt to force a claim.
I can't say whether the fact that SW made his case at all indicates that he's scum or town, I see good reasons both ways, but the fact that it was based on evidence that imo doesn't really deserve that moniker remains. The joke phase always phases gradually into more serious gameplay. I think it's pretty much inevitable. Calling someone out because they still joke around for a while is too weak reasoning for my taste. I believe the correct term here is IGMEOY
VS's vote struck me as the scummiest. He switched from one wagon (Naxus) with three votes, to a wagon (Vio) that had only 2 votes so far. SW had announced that he was prepared to switch to Naxus if votes were needed. VS essentially removed that option from the table. Jonty had announced that he was going to wait for a reply from Vio, but also that he would've liked to see a lynch, so by switching wagons VS pretty much ensured that SW stayed on the one he had started and knew that Jonty would eventually join and possibly even hammer, depending on the timing.
With the Naxus wagon finished, it only makes sense for safari to switch. I made a last-ditch effort to get a claim out of a very nearly completely inactive player and it worked, unfortunately not to our advantage.
Based on this reasoning, I'll vote Victor Sullivan.
It seems you're awfully out to get me, MeDeFe. Given my vote was on you before that first argument:Victor Sullivan wrote:Here's my vote post:The idea was just that - to get the ball rolling. The deadline was approaching and though the cases on both naxus and Vio were weak, at least Vio's was a bit more than "just being inactive" so I went with it, especially seeing as how people seemed to be leaning more toward her than naxus. And supposing we did pressure naxus, it seems we wouldn't have gotten any information D1.Victor Sullivan wrote:Vote VioIet
Let's get the ball rollin', folks.
-Sully
-Sully
It was relatively weak, I'll admit, but it was a half-decent place to start D2, given we didn't lynch anyone D1. It was, again, more to get the ball rolling. It almost seems to me your first case was a disguised case of OMGUS, especially given your logic was similar to mine (and the case was just as weak).Victor Sullivan wrote:MeDeFe seemed to be okay with putting VioIet dangerously close to being lynched (L-1). He should know that mafia could have easily placed a lynching vote (which one could speculate that perhaps all of the mafia were already on the bandwagon, but this becomes borderline WIFOM).While we eagerly await Vio's results, I am going to vote MeDeFe for reasons stated above.MeDeFe wrote:Violet appears to be at 5 votes, lynch is at 7, so.
unvote
vote Violet
It was either Naxus, who (I think) didn't post even when the wagon against him got going, or Vio, and all things considered I'd prefer to pressure the person who occasionally posts. How about a claim?
-Sully
Yes, you did. I think you're lying about your motives.Victor Sullivan wrote: I'm pretty sure I explained my voting patterns when you first attempted this case against me.
This again? I thought I already showed how you took the ball from one wagon and moved it to the other. Admittedly, both turned out to be town, but I don't think that helps you much.It was relatively weak, I'll admit, but it was a half-decent place to start D2, given we didn't lynch anyone D1. It was, again, more to get the ball rolling. It almost seems to me your first case was a disguised case of OMGUS, especially given your logic was similar to mine (and the case was just as weak).
saxitoxin wrote:Your position is more complex than the federal tax code. As soon as I think I understand it, I find another index of cross-references, exceptions and amendments I have to apply.
Timminz wrote:Yo mama is so classless, she could be a Marxist utopia.
saxitoxin wrote:Your position is more complex than the federal tax code. As soon as I think I understand it, I find another index of cross-references, exceptions and amendments I have to apply.
Timminz wrote:Yo mama is so classless, she could be a Marxist utopia.
If this is the summary of your case on Sully, then I'm not seeing much substance. Lying about motives is not something you can prove short of Inception, and really what we're arguing here is how you can spin a post to make it read more suspicious or innocent.MeDeFe wrote:Yes, you did. I think you're lying about your motives.Victor Sullivan wrote: I'm pretty sure I explained my voting patterns when you first attempted this case against me.
This again? I thought I already showed how you took the ball from one wagon and moved it to the other. Admittedly, both turned out to be town, but I don't think that helps you much.It was relatively weak, I'll admit, but it was a half-decent place to start D2, given we didn't lynch anyone D1. It was, again, more to get the ball rolling. It almost seems to me your first case was a disguised case of OMGUS, especially given your logic was similar to mine (and the case was just as weak).
As for "getting the ball rolling", "raising the pressure", call it what you want... what I'm talking about is that you were in at the tipping point, providing the momentum necessary to decide which wagon was the only one remaining.

saxitoxin wrote:Your position is more complex than the federal tax code. As soon as I think I understand it, I find another index of cross-references, exceptions and amendments I have to apply.
Timminz wrote:Yo mama is so classless, she could be a Marxist utopia.