Tim isn't playing

vote: In Hiding

I've only just arrived home after an uneventful day of school.  At first I thought I wasn't playing, then I read on and saw that I have been included in the mix.

This is basically shaping up to be an abbreviated version of IRC Mafia, but on a forum. How intense!  I think we need to cool off for a few seconds here and think about why we're voting for Tom.

Tom hasn't paid attention to the topic at all, his last vote was on Syzygy, who isn't even a player in this game.  That is terrible!  At least we know it's not one of his mafia buddies :p Haha!

So as it stands, the ratio is 4 townie to 1 mafia.  With this ratio it's more likely that we kill a town on Day 1 than not.

I would GREATLY appreciate it if any moderator that has access would please remove the posts from Syzygy, Adam L, and anyone else who unlawfully posts in this topic.  Those posts are misleading and confusing, making the game nearly impossible to follow.  Because every post can be scanned in only a minute or so, we have to be able to do it confidently.

Keep in mind, guys, we have THREE DAYS to finish this, don't get all in a hurry about voting for someone.  Just randomly killing off Tom is bad for the game in many ways!

First off, it ends the day without getting a good read on anyone.  Currently, he's only one vote shy of being KOed, which would be devastating.  He's sleeping right now, you know!

Let's give him a chance by not completing the vote on him.  I would vote for some other candidate, but no one has provided much input yet.

Darius has sent me a specific challenge, I have to prove that I'm both a townie, and not insane.  I will try to do that now.

Darius, I am a townie this game as evidenced by the role PM I received from Benoit this morning at 9:06:38am.  I received two PMs before that, one saying I was townie, and one saying I had been removed from the game to make room for Darius.  The third PM stated I was a townie in the new round and Ben said he was sorry for the mix-up.  I was actually somewhat surprised to get these PMs, because I thought it might be another day before this mafia game started up.

Enough with proof of townie status, now I'll go on to show that I'm not insane.

I am in a clear mind right now as I type this.  There are no distractions other than the frantically moving animated smilies that appear below the posting box as I type in my response here.  I just got home from a day of school where I did nothing most of the day, as always.  I was able to take a math test, only an hour or so ago, with no problems at all, today.  I had several conversations with people of various intelligence levels throughout the day.  I think this shows that I am not insane and I am competent and ready to play the game of mafia.

I now reverse the question upon you:  Darius, why do you think I should prove myself to be "no longer insane," was I insane at some point in the past or are you trying to make me look worse to the other players here?

On another note, the most active poster so far this game has been Tom.  His posts have included accusations and pleas for extreme action.  After Syzygy posted, Tom was inflamed that someone had posted a vote with no reasoning, without taking the time to realize the player wasn't even in the game.  He kind of made a fool out of himself right there.  Also, there is no reason any player in a five-person mafia game should ask for a modkill in this situation.  If the poster was the mafia member, it would take two more voters to kill him, and if the poster was not the mafia member, it's likely the person asking for a modkill is.  Just seemed really stupid to me.

As far as voting goes, at this point I think we should avoid lynching anyone.  I'll refrain from voting at all, at this point, but Sunday I plan to change my vote to No Lynch a few hours before the deadline.  This will ensure we play out the entire Day as long as we can, and do not kill a townie in the process.  If everyone contributes well during Day 1, we should be able to easily identify the mafia depending on who he kills.  There aren't too many people to accuse, you know!  I'm afraid if we lynch someone right now and they end up being town, we'll be too far behind to catch up, as it's a short game.  Be extra careful now, and we can help to guarantee a victory in the end.  This may require the loss of one or two town members, and if we vote No Lynch, it will be a loss of only one, which is the best situation.

And, following the above plan gives this topic the best lasting " " value possible

Not bad at all, Scott. In response to your questions:

I think you have been known to be insane in mafia games in the past, particularly when night approaches. My query was more to test your level of rationality than anything else, as a townie who's confusing his own side is almost as bad as a good mafia player. I want town to win this, so I just wanted to see if you were in full control of your mental capacity.

