You don't remember Rathji it was he posted a reason to vote you and I did the same thing right after
I stay with what I said you were posting differently and I called you out on it.
Warning: Potentially over-thought and paranoid post ahead...
Last game, the 8 mafia members were split into 2 rather distinct posting 'types', at least in my mind. There was the highly active and aggressive CaptainCrunch, undercoverbrother, starseed, and bizaro. And then there were the less active DropIt, Completely, CofR and (to a lesser extent) devo.
I began looking closer to see if I could find any correlation between activity level and alignment. I gave up quickly partially because it looks like there was nothing, and also because I saw something more interesting in regards to style.
The 4 less active posters (again, devo to a lesser extent) all had a fairly similar style of posts: pretty empty. What I read were lots of statements of fact, agreements with other ideas, and excuses for not posting more or more in depth. They basically did the bare minimum to not get noticed as the bottom end of the post count.
Now, I know this is likely confirmation bias creeping in, but it's day 1 and I'm struggling for anything concrete. I re-read through this game, looking for similar behavior and I found it:
While I partially understand him being gun-shy from the last game, there's close to zero actual content there. Thoughts?
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First of all it must be remembered this is a game of attrition. There are more townies than scum. We are going to lose some good townies throughout this game no doubt but remember the end game is to win.
A very big indicator of mafia posting IMO is sitting on the fence and delaying decisions.
Mafia rarely hunt or hunt under false pretences as they do not want to have the target painted on them. Either through the attacked townie swaying the vote or townie flips can cause suspicion on the original accuser. Mafia don't like that.
They want to direct and steer and let townie lynch townie. But they want to do it without leaving an obvious trail that points towards them.
Some active hunters in past games have seemed very diplomatic in this game and that alone makes me suspicious. The "I have made mistakes in past games" is a convenient excuse. Hey it might be true but...
IMO GGG has been actively hunting is it all Kosher... I can't be sure.
I am not vouching for him but he at least is showing some sand and postulating his suspicions however thin that they are.
Is there a possibility a "new" player is Mafia Scum. Yes I think there is a good possibility.
So in the nature of thin suspicions. I look towards deflectors diplomats and players not wanting to rock the boat.
Inactivity is its own evil but I think that ship has sailed.
Look towards middle post counts and one or two Mafia with higher post counts.
My paranoid suspicions include the following people.
Rathji is a very good player and many of his prior posts were quite detailed and had accusations. He is not really playing that way this time. Is it proof positive? No but it makes the hairs on my neck stand up.
Girly Sports seems very diplomatic and that just might be a feeling out process as a new player.
squiggs96 Is still on my radar I don't know why but he is.
dissentowner great poster I just think he drew the stink card this round and might be mafia.
So after all this is said and I have nothing but rice paper thin suspicions I am going to cast my vote and go with...
Vote: Rathji he aint the same and I got a gut feeling.
I still think starseed is a good suspect, I think he was risking putting a mafia member on his list so he could look back and say he had a mafia member on it. But if he is town he came to same conclusion as me with formulate.
Pika has thought throughout this game that other characters have abilities that are linked to their character. With Timbo showing that his power was related to his character, and Drury's was as well, I think there is more to it than randomness. GGG was insistent that they weren't related, and this morning after I revealed my role actions, wanted to know who it was and what it was called, even though I had said I wasn't giving out that information yet.
Pika should have trusted ECF more than he did. He tried to poison GGG, and has been right on almost every thought he had in the game. I'm going to build on these thoughts and try and avenge ECF's death, when I could have protected him last night.
vote GGG
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He just seemed like a very nice person. I loved Squiggy.
Pika has thought throughout this game that other characters have abilities that are linked to their character. With Timbo showing that his power was related to his character, and Drury's was as well, I think there is more to it than randomness. GGG was insistent that they weren't related, and this morning after I revealed my role actions, wanted to know who it was and what it was called, even though I had said I wasn't giving out that information yet.
Pika should have trusted ECF more than he did. He tried to poison GGG, and has been right on almost every thought he had in the game. I'm going to build on these thoughts and try and avenge ECF's death, when I could have protected him last night.
vote GGG
Squiggs not really sure what you getting at. Delist should have had a power like timbos if there was any real indication. Kirby being a bodyguard instead of a power absorber of sorts was all the confirmation I needed that powers and characters don't match very well.
Suspected Mafia
-hmmhmmcamo : gets called out for inactivity, posts a lot once the heat is on. Not much substance to posts prior to getting called out. Bad town suggestions early, then seems less clueless now?
-HG15 : seems much different. Less activity scum hunting than last game. Something seems off about him
-squiggs/Baxter : cofR type inactivity
Town:
ECF- maybe I am falling for the deception? I am heavily leaning that he is telling the truth
-rathji : no idea. Just a feeling. I want to know who he targeted last night.
