So Lovers are essentially town, but they may be interested in lynching town late game if few scum remain. Cupid would be a neutral anti-town.
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So Lovers are essentially town, but they may be interested in lynching town late game if few scum remain. Cupid would be a neutral anti-town.
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DAY 1 CURRENT VOTE TALLY:
squidyj (2)
cabot 116 146
SkyOdin 131
30yearsofhurt 251
No Lynch (2)
Poltergust 119
Nomadic Sparks 351
Haly (1)
cabot 146 305
Palmer_v1 398
30yearsofhurt (1)
rac 335
Poltergust (1)
squidyj 289
hey_monkey (1)
TheExodu5 344
Kyanrute (1)
Dusk Soldier 308
hatmoza (1)
cabot 347 353
hey_monkey 453
Nomadic Sparks (1)
Palmer_v1 352 398
cabot 353
WhereAreMahDragonz (1)
BlackBuzzard 320
rac (1)
Swamped 204
30yearsofhurt 220 251
cabot (0):Palmer_v1 274 352
No active vote for Day 1: Bowlie, Cewyn, Haly, hatmoza, Kyanrute, oreomunsta, StanleyPalmtree, ultron87, WhereAreMahDragonz, Zubz
Day 1 Postcount: 30yearsofhurt 12, BlackBuzzard 9, Bowlie 7, cabot 45, Cewyn 2, Dusk Soldier 11, Haly 15, hatmoza 0, hey_monkey 39, Kyanrute 4, Nomadic Sparks 19, oreomunsta 15, Palmer_v1 21, Poltergust 32, rac 14, SkyOdin 24, squidyj 29, StanleyPalmtree 5, Swamped 7, TheExodu5 4, ultron87 6, WhereAreMahDragonz 46, Zubz 10
Day 1 ends:
12 votes for majority
squidyj (2)
SkyOdin 131
30yearsofhurt 251
No Lynch (2)
Poltergust 119
Nomadic Sparks 351
Haly (1)
Palmer_v1 398
30yearsofhurt (1)
rac 335
Poltergust (1)
squidyj 289
hey_monkey (1)
TheExodu5 344
Kyanrute (1)
Dusk Soldier 308
hatmoza (1)
hey_monkey 453
Nomadic Sparks (1)
cabot 353
WhereAreMahDragonz (1)
BlackBuzzard 320
rac (1)
Swamped 204
cabot (0):
No active vote for Day 1: Bowlie, Cewyn, Haly, hatmoza, Kyanrute, oreomunsta, StanleyPalmtree, ultron87, WhereAreMahDragonz, Zubz
Day 1 Postcount: 30yearsofhurt 12, BlackBuzzard 9, Bowlie 7, cabot 45, Cewyn 2, Dusk Soldier 11, Haly 15, hatmoza 0, hey_monkey 39, Kyanrute 4, Nomadic Sparks 19, oreomunsta 15, Palmer_v1 21, Poltergust 32, rac 14, SkyOdin 24, squidyj 29, StanleyPalmtree 5, Swamped 7, TheExodu5 4, ultron87 6, WhereAreMahDragonz 46, Zubz 10
Day 1 ends:
12 votes for majority
Nomadic Sparks
Banned
(I do apologize for not being more active in this thread, I've just had shit pop up suddenly)
It's really the opposite. The Lovers & Cupid form their own Triad, & the Lovers have to make sure everyone else is dead. It doesn't matter what their original team or alliance was; no one else can be alive but the Lovers & Cupid.
Cupid turns full-town if the Lovers die, but they have no clue which team either Lover is on; they just know they're in love <3. So it's usually foolish to sacrifice them to join the town unless Cupid deduces they're both wolves or something.
It's way too early to be speculating the details here, but my guess is that Blarg put in 3 cupids: a Yaoi Shipper, a Yuri Shipper, & whatever a shipper who ships heterosexual couples is called.
S'all good! We look forward to slaying with you when things clear up!
oreomunsta
Banned
I feel like you've been a pretty active player in this!
Though I still can't reason out your decision to not lynch :/
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
In Overwatch, I was the OTP shipper. A neutral who had to create a pair of lovers or be modkilled. I would win if my pair survived until the end game; if one died, the other would go, too.
Ended up getting Genji x Mercy without me knowing their roles when I chose them. Which is gross, because I am an adamant Pharmercy shipper.
I'm going to have to go. ack and read Overwatch mafia now after hearing this.
oreomunsta, do you have any reads on people? Anyone stand out to you as suspicious? New perspectives are always useful.
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
...But yeah. I haven't kept up with many games I haven't been in, but expect stuff like this if we have Lovers. Which we probably will.
