Open 96 -- Carbon-14 (Game over) before 703

[StrangerCoug]

I'd argue that he's just teasing, but it's clear by now that he really doesn't want to play and could care less about contributing.

Unvote: Kublai Khan
Vote: Xtoxm

[Crazy]

Nah, actually it's SC and ortolan.

And... Xtoxm's not admitting to being scum, for the simple fact that nobody that has been on the site longer than a week

does

that.

[popsofctown]

It could also be interpreted as "[This is quite a]Good game".. maybe?
Xtoxm and KK both look pretty bad. At this point, by my reckoning, one or both of them is a scum. If they are both scum, it's pretty moot which one gets lynched first, i think the possible connection i suggested would at least be enough to warrant D2 pressure, and that pressure would probably confirm or deny the connection. And there's always the seer/cop who could investigate them.

So, i/we, we only including other people who are suspicious of SC and xtoxm, need to determine which one is more independently suspicious, preferably before the deadline. It's sort of an apple and orange thing to me right now, SC has said and done things that bring about suspicion, while Xtoxm is lurking, and not really defending his lurking in a satisfactory manner.

I'm gonna decide which one deserves my vote best as close to the deadline as possible. I'm gonna leave my vote on SC though, because I'm sick, and i don't know if i'll get sicker or weller and i'd hate for there to be a lack of votes at deadline.

Crazy, are you really suspicious of ortolan or was that sarcasm?

Ortolan. Get an avatar.

[ortolan]

Vote: Xtoxm

for posts 53 (contentless) and 73 (which implies he is scum and has not been explained)

That puts him on L-1, I suggest we allow him the chance to explain/claim before being lynched.

[Crazy]

SC is way worse than Xtoxm.

And yes, I do find ortolan scummy.

First 7 posts are content-free, which is fine in the random stage, but he's also joking about being scum, like the comment about the quicklynches and the mass claim, etc. Now most people don't see this is a scum-tell, but I read jokes like that as "Hi, I'm scum and I'm so excited that I'm scum that I can't conceal it." Sure, it's not a strong tell by any means, but it's in my book.

His next post is about theory, which is a null-tell.

The post after that is what gets me. He reiterates the very

valid

points against SC, but then in the last sentence:

I'll be the first to admit the case against you isn't particularly strong, but in the absence of a better suspect and as I am obliged to post after being prodded I will go with you for the time being.

Ugh. You know what that means. Likely he either doesn't want to distance too strongly against SC, or he's afraid of a counterattack. Either way, it's scummy.

And I notice he just posted again while I was typing this... voting for Xtoxm... and asking for a

claim

of all things!

[Crazy]

Hmm, I better explain why I don't think the Xtoxm case has merit:

The case against him:

1. He's avoiding this game.

Well, so what? We're on page 4. It's

really

not time to go after lurkers yet. Look, Nat has posted 24 times since his last post here. Why is Xtoxm more suspicious?

2. Post 83 implies he is scum.

Xtoxm is not a newbie... and newbies are the only kind of people that would give up

on page 3

.

[ortolan]

So your last two posts in conjunction imply I am voting for my scumbuddy? Great.

[Xtoxm]

Vote Ortolan

[Natirasha]

unvote, vote: xtoxm

What? I think this game is rather easy to beat.

[Xtoxm]

Whhheeeeyyy!!

Cop speedlynched in the random phase.

Go-go Mafia seer-seeker.

[ortolan]

Are you going to explain the OMGUS before it goes to night xtoxm, if you are indeed town?

[ortolan]

If you are cop why the hell are you voting for me right before you get lynched. I'm not scum and that's gonna get me lynched tomorrow.

[ortolan]

And who did you investigate last night and with what result?

[Xtoxm]

Try again, failtown didn't want any cop results this time. Your choice, I guess.

[ortolan]

You baited the lynch by posting "Good game" without an explanation.

[Xtoxm]

...No.

No, i'm not going to teach you about the concept of sarcasm.

[Kublai Khan]

Try again, failtown didn't want any cop results this time. Your choice, I guess.

You could have offered a defense instead of sarcasm or a content-free vote. It's sorta of a a new fed sweeping these boards.

[Natirasha]

...No.

No, i'm not going to teach you about the concept of sarcasm.

Sorry, I just wanted a lynch. I'm bloodthirsty that way. I don't beleive you about the cop thing, either.

[Kublai Khan]

Sorry, I just wanted a lynch. I'm bloodthirsty that way. I don't beleive you about the cop thing, either.

A fourth-page speedlynch while there is an active deadline? I can see why you're hoping he's not a cop.

[Xtoxm]

Don't believe me all you fucking want.

[ortolan]

oh well if he's telling the truth I just hope the mafia are werewolves

[Xtoxm]

Anyway, good game scum. I'm serious this time.

[-TinVision-]

Third Vote Count of Day 1

xtoxm (4) -- Kublai Khan, StrangerCoug, ortolan, Natirasha

StrangerCoug (2) -- Crazy, popsofctown
ortolan (1) -- xtoxm

Not voting (0) -- No one.

Xtoxm, Cop

has been lynched. Night 1 has begun. Night action deadline is Tuesday November 18th, 10 AM EST.

[-TinVision-]

The day dawns bright and early.

ortolan, Townie

, lies cruelly slain at the town square. Will there be no justice for his killers?

Day Two has begun. With five alive, it is three to lynch.

[ortolan]

Yay. First time scum have killed me as townie gl town