/in-Vitational Game 4 (Game Over!)

[mith]

Vote Count:

4 to lynch.

Thesp: 3 (charter, PookyTheMagicalBear, VP Baltar)
VP Baltar: 1 (Thesp)

Not Voting: 2 (ekiM, elvis_knits)

[charter]

Pretty sure you're at L-1.

[ekiM]

So I missed Day 5. I don't have time for this game today, but I hope to tomorrow.

[elvis_knits]

I like how Thesp came in and answered none of my questions.

[elvis_knits]

Well thesp, I appreciate the effort you have finally put into this game when your ass is numero uno on the chopping block.

I'm not sure that's a fair accusation - I had some time I could contribute, so I did.

Doesn't look like it matters - I've been lynched. Good luck town. Get VP Baltar, and look at my end-day analysis re: Ekim & charter.

So are we supposed to believe that thesp can't count and believes himself lynched?

When the lynch number is 4 and there's a vote count on the page, I have a hard time believing that thesp thought himself lynched.

[elvis_knits]

Wait there wasn't a vote count on the page but all the votes were on the page. Could thesp have really missed charter's unvote?

[charter]

Yeah, I think it was fake too.

[elvis_knits]

I'm trying to be fair and do this right, but I really think thesp is scum.

A lot of things make me think this. Just generally, he hasn't seemed that active or involved. When we were mass claiming and scrambling around for a plan, thesp didn't seem that helpful.

And why was thesp going for the pooky lynch over tajo? One of my main reasons for wanting the tajo lynch was that if he was town that would put me on a very short list for possible scum. I was fine with dying with the scum if we could confirm the scum were there, but I wasn't about to just accept that without finding out if tajo was telling the truth.

Thesp was in the same position going onto the short list, but he was cool with that. Why?

And let's not forget the ties to zufaul. There is of course the ridiculous way zufaul tried to confirm thesp. But he can argue he had nothing to do with that. But there are other things too. There was a lot of zufaul and thesp agreeing and making similar moves. And when the iam/rofl claim came down, thesp and zu both thought it would be a good idea not to lynch either of rofl or iam. And we discussed how this is a pro-scum POV if one of iam/rofl is scum. Thesp was totally on board with not lynching either rofl or iam.

Thesp placement during the tajo lynch is just such a blinking neon sign to me.

PookyTheMagicalBear: 6 (

iamausername

,

populartajo, roflcopter

, Thesp,

Yosarian2, zu_Faul

)

I know iam was town... but other than that, look how thesp is in a scum sandwich!

I need thesp to explain why he wanted pooky lynched over tajo, and why he was fine with being on the short list of possible scum without confirming that tajo was telling the truth.

[charter]

Some other things Thesp can explain if he wants me to unvote him are:

• Why you hammered zu faul before he posted ('I thought he was scum' isn't an answer)
  
• Why you accused me of fishing when zu faul said you were town
  
• Why you didn't vote for tajo, when if he was town, that meant there was a 5/6 chance you were scum.
  
• Why you "weren't sure that I'd take a populartajo lynch over no lynch"

[VP Baltar]

I don't see how you have any kind of scum read on EK, Thesp. While I don't feel she was as present early on, I think she has played a very pro town game in the later days and was important to the scum lynches we have had so far.

I'm still pretty confident that this game will be over once Thesp is lynched.

[elvis_knits]

I don't see how you have any kind of scum read on EK, Thesp.

Yeah he should have learned from the rest of his scum team that buddying me is his best chance.

---

Let's look at scum sandwich again:

PookyTheMagicalBear: 6 (

iamausername

,

populartajo, roflcopter

, Thesp,

Yosarian2, zu_Faul

)

Thesp is the only living player on the pooky wagon. If Thesp is town, that would mean that somebody on the tajo lynch is scum.

And if someone on the tajo lynch is scum, they could have unvoted tajo and pushed the lynch on pooky. But they didn't! Tajo was doomsday scenario for them. There is nothing they wanted to avoid more than tajo's lynch. But nobody unvoted tajo and moved to pooky. I really think they would have, given the high stakes of a tajo lynch. I don't think any amount of scum distancing or bussing/looking for town cred would be enough of a payoff to vote tajo at that point (since his lynch really gave us most of/the rest of the scum team).

[ekiM]

Thesp being the last remaining player who was on Pooky over Tajo is overwhelming. There's not much else to be said.

Vote: Thesp

.

[Thesp]

Crap. I was faking the presumed lynch - I'm not sure what else I could say when people seem to have it lockstep that I'm scum. I did have answers to your questions, but I'm not sure they would have helped. I'm still town, though - please look back at what I said. I'm only sad we'll have the chance at only one of Pooky/VP Baltar, but I'm still most sure about VP Baltar.

Good luck.

[Thesp]

Sorry I was wrong about tajo - I was convinced by the manner in which he "came forth" as hider - it looked genuine to me.

[elvis_knits]

Are you serious? Please tell me you're just being a thespian now.

[Thesp]

Are you serious? Please tell me you're just being a thespian now.

Totally serious.

Seriously - go look at VP Baltar tomorrow.

HARD.

[elvis_knits]

fudge.

