right, i'm getting bored of this charade. I'm claiming.
Last night i tracked Ectomancer. No great reason in particular, but there was 1 post which made me a bit suspicious of him (the one in which he said something along the lines of "I'm going to give credit to BM's gambit"). It looked like an attempt to suck up to me, to try to gain my trust, so he could perform the kill that night. So anyway, i tracked Ecto, and the result shocked me. Not only was he up and about last night, but he was HEADING FOR ME. So i knew Ecto had targetted me last night. Not a big deal in itself, seeing as i could see several protown power roles doing so. However when i found out that no kill had taken place, i was more than a little suspicious. I figured that the scum kill had failed last night, and that i had most probably been the target. That suggested not only that i had at least 2 people targetting me last night (Doctor, and scum) but it also gave me the opportunity to test AlKo, in an attempt to confirm him 100%.
Hence my interest in his target last night. I was pleased to hear that he targetted me-anything else would have been completely idiotic. I was hoping that, if we both organised a mass-claim, i would at worst, be able to validate him, and in addition, we could helpfully find out who was the killer last night. So anyway, i offered AlKo to go first, on the assumption that he would probably request the claim from either 1 of his targets, or the obvious choice- Haschel Cedricson. In honesty, i was expecting the latter, especially when he claimed that he had been RBed. I'm still not entirely sure whether this was true. Him choosing Ectomancer first seems a remarkable coincidence, and it might have been an attempt to lull him into a false sense of security.
I'd like to hear from AlKo on that one.
Anyway, the first choice to claim was Ecto, which was perfect for me. His claim was highly suspicious. Not only did he claim 'Vig' which went no way to explaining his whereabouts last night, but he was obviously reluctant to commit himself, hence his 'I think' with his roleclaim. But, i still wanted more information. Just to confirm my suspicions, i wanted to hear his claim of targets over the preceding nights. Either he would lie, in which case i would know he was scum, or he would claim to have targetted me last night, which makes no sense, but i might have cut him a bit of slack for coming clean.
Instead however, Ecto didn't want to reveal anything else. Even though he had claimed, he didnt want to claim who his targets were. Obviously, this stank of scum, as once he had claimed Vig, there was absolutely no reason not to claim his targets. But he was obviously edgy. Unfortunately his unhelpfulness meant i had to let slip that i had information about him, at which point he softclaimed that he had targetted me at some point. Again, not helpful, because no only did he not go into detail with his reasons, he also didnt claim a specific night, and HE ONLY CLAIMED AFTER HE KNEW I HAD TRACKED HIM. Thats the key point to remember here.
I tried one last time to get him to claim. I knew that, once i had revealed my information, it would be too late for him to save himself, so now he has to be lynched. However i am happy beyond reasonable doubt that he is scum. Further problems with his claim, not aforementioned, are the fact that the only way in which a Vig would possibly target a claimed, and virtually confirmed, power role, is if they were insanely suspicious of me, something which Ecto did not suggest atall yesterday. In fact, read his play yesterday, and he couldnt really have done a better job of sucking up to me.
And besides, even if Ecto WAS a Vig, i would certainly be dead by now. we probably dont have multiple killing roles, as if we did, we would also have multiple protection roles, which is highly unlikely.
Oh yes, and thats without going into the 'Broken Vig' claim by Ecto. So, none of your targets have died right? Yet, you don't sound like somebody who has multiple nights of failed attacks. Rather, in his post 280, he seems to focus on his failed attack upon me. Why, if he had faced at least 2 nights of failed kills, should he only wonder at why
I
survived?
It just doesn't make any sense. I think Ecto did tell the truth about 1 thing though. He did try to kill me last night, and he failed.
Now, you can see why a mass-claim further is totally stupid. You can also see Ecto's rolefishing by pushing the issue, to be another strong scumtell. However if you aren't convinced, it might be good if whoever prevented the kill last night claimed. I'd rather not reveal a Doc, only for them to be killed tonight, but i'm hoping, we have only 1 or 2 scum left, and as such, getting confirmation today, might be wise.
So, we have 2 suspects today. fyi, i believe DoS wholeheartedly, because, until we have a Cop-counter claim, he must be telling the truth. On the other hand, i'm not entirely convinced that HC is scum. I would certainly like to hear details of his claim, before i make a decision on who i think is the best play for today.
In the meantime, i'm happy with my vote on Ectomancer, and reccommend a healthy BW while we wait for HC.
BM
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