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Love Boat [Mafia] |OT| Till Death Do Us Part

cabot

Member
You say it's a difference of opinion, as if you respect it, then you call it misguided because you don't agree.

Frankly, I don't care what happened in Woof 2 because I wasn't in Woof 2. If I were, I would be saying the same thing now - I don't care how active you are. I'm here to catch scum, not serve a better play environment. however much good it can do, it can cause just as much bad (see NX, Sorian). So, yeah, I'm going to disagree with your opinion - and I want to lynch your lying ass.

It's misguided because it's wrong. I don't know what else it is. You obviously don't know that yet, but I do.

My point was you better be damn sure I'm scum, because losing two active people this early is definitely a mistake. The evidence you have given is flimsy at best.

I'm sticking on UltraBooBoo myself. I plan to go over Ultra's post before deadline to make a full judgement.
 

Burbeting

Banned
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It's misguided because it's wrong. I don't know what else it is. You obviously don't know that yet, but I do.

My point was you better be damn sure I'm scum, because losing two active people this early is definitely a mistake. The evidence you have given is flimsy at best.

I'm sticking on UltraBooBoo myself. I plan to go over Ultra's post before deadline to make a full judgement.

My opinion is wrong. Ok.

I don't know what I've touched on to make you act all erratically, but it's making you look more suspicious. You're saying that my "evidence", which I put in quotes because I have barely any in the first place, is flimsy and you don't bother to see yours is just as bad if not worse because I've actually referenced a game you're familiar with.

Sorry, cabot, you may genuinely be acting town's best interest, but you're definitely not showing it.
 

cabot

Member
My opinion is wrong. Ok.

I don't know what I've touched on to make you act all erratically, but it's making you look more suspicious. You're saying that my "evidence", which I put in quotes because I have barely any in the first place, is flimsy and you don't bother to see yours is just as bad if not worse because I've actually referenced a game you're familiar with.

Sorry, cabot, you may genuinely be acting town's best interest, but you're definitely not showing it.

your opinion of 'I think Splintbot is scum', yes.

what's my evidence? I gave you a reason for my D1 voting behaviour. There's no evidence required. It isn't being used against anyone. It's explaining a playstyle.
 

FluxWaveZ

Member
It's too obvious. Launch + Gorlak, Coppanuva + Flame...

When is it that scum actually turn out to be the ones who act "the most scummy" on D1? None of the above pairings are good lynch candidates.

The ones who've turned out to be scum on D1 in the previous games I've played here were those who posted moderately, or those who posted very little. Those who posted the most and were also scum were rare.

And while this could be faulty logic as a result of WIFOM (I think that's the term), I still find myself believing that's the case here. Flame and Coppanuva, in particular, don't strike me as good candidates right now. Prodding a bunch of people, getting called out, then scaling things back? Too telegraphed.

Gorlak and Launchpad aren't good, either. Those who are causing the most friction on D1 will lean more towards town than scum. Especially when it's people who are experience with Mafia.

The teams I'm most suspicious of right now are:

6. [m] UltraJay & [m] Boo Boo'n
12. [m] Kyanrute NEW & [m] Retroid
14. [m] NeverForever & [m] CzarTim
15. [f] Sophia & [m] Ty4on

The teams that are coasting, without putting too much suspicion on themselves and contributing here and there with reads that everyone can nod their heads to and trying to subtly divert attention away from themselves by pointing at other people instead.

I heavily think it's one of these teams that should be the lynch focus of D1. I'll be looking into one of these before the deadline and voting on them.
 
...I just realized we're all floating by in a warped instance of my formerly postulated Roller Coaster Tycoon session

tsk tsk

So this is what corporate espionage feels like
 
CURRENT VOTE TALLY:

Hyperactivity & kingkitty (7)
Hyperactivity .373 .542
CzarTim .669
Never Forever .920
Kawl_USC .934
Boo Boo'n .1025
Kyanrute .1033
LaunchpadMcQ .1121 .1281
Gorlak .1128
Ty4on .1202

Coppanuva & Flame_AC (3)
batsnacks .393 .1149
*Splinter .451 .751
FluxWaveZ .537 .616
Hyperactivity .542
Ty4on .689 .880
Retroid .1264
*Splinter .1299

Boo Boo'n & UltraJay (2)
Never Forever .515 .920
kingkitty .532
Coppanuva .551 .727
Kyanrute .755 .887
cabot .1029 .1030
cabot .1030
*Splinter .1273 .1299

Sophia & Ty4on (2)
LaunchpadMcQ .1056 .1121
Blargonaut .1081
FluxWaveZ .1083

Gorlak & LaunchpadMcQ (2)
cabot .264 .372
FluxWaveZ .788 .1083
*Splinter .792 .802
Blargonaut .814 .1081
Giant Panda .1045
batsnacks .1230

