Anniversary Game 1 - Classic Syndicate [Day 9]

[Golden]

Plot twist: Golden started a wagon on his buddy Sig but now he sees the wagon taking off even if it was never meant to and is getting cold feet with not enough socks in the drawer

Man, you just need to read my posts in order.

Sorry for slightly emulating previous aggrieved voices. My point isn’t ‘read my posts’, my point is just that i think you’ll get a sense of what I knew and when.

[Scotty]

Plot twist: Golden started a wagon on his buddy Sig but now he sees the wagon taking off even if it was never meant to and is getting cold feet with not enough socks in the drawer

Not impossible. Needs more cowbell

[S~V~S]

I think the baddies were sitting back, figuring they could spend two days taking out DH and then maybe even Kate when DH flipped civ.

So there’s a little scrambling going on here.

We really need to lynch a baddie today. There are 3, maybe 4, people I won’t vote for, and I would rather not vote for the insanified.

But although I still feel GMan is not his civ self, I could move.

I think at this point, no mercy should be given to someone with the simple letter switching insanity. It’s common knowledge since Day 2 when bea and DF got it.
Michelle and sig should get no passes today because of their affliction

A ogruu. Wu nuud uvuryenu te thank ot uvuryenu

I’ve been lynched while insanified, and it’s infuriating and frustrating, and I try to avoid it if possible as a courtesy. That said, neither insanified player is on my radar today. That said if someone I suspected were to show up OT posting tomorrow, I certainly would not oppose their lynch. But it would be … distasteful to me.

Linki Michelle, faraday had no idea DH had been replaced. Plus bad Faraday is quiet, too, but he makes his votes and shows up somewhat more. I am not feeling bad Faraday, but then, I have been playing with him over 10 years, and I couldn’t pull a civ meta for him, just a bad one. A vote for him would just be a low poster vote. I’d rather baddie hunt.

[Golden]

Plot twist: Golden started a wagon on his buddy Sig but now he sees the wagon taking off even if it was never meant to and is getting cold feet with not enough socks in the drawer

Not impossible. Needs more cowbell

You know, as a percussionist, the thing you really need more of is marimba. Even triangle. Cowbell is overrated.

[Scotty]

At the time that I moved to Vivax, G-man had 5 votes and no one else had more than 2. There was no need for my vote to continue resting on G-man.

And what have you found with your press vote on Vivax?

[Scotty]

Tokang thu ployurs frem thu lewust pesturs
Whot thu censunsis epanaen obeit Forodoy?

Has Ase as smoll, centoans o fuw ruods ond sulf muto soyang hu weild pest meru os o welf

“Has Ase as smoll”
His ass is small?

[S~V~S]

Also Happy Halloween!

[Vivax]

I'm glad that DF voted and posted at all. He doesn't really try to oversell his work which is a townie point in my books.

[Sloonei]

At the time that I moved to Vivax, G-man had 5 votes and no one else had more than 2. There was no need for my vote to continue resting on G-man.

It’s not that it pings me that you’d move off g-man, I just don’t really know why vivax is the one you’d move to.

He is not my second strongest suspect or anything. He's just someone I want to look at more closely. I have NAA a light town read on Day 1 for things that don't really hold up anymore. I haven't had a strong sense of Vivax's play since he took over.

[Kate]

I'm switching my vote to gman. I'll give sig the day to defend, since I wanted that when I was OT. Although this insanifier is not nearly as bad as the OT curse.

[VOTE: gman] aubergine

[Scotty]

I think the baddies were sitting back, figuring they could spend two days taking out DH and then maybe even Kate when DH flipped civ.

So there’s a little scrambling going on here.

We really need to lynch a baddie today. There are 3, maybe 4, people I won’t vote for, and I would rather not vote for the insanified.

But although I still feel GMan is not his civ self, I could move.

I think at this point, no mercy should be given to someone with the simple letter switching insanity. It’s common knowledge since Day 2 when bea and DF got it.
Michelle and sig should get no passes today because of their affliction

A ogruu. Wu nuud uvuryenu te thank ot uvuryenu

I’ve been lynched while insanified, and it’s infuriating and frustrating, and I try to avoid it if possible as a courtesy. That said, neither insanified player is on my radar today. That said if someone I suspected were to show up OT posting tomorrow, I certainly would not oppose their lynch. But it would be … distasteful to me.