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
I fucking hate Gency
oreomunsta
Banned
A senpai has noticed me!! ( *∆*)
Well, I'm not sure that I can confidently comment on every player who's participated yet, but here are some standouts to me:
Poltergust: What can I say about their behavior that hasn't been said yet? The pushing of the "lynch me, I'm vanilla" narrative only hurts us this early in the game. You should logically always be fighting to stay in the game, as it supports your cause, no matter who it is. The moment that you offer yourself up, you reveal that you're hiding something. Polter is either really just a vanilla, and might know of some PR Townies, or (less likely) is a scum. If they were scum and offering themselves up, that would hurt the scum side very badly, I'd think, because there are less scum than town if I correctly interpreted the rules. Polter is leaning Town - vanilla
Nomad: The "No lynch" agenda is weird. The premise to it, that having one less town is bad, is too simple for a game with depth like this. Someone already stated this better than I did, but even the death of a Townie can offer up some info to go on, based on the voting patterns of others. Not only that, but extending a phase of the game offers mafia more time to develop and quietly implement a pattern of discord in the town. Nomad sticks to his plan, though, so he's leaning scum for me.
Dragonz: This is the hardest player for me to get a read on. I get the strong impression that Dragonz is a pro at this (and a pro at weeaboomojis ( 'o') ), so either they are a strong player for the Town, or the kind of scum you can't figure out until late game. Can't tell lean - neutral.
Monkey: Some of monkey's statements leave me thinking... Some sound like accusations, but use softer terms, so as to try and throw shade without repercussions. I want to say leaning scum, but can't say that confidently.
Cabot: They've been bringing up some good points here and there, but I need to see more from them before I can make a confident statement. Neutral to me.
Ultron: They're spooky to me :< feels like Ultron is watching from the shadows. Neutral to me.
Odin: You have been pretty rational so far in this game, which is good for the Town, but could be a good cover if you're scum. Neutral to me.
Hazmot: A complete and utter rock. Truly hard to get a read on lol
30yearsofhurt
Member
This whole cupid thing changes everything...
oreomunsta
Banned
By hazmot, I mean hatmoza
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
It's all speculation at this point. We won't know for sure until day 2, at least. But it's still good to think about, in the back of your mind.
Oh, and I should also say that the lovers I chose got their own special chat. So if there is already a mason pair or equivalent out there, I highly doubt we would be dealing with a cupid at that point. Please don't come forward until a claim is necessary, though! b(~_^)d
Nomadic Sparks
Banned
Dragonz time traveled backwards from some anime forum from the early 2000s
all those emoticons are giving flashbacks
all those emoticons are giving flashbacks
30yearsofhurt
Member
She only seems to do that on this thread so maybe a post condition?
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
Correct answer is B) I'm having fun with the game
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Seems to just be that she is full on anime mode not all her posts have emojis(most do).
I think it's likely that we have some lovers, and that's only because this is anime; I haven't read other burbs' games except for Love Boat to say it's his thing.
A cupid role, and three at that, is harder to believe as of now.
her post condition so far is gaining a game by the end if things keep going like this. you all shy
A cupid role, and three at that, is harder to believe as of now.
I don't care if there's a yaoi shipper around, in my headcanon squid is rin with the cop outfit
her post condition so far is gaining a game by the end if things keep going like this. you all shy
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
hey_monkey
Banned
Y'all a bunch of casuals (ฅ`ω´ฅ
I'm a filthy casual. (▰˘︹˘▰
(for me, the faces are just super fun. I'm sure the novelty will wear off... eventually.)
Interesting read. From a perfunctory read of the thread so far i felt similarly about her, but I'll be reading the thread tomorrow morning to really get a good opinion of her.
Maybe I'm D1-grasping-at-straws but there was one odd exchange between Squidy and another player. But i think i lean more town on him because of it.
There has to be a role involving gender, otherwise we wouldn't be assigned them. It's definitely not a red herring because this isn't a bastard game (one in which the moderator lies to the players). In a previous game (Werewolf i believe) there was a SK (serial killer) role that only targeted women. What a perverted hentai right? But don't panic just yet lol, let's see how this night goes first.
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
Monkey-chan is a girl???
Omg I'm so sorry (◯Δ◯∥
Omg I'm so sorry (◯Δ◯∥
oreomunsta
Banned
Y'all a bunch of casuals (ฅ`ω´ฅ
How do you even learn those kinds of characters?
I want to learn D:
hey_monkey
Banned
Monkey-chan is a girl???
Omg I'm so sorry (◯Δ◯∥
Indeed. It's okay, though!
And I'm not throwing shade, just some mild suspicious. Except for the weirder incidents, there hasn't been much to move me - except this revelation about possible lovers. I've only played pretty vanilla mafia in the past. But I am pretty snarky.
