The Emperor's Soul [D5]
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
I have considered that Rico bussed multiple times in my head and I do understand the strategy behind it, I just don't think it's the most likely option. It's possible that it's different on this site but usually inactive scum don't survive that long to win even if they do bus. If I were in w!Rico's position I would almost certainly have voted me instead of Epi. In Sesame Street the wolves wanted me killed d1 while they could to the point where Belzy went on my wagon as a "misclick" despite defending me in the thread.
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
I don't see Rico as basically confirmed. My strongest townread is Nut and every alive player has had some tinfoil on Rico including me. SVS and myself were more townread than Rico.falcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:07 am
Why would the Maf leave Rico alive after that?
It basically confirms him town...if they actually are town
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
Thunal33 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 12:05 pm I have considered that Rico bussed multiple times in my head and I do understand the strategy behind it, I just don't think it's the most likely option. It's possible that it's different on this site but usually inactive scum don't survive that long to win even if they do bus. If I were in w!Rico's position I would almost certainly have voted me instead of Epi. In Sesame Street the wolves wanted me killed d1 while they could to the point where Belzy went on my wagon as a "misclick" despite defending me in the thread.
This makes no sense, Rico literally has 17 posts and isn't being voted cuz' of his Epi vote. You have no idea if he's actually town or not, I do not understand how you can truly believe that sentence.
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
Thunal up 3 to 2 vs Epignosis, with SVS, Epignosis and myself still to vote
Enter thread
Flake another 20mins (I was undecided and unread), instead of making it a decisive 4-2
“It’s the only explanation, guys, only Maf would play like this”
Enter thread
Flake another 20mins (I was undecided and unread), instead of making it a decisive 4-2
“It’s the only explanation, guys, only Maf would play like this”
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
I left the thread and came back just when Syn got hammered. I didn't have anything specific to discuss in mind but I was expecting to have some more time in the thread and I was surprised by the hammer.Ricochet wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:51 am hello
few preliminaries:
1. I've stated EoD3 that I am on holiday now, I'm not gonna cut on short beach time and drunk strip poker evenings to play mafia dot com sorry.
2. Why would my D3 hammer be controversial? We were to reach consensus and, of that PoE, Syn reached the votes. It was also the proper timing (10 or something p.m. my local) to make the vote, I was from travel, I was tired, I could have just as well fallen asleep, so at three votes for Syn, I found it reasonable to proceed.
I feel like Scotty's POV about you is more believable than Falcon's. He has more nuanced takes and he takes you bussing as a possibility to consider rather than as something that had to happen. Falcon's feels like he's assuming it's true while at the same time thinking you're confirmed town if you're town which I don't quite understand.Ricochet wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:51 am 4. Speaking of things argued, both falcon and Scotty show intent to push a lynch on me, and I don't think either has clarified (or proved willing to clarify) their wolf!me perspectives i.e. how I had Thunal's lynch at a push of a button and decided to hard kill my teammate instead. Word/tone-wise, falcon seems very unwilling to formulate proper arguments, whilst Scotty does so, but also mixes them up with "it's gotta be"es.
Anyway, one of them is town, so clearly misguided, the other could very well be wolf and resort to this as his lifeline. Tempted to believe the wolf would also come in thread and push the "why isn't Rico nightkilled that's so SuuuuS" narrative. In this f5, it's likely both of them could vote me, so it takes one more voter to change mind. In f3, I expect the same - keep me alive, bring it down to a vote swing to misselim me. Stay strong town.
LATER EDIT: I started writing this before falcon's post. He has exhibited every predictable cue:
-- why is Rico alive rhetoric?
-- why wouldn't slank Maf kill his own teammate? (no further understanding of the actual EoD2 dynamic shown)
-- pushes wagon on me
(+ votes before all the arguing posts, which is extra nice)
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
I can believe that sentence from experience. There's a person on MU a bit after my time there who hard bussed while staying LHF and I haven't seen it work with this person. Ultimately active players will get more and more evidence clearing each other while the inactives get left behind.falcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 12:13 pmThunal33 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 12:05 pm I have considered that Rico bussed multiple times in my head and I do understand the strategy behind it, I just don't think it's the most likely option. It's possible that it's different on this site but usually inactive scum don't survive that long to win even if they do bus. If I were in w!Rico's position I would almost certainly have voted me instead of Epi. In Sesame Street the wolves wanted me killed d1 while they could to the point where Belzy went on my wagon as a "misclick" despite defending me in the thread.