Linki Michelle, faraday had no idea DH had been replaced. Plus bad Faraday is quiet, too, but he makes his votes and shows up somewhat more. I am not feeling bad Faraday, but then, I have been playing with him over 10 years, and I couldn’t pull a civ meta for him, just a bad one. A vote for him would just be a low poster vote. I’d rather baddie hunt.

Again, I want to reiterate that it is Michelle and dog’s own fault that they are insanified today. OT is one thing, but this is one is on them

[Sloonei]

At the time that I moved to Vivax, G-man had 5 votes and no one else had more than 2. There was no need for my vote to continue resting on G-man.

And what have you found with your press vote on Vivax?

Nothing. I went to bed soon after, and have been working all day today. Again, the vote is an indication that I intend to look at him, and nothing more. Consider it a post-it note.

[Scotty]

Also Happy Halloween!

You have no idea how many David S Pumpkins costumes I saw walking the dog today. I figured that would be an obscure reference that would just be too niche for normies. I was wrong

[Vivax]

At the time that I moved to Vivax, G-man had 5 votes and no one else had more than 2. There was no need for my vote to continue resting on G-man.

It’s not that it pings me that you’d move off g-man, I just don’t really know why vivax is the one you’d move to.

He is not my second strongest suspect or anything. He's just someone I want to look at more closely. I have NAA a light town read on Day 1 for things that don't really hold up anymore. I haven't had a strong sense of Vivax's play since he took over.

NAA saved you by unvoting, actually. And he even asked you 'Fingers?' Iirc.
It's a slot you should have a strong incentive to townread, usually.

[Michelle]

SVS (33) + DH (230) Net yut,

Gmon - A suu selvy octavaty en D2 bit enly enu pest tedoy.
P1793 Peu ef Forodoy, Walgy, Geldun, Machullu, Qian ond Sleenua.
A nuud te chuck pregrussaen bit oftur dannur

Leekang ot my pests

Lanka: Scetty- ASE net oss!

[Sloonei]

At the time that I moved to Vivax, G-man had 5 votes and no one else had more than 2. There was no need for my vote to continue resting on G-man.

It’s not that it pings me that you’d move off g-man, I just don’t really know why vivax is the one you’d move to.

He is not my second strongest suspect or anything. He's just someone I want to look at more closely. I have NAA a light town read on Day 1 for things that don't really hold up anymore. I haven't had a strong sense of Vivax's play since he took over.

NAA saved you by unvoting, actually. And he even asked you 'Fingers?' Iirc.
It's a slot you should have a strong incentive to townread, usually.

Nah, not when it was in the hands of NAA.

[Sloonei]

[VOTE: G-man] aubergine since it seems that my Vivax vote is currently accomplishing nothing but confusion. I still intend to ISO vivax if I have the opportunity before this day ends. I don't know if that will happen, though.

[Michelle]

I'm glad that DF voted and posted at all. He doesn't really try to oversell his work which is a townie point in my books.

Hu as sulf censcaeis theigh, muonang hu con foku at

[S~V~S]

I think the baddies were sitting back, figuring they could spend two days taking out DH and then maybe even Kate when DH flipped civ.

So there’s a little scrambling going on here.

We really need to lynch a baddie today. There are 3, maybe 4, people I won’t vote for, and I would rather not vote for the insanified.

But although I still feel GMan is not his civ self, I could move.

I think at this point, no mercy should be given to someone with the simple letter switching insanity. It’s common knowledge since Day 2 when bea and DF got it.
Michelle and sig should get no passes today because of their affliction

A ogruu. Wu nuud uvuryenu te thank ot uvuryenu

I’ve been lynched while insanified, and it’s infuriating and frustrating, and I try to avoid it if possible as a courtesy. That said, neither insanified player is on my radar today. That said if someone I suspected were to show up OT posting tomorrow, I certainly would not oppose their lynch. But it would be … distasteful to me.

