Mini 560: Methodical Mafia 2 -- GAME OVER

[VanDamien]

Confirmed on the way out the door.

[VanDamien]

Also, this way this works, I think that maybe we want to eventually agree on a "town list" and have everyone use that, putting people at the top who won't. If we all just have random lists, at first glance, it seems like it would be easier for the scum to manipulate the process.

I've been playing with the idea that instead of a "town list", we should be able to come up with a plan where everyone's lists are different, but in some sort of pattern that guarantees a town win. Maybe the set-up isn't breakable like that, I'm not sure as I haven't put any serious number-crunching into it yet.

[VanDamien]

No matter how I run it, the odds don't improve above purely random. And

that's

assuming that if everyone starts the game with one vote, the lynch is random, and the tiebreaking rules are not clear on that at this point.

The odds I came up with are at their best if everyone votes alphabetically down from their spot, wrapping around as necessary, and the scum are not in order in such a list. But it's a crap shoot, and the first (presumably) random lynch then determines the winner. So, ugh.

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Yosarian2
Shy Guy
Max
Nocmen
Sarcastro
Ectomancer
Oman
opie
andersonw
Thesp
springlullaby
 

[VanDamien]

Yes, the interactions between yours, Ectomancer's, Nocmen's, and Max's lists make me nervous, especially since two of those lists were posted very early in the game.

Also, is there a reason both you and Ectomancer left Oman off of your lists?

[VanDamien]

Mod:

Firstly, I think you've given my list to Thesp. Also, can we know the process behind why Nocmen would be the current lynch instead of opie?

Corrected -- Stoofer

[VanDamien]

Ecto, how do we know that you aren't saying that just because you know those near the bottom are scum?

Figure it out. I have faith that you can.

P.S. - Any new ballots submitted should move everyone who submits a new ballot after the recent result breakdown to the top. They can be right under me, I dont care, but changing your ballot at this point deserves a penalty, IE, you get moved up.

If you do that, you will prevent scum from making a move that put themselves in a better position. Their best hope is to position their

buddies

. That also means their buddies cant change

their

ballots, or suffer the same fate.
It binds scum. We have many more town, so binding a townie in such a manner isn't as big a deal.

Your "proposal" does not bind scum, if they are already going to win by the current ballot. But seriously, move me to your top for changing my list.

On another note, more changes (potentially) coming in the next day or two.

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Ectomancer
Yosarian2
Shy Guy
Max
Nocmen
Sarcastro
Oman
opie
andersonw
Thesp
Skruffs