This makes no sense, Rico literally has 17 posts and isn't being voted cuz' of his Epi vote. You have no idea if he's actually town or not, I do not understand how you can truly believe that sentence.
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To anyone: how common is an LHF getting cleared multiple day phases based on a bus here? I'm realizing there may be some culture difference because I'm drawing from my MU experience when LHF could have higher survivability here.
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
I don't really see how town!Falcon thought it didn't make sense for town!Rico to be alive.
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
Then vote me, you're just tunneling yourself into your bias.
Perhaps I'm doing that a bit as well, but I'm paranoid about all of you. You seem to just think it's me, with an outside chance of Scotty
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It's happening right now for pete's sake
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Then vote me. You're just sitting there, hanging back
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
A. This is not really an answer, nor an attempt to argument this theory.
B. I’m willing and patient to coordinate with the other voters. No more than two wagons should happen, but there are still votes to go, for instance, on Scotty, if the others prefer that flip.
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I'd rather finish my reads of Rico and Scotty than vote now.
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
Ricochet wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:51 am >snip>
3. The math solve is falcon/scotty, in f5/f3 respectively, I realise it's not pleasant for them to face such PoE logic, but that's the best thing to roll with, unless better alternatives can be argued.
4. Speaking of things argued, both falcon and Scotty show intent to push a lynch on me, and I don't think either has clarified (or proved willing to clarify) their wolf!me perspectives i.e. how I had Thunal's lynch at a push of a button and decided to hard kill my teammate instead. Word/tone-wise, falcon seems very unwilling to formulate proper arguments, whilst Scotty does so, but also mixes them up with "it's gotta be"es.
Anyway, one of them is town, so clearly misguided, the other could very well be wolf and resort to this as his lifeline. Tempted to believe the wolf would also come in thread and push the "why isn't Rico nightkilled that's so SuuuuS" narrative. In this f5, it's likely both of them could vote me, so it takes one more voter to change mind. In f3, I expect the same - keep me alive, bring it down to a vote swing to misselim me. Stay strong town.
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Methinks you just made a slip
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
Wait, no you didn’t. Ignore me
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Scotty wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 2:20 pmRicochet wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:51 am >snip>
3. The math solve is falcon/scotty, in f5/f3 respectively, I realise it's not pleasant for them to face such PoE logic, but that's the best thing to roll with, unless better alternatives can be argued.
4. Speaking of things argued, both falcon and Scotty show intent to push a lynch on me, and I don't think either has clarified (or proved willing to clarify) their wolf!me perspectives i.e. how I had Thunal's lynch at a push of a button and decided to hard kill my teammate instead. Word/tone-wise, falcon seems very unwilling to formulate proper arguments, whilst Scotty does so, but also mixes them up with "it's gotta be"es.
Anyway, one of them is town, so clearly misguided, the other could very well be wolf and resort to this as his lifeline. Tempted to believe the wolf would also come in thread and push the "why isn't Rico nightkilled that's so SuuuuS" narrative. In this f5, it's likely both of them could vote me, so it takes one more voter to change mind. In f3, I expect the same - keep me alive, bring it down to a vote swing to misselim me. Stay strong town.
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Methinks you just made a slip
No, but he is holding the town hostage for F3, and pretty much told everyone he's gonna be here next RD
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He's telling town to stay strong and saying that F3 is gonna be the same as F5
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
I don’t fathom how the wolf would elim me N4 since I am “how is this guy still alive” fodder (in all likelihood something the wolf is also pushing himself).
I am the best mislynch the wolf can hope for, both remaining phases. Right now, he even has a towner pushing the same narrative. It’s quite a lifeline.
I am the best mislynch the wolf can hope for, both remaining phases. Right now, he even has a towner pushing the same narrative. It’s quite a lifeline.
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What happens if we miss today? Are you actually available for a potential f3?
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
Do you have any tinfoil of me? I haven’t seen itfalcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 1:33 pm
Then vote me, you're just tunneling yourself into your bias.
Perhaps I'm doing that a bit as well, but I'm paranoid about all of you. You seem to just think it's me, with an outside chance of Scotty
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
So let’s see.