Linki Michelle, faraday had no idea DH had been replaced. Plus bad Faraday is quiet, too, but he makes his votes and shows up somewhat more. I am not feeling bad Faraday, but then, I have been playing with him over 10 years, and I couldn’t pull a civ meta for him, just a bad one. A vote for him would just be a low poster vote. I’d rather baddie hunt.

Again, I want to reiterate that it is Michelle and dog’s own fault that they are insanified today. OT is one thing, but this is one is on them

And I will reiterate that I understand this. I am just explaining my position. You don’t have to agree with. It’s clear we dont play the same, but we do have to play together now and lynch baddies. Don’t make me wave the pedantic pink at you.

@Sloonei, I had asked you earlier if you have me on your baddie list because of DHs behavior, or my own. And if mine, what specifically?

[S~V~S]

@Sloonei the post above this I mangled the mention tags on phone ^^^^^

[Vivax]

At the time that I moved to Vivax, G-man had 5 votes and no one else had more than 2. There was no need for my vote to continue resting on G-man.

It’s not that it pings me that you’d move off g-man, I just don’t really know why vivax is the one you’d move to.

He is not my second strongest suspect or anything. He's just someone I want to look at more closely. I have NAA a light town read on Day 1 for things that don't really hold up anymore. I haven't had a strong sense of Vivax's play since he took over.

NAA saved you by unvoting, actually. And he even asked you 'Fingers?' Iirc.
It's a slot you should have a strong incentive to townread, usually.

Nah, not when it was in the hands of NAA.

Well, on D1 you also started off by voting me and declaring it not serious. But when Eloh joined you on it, you made the vote serious.
It's kind of interesting in hindsight you didn't opt for the best self pres option, which was Eloh.

Which btw is still in the game, yes? What if we had two mafia on the chopping block on D1 already ?

[Vivax]

I'm glad that DF voted and posted at all. He doesn't really try to oversell his work which is a townie point in my books.

Hu as sulf censcaeis theigh, muonang hu con foku at

I'd be self conscious too after making 4 posts within 4 or 5 days, I suppose. But feels to coinflippy to lim today for me either way.

[Scotty]

I think the baddies were sitting back, figuring they could spend two days taking out DH and then maybe even Kate when DH flipped civ.

So there’s a little scrambling going on here.

We really need to lynch a baddie today. There are 3, maybe 4, people I won’t vote for, and I would rather not vote for the insanified.

But although I still feel GMan is not his civ self, I could move.

I think at this point, no mercy should be given to someone with the simple letter switching insanity. It’s common knowledge since Day 2 when bea and DF got it.
Michelle and sig should get no passes today because of their affliction

A ogruu. Wu nuud uvuryenu te thank ot uvuryenu

I’ve been lynched while insanified, and it’s infuriating and frustrating, and I try to avoid it if possible as a courtesy. That said, neither insanified player is on my radar today. That said if someone I suspected were to show up OT posting tomorrow, I certainly would not oppose their lynch. But it would be … distasteful to me.

Linki Michelle, faraday had no idea DH had been replaced. Plus bad Faraday is quiet, too, but he makes his votes and shows up somewhat more. I am not feeling bad Faraday, but then, I have been playing with him over 10 years, and I couldn’t pull a civ meta for him, just a bad one. A vote for him would just be a low poster vote. I’d rather baddie hunt.

Again, I want to reiterate that it is Michelle and dog’s own fault that they are insanified today. OT is one thing, but this is one is on them

And I will reiterate that I understand this. I am just explaining my position. You don’t have to agree with. It’s clear we dont play the same, but we do have to play together now and lynch baddies. Don’t make me wave the pedantic pink at you.

@Sloonei, I had asked you earlier if you have me on your baddie list because of DHs behavior, or my own. And if mine, what specifically?

If you wave it at me, I’ll probably just bark at you fiercely

Until you throw it

*wagwag*

[Sloonei]

@Sloonei, I had asked you earlier if you have me on your baddie list because of DHs behavior, or my own. And if mine, what specifically?

My read on you so far is based 100% on DH's behavior. I won't have a read on SVS until Day 4 at the earliest, if we're both still around.

[Scotty]

I'm glad that DF voted and posted at all. He doesn't really try to oversell his work which is a townie point in my books.