On to the no lynch idea: I understand you being very keen not to lynch a townie early on with so few players in the game. However, if we're going to no lynch Day 1, we'd have to no lynch Day 2 as well. If we no lynch Day 1, the mafia kills one of us at night and then we lynch a townie on Day 2, the mafia is still going to win on Night 2; it's basically no difference to us lynching two townies, they just have to send an extra night PM. It's fine if we can be sure we'll get the mafia on Day 2, but the mafia is likely to try and deceive us with the night kill anyway so I don't think it's going to be as clear-cut as you make out. If we double no-lynch then we could go into Day 3 with two townies and the mafia and we'll have a sudden death situation, which would take longer but you could argue will give us more information to work out who the mafia is.

Brutus, MVT, how about you stop posting one-liners and random votes and contribute a little? Otherwise we're just going to lynch one of you - probably MVT first, as Brutus is always like this.

I think it will be hard to balance thoughtfulness with excitement in this game.  We have to play it like the final few rounds of a live mafia game, but it has to be done slowly.  If we lose this, the rest of the forum will be laughing at the four punk'D townies for months

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Prove it.


I think I may have found a clue.  Tom has always claimed to never have lied, in nearly every single mafia game we've played on the forums.  He's always very straightforward and almost always claims his role straight up for some reason.  This unbelievable method by which he plays must just be something inside him that keeps him from lying when he's making forum posts.

If you look closely, you will see his first post after the initial start (the false start) of this game includes a clear claim of townie, along with an accusation.  In his first post after the second start (the true start), Tom doesn't do the same thing.  In all his posts since the new start, Tom has avoided stating his role or even implying it. He has simply accused other people.  This brings me to believe his is the mafia, and his fatal flaw is included in his first post after Ben started the game properly with 5 contestants.

Sorry Tom, your gig's up.  Since we've got you pinned down as the mafia already, I'll wait for you to post before killing you.  I think at this point you should do as the Japanese would.  You should either resign or commit suicide.

Ivo probably already has figured out who is mafia.

i'm a townie, always have been and seemingly always will be. I'm sticking with Tim.

Dont try to move me off my vote, i wont fall for that. Tim, are you mafia?

Yeah I agree with Tom here.  Too many 3-letter T names in this game at the moment. Sorry Syzygy

vote: Syzygy

Well, Darius...it looks like Tom has covered for himself now on the point I was trying to make.  Perhaps it was just oversight as he had just claimed it an hour or whatever earlier.

Since we're the only ones that can post in this topic, let's have a little chat, town!

I'll pose a question and we can chat about it for the next 12 hours or so in here.  Everyone else will want to comment but they won't because they're not allowed to post here!

What do you guys think of The Dark General (my favorite of his various names) and his posts around here? Do you think he should be removed from the forum?  Do you think his random posts and videos and game rants were good content?

Personally, I think it was a load of crap and I could hardly read it.  Let's try to see what the conclusion is among us five.

Unovte


Vote Syzygy

because we need to get to 2-1 so I can prove Darius is the mafia, no one believes me yet but if i'm alive to get to that stage then my vote has more power. So i'm joining isthatagoodthing to vote him off.

Tom unvoted for me then re-voted for me.  That doesn't seem to make much sense.  Also he didn't write in bold, something I wouldn't expect from a seasoned player like himself.

Unvote

Vote: InHiding

I'm not implying that some of you cannot count or that you care but here is the vote count anyway:

2 - MVT (Darius, Brutus)
1 - InHiding (MVT)
1 - Brutus (IsThatAGoodThing)

Not voting: InHiding
Unfortunately, Syzygy is not in the game.

There are approximately 25 hours left. It takes 3 votes for a lynch.

Woah woah

you want a townie to die?  I am a townie not a mafia.  The first pm I got was saying I am a townie.  Then I got another pm saying I was a townie again generated by a random number generator.

I dont know how I can claim undisputed proof that I am town but ask me any question you want and I will answer them.  I was out all last night and didnt get home till late so sorry for not replying earlier.