Falcon has already voted rico, because that is basically his only option. Here is his progression today:
Here he now thinks it’s just Rico, but still suspects both nut and thunal. A whole lot of options open and ready for f3. If falcon is mafia and we misyeet rico today, f3 is falcon, thunal and…probably nut? If he can stir up enough doubt in those 2, he can point to that in f3 in case he needs to switch it up.
Okokok but
His nut suspicion here is the one that tilts me. “My nut sus has to do w/ the fact she’s still alive”
That’s the same reason he suspects rico. What was SVS? Chop liver? Mafia can’t kill everyone every night, so this is a bit of a soggypapertowel suspicion to use for multiple people. Like, you can’t keep people in your POE just because you think they should have been NKd by now
Falcon has already voted rico, because that is basically his only option. Here is his progression today:
falcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:02 am My solve stays in Rico/Nut
If Scotty or Thunal is Maf, well I don't think we're ever getting there this RD, if at all
his vote of rico after this post basically says ‘I am committed to my solve of rico and tomorrow if rico is town, nut’
now it’s a sprinkle of thunal and a pinch of salt if not rico.falcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:12 am I do not want to spend the next 24 hrs going over and over this, too me at least, obvious point.
I will say, that Thunal's inability to consider that AFK Maf would bus their teammate to go F3...that's such an obvious scum move, it's making me think the solve is in Rico/Thunal
ok this is the one that makes me turn my head at a 25* angle.falcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:23 amScotty wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:17 amBut what is the end goal of a W!Thunal going through the trouble of removing Rico from the POE?falcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:12 am I do not want to spend the next 24 hrs going over and over this, too me at least, obvious point.
I will say, that Thunal's inability to consider that AFK Maf would bus their teammate to go F3...that's such an obvious scum move, it's making me think the solve is in Rico/Thunal
She’s already been rather adamant while SVS was alive. It sounds like she’s come to the conclusion today that it’s just you
That's a fair point, and then my solve is still Rico/Epi
I don't see you as Maf. If you are, this is such a well deserved win, I don't even care (well...a little bit)
I have some mild sus of Thunal, largely cuz' of what I just mentioned, and my Nut sus has to do w/ the fact she's still alive, seems to be hunting, and her back n' forth on my slot v Syn last RD
Ultimately, I think it's just Rico. If he was town, I don't even know why he'd enter the game and play when he did. I think he'd just stay AFK. What he did w/ Epi is literally the only play he had as Maf to go deep
Here he now thinks it’s just Rico, but still suspects both nut and thunal. A whole lot of options open and ready for f3. If falcon is mafia and we misyeet rico today, f3 is falcon, thunal and…probably nut? If he can stir up enough doubt in those 2, he can point to that in f3 in case he needs to switch it up.
Okokok but
His nut suspicion here is the one that tilts me. “My nut sus has to do w/ the fact she’s still alive”
That’s the same reason he suspects rico. What was SVS? Chop liver? Mafia can’t kill everyone every night, so this is a bit of a soggypapertowel suspicion to use for multiple people. Like, you can’t keep people in your POE just because you think they should have been NKd by now
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
@nutella who you thinking of voting
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
Scotty wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 3:04 pm So let’s see.
Falcon has already voted rico, because that is basically his only option. Here is his progression today:falcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:02 am My solve stays in Rico/Nut
If Scotty or Thunal is Maf, well I don't think we're ever getting there this RD, if at allhis vote of rico after this post basically says ‘I am committed to my solve of rico and tomorrow if rico is town, nut’now it’s a sprinkle of thunal and a pinch of salt if not rico.falcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:12 am I do not want to spend the next 24 hrs going over and over this, too me at least, obvious point.
I will say, that Thunal's inability to consider that AFK Maf would bus their teammate to go F3...that's such an obvious scum move, it's making me think the solve is in Rico/Thunalok this is the one that makes me turn my head at a 25* angle.falcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:23 amScotty wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:17 amBut what is the end goal of a W!Thunal going through the trouble of removing Rico from the POE?falcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:12 am I do not want to spend the next 24 hrs going over and over this, too me at least, obvious point.