Hu as sulf censcaeis theigh, muonang hu con foku at

That is a good point that in my tiredness last night I felt looked towny. But you’re right, I can also see that going the opposite direction

[Golden]

Very early groupings from a Day 1 dunce:

I'm not inclined to chop anyone with a lower post count than myself, so that means a stay of execution for LoRab, DF, and Kate for now. Let them establish themselves for at least the night phase and we'll see what shakes out.

I feel good about Llama, so he's off the list for now as well. I don't see what some folks are seeing in Eloh (who has been classic mischop bait in the past).

Vivax is shiny and new to me, so I'm inclined to give them the BOTD for now.

I feel like chopping from the top half of the post count will yield the most content to pick through, so that leaves me with a prospective list of Scotty, Sloonei, Golden the Coward, DH, bea, Michelle, and NAA.

Seeing that the Rez Plz event includes only players who die without flipping, I might hesitate to mischop a few of those names because of their potential utility as rezzable civs. I hope that you all can make my decision-making process easier on me by doing things that sort you all out a little more by the time I'm eating my breakfast in the morning.

@G-Man im not sure planning game around the ‘rez plz’ triggered event is viable strategy.

Voting for Golden the Coward for poopooing on my attempts to sort out game mechanics to the civvies’ advantage. He’s also high post-count, which gives us lots to chew on, right or wrong. His tone is pretty level, but that (along with his posting volume) could be a ploy to place him right at radar level. He’s present, posting, and engaged. At this early stage it’s easy enough to give someone like him a pass for a few days just on those qualities alone.

[VOTE: Golden the Coward] aubergine


I have a meeting tonight that may push right up to eod. I’ll hang around up to the start of the meeting, but I can’t promise that I’ll make it back before the flip.

I went back to look at this day one progression with G-Man. I didn't like it at the time, felt like a 'no u' to the fact I'd indicated some suspicion. He doesn't like my criticism of his 'rez please' idea - so I'm gonna be looking in this iso to see if 'using the mechanics to the civvies advantage' is something that ever comes back.

[Michelle]

Spoiler: show

… 39
Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of Mr. Wednesday?
Poll runs till Tue Nov 01, 2022 2:54 am
Please note that if you vote, your vote will be visible.

You may select 1 option


bea
0
No votes
Voters: None
DFaraday
0
No votes
Voters: None
DharmaHelper
2
11%
Voters: DFaraday, sig
DrWilgy
0
No votes
Voters: None
Elohcin
0
No votes
Voters: None
G-Man
5
26%
Voters: Scotty, S~V~S, Sloonei, Kate, DrWilgy
Golden
0
No votes
Voters: None
Kate
1
5%
Voters: Quin
Michelle
0
No votes
Voters: None
Quin
1
5%
Voters: G-Man
Scotty
0
No votes
Voters: None
sig
3
16%
Voters: Ricochet, Vivax, Golden
Sloonei
0
No votes
Voters: None
Viviax
0
No votes
Voters: None
Shadow (The Host, the Non, the Dead)
7
37%
Voters: Spacedaisy, thellama73, DharmaHelper, juliets, Epignosis, nutella, Matahari
Total votes: 19

VC ot P1918

[Scotty]

Spoiler: show

… 39
Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of Mr. Wednesday?
Poll runs till Tue Nov 01, 2022 2:54 am
Please note that if you vote, your vote will be visible.

You may select 1 option


bea
0
No votes
Voters: None
DFaraday
0
No votes
Voters: None
DharmaHelper
2
11%
Voters: DFaraday, sig
DrWilgy
0
No votes
Voters: None
Elohcin
0
No votes
Voters: None
G-Man
5
26%
Voters: Scotty, S~V~S, Sloonei, Kate, DrWilgy
Golden
0
No votes
Voters: None
Kate
1
5%
Voters: Quin
Michelle
0
No votes
Voters: None
Quin
1
5%
Voters: G-Man
Scotty
0
No votes
Voters: None
sig
3
16%
Voters: Ricochet, Vivax, Golden
Sloonei
0
No votes
Voters: None
Viviax
0
No votes
Voters: None
Shadow (The Host, the Non, the Dead)
7
37%
Voters: Spacedaisy, thellama73, DharmaHelper, juliets, Epignosis, nutella, Matahari
Total votes: 19

VC ot P1918

[Sloonei]

At the time that I moved to Vivax, G-man had 5 votes and no one else had more than 2. There was no need for my vote to continue resting on G-man.