Blargonaut & Kawl_USC (2)
Flame_AC .353 .559
Boo Boo'n .521 .680
Karkador .733
Zippedpinhead .789

Kyanrute & Retroid (1)
*Splinter .751 .792
*Splinter .802 .992
Sophia .852 .888
Flame_AC .917
batsnacks .1149 .1230

CzarTim & NeverForever (1)
Coppanuva .484 .487
Coppanuva .487 .551
Karu .749

*Splinter & cabot (1)
kingkitty .267 .386
Gorlak .401 .842
LaunchpadMcQ .1281

FluxWaveZ & Timeaisis (1)
Coppanuva .279 .484
*Splinter .295 .297
*Splinter .301 .387
Camjo-Z .319
Rest .434 .921
*Splinter .444 .451
LaunchpadMcQ .796 .1056
UltraJay .864 .1254
Ty4on .880 .1202

No Lynch (0)
Retroid .1145 .1264

Karu & Rest (0)
FluxWaveZ .257 .432
Sophia .888 .1032

El Topo & Giant Panda (0)
cabot .388 .1029
Gorlak .842 .1128
*Splinter .992 .1273

batsnacks & MagnumBoy20xx (0)
Flame_AC .559 .917

Camjo-Z & TL21xx (0)
Coppanuva .727 .844

Karkador & Zippedpinhead (0)
FluxWaveZ .432 .537
FluxWaveZ .616 .788
Coppanuva .844 .900
Giant Panda .966 .1045


No active vote for Day 1:
Coppanuva (has previously voted)
El Topo
MagnumBoy20xx
Sophia (has previously voted)
Timeaisis
TL21xx
UltraJay (has previously voted)



Day 1 ends:
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16 votes for majority
 
I generally agree with that opinion, Flux. It seems a little too late to do anything but discuss at this point, but NF/Tim have jumped out at me before.
 

CzarTim

Member
I was hoping to get some reads from hyper before I go, but his responses to me earlier felt genuine. Won't be around for deadline.

Vote: Boo Boo'n
 

cabot

Member
I guess it was too much to hope El topo would continue making decent posts huh?

Please answer my follow up question buddy
 

FluxWaveZ

Member
I generally agree with that opinion, Flux. It seems a little too late to do anything but discuss at this point, but NF/Tim have jumped out at me before.

I don't see why we can't do that.

VOTE: CzarTim

[Burbeting, "Never Forever" has a space in his name, omitted from the OP.]

This team pretty much exemplifies what I was talking about. I'd feel better lynching them than a lot of the other "lynch focus" teams at this point.
 

FluxWaveZ

Member
That's because you refuse to see a doctor about it

but why

Doctor would be wasting their time—assuming we even have one—and potentially endangering themselves if scum have an investigative role that can spot them out by trying to protect us. If we're going to be dying on D2 anyways, it'd be better for them to maintain their cover so they can protect more useful teams in the future.
 

CzarTim

Member
I don't see why we can't do that.

VOTE: CzarTim

[Burbeting, "Never Forever" has a space in his name, omitted from the OP.]

This team pretty much exemplifies what I was talking about. I'd feel better lynching them than a lot of the other "lynch focus" teams at this point.

I agree with the sentiment, you're just wrong about the team ;)
 

Karkador

Banned
For option 3, I'm very inconsistent with reads but in a game that is effectively 15 people, 3 (max 4) are scum and to pull this gambit off as scum considering these circumstances......I just don't see that happening. it's absolutely batshit. The cub theory is the only thing I can see where this .......could make sense (doesnt make sense on D1 tho) but I'm not confident that is the case.

We have to consider that even though mafia has 3-4 roles, they still have 6-8 people in the game.

While Town relies a bit more on mechanics to get information a D verify claims, mafia's power is really in how they coordinate and shape the conversation- it's independent of their role power. We're dealing with a lot of wolves out here.
 
Doctor would be wasting their time—assuming we even have one—and potentially endangering themselves if scum have an investigative role that can spot them out by trying to protect us. If we're going to be dying on D2 anyways, it'd be better for them to maintain their cover so they can protect more useful teams in the future.

But...

You're, like, the Security Guards, right

I mean

That's pretty useful

Are you underpaid by theme park management or something

Personally, I get it, break time is break time
 
Also has Zipped even posted lately or is he really leaving it all to Kark?

I was sick as a dog yesterday, just got off 12 hours of sleep to check the thread.

I think kawl/blarg and flux/time have set themselves up as role magnets. People are going to want to use their abilities to investigate and "prove" or murder them. This opens up a slew of other problems. What is scum has a watcher? What's the likelihood of them actually being that role (not much)?

Personally it wouldn't surprise me if one of them was a bulletproof insomniac.
 