I will say, that Thunal's inability to consider that AFK Maf would bus their teammate to go F3...that's such an obvious scum move, it's making me think the solve is in Rico/Thunal
She’s already been rather adamant while SVS was alive. It sounds like she’s come to the conclusion today that it’s just you
That's a fair point, and then my solve is still Rico/Epi
I don't see you as Maf. If you are, this is such a well deserved win, I don't even care (well...a little bit)
I have some mild sus of Thunal, largely cuz' of what I just mentioned, and my Nut sus has to do w/ the fact she's still alive, seems to be hunting, and her back n' forth on my slot v Syn last RD
Ultimately, I think it's just Rico. If he was town, I don't even know why he'd enter the game and play when he did. I think he'd just stay AFK. What he did w/ Epi is literally the only play he had as Maf to go deep
Here he now thinks it’s just Rico, but still suspects both nut and thunal. A whole lot of options open and ready for f3. If falcon is mafia and we misyeet rico today, f3 is falcon, thunal and…probably nut? If he can stir up enough doubt in those 2, he can point to that in f3 in case he needs to switch it up.
Okokok but
His nut suspicion here is the one that tilts me. “My nut sus has to do w/ the fact she’s still alive”
That’s the same reason he suspects rico. What was SVS? Chop liver? Mafia can’t kill everyone every night, so this is a bit of a soggypapertowel suspicion to use for multiple people. Like, you can’t keep people in your POE just because you think they should have been NKd by now
Then vote me and get this RD over with. All of this is just blahblahblah, cuz' you're wrong. I'm town
I'm not going round and round with this stuff for the next 24hrs, and this is tedious.
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
I haven’t made up my mind. Im still looking at certain things.falcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 3:08 pmScotty wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 3:04 pm So let’s see.
Falcon has already voted rico, because that is basically his only option. Here is his progression today:falcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:02 am My solve stays in Rico/Nut
If Scotty or Thunal is Maf, well I don't think we're ever getting there this RD, if at allhis vote of rico after this post basically says ‘I am committed to my solve of rico and tomorrow if rico is town, nut’now it’s a sprinkle of thunal and a pinch of salt if not rico.falcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:12 am I do not want to spend the next 24 hrs going over and over this, too me at least, obvious point.
I will say, that Thunal's inability to consider that AFK Maf would bus their teammate to go F3...that's such an obvious scum move, it's making me think the solve is in Rico/Thunalok this is the one that makes me turn my head at a 25* angle.falcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:23 amScotty wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:17 amBut what is the end goal of a W!Thunal going through the trouble of removing Rico from the POE?falcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:12 am I do not want to spend the next 24 hrs going over and over this, too me at least, obvious point.
I will say, that Thunal's inability to consider that AFK Maf would bus their teammate to go F3...that's such an obvious scum move, it's making me think the solve is in Rico/Thunal
She’s already been rather adamant while SVS was alive. It sounds like she’s come to the conclusion today that it’s just you
That's a fair point, and then my solve is still Rico/Epi
I don't see you as Maf. If you are, this is such a well deserved win, I don't even care (well...a little bit)
I have some mild sus of Thunal, largely cuz' of what I just mentioned, and my Nut sus has to do w/ the fact she's still alive, seems to be hunting, and her back n' forth on my slot v Syn last RD
Ultimately, I think it's just Rico. If he was town, I don't even know why he'd enter the game and play when he did. I think he'd just stay AFK. What he did w/ Epi is literally the only play he had as Maf to go deep
Here he now thinks it’s just Rico, but still suspects both nut and thunal. A whole lot of options open and ready for f3. If falcon is mafia and we misyeet rico today, f3 is falcon, thunal and…probably nut? If he can stir up enough doubt in those 2, he can point to that in f3 in case he needs to switch it up.
Okokok but
His nut suspicion here is the one that tilts me. “My nut sus has to do w/ the fact she’s still alive”
That’s the same reason he suspects rico. What was SVS? Chop liver? Mafia can’t kill everyone every night, so this is a bit of a soggypapertowel suspicion to use for multiple people. Like, you can’t keep people in your POE just because you think they should have been NKd by now
Then vote me and get this RD over with. All of this is just blahblahblah, cuz' you're wrong. I'm town
I'm not going round and round with this stuff for the next 24hrs, and this is tedious.
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not screaming like the people in his car
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
Thing is, I can’t afford to be as tunnely as I was earlier in this stage. I talked myself out of the inevitability of Syn going over yesterday (even if the rest of the town didn’t), so it’s possible for me to weigh all options
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
Minimally but yes.