It’s not that it pings me that you’d move off g-man, I just don’t really know why vivax is the one you’d move to.

He is not my second strongest suspect or anything. He's just someone I want to look at more closely. I have NAA a light town read on Day 1 for things that don't really hold up anymore. I haven't had a strong sense of Vivax's play since he took over.

NAA saved you by unvoting, actually. And he even asked you 'Fingers?' Iirc.
It's a slot you should have a strong incentive to townread, usually.

Nah, not when it was in the hands of NAA.

Well, on D1 you also started off by voting me and declaring it not serious. But when Eloh joined you on it, you made the vote serious.
It's kind of interesting in hindsight you didn't opt for the best self pres option, which was Eloh.

Which btw is still in the game, yes? What if we had two mafia on the chopping block on D1 already ?

You seem to be attributing my Day 1 suspicion of Vivax1.0 to Elohcin expressing support, which is not accurate. I thought I clearly stated how my read on that slot developed during our interactions. I have no clear memory of Elohcin saying anything about Vivax1.0 at the time.

I did end up casting a vote for Elohcin that day. We ended up tied, but neither of us died. Wild. I have since come around to believing she may be town. She is somebody else I wish to revisit, because I don't think the potential "townslip" I noted on Day 2 should give her immunity for the entire game. But she is cursed today, so

[S~V~S]

I'm glad that DF voted and posted at all. He doesn't really try to oversell his work which is a townie point in my books.

Hu as sulf censcaeis theigh, muonang hu con foku at

That is a good point that in my tiredness last night I felt looked towny. But you’re right, I can also see that going the opposite direction

I think he leans town, and don’t understand lynching a low poster when we have some excellent thread based suspicions in discussion

[Golden]

Vamoosing for a bit to get some work done (because, like it or not, playing mafia doesn't pay the bills). Here's where my ISO's stand so far:

Towncore:
-Bea
-Eloh
-G-Man
-Kate

POE:
-DF
-DrWilgy


More to come tonight.

It always gives me the heebie-jeebies when someone puts themself in their own town core.

[Vivax]

At the time that I moved to Vivax, G-man had 5 votes and no one else had more than 2. There was no need for my vote to continue resting on G-man.

It’s not that it pings me that you’d move off g-man, I just don’t really know why vivax is the one you’d move to.

He is not my second strongest suspect or anything. He's just someone I want to look at more closely. I have NAA a light town read on Day 1 for things that don't really hold up anymore. I haven't had a strong sense of Vivax's play since he took over.

NAA saved you by unvoting, actually. And he even asked you 'Fingers?' Iirc.
It's a slot you should have a strong incentive to townread, usually.

Nah, not when it was in the hands of NAA.

Well, on D1 you also started off by voting me and declaring it not serious. But when Eloh joined you on it, you made the vote serious.
It's kind of interesting in hindsight you didn't opt for the best self pres option, which was Eloh.

Which btw is still in the game, yes? What if we had two mafia on the chopping block on D1 already ?

You seem to be attributing my Day 1 suspicion of Vivax1.0 to Elohcin expressing support, which is not accurate. I thought I clearly stated how my read on that slot developed during our interactions. I have no clear memory of Elohcin saying anything about Vivax1.0 at the time.

I did end up casting a vote for Elohcin that day. We ended up tied, but neither of us died. Wild. I have since come around to believing she may be town. She is somebody else I wish to revisit, because I don't think the potential "townslip" I noted on Day 2 should give her immunity for the entire game. But she is cursed today, so

Well if you are town it'd help immensely if you considered your options more openly. Are you not satisfied with the options of G-Man, sig, Quin?

[Scotty]

At the time that I moved to Vivax, G-man had 5 votes and no one else had more than 2. There was no need for my vote to continue resting on G-man.

It’s not that it pings me that you’d move off g-man, I just don’t really know why vivax is the one you’d move to.