Coppanuva

Member
I was sick as a dog yesterday, just got off 12 hours of sleep to check the thread.

I think kawl/blarg and flux/time have set themselves up as role magnets. People are going to want to use their abilities to investigate and "prove" or murder them. This opens up a slew of other problems. What is scum has a watcher? What's the likelihood of them actually being that role (not much)?

Personally it wouldn't surprise me if one of them was a bulletproof insomniac.

So you think they intentionally claimed for attention? In that case, are you for or against lynching one of them? Your vote is on one right now, yet your post makes it sound like you think they're playing for attention to benefit someone. I'm not seeing the lining up.
 
I was hoping to get some reads from hyper before I go, but his responses to me earlier felt genuine. Won't be around for deadline.

Vote: Boo Boo'n

Yeah, Hyper feels genuine bored Town.

VOTE: Boo Boo'n

Me and Tim have been busy for Day 1, but I think the quality of our contributions when we have checked in has been far higher than those of BooJay and Retroid/Kyanrute, at the very least, and if you're looking for coasters they're really the people you should be going after.

I apologise that we don't have the super high post counts you're looking for, considering that that's clearly the metric by which these things are judged.
 

cabot

Member
We have to consider that even though mafia has 3-4 roles, they still have 6-8 people in the game.

While Town relies a bit more on mechanics to get information a D verify claims, mafia's power is really in how they coordinate and shape the conversation- it's independent of their role power. We're dealing with a lot of wolves out here.

If launch had put it like that, it would have made much more sense!

I was sick as a dog yesterday, just got off 12 hours of sleep to check the thread.

I think kawl/blarg and flux/time have set themselves up as role magnets. People are going to want to use their abilities to investigate and "prove" or murder them. This opens up a slew of other problems. What is scum has a watcher? What's the likelihood of them actually being that role (not much)?

Personally it wouldn't surprise me if one of them was a bulletproof insomniac.

Worth the wait. The role magnet issue is a pain we have to live with. We can deal with that on night two.

Whos on your hit list?
 

Ty4on

Member
and on that note

VOTE: Coppanuva

Started strong (and scummy), got heat, then went into hiding. Right now they're scummy AND hardly contributing.

It's too obvious. Launch + Gorlak, Coppanuva + Flame...

When is it that scum actually turn out to be the ones who act "the most scummy" on D1? None of the above pairings are good lynch candidates.

The ones who've turned out to be scum on D1 in the previous games I've played here were those who posted moderately, or those who posted very little. Those who posted the most and were also scum were rare.

And while this could be faulty logic as a result of WIFOM (I think that's the term), I still find myself believing that's the case here. Flame and Coppanuva, in particular, don't strike me as good candidates right now. Prodding a bunch of people, getting called out, then scaling things back? Too telegraphed.

Since you disagree I wondered if you could answer for each other?

Flux' post is long, but I find it a bit vague in places. Like what do you mean by "too telegraphed" and what makes Coppa and Flame stand out? I don't think either of them attempted to start the day with controversial opinions.
Splinter's is vague. Does the "strong" apply to both? If so they acted differently with Flame taking a stronger stance, though both were consistent in prodding people with a question in most posts.
 

FluxWaveZ

Member
I agree with the sentiment, you're just wrong about the team ;)
Me and Tim have been busy for Day 1, but I think the quality of our contributions when we have checked in has been far higher than those of BooJay and Retroid/Kyanrute, at the very least, and if you're looking for coasters they're really the people you should be going after.

I apologise that we don't have the super high post counts you're looking for, considering that that's clearly the metric by which these things are judged.

This is like how I acted when I was scum in Werewolf 2. You guys aren't above suspicion, and pointing the finger to another team is weak defense for your own.

Especially you, Never Forever. Your behavior has been like you're a confirmed Townie and everyone should know it this whole time.
 

FluxWaveZ

Member
Since you disagree I wondered if you could answer for each other?

Flux' post is long, but I find it a bit vague in places. Like what do you mean by "too telegraphed" and what makes Coppa and Flame stand out? I don't think either of them attempted to start the day with controversial opinions.
Splinter's is vague. Does the "strong" apply to both? If so they acted differently with Flame taking a stronger stance, though both were consistent in prodding people with a question in most posts.

Here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=195590264&postcount=977

And it's vague because that's the whole point: there's nothing obvious about the people who would be playing scum. Their entire playstyle would inherently be "vague." Just like yours right now, by playing Devil's advocate in a way to either implicate and/or defend the Flame/Coppa team, while simultaneously trying to question us.
 

CzarTim

Member
This is like how I acted when I was scum in Werewolf 2. You guys aren't above suspicion, and pointing the finger to another team is weak defense for your own.