I'm kinda panicking today bc i seriously think it could be rico and that means it isn't a locked solve like i originally thought and i'm like almost tempted to vote him now but my brain says falcon
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
In a vacuum my brain says falcon, but I just had a long historical look at falcon’s past games recently as both town and mafia and…I think he’s pretty towny on that meta. His engagement here as the game has gone along is >invested< and making >hot takes<
I tend to find that replicated by town falcon more than not. Especially him coming into thread yesterday bringing up why rico wasn’t killed. A thought that I was echoing as I was rereading end of day 2. W!falcon never HAS to make that bold of a suspicion. There were plenty of other avenues to go down.
Rico makes *sense* as both town and mafia. Why hasn’t he died? Well, there are far more vocal and outwardly town players left, ergo he could be town. But he is one of the most traditionally cleared slots left, so that point remains: why did Marmot > SVS die before him?
Despite his continued attempt to selfclear himself, it rings as manipulative instead of matter of fact. He has seemingly chosen to do some DD on thunal’s slot, determining thunal is *probably* not mafia, and has kept the same throughline from D3 of Syn/falcon/me which is a winning combo for him if he’s bad.
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
Why did SVS get killed if Rico is wolf?
Just perused SVS’ iso and she was one of the biggest proponents of keeping rico alive, and was mostly peeved that I was even going there.
Yes, she was pretty universally townread, so duh, but why would a w!rico get rid of one of his chief cheerleaders that may not get there on him?
hmmmm
But who was more towny at that point for w!rico to kill? God, I’m just mostly curious who mafia would kill in F4 to take off the table.
Just perused SVS’ iso and she was one of the biggest proponents of keeping rico alive, and was mostly peeved that I was even going there.
Yes, she was pretty universally townread, so duh, but why would a w!rico get rid of one of his chief cheerleaders that may not get there on him?
hmmmm
But who was more towny at that point for w!rico to kill? God, I’m just mostly curious who mafia would kill in F4 to take off the table.
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
i thought that myself not dying was a minor indicator for falcon (since he was pressuring me and not treating me as lock town) but it could also be rico wanting me to think that 

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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
atp ive probably swapped my poe from falcon/you in some order to falcon/rico in some order so instead i lose if it's you, really good effort if it is bc you still make sense as a wolf from the first few days but your solving is convincing
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
Appreciated. I’d like to think I’d have this level of persnickitiness near endgame as wolf, but a part of me doubts I even come to these conclusions organically as a wolf
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
If thunal is bad, and Epi literally told us his partner early in D1 I’ll never forgive myself. But I don’t even want to think of that possibility so forget it


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Yeah thunal prob actually dies over me anyway bc shes more likely to solve f3 correctly and not just flail around haphazardly like me smh
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
Gonna go to this again:
I think the towny mindset would be ‘who is being swayed/pocketed by the other and isn’t coming at this in a manipulative way?’
Rico is deadset on one of me and falcon being bad, but is making no effort to figure out which one of us it is. With 2 players actively gunning for his slot to bring him into the POE, his response is to get mildly defensive in why he shouldn’t be a part of the POE and just say one of us is ‘misguided’.Ricochet wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:51 am 4. Speaking of things argued, both falcon and Scotty show intent to push a lynch on me, and I don't think either has clarified (or proved willing to clarify) their wolf!me perspectives i.e. how I had Thunal's lynch at a push of a button and decided to hard kill my teammate instead. Word/tone-wise, falcon seems very unwilling to formulate proper arguments, whilst Scotty does so, but also mixes them up with "it's gotta be"es.
Anyway, one of them is town, so clearly misguided, the other could very well be wolf and resort to this as his lifeline. Tempted to believe the wolf would also come in thread and push the "why isn't Rico nightkilled that's so SuuuuS" narrative. In this f5, it's likely both of them could vote me, so it takes one more voter to change mind. In f3, I expect the same - keep me alive, bring it down to a vote swing to misselim me. Stay strong town.
I think the towny mindset would be ‘who is being swayed/pocketed by the other and isn’t coming at this in a manipulative way?’
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]

Eh I don’t see the resemblance tbh
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
Ok at this point i think I’ve done all the ISOing I can do before I keep talking in circles (which I know all of you would LOVE- I still have like 40 more posts). If y’all decide to go elsewhere, so be it. Hope not to have to deal with f3
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
falcon, PoE candidate, will spin me wolf and vote me - check
Scotty, PoE candidate, will spin me wolf and vote me - check
Scotty, PoE candidate, will spin me wolf and vote me - check
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What about the difference in how they did it? Did one vote attempt read more genuine than another? Because at least one of them is town.