-GGG : I could be completely wrong about him, but he voted against the bizaro train when it was in full motion. Mind you, if he were mafia, he would know biz would flip town, which would add to his credibility late in the game. Maybe he killed biz to build that credibility? But I am leaning to those thoughts being paranoia. My gut is saying town. I think we need townies to go against the mob when they feel the mob is on the wrong track.
So just to be clear Starseed, you already knew Wood was town at this point yet didn't put him on your townie list?...
For those who believe starseed is town can you please explain why?
Due to the timing of his reveal. He wouldn't have felt the need to reveal when he did if he thought he had the mafia support since his back wasn't against the wall. He revealed early to give the town the most information while confusing the mafia. If he was mafia he would have kept us guessing on the twilight thread and thrown out more suspects. Also I think with his powers he will be a benefit to us in the future. The extra vote becomes more powerful the less players there are.
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I'm not getting fixated on small things at this point, like I'm sure Starseed's mafia friends will try to point out.
Starseed knowing that Wood is a townie but not putting him on his townie list? How does the townie list help us if mafia go after you night 2? Another major lie, another huge inconsistency.
There's a reason we have the list, the mafia knows who town is, if a townie knows someone is town they should be putting them on the top of their list not excluding them...
So just to be clear Starseed, you already knew Wood was town at this point yet didn't put him on your townie list?...
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Vote: Starseed
Yes, I think at that point we were considering revealing Wood in the twilight thread. If he was at risk, I would have come forward. I also wanted to stay hidden, so if I did reveal Wood was town, I did not want people to look back at that post and see that I had him as town.
One of the options we considered was revealing the three of us, and just not mentioning which ones were MOTs.
I'm not getting fixated on small things at this point, like I'm sure Starseed's mafia friends will try to point out.
Starseed knowing that Wood is a townie but not putting him on his townie list? How does the townie list help us if mafia go after you night 2? Another major lie, another huge inconsistency.
There's a reason we have the list, the mafia knows who town is, if a townie knows someone is town they should be putting them on the top of their list not excluding them...
I had MOT2 as a backup in case I went down. That was not really a concern.
So you're leaving townies off your townie list and putting people you think are suspicious on it? Or at least you and your partner were calling GGG suspicious in the MOT thread. Great town strategy...
I'm not getting fixated on small things at this point, like I'm sure Starseed's mafia friends will try to point out.
Starseed knowing that Wood is a townie but not putting him on his townie list? How does the townie list help us if mafia go after you night 2? Another major lie, another huge inconsistency.
There's a reason we have the list, the mafia knows who town is, if a townie knows someone is town they should be putting them on the top of their list not excluding them...
I think everyone knows Wood is town, doesn't have to be on a list. So much so squiggs tried to save Wood last night.
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I know I haven't posted much, but some of you talk way too much.
I have made accusations, but usually against the cults. I still dont fully tryst Starseed and GGG, but I hesitate for a call to lynch cult members as there are 1-2 players who get upset when the cults are mentioned or focused on.
Not sure why they do that, unless they are hiding something.
The Eternals dead, 3 Guardians. The cults are part of this game and I think it is worthy to look at. Do not see how that is a wrong thing to do.
Who do I think is mafia? As I said yesterday lots of you seem guilty. If I had a one shot day kill...I don't know who would be my number one target. My last players I had on a list are Starseed, GGG, Oling, and Timbo.
Drury seems sure that Timbo is town, and I did agree with that a little yesterday when he seemed to be following the hmmhmmcamo doomed townie spiral.
Puxlut seems very defensive whenever Starseed is attacked or questioned, but mostly when that comes from Oling. Pretty sure she is working with Starseed, but on who's side?
Maybe this arguing is a clever ruse to hide the fact all three are aligned.
When I said I hoped others had better information than I, I meant that my investigations have provided nothing of use to the town. I hoped that some town person who has good info would come out with it and help the town.
You might die at night, but if it means we get one mafia that may lead to others...then do it.
7 town dead, we need a mafia lynch soon. Even dead, we all can win.
I think everyone knows Wood is town, doesn't have to be on a list. So much so squiggs tried to save Wood last night.
This was day 2 before the reveal.
Night 1 Starseed found out Wood was town.
Day 2 Starseed neglected to post it in his townie list. Maybe I'm wrong and Wood already revealed as it's hard to go back so many pages on phone but I'm pretty sure Wood was still a mystery to everyone...everyone but Starseed and the mafia.
So you're leaving townies off your townie list and putting people you think are suspicious on it? Or at least you and your partner were calling GGG suspicious in the MOT thread. Great town strategy...
All we knew for sure was that I, MOT2 and Wood were town. Anyone on my lists or the MOT list could very well be mafia. We stressed that we only had our suspicions, and did not have extra info about those players. We stated that we wanted them interrogated. This strategy was meant to increase discussion and put pressure on people whose alignment we did not know.