Especially you, Never Forever. Your behavior has been like you're a confirmed Townie and everyone should know it this whole time.

People tend to over defend themselves, especially on day one since it's when we're most unsure of our reads yet know for sure our own alignment. I could jump in and defend myself at every little snipe thrown at me this game, some of which has been blatantly untrue, but that doesn't get me closer to lynching scum. And engaging in a slap fight with someone I suspect is town is just distracting for everyone else.

Your case is that we are middle of the road posters, and therefore scum. There's litterally no response I can make there. We have been middle of the road, we just aren't scum.

I'm voting for the team I think is most likely to flip scum, that's the best I can do here.
 

UltraJay

Member
I come back from my birthday steak dinner to see nothing has really changed. It's disappointing because I'm not really sold on HyperKitty but it looks like they aren't offering any kind of defense at all. Getting nothing from them before a lynch isn't going to be helpful at all.

This doesn't feel right. Don't know if HyperKitty should be the lynch target for today. Then again, don't know if they've even been helpful at all so far. I'm going to look at Hyper's page of notes (because why not) as well as the votes that are currently on them.

CoppaFlame: the consensus is that they have been acting strangely though it appeared normal to me. It is true that they have backed off from posting recently which is NOT normal for Coppa. Lynch target status: Viable

TimeFlux and Blawl: Need to see what they do. Hopefully we get something out of it. Lynch target status: Abort

NeverTim: Need to look at their posts to see why votes are flocking to them. Lynch target status: Pending

RetroKyan: No thoughts here. No thoughts here. No thoughts here. On your read list Retro. Even for me and Boo? Have you not seen how my beau has been acting? (Hint: Not well.) Lynch target status: Viable

El Topo and whoever: Whine whine whine. I caught up 9 pages (100ppp) over 2 and a half hours then went to bed with the sun coming up. Probably shouldn't have, butt love it, whatever. Lynch target status: Viable

BooJay: I didn't do us any favors forgetting there was a game on, but after coming back Boo made some pretty bad posts. That post consisting of a single vote was bad. I can see why people have their votes on us. Our lynching won't hurt town tremendously. Plus if mafia kills us it won't give you much information given that our current status makes us an easy kill, unlikely to be watched, protected, or really give any incriminating evidence.
Unless mafia have their votes on us right now, though you'd think they jump onto HyperKitty.
Lynch target status: Viable
 

cabot

Member
People tend to over defend themselves, especially on day one since it's when we're most unsure of our reads yet know for sure our own alignment.

Was that a shot?


BooJay: I didn't do us any favors forgetting there was a game on, but after coming back Boo made some pretty bad posts. That post consisting of a single vote was bad. I can see why people have their votes on us. Our lynching won't hurt town tremendously. Plus if mafia kills us it won't give you much information given that our current status makes us an easy kill, unlikely to be watched, protected, or really give any incriminating evidence.
Unless mafia have their votes on us right now, though you'd think they jump onto HyperKitty.
Lynch target status: Viable

Hmmmmm
 

Coppanuva

Member
and on that note

VOTE: Coppanuva

Started strong (and scummy), got heat, then went into hiding. Right now they're scummy AND hardly contributing.

Missed this in my catching up (only noticed it due to Ty4on quoting). Sorry you saw me as "hiding" yesterday, I just had a lot of urgent work that needed doing and didn't have much time to post. I had a few, but I didn't quite have the time to go through posts for my usual prod so that dropped off. I also haven't been posting this morning since it's just now only 6:50am where I live. If you call having life obligations "hiding" then by your definition I was.


That said, the past's the past and we need to look at voting right now. I'm not so sure I agree with my partner's stance on Retroid and Kyan, since he placed it there when I wasn't able to follow the game closely enough to argue against it, and he seems to be gone the rest of the phase.

While I could see a few reasons for the Kyanroid vote (that too safe reads list from Kyan, them not contributing too heavily), I don't think people interacted with them enough during the day to make that the best "Low contributor" lynch if we go for that. Looking at the vote counters at least we have a few interesting options. I'm going with this one:

BooJay- UltraJay came in WAY late, and Boo used that as a reason he had trouble contributing early on. Personally I don't agree with that being a good reason (he's played games here before where you don't get teammates, you can easily contribute solo). He then jumped into the HyperKitty vote right in the middle of the pack. His post actually started another wave of people slowly jumping on to them, giving them quite a few more posts. I think we stand to gain more information based on how people interacted with them than we do from Retroid/Kyan.

Vote: Boo Boo'n
 

FluxWaveZ

Member
Terrabyte from Werewolf 2 was self-deprecating on D1 and said that he would see himself as a great lynch target if he was anyone else due to his performance (or lack thereof). This is what caused Swamped (the Town vigilante) to shoot him on N1. Lo and behold, he was scum.
 
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