@Mykonian: Personally myko, I think you have played quite well. I don't believe in trying to hide when you are a mason pair, because you have nothing to hide from the town. I'm glad that you defended me, (though I think you should avoid WIFOM in the future because it is scummy) and I think that having both og us claim now is a benefit to the town.
@germy:
I suspect a scum gambit. However, I always suspect a scum gambit. Neither Kairyuu nor mykonian were under particular pressure when Kairyuu alluded to his confirmability, so this mason claim wouldn't be a last ditch effort. Which means, if it is a false claim, they would have to have been planning to make it for some time. And I don't see any real evidence of that.
First of all, I like the way you play. I was surprised when you were the only person who mentioned the possibility of a scum gambit. What with the speed that this game got started though, there would have been no time to plan it, since myko couldn't even reply to whether or not he was a miller before we got going (it seems that he isn't since he hasn't claimed it). The claim is no fake though, but thanks for trying. I can't think of any way that we could be confimed by someone else without wasting a power role, but I think it will become obvious as the game progresses that we are telling the truth.
Kairyuu, I respect your gambits and attempts to draw out scum, mainly because your efforts seem like a more refined and developed version of the types of tactics that I try to use. Your conciliatory posts after several people pointed things out to you bothered me, but I can also see what you were attempting.
Thank you. I'm glad that you can see them for what they are now. My conciliatory posts happen sometimes. I have no problem ceding points to other people if I'm wrong and they can prove it. Otherwise, I would be stuck defending assertions that I don't believe to be true, which doesn't help the town.
@Artem: -pats on back for voting correctly again-
I don't think we can discount the idea of a cope quite yet, as there are a few situations where we could have one.
@CF Riot: I can respect your reasoning, but I'm keeping my FOS in place for now because I still don't like the early failure to take a stand and the defense of afatchic.
@sekinj:
no additional comments about your vote against me? You said you were waiting for my explaination and you have yet to address it.
That was me, and regarding my FOS. I'll address them now.
Simply put, I have no problem with that reasoning, because it is the exact thing I was attempting to get people to see. I'll downgrade my FOS to a
Minor FOS: sekinj
because I still don't like the early active lurking.
@Springlullaby: Don't be hypocritical. You are making filler posts accusing people of lurking while you have yet to respond to my comments. I don't like that. Possibly scum trying to pretend like their failed case didn't happen.
FOS: Springlullaby
@Scheherazade: First, your name is confusing. Anything we can shorten it to?
Second, to address your points:
I think that afatchic was merely being hasty. I know it’s hard to credit hastiness with producing “one of the most antitown statements I have ever read (73)” et al. but I think that you’ll see that a lack of consideration of the implications of the pseudoclaim lead to early support with increasing doubts like “i don't think any other backup roles or anything should claim” (44). He did stick to his guns in calling for a miller claim, though, rather than just running as far away from germy as possible.
The lack of consideration is the whole point. afatchic thought he could probably ride on germy's coattails for awhile originally, and then when germy started getting a few votes and several people attacked him for his suggestion of claims, afatchic backed off of the claims to avoid being incriminated by supporting them.
He stuck to his guns about the miller claim? Of course he did, considering that everyone else supported the idea. As I see it he was trying to ingratiate himself to the town in the hopes he would be overlooked.
He began lurking and eventually left because Kairyuu was rather too rabid and the majority of the rest of you rather too eager to play ducklings.
I am not rabid. -foams at the mouth- If afatchic had explained himself sufficiently, then he may have gotten me to back off. He didn't. Instead, he lurked in the hopes that it would go away. I have no respect for that, because it is against the spirit of the game.
Plus, if so many people were eager to play ducklings, how come he only got 3 votes on him at the peak, where one of them was me?
I’m still rereading and rereading to try to sort a likely suspect after Kairyuu claimed. I still think he’s been the most suspect player. I know that even if he and Myko were lying, they could be easily exposed in the near future (even tonight, if we’ve got a cop).
What? You say that I'm still the most suspect, even though claiming mason buddies as scum practically assures a scum loss if they are caught, which they would be simply based on the natural progression of the game. Plus you call for a cop investigation against one of us if we have a cop. Why argue for the wasted investigation? Is it so you can try to kill the cop tonight while no worrying about being targetted if you miss?
One things stuck out to me from your case against sekinj:
I do give her points for briefly defending a confirmed townie, afatchic, but that was just part of a criticism of Kairyuu.
And how exactly is afatchic confirmed townie? Because to me it looks like he, and therefore you, are the most likely scum currently.
confirm vote: Scheherazade
Because, no matter how you dress it up, that's what the world is. A community of idiots doing a series of things until the world explodes and we all die.