Marathon 14 (Assassin in the Palace)

JDodge · Post Post #13 (isolation #1) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:00 am

/confirm

JDodge · Post Post #21 (isolation #2) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:04 am

I believe lynching randomly might be a good idea. It gives us a 1 in 6 chance of winning plus it prevents anyone from finding the king. Does anyone agree?

JDodge · Post Post #33 (isolation #3) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:22 am

On second thought, my random suggestion has lower odds than I thought.

JDodge · Post Post #37 (isolation #4) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:24 am

Play normally?

JDodge · Post Post #40 (isolation #5) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:26 am

Vote: Mojo

JDodge · Post Post #55 (isolation #6) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:35 am

Unvote, Vote: DoS

I swear this bandwagoning fever is taking over. It's all I can do to avoid the plague. I don't understand why, though.

JDodge · Post Post #61 (isolation #7) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:38 am

There's a very important reason I said what I did...

And there's a very good reason why I'm wagoning here. I believe that pressuring people is a good way to win this game.

JDodge · Post Post #65 (isolation #8) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:40 am

PookyTheMagicalBear wrote:Jdodge, do you understand why we can't lose any ground by lynching mojo at this point in the game?

I do now... But it's also a matter of choice. I choose to try and figure it out today as opposed to increasing the assassin's odds.

JDodge · Post Post #76 (isolation #9) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:44 am

DUR HUR HUR I IS NOT THIK TUDAY. I get it now.

Unvote, Vote: Mojo

if that wasn't already the hammer..

JDodge · Post Post #77 (isolation #10) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:45 am

Sarnath'd.

Vote: DoS

JDodge · Post Post #90 (isolation #11) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:50 am

Yaaay! Hammer!

JDodge · Post Post #96 (isolation #12) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:52 am

Vote: Pooky

JDodge · Post Post #99 (isolation #13) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:56 am

Machiavellian-Mafia wrote:Ok can anyone summarize what has happened in the game for me?

D1 - We lynched Mojo.

D2 - We lynched DoS.

JDodge · Post Post #102 (isolation #14) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:57 am

Pooky is my choice at the moment.

JDodge · Post Post #103 (isolation #15) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 8:58 am

Nevermind. Sarnathing has given me a good clue.

Unvote, vote: Fiasco

JDodge · Post Post #109 (isolation #16) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:00 am

Both. We want to throw a smokescreen while bringing the assassin down.

JDodge · Post Post #110 (isolation #17) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:00 am

Kelly Chen wrote:
VC

1 - Fiasco (JDodge, Pooky)

Not voting: Fiasco, MM

So, who's vote doesn't count?

JDodge · Post Post #122 (isolation #18) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:05 am

WOO! I WAS RIGHT!

JDodge · Post Post #127 (isolation #19) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:09 am

We won.

JDodge · Post Post #129 (isolation #20) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:10 am

Sorry, Sarnath'd for 15th time today.

Either way... My odd statement about the plague was a breadcrumb.

JDodge · Post Post #135 (isolation #21) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:12 am

Fiasco wrote:And now even if we lynch the scum today he still has a 1/3 chance to hit the King if he guesses randomly.

That's what gave you away. I can't figure out why, but it just seemed so scummy...

DoS wrote:It only took you two tries!

I'm so pwoud!

JDodge · Post Post #138 (isolation #22) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:14 am

JDodge wrote:
Unvote, Vote: DoS

I swear this bandwagoning fever is taking
over
. It's all I can do to avoid
the
plague. I don't
under
stand why, though.

The crumb was very, very slight.

JDodge · Post Post #140 (isolation #23) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:18 am

PookyTheMagicalBear wrote:you actually BCed? O.O

Yep. There was a reason I said my plague comment has very important meaning.

JDodge · Post Post #143 (isolation #24) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:19 am

I know... I didn't want to make it obvious, though. That would defeat the purpose.

That being said, I think this setup is more random than anything.

JDodge · Post Post #147 (isolation #25) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:25 am

Kelly Chen wrote:Yeah I don't think this game is random at all, I just think it's incredibly easy for the town to drop the ball and keep on dropping it.

It's also probably an extremely difficult setup for the assassin to win, due to the fact that slip-ups in this game should result in an immediate lynch. If we assume randomness, it might be fairly balanced. Info is it's downfall.

JDodge · Post Post #150 (isolation #26) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:29 am

It's worth noting that this is an extremely good idea for a setup and would work well with some tweaking.

JDodge · Post Post #156 (isolation #27) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:36 am

Kelly Chen wrote:Or what kind of slip-up do you have in mind?

Very, very slight ones. The one that allowed me to figure out Fiasco was more of a gut feeling sort of things; just posts that seem way too scummy.

JDodge · Post Post #159 (isolation #28) » Wed Mar 28, 2007 9:40 am

Kelly Chen wrote:Incidentally, one variant I thought of would be for the King to already know who the Assassin is. Heheheh.

I actually think that would make it more interesting.