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We can't both be Maf, and in fact from your perspective (if town) we very well both might be town.
This take is not a town mindset
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I think Scotty has a good point. Yes, we need to find a winning PoE of 2, but it also doesn't make a lot of sense to treat both PoE candidates equally when you know only one of them can be the wolf.
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
What did you think the slip was?Scotty wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 2:20 pmRicochet wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:51 am >snip>
3. The math solve is falcon/scotty, in f5/f3 respectively, I realise it's not pleasant for them to face such PoE logic, but that's the best thing to roll with, unless better alternatives can be argued.
4. Speaking of things argued, both falcon and Scotty show intent to push a lynch on me, and I don't think either has clarified (or proved willing to clarify) their wolf!me perspectives i.e. how I had Thunal's lynch at a push of a button and decided to hard kill my teammate instead. Word/tone-wise, falcon seems very unwilling to formulate proper arguments, whilst Scotty does so, but also mixes them up with "it's gotta be"es.
Anyway, one of them is town, so clearly misguided, the other could very well be wolf and resort to this as his lifeline. Tempted to believe the wolf would also come in thread and push the "why isn't Rico nightkilled that's so SuuuuS" narrative. In this f5, it's likely both of them could vote me, so it takes one more voter to change mind. In f3, I expect the same - keep me alive, bring it down to a vote swing to misselim me. Stay strong town.
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
Yeah, I'm feeling worse about Rico than I am about Scotty. I've done some partly finished ISO work on both and Scotty's solving feels good for lack of a more precise term. Even when he was tunneling me there were these sort of "gotcha" undertones in his posts that look towny in hindsight.
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For some reason I was miscontruing ‘one of them as town’ as tmi when he said we were both in the poe.Thunal33 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:50 pmWhat did you think the slip was?Scotty wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 2:20 pmRicochet wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:51 am >snip>
3. The math solve is falcon/scotty, in f5/f3 respectively, I realise it's not pleasant for them to face such PoE logic, but that's the best thing to roll with, unless better alternatives can be argued.
4. Speaking of things argued, both falcon and Scotty show intent to push a lynch on me, and I don't think either has clarified (or proved willing to clarify) their wolf!me perspectives i.e. how I had Thunal's lynch at a push of a button and decided to hard kill my teammate instead. Word/tone-wise, falcon seems very unwilling to formulate proper arguments, whilst Scotty does so, but also mixes them up with "it's gotta be"es.
Anyway, one of them is town, so clearly misguided, the other could very well be wolf and resort to this as his lifeline. Tempted to believe the wolf would also come in thread and push the "why isn't Rico nightkilled that's so SuuuuS" narrative. In this f5, it's likely both of them could vote me, so it takes one more voter to change mind. In f3, I expect the same - keep me alive, bring it down to a vote swing to misselim me. Stay strong town.
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Methinks you just made a slip
I got excited but also my logic was completely wrong. So he didn’t slip there
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
From my perspective, one of you is wolf.falcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:48 pm
We can't both be Maf, and in fact from your perspective (if town) we very well both might be town.
This take is not a town mindset
The PoE started at 3 people, with 3 phases available to solve them. It may seem unbecoming to just trial and error, but that already took place (with Syn). Wavering is losing the solve out of sight, logistically.
Regarding what you previously asked, I can try to find an answer tomorrow, if the phase hasn’t been hammered. I don’t think I can commit at midnight now.
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
POEs as a concept in a game that is basically mountainous is not binary. Process of elimination should culminate into best guesses, but literally no one can be eliminated from the suspicion list without mechRicochet wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:00 pmFrom my perspective, one of you is wolf.falcon45ca wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:48 pm
We can't both be Maf, and in fact from your perspective (if town) we very well both might be town.
This take is not a town mindset
The PoE started at 3 people, with 3 phases available to solve them. It may seem unbecoming to just trial and error, but that already took place (with Syn). Wavering is losing the solve out of sight, logistically.
Regarding what you previously asked, I can try to find an answer tomorrow, if the phase hasn’t been hammered. I don’t think I can commit at midnight now.