He is not my second strongest suspect or anything. He's just someone I want to look at more closely. I have NAA a light town read on Day 1 for things that don't really hold up anymore. I haven't had a strong sense of Vivax's play since he took over.

NAA saved you by unvoting, actually. And he even asked you 'Fingers?' Iirc.
It's a slot you should have a strong incentive to townread, usually.

Nah, not when it was in the hands of NAA.

Well, on D1 you also started off by voting me and declaring it not serious. But when Eloh joined you on it, you made the vote serious.
It's kind of interesting in hindsight you didn't opt for the best self pres option, which was Eloh.

Which btw is still in the game, yes? What if we had two mafia on the chopping block on D1 already ?

You seem to be attributing my Day 1 suspicion of Vivax1.0 to Elohcin expressing support, which is not accurate. I thought I clearly stated how my read on that slot developed during our interactions. I have no clear memory of Elohcin saying anything about Vivax1.0 at the time.

I did end up casting a vote for Elohcin that day. We ended up tied, but neither of us died. Wild. I have since come around to believing she may be town. She is somebody else I wish to revisit, because I don't think the potential "townslip" I noted on Day 2 should give her immunity for the entire game. But she is cursed today, so

oh man. Flipping your slot would be so helpful to my own well being. I have so many questions that would be answered.

Anyway, shouldn’t townslipping be a generally clearing actionable offense if you believe it? This read of her is so hedgey: “I voted her but I’ve since believed m she’s town but she townslipped, which I don’t really believe she did but she’s cursed so I’ll revisit this another time”

[Sloonei]

Well if you are town it'd help immensely if you considered your options more openly. Are you not satisfied with the options of G-Man, sig, Quin?

G-man is my preferred option.

I have no strong read on Sig.

I maintain a town read on Quin, but intend to revisit it.

I do not wish to be limited to these three options at this time.

[Scotty]

Vamoosing for a bit to get some work done (because, like it or not, playing mafia doesn't pay the bills). Here's where my ISO's stand so far:

Towncore:
-Bea
-Eloh
-G-Man
-Kate

POE:
-DF
-DrWilgy


More to come tonight.

It always gives me the heebie-jeebies when someone puts themself in their own town core.

I had the same read when I responded to that post. Llama did it but that’s sorta llama’s MO. I don’t remember how often GMan is oft to do that

[Sloonei]

Anyway, shouldn’t townslipping be a generally clearing actionable offense if you believe it? This read of her is so hedgey: “I voted her but I’ve since believed m she’s town but she townslipped, which I don’t really believe she did but she’s cursed so I’ll revisit this another time”

I believe Elohcin townslipped, but I do not know this for sure. As the game goes on, I would like to have a stronger argument for town-reading her.

[Scotty]

[VOTE: Sloonei] aubergine

[sig]

.

@sig what happened to cause you to miss the vote when you were so involved up till then? Did you miss where it was figured out that my curse was likely do to vote skip?

Also quick fyi except less from me until Sunday especially Friday/Saturday I’ll be out of town for an extended weekend.

yuo tetolly get bisy wath semu RL stiff

[Sloonei]

@Scotty @Vivax How are you two reading me right now? I genuinely cannot tell what either of you are thinking when you respond to my posts right now.

[Golden]

OK, maybe I'm a bit self-centred, but I can't help but notice G-Man's obsession with me and sloonei (and scotty to some, but a lesser, extent) - but without poking the bear too much. This progression goes from day one to day three, and I don't *think* I've omitted anything that explains it. There's certainly no evidence of, say, isos to progress the reads on sloonei or myself.

I want to chop a baddie today, but if we have to mischop, then I'd rather we be wrong about a player whose interactions we can parse through for clues than someone who leaves us stranded in a field with a bag of sand to pound.

Voting for Golden the Coward for poopooing on my attempts to sort out game mechanics to the civvies’ advantage. He’s also high post-count, which gives us lots to chew on, right or wrong. His tone is pretty level, but that (along with his posting volume) could be a ploy to place him right at radar level. He’s present, posting, and engaged. At this early stage it’s easy enough to give someone like him a pass for a few days just on those qualities alone.

