[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by mrkajz44

Yeah, the last post by Diss is a bit odd. Oiling sort of nails it on the head, just seems like such a weird post to make with days to go until the deadline and only 2 votes have been placed. However, re-reading Diss' posts, I just don't get the feeling of scum and I think he just was venting a little frustration of being targeted early. I'm interested to see his future posts as alluded to above.

For me, thinking about some of the posts that came off as "different" early on, I have to say that Seb's strategy definitely caught my attention. It has some merit for sure, where there is simply too much noise with lots of posts. Sort of a direct shot against "the more information the better". It's a bit outside the box, but not a terrible idea.

However, what struck me as much more interesting was the way Party sort of latched onto that idea and ran with it. It seems like Seb thought out that strategy and wants to stick to it, but Party just grabbed a hold of the same idea and uses that to explain a very low post count, that has little to no content. Party also said they were new to Mafia, and I'm guessing drawing a Mafia card in their very first game would be very nerve racking and the fear of slipping up would be great, hence the low post count without much substance. Their instant vote sort of tears down that argument though, but maybe it was just heat of the moment?

So, I'm sticking to my idea of waiting until Monday to make a voting decision because posting is so infrequent on the weekends, but Party is at the top of my list for now. I'd like to hear a little more from them.

Originally Posted by mrkajz44

Okay, just saw that Diss replied while I was typing. That response sort of confirms my thinking. Diss is talking gameplay quite well already, much more than many others at this point. I think the "2 votes already" post was just a frustration post, nothing more.

Originally Posted by mrkajz44

I appreciate the response, Party. However, I still get that feeling where you are a new player and have no experience, so drawing a Mafia card in the first game would be intimidating and as a result you are just trying to avoid making waves.

Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but responding to my post so quickly just makes me feel like you are constantly monitoring the thread, but not really posting much unless you are specifically mentioned. This has happened twice now. First with GGGs vote against you, you were able to respond in just a few minutes, and then after my post last night, you were able to respond in about an hour. It just seems so lurky to me.

Vote: Party Elephant

Originally Posted by mrkajz44

So I completely missed the fact that Party is, in fact, in NZ and therefore their odd posting schedule might be completely due to the time difference.

I looked back on when they tended to respond and it seemed to line up with the NZ time zone rather well. Therefore, my earlier conclusion that they were lurking and only responding in the thread when their name came up is pretty much shot; it was all just a coincidence. That was the main reason I had a hunch on them, so I don't feel right keeping the vote on them.

unvote

Since we are so close to deadline though, I don't want to leave a vote off. I'm sort of neutral on Active right now, I can't really seem to read his play. When looking at Girly though, I see a lot of straight up "fact" posts, where she is just clarifying the rules of the game more-so than anything. She also seems to be the person most pre-occupied with the spore and Day 2 strategy already. We are already in a bit of a bind with not enough votes to lynch anyone at deadline, yet she seems more concerned with how voting might go on Day 2, and what might happen with the spore. It rubs me the wrong way as if she is trying to lay some groundwork for tomorrow already (already knows what happened with the spore? already knows her mafia buddies are safe? I don't know for sure, but these are the thoughts I'm having)

Vote: GirlySports

I really think one of Diss or PE are a host, Mrkajz brought them both up day 1 and then shortly after came up with a simple reason to back off of them. it's almost like he was saying "move along, nothing to see here".

Add the fact that diss and PE were both after me before Mrkajz picked up his arguments against me, then the both of them just suddenly stop going after me. Mrkajz also backed off going after me and just subtly would mention me in passing. I think the hosts wanted me out but weren't having success with it so they backed right off.