You are seeming to operate under the assumption that bing bang boom the solve is set in stone, but have a hard time coming to the possibility that you yourself could be in the POE of town. Because as you know, at least one of falcon/myself is town
Which of us is being manipulative and which is being manipulated?
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Okay. I was asking that question from the POV of reading you as well, and I think that thought progression looks somewhat good.Scotty wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:00 pmFor some reason I was miscontruing ‘one of them as town’ as tmi when he said we were both in the poe.Thunal33 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 4:50 pmWhat did you think the slip was?Scotty wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 2:20 pmRicochet wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:51 am >snip>
3. The math solve is falcon/scotty, in f5/f3 respectively, I realise it's not pleasant for them to face such PoE logic, but that's the best thing to roll with, unless better alternatives can be argued.
4. Speaking of things argued, both falcon and Scotty show intent to push a lynch on me, and I don't think either has clarified (or proved willing to clarify) their wolf!me perspectives i.e. how I had Thunal's lynch at a push of a button and decided to hard kill my teammate instead. Word/tone-wise, falcon seems very unwilling to formulate proper arguments, whilst Scotty does so, but also mixes them up with "it's gotta be"es.
Anyway, one of them is town, so clearly misguided, the other could very well be wolf and resort to this as his lifeline. Tempted to believe the wolf would also come in thread and push the "why isn't Rico nightkilled that's so SuuuuS" narrative. In this f5, it's likely both of them could vote me, so it takes one more voter to change mind. In f3, I expect the same - keep me alive, bring it down to a vote swing to misselim me. Stay strong town.
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
I still think Rico bussing Epi wouldn’t be good strategy, but it might not matter as much as I thought it did. What matters more is if Rico would think it was good strategy and I don’t have much of an idea whether he would. One thing that is imo a slightly good point for Rico around Epi is that he didn’t do more to bury Epi and maximize cred. He just said Epi looked worse and left it at that.
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
You are, in principle, correct, and I wish I would approach this more "fairly", if that's your issue. But my angle is 3 phases, 3 shots, wolf smoked out. It's good enough. It's mathematical enough.Scotty wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:04 pm
POEs as a concept in a game that is basically mountainous is not binary. Process of elimination should culminate into best guesses, but literally no one can be eliminated from the suspicion list without mech
You are seeming to operate under the assumption that bing bang boom the solve is set in stone, but have a hard time coming to the possibility that you yourself could be in the POE of town. Because as you know, at least one of falcon/myself is town
Which of us is being manipulative and which is being manipulated?
Failure of this angle is likely, but then it will be cuz of a wolf-wolf wagon (which I would interpret as less likely) or of straight up reverse psych (which is extreme to contemplate, and extremely difficult to solve).
As for the question:
a. same to what I said to thunal, I'd prefer to try an in-depth answer later toDay
b. I'd like to state that "manipulated" may be in fact murky to ascertain, since you both seem to have built this angle on your own; I don't recall or would need to revisit any instance of one of you sheeping the other's point
c. I'd like you to restate the case from this; falcon gave an answer, at least; you, why not?
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Re: The Emperor's Soul [D4]
I'll be the first to say that is within range for a bus.Thunal33 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:45 pm I still think Rico bussing Epi wouldn’t be good strategy, but it might not matter as much as I thought it did. What matters more is if Rico would think it was good strategy and I don’t have much of an idea whether he would. One thing that is imo a slightly good point for Rico around Epi is that he didn’t do more to bury Epi and maximize cred. He just said Epi looked worse and left it at that.
My virtue call of not being wolf is not that I killed Epig in the tiebkreak.
My virtue call of not being wolf is that I did not sink you, given that the timing and tally I arrived had that on a plate. Press the button, cook up a sentence, or just vote etc.
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Ricochet wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:57 pmI'll be the first to say that is within range for a bus.Thunal33 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 5:45 pm I still think Rico bussing Epi wouldn’t be good strategy, but it might not matter as much as I thought it did. What matters more is if Rico would think it was good strategy and I don’t have much of an idea whether he would. One thing that is imo a slightly good point for Rico around Epi is that he didn’t do more to bury Epi and maximize cred. He just said Epi looked worse and left it at that.
My virtue call of not being wolf is not that I killed Epig in the tiebkreak.
My virtue call of not being wolf is that I did not sink you, given that the timing and tally I arrived had that on a plate. Press the button, cook up a sentence, or just vote etc.
This is TMI
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