[VOTE: Golden the Coward] aubergine


I have a meeting tonight that may push right up to eod. I’ll hang around up to the start of the meeting, but I can’t promise that I’ll make it back before the flip.

Vanishing for most of the phase was not my intention. Here is a short version of what I have so far:

Several tiers based on participation-

Big Talk- Scotty, Sloonei, Golden coward, DH- I would be shocked if there wasn’t a baddie in that group. Maybe two, but lots of productive chatter for the most part.

Llama in a tier of his own, but I still feel loose llama is good llama.

VivAxe or Viv2.0, Eloh, Michelle, Quin- mixed bag here. Eloh was sussed yesterday, Viv2.0 is a reset and still murky on D1 NAA read, Michelle feels most ambiguous (her posts didn’t make any impression on me), and same goes for Quin. These folks are at radar-level. I need to ISO to see if I detected a skimmer.

Kate, sig, Bea, Wilgy- 1/2 seem off the table today and the sig is less memorable that Wilgy licking everything in sight. Under the radar crew- also need ISOs to find manufactured content.


G-Man, LoRab, DF- low posters. Not ideal to find myself in that camp that must be ‘dealt with’ before too long. I saw points about LR’s evasiveness but I’m not exactly one to harp on that without being a hypocrite just yet. DF… just needs to show up for the weekend and get some content before he becomes an afterthought to everything happening in the present.

I will try to speed read the day and make a vote after I get back from wife’s birthday dinner.

Too many null reads for me right now- not a good look. Need to get my head back in the game and sort out some townclears to help my poe.

Variations on a Read List, Part 1
by G-Man

When I left off, I was trying to form a towncore. What I was left with sucks, even for a starter kit:

Towncore:

-bea
-thellama73

That's it, and it is so not adequate enough for this stage of the game. I like the looseness of Llama's play. He gets a little more serious when it matters, but he never gets too srsbsnss to the point that it feels forced. Bea's return to the game had a very good look to it. She spent a day with a posting quirk but her return shows that she didn't just use that as an excuse to take a day off. She showed that she was paying attention. I would expect a baddie at her prior level of activity to use that quirk to coast and just come back apologetic about checking out for too long.

I'd like to take this time to add to the conversation that my initial hunch on Bea's posting quirk had something to do with one of the Socky awards. The Socky has a few awards at their disposal, but we don't know what they do. My guess is that this role is like a Jack of All Trades and has a quiver of 1-shot power uses. The likeliest match would be Best Gambit. We won't know for sure until endgame though. It certainly could be the Vomp role, but I guess LoRab's death means we won't be getting anything more than E out of those tildes.



Civ-Leans:

-Eloh
-Golden
-Scotty
-Sloonei

I still feel like the suspicion of Eloh was overblown on D1. There was some speculation later about a townslip but I have to read back more for that. The other three all sound so darn supatown but I have to confess that I can't keep them straight in my head when reading the thread. ISO's will help. I don't know if it's a processing issue on my brain's part, but all their super-sleuthing voices run together in my head. It is frustrating and I don't know how to break myself of it. It happens in just about every game that I play- voices just merge in my head and I struggle to distinguish them as individuals. ISO'ing these folks is no picnic either, as they have posted an outsized share of the game thread. I still maintain that there's bound to be a baddie among the most talkative players. There almost always is. Otherwise the talkative players would eventually harmonize and the poe becomes simpler. Maybe there's more to distinguish them since this morning.

Vocal players are vocal. Here's my two cents:

-Scotty should be in everyone's towncore. His logic and non-emotional approach is what is needed to win the game. Fight me.

-DH's emotions got the better of him and I just don't see that coming from a baddie DH who wasn't cornered yet. S~V~S (*waves*) made a good point about how DH would use the baddie chat to vent. If you have a chat, that's where one vents to keep you from going all Johnny Fairplay with the AtE. I read DH as town and S~V~S gets a heaping portion of benefit of the doubt as a result. I haven't seen anything tricksy from her yet, and I've witnessed her tricksy firsthand before.