You think VP more scummy than pooky? Because I think vp's argument that pooky might have been the only available lynch for the scum team is sort of persuasive.

But then for VP I think that when he was almost run up to lynch, it was weird how it was like all town on his wagon.

[elvis_knits]

Thesp, if you're town, then this is the VP wagon from a few days ago:

VP Baltar: 6 (ekiM, iamausername, Ojanen, SerialClergyman, Thesp, Xylthixlm)

I'm pretty sure I was on that wagon too.

So that would make everyone on that wagon town if thesp is town. Sine I know I am and I think ekiM is.

[mith]

Final Vote Count:

4 to lynch.

Thesp: 4 (charter, ekiM, PookyTheMagicalBear, VP Baltar)

VP Baltar: 1 (Thesp)

Not Voting: 1 (elvis_knits)

[mith]

Recreation

"Well, what can I say? I was really hoping to make it to the end of the game, but if you've got your minds made up..."

"Wait, what? Game? What game?"

"Er..."

"Talk. Or we'll make the lynch unusually painful this time."

"Painful how?"

"Oh, I don't know. We're a creative bunch, though."

"Fine, fine. I'm not supposed to say anything, it's in the contract."

"Contract?"

"You know, the contract we signed to participate in this experiment."

"Oh. Go on."

"Did you read the fine print?"

"Of course not, it's 342 pages long."

"Right. Well, in there somewhere is a bit about not bringing up that this is just a game. I suppose if you didn't know it was a game in the first place, you wouldn't have any reason to go looking for that, though..."

"This is a game? And you knew all along?"

"I applied to be on a game/reality TV show. I assumed you all did."

"No! This was supposed to be about living in perfect harmony!"

"Wow, the casting for this show is excellent."

"So you mean to tell me that this is a TV show, and people are watching us try to figure out who is trying to kill us?"

"Oh, yeah, about that. I'm sure the killing is just a part of the game, too. It's not real. Couldn't be. They wouldn't be able to put it on the air."

"So it doesn't really matter if we lynch you, then?"

"No."

"In that case, you won't mind if we go ahead? After all, you might be lying scum."

"Completely understandable. No hard feelings. See you all after the show is over."

---

"Wow, that's some good acting. How'd they fake that, anyway? I mean, we tied the noose. We put it on him. We kicked the chair out from under him..."

"Well, he's innocent. So he must be telling the truth about the game thing. I guess we'll find out how they did it after the show is over."

---

"Hello. Is there a... Mrs. Thesp here?"

"Please, call me kristocker. What can I do for you?"

"Ah, well, you see, your husband..."

"Are you here from the show? I saw he got booted off... when will he be home?"

"Oh. So you... ah. Before we say anything more, could you just sign this... and initial here... and here... right. About the whole

faking death

thing..."

---

Thesp (Vanilla Townie) has been lynched. It is Night 6. Deadline is Thursday, October 15.

[mith]

Abrogation

Good morning, Llamaville residents.

By now, you have found the body. There are only four of you remaining. The most recent death is tragic... not only because human life is always precious, which is obviously the case, but also because we are rendered unable to showcase our latest invention, the Violent Entanglement Genetic Fulcrum - VEnGeFul, for short. The dearly departed was a test subject. Had he been lynched, he would have had the opportunity to trigger the device, taking someone else with him. Unfortunately, it only works with rope. Funny, isn't it?

No matter. There are four of you left. As you have no doubt worked out by now, one of you is evil. Our crack team of researchers have finally solved the mystery of how the Mafia have infiltrated your community, but...

The tape cuts off as one of the residents pulls the plug.

"We already know how. Invy Inc. let them in to play a game with us. The question is, do we want to continue their game, or make a stand? If we refuse to play, what are they going to do?"

"Well, the Mafia might continue to kill us..."

"It's fake, though, right?"

"It sure didn't look fake."

"Special effects."

"I could see pieces of his brain."

"Foam. With ketchup."

"I

touched

it. It wasn't foam."

"You're worrying over nothing."

"We might as well play anyway. If you're right, it doesn't matter. And who knows, there might be some sort of prize."

"And if I'm wrong... ok. Fine, we'll play their game. So, who do we lynch?"

---

ekiM (Vengeful Townie) is dead. It is Day 7. With 4 alive, it will take 3 to lynch before deadline, which is three weeks from this post.

[VP Baltar]

Well, I'm pretty intent on voting Pooky.

I think charter should stump just so he is 100% confirmed.

[charter]

Pooky needs to get in here and post a ton of substantial thoughts.

I'll treestump, but not this second. Not much of a rush, we're going to have four weeks, it'd be a shame to blow this game now.

[charter]

Ok, I'm gonna work on a full reread and try and break it up in to smaller chunks, some of these to include:

BAB lynch
Balter
Rest of day two
tajo claim
tajo lynch
Thesp's last words

If there are some other amazing categories, let me know and I'll work on that. Not posting any of my thoughts before Pooky does some serious posting, I suggest everyone else wait as well, just going to save it to notes.

[VP Baltar]

Yeah, I don't see a rush. I'll give a full reread of pooky (shouldn't be much) and probably take a glance at EK just to be thorough.