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
Thanks for the detailed response oreo.
As a reminder, Dragonz, I still wanted to hear why you read Haly as town. I know you said you woulod reply later, but it has been a few hours, and I want to remind you so my request doesn't get lost or forgotten. I'm waiting on cabot too, but I think he is asleep or something right now.
Now, it has been more than a day, and at this point I am content to take a "wait and see" approach to squidyj's odd choice of opening gambit. As I said earlier, I think I will save him for another day. So, without further ado:
Unvote
Right now I am more concerned by the fact that we have way too many players who are are on track to just barely squeak in over the ten-post-per-phase minimum. This is especially true for the posters who only show up to make some noise before vanishing again.
Watch list: Kyanrute, swamped, the exodu5, and ultron, since I know that they are veterans who have more experience than me in playing this game, yet they have been awfully quiet so far. It's suspicious.
As a reminder, Dragonz, I still wanted to hear why you read Haly as town. I know you said you woulod reply later, but it has been a few hours, and I want to remind you so my request doesn't get lost or forgotten. I'm waiting on cabot too, but I think he is asleep or something right now.
Now, it has been more than a day, and at this point I am content to take a "wait and see" approach to squidyj's odd choice of opening gambit. As I said earlier, I think I will save him for another day. So, without further ado:
Unvote
Right now I am more concerned by the fact that we have way too many players who are are on track to just barely squeak in over the ten-post-per-phase minimum. This is especially true for the posters who only show up to make some noise before vanishing again.
Watch list: Kyanrute, swamped, the exodu5, and ultron, since I know that they are veterans who have more experience than me in playing this game, yet they have been awfully quiet so far. It's suspicious.
30yearsofhurt
Member
Poltergust
Member
So it's possible for the lovers (should they exist) to be of different alignments, right? That would make things really interesting since the special win condition for lovers can potentially contradict the win condition of their team.
30yearsofhurt
Member
Also looking at these 2.
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
Oops! I totally forgot sorry.
It's primarily a gut read. I just went through his posts and you're right, there's not much substance there. But, the one common thread I can notice between all of them is this: he doesn't beat around the bush. He says exactly what he wants to say, no matter how harsh or offputting it may sound, which to me, does not indicate a scum carefully picking and choosing their words in order to appear town. He's not trying to appease anyone.
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
If I may, I can offer some insight here.
As I mentioned previously, Swamped does this in every game she's been in with me. It doesn't mean she's hiding in the scum chat, but it also doesn't mean she isn't either. This is just how she plays, which always makes her a difficult read. However, I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt here because of her consistent behavior as before.
I've been scum with Kyan...2, 3 times now? He tends to be more active in the scum chat than in the main thread. He likes to coordinate with his team before saying stuff. It's very early to tell, still, but he is also on my watch list. He always is, just as a general rule of thumb.
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
I have limited experience with Exodu5 and no experience with Ultron
30yearsofhurt
Member
Poltergust
Member
That was a defense of Kyan? She's basically saying that his behavior is currently matching up with prior scum behavior.
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
hey_monkey
Banned
There is this. And I worry that it is making things more suspicious than they seem, or if people are posting more to fill holes, or... then again, I don't know what typical behavior is. Reading over the threads just isn't quite the same. The tempo is different.
Yes, which means he bears watching, if she's town. Or she could be scum and throwing attention onto him, since a few people have voted for her. <(¬＿¬<)
But with all the quiet people, there could be some real wild cards. So who really knows.
hey_monkey
Banned
We could all just be grasping at straws.
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
Kyan-kun always has attention on him. I don't think he's ever been town. Scum-me wouldn't need to throw attention; he has enough of that as it is, by default.
Yup. Lovers is the top priority on anyone's list of win conditions. If, say, 1 Lover is Seer & 1 is Scum, then they have to work together to pick off the rest of the Scum without throwing the Scum Lover under the bus. In many cases, the game can even role with just Townsfolk.
I don't want to push this point too far since it's still Day 1, but unlike Dragonz, I definitely don't think we should drop this entirely. If the Cupids are already at work, the Lovers may already know their partners (Depending on the ruleset; I've seen it done where Lovers are both aware & unaware of their partner. They usually don't know their Cupid at all).
As a result, that means we have more than just those Baka Gaijin Ugu Superheroes to worry about already.
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
We knew that already. Town win-con references "ALL threats to anime", implying more than just gaijin scum.
Just FYI, you don't have to unvote to vote for a different person. Your most recent vote will automatically overwrite your older one.
30yearsofhurt
Member
WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
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WhereAreMahDragonz
Banned
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