-I said a while back that there's got to be a baddie among the big talkers or else this game would harmonize. That leaves Sloonei and Golden. Since my efforts are already eliciting snickers and eyerolls, I suspect my name is the only real option on the chopping block today. That's fine. Take that and learn from it, but be sure to Thunderdome Sloonei and Golden at some point soon, because one of them has to be bad or this game is whack. Golden got a little emotional right back at DH Night 2, and Sloonei is the inverse- that sort of emotionless Spock thing.

All four of these folks are game-solving (which is what I was going for when I said supatown- don't get hung up on semantics), but there's gotta be a baddie in there. Weeding out Scotty and DH/S~V~S, and that pushes both Sloonei and Golden into the poe for Thunderdome.


Not the POE (because Towncore is apparently too strong a term for casual use):
-Bea
-DH/S~V~S
-Eloh
-Kate
-Scotty
-Sig
-VivAxe


POE:
-DF
-DrWilgy
-Golden the Coward
-Michelle
-Quin
-Sloonei


All names are in alphabetical order. I can parse through my notes in the morning to try to rank them in a more concrete fashion. Right now I need sleep (and a new dehumidifier).

G-Man is consistently coming back to this idea of 'a high poster may be bad' but he never justifies it with a read, it's just consistently articulated as though it must be true and that's where people should look.

[Golden]

Eh, I probably should have edited out more of those quotes. I underlined the salient bits, hopefully it's clear.

[sig]

I didn’t see the poll first and I’ve not expressed any discomfort in voting sig in the least, *especially* given he followed through on ignoring the day.

Slomy muvi iothir carsir ur mefoe lien


[VOTE: Golden] aubergine

sii yua ell pust carsi ixpict bog bog pust (meybi)

[Sloonei]

[VOTE: Sloonei] aubergine

[Golden]

I'm gonna sig iso on my commute and then make a final call, but it won't involved pretty multi-quotes (thanks for the guide to doing that). I feel pretty good about a switch to G-Man based on that read.

Also, I just noticed at some point sig voted for me. Come on sig, the least you could do is make a thread post voting for geldin.

[Golden]

Oh, linki, there it is.

[Golden]

I didn’t see the poll first and I’ve not expressed any discomfort in voting sig in the least, *especially* given he followed through on ignoring the day.

Slomy muvi iothir carsir ur mefoe lien


[VOTE: Golden] aubergine

sii yua ell pust carsi ixpict bog bog pust (meybi)

Hmm. Initial reaction:

"Sig doesn't know he cursed himself, then? Or is that what I'm supposed to feel."

[Sloonei]

Do you still feel this way, as opposed to say, Llama? Llama had a ton of content.

I'm going to read a bit, be on and off.

I’d vote for llama at this point.

Wanting fingersplints back was more an emotional response to losing a friend too soon.

But llama was my top town read (read alone, there are others I have as town based on placing them in specific roles. No clue on llama’s role).

I also think splints is more likely a wifom kill and llama more likely a defensive kill, could be wrong but that’s my instinct.

I noticed a potential Golden townslip yesterday but didn't say anything because I figured it wasn't necessary, and there was a chance he was fishing. Llama seems to be at least momentarily unaware that llama is dead. I feel like this is less likely to happen if he was one of the people responsible for butchering the llama.

[Golden]

@bea not sure whether you’re allowed to answer this but did you know whether your voweling was a curse or a punishment? Just yes or no is fine (if you’re allowed)

[Sloonei]

*Golden seems momentarily unaware that llama is dead.

Llama should be aware of his own death.

[Golden]

Do you still feel this way, as opposed to say, Llama? Llama had a ton of content.

I'm going to read a bit, be on and off.

I’d vote for llama at this point.

Wanting fingersplints back was more an emotional response to losing a friend too soon.

But llama was my top town read (read alone, there are others I have as town based on placing them in specific roles. No clue on llama’s role).

I also think splints is more likely a wifom kill and llama more likely a defensive kill, could be wrong but that’s my instinct.

I noticed a potential Golden townslip yesterday but didn't say anything because I figured it wasn't necessary, and there was a chance he was fishing. Llama seems to be at least momentarily unaware that llama is dead. I feel like this is less likely to happen if he was one of the people responsible for butchering the llama.

As much as I’d love credit for a townslip, I knew llama was dead. That’s a convo about the rez poll.