The Syndicate

And i like goats, and they are not all that big.

Sorry Boogs

I voted for Boogs

Nice way to spread the vote even further~ the baddies can swoop in and lynch a civ with just one vote with such a spread, especially if the lurkers dont vote

OK, several people are lurking, I can still wait until the last minute, I hope they vote

Only 15 or so to vote, and a lot of votes missing

I will wait a few minutes more, then vote for Boogs. That felt like a chatroom slip, and i think if he was a civ, he would have fought it more. I have seen a lot of civ Boogs recently, and I dont think I saw that guy today.

Snow, when I added the British system, it was in addition to the American one, the American system is based on yours, and i realized it sounded funny, so I EBWOPed.

And Boogs, what word were you trying to type that you made a typo that came out "civ"?

EBWOP, or the British System, fwiw

Lizzy wrote:I suppose the half jurist in me tells me to be cautious when pointing fingers. Like I said, at this stage of the investigation, we know close to zilch. Soooo... everyone's innocent until proven guilty. Till then, for me it's either random or following an already existing or developing trend.

No, this is not the American Legal System; Mafia is more like the Gallic System; guilty until proven innocent. Good Mafia players are skilled liars and manipulators. And people DO hang themselves in the thread, even on Day One.

And following a developing trend has a name, its called "jumping on a bandwagon" if the only reason you do it is becasue others are doing it. And that is something baddies do, so I would advise against it. Follow your own heart/eyes, even if the thing that makes you go "Hmmm" is a fairly insignificant thing.

Lizzy wrote:While it is a tad too early in the game to make assumptions, I do find it odd that some people are rushing to point fingers or ask questions that as far as I'm concerned, cannot provide clear and satisfactory answers at this stage. It's almost as if some are trying a bit too hard to create distractions and draw our attention towards other players.

Thats the point of the game. On Day One, we very often lynch an innocent, mainly becasue people discount minor pings, or other people attack them for voting on minor pings, while yet other people attack for voting WITHOUT even a minor reason.

Sometimes it seems you can't win

Really good points, though

i plan to vote close to the end, as I want to make good on my promise. I also like to hear the new players do most of the day one chatter, as it is easier to see who has BTS help based on their posts.

If no one who is not on the new player list votes for one of those people, I will vote for Boogs. I think he made a slip, and I am not sure how that post could be an innocent error, not the way it is worded.

Boogs wrote:

S~V~S wrote:I will check in periodically, and I think I will vote for the first experienced player to vote for a noob on a Day One Holiday Weekend. Random or otherwise.

As I understand it, they are:

Andrew
Simon
McViper
Lizzy
Hedgeowl
Krissy
Mongoose

Unless one of them accidentally self outs. If any of these people play under a different name elsewhere, let me know

SVS the new players are only 2 less than old players correct? So we can't just exclude someone new IMO but I supposed I will not vote for them the first day. The odds are someone older got paired with them if they were bad so they could have some help. I re read and think Andrew was excited agreed, and Simon seemed eager also. I will give them BoTD for now.
As for who I vote for, Im going to go ahead and vote Niv and trust Llama for the first time ever lol. He's the only Civ striking me odd right now so sorry Niv.

On Day One you can exclude a player from making little mistakes if it is the first day of the first game they ever played, yeah. It used to be an unwritten rule of sorts, not lynching noobs on Day One.

I have seen only one thing to strike me so far; here in this post, Boogs, you say:

As for who I vote for, Im going to go ahead and vote Niv and trust Llama for the first time ever lol. He's the only Civ striking me odd right now so sorry Niv.

How exactly do you know he's a civ? Why do you feel you need to pick someone to vote for out of the civs? Not only am I not gonna vote for a new player, I'm not voting for Nev either, i think. I mean, Boogs knows hes a civ

I will check in periodically, and I think I will vote for the first experienced player to vote for a noob on a Day One Holiday Weekend. Random or otherwise.

As I understand it, they are:

Andrew
Simon
McViper
Lizzy
Hedgeowl
Krissy
Mongoose

Unless one of them accidentally self outs. If any of these people play under a different name elsewhere, let me know

Snow, that was directed more to Llama, tbh.

Simon is a very young man, as I understand it, and is probably very eager, as I know Andrew must be. Also it is a holiday weekend in the USA, about playing outside and opening swimming pools and BBQ, so very young men should be outside playing, not on their computers. And is this McV's first game? I won;t vote a noob DayOne in their first game. McV may not know that declaring civvieness is not enough.

We are rather bloodthirsty for the noobs today, aren't we?

Snow Dog wrote:

thellama73 wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:Although Simon's and Andrew's early votes are worth discussion I feel. Newbie exuberance perhaps?

Given the youth of both these players, I think that is likely what it is. I think I voted relatively early in my first game just out of pure excitement.

Ok we got some names to discuss at least. I am looking forward to their posts.


linki....more names...thanks svs.

Well, if you're going to single people out for low posting, you should single ALL of them out, don't you think? Not just a selective few? That might look...suspicious, couldn't it? And once you go to 2 posts, you see a lot more than Nevin who should know better, eh?

Personally, i don't love voting low posters on the first day, I think they are more likely to be civ than the other way around, but thought I would help you guys out and point out that it was more than just 2 people who aren't posting

Llama~ Lizzy & Mongoose have only posted once, too. Krissy has not posted at all.

In addition to these 5, there are 4 more that have only posted twice, meaning half the players have not said anything of substance.

What leads you to single out Nev & A Person?

Linki, yeah, I agree re Simon & Andrew.

No, you don't have to. It might not hurt to ask him why he thinks she is bad though.

So Simon, what do you say? Why do you think she is bad?

Epignosis wrote:Fantastic. Somebody wake up rey and send him in here!

I inboxed him on FB, hopefully he gets in here soon

I am not all that familiar with this show, only having watched it with Andrew & his brothers at their house a few times, so I did some research and found that there is a Thomas Wiki

It has helped me learn more about the characters of these roles, since to the uninitiated, many of them have a similar look, and now having read descriptions of some of them, they are starting to take on individual characteristics for me.

http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Thomas_%26_Friends

Green is my favorite as well

Perhaps DH has met his match

I agree~ the "First Post" is the first post by a player.

Even when he isn't playing, MP is a baddie~

And i was thinking Sir Hat is an Indy, they are usually listed at the end, but perhaps the host will clarify for us