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Post by special on Sept 13, 2011 18:07:11 GMT -5
Elizabeth closed the notebook. She wanted to read more, but it was disturbing. The smells of seriously over cooked beef stroganoff and burnt garlic bread, however, were equally disturbing and more immediate. Elizabeth buried her head in the blankets and inhaled the slightly mothballish scent. Soon she drifted off to sleep and dreamt. She dreamt of her own wedding, not unusual for her. How she longed to marry a man who appreciated her independence and would take her away from her over-bearing family. Oddly, in this dream though, she was pregnant...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No, wait. Sorry, I can't do this. The joke is too old. Bill is dead. It seemed to be a pleasant death. One would think he passed quietly in his sleep if it weren't for the green slime that appears to have sealed his nose and mouth shut. OK, maybe it wasn't so peaceful judging from how he had torn his bedsheets apart, and the fact that one eyeball bulged out so far that it was just hanging there by the optic nerve. On the nightstand next to the bed is found a notebook, a press pass, and a handheld tape recorder. Bill, the Nosy Reporter, is dead. Day will end on Saturday, Sept 17th at 6PM Chicago time. I know it's the weekend, I just don't see much of a way around ending the Day either on Friday after work or having an unbearably long Day lasting until Monday.
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Post by Sister Coyote on Sept 13, 2011 18:09:05 GMT -5
Well, crap
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Post by Sister Coyote on Sept 13, 2011 18:13:55 GMT -5
Why? Just cuz or do you think he's scummy as well? I did not think Red was scummy, but I had no clue who else might be and so I did what I don't usually do and voted just to have a vote down.
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Post by Inner Stickler on Sept 13, 2011 18:41:08 GMT -5
Well, thank you for your answer. Can I assume that you feel a vote is preferable to a no vote at all times?
(Sorry to see you go, Bill.)
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Post by Drain Bead on Sept 13, 2011 19:48:38 GMT -5
Sorry for being AFK last weekend. I wasn't really around when all the shit went down, and really need to reread the thread from yesterDay to get a feel for how this game is going.
Also, SHIT.
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Post by Sister Coyote on Sept 13, 2011 20:02:50 GMT -5
Well, thank you for your answer. Can I assume that you feel a vote is preferable to a no vote at all times? (Sorry to see you go, Bill.) Generally speaking, yes. What I probably should have done, hindsight being what it is, is voted "no vote" or "abstain" or something; the problem with that is that I tend to agree with those who feel that a no-lynch is usually bad for Town.
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Post by texcat on Sept 13, 2011 20:13:50 GMT -5
I went back to look at Bill's posts from yesterday. There were not very many. He did vote Silver Jan saying, "So X=4? I'm not convinced about your algebraic slip". I think we can take it that Silver Jan is not a power role. He later unvoted and voted sturm with no comment, but I took it as an effort to save RedSk.
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Post by Dirx on Sept 13, 2011 20:20:25 GMT -5
I'm actually kinda surprised scum killed him. I figured Bill's reputation would make him a good candidate for recruitment or, failing that, no-recruit and no-kill, letting town think he's been recruited and mislynching him. None of that would have worked, though, due to his role (can't be recruited, and all he'd have to do is claim and we'd never lynch him), but scum wouldn't have known that. Interesting.
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Post by texcat on Sept 13, 2011 21:19:44 GMT -5
I know the Day just started, but when is EOD?
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Post by special on Sept 13, 2011 21:28:07 GMT -5
I know the Day just started, but when is EOD? Saturday, 6PM Chicago time
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Post by Pollux Oil on Sept 13, 2011 22:17:36 GMT -5
Since Bill was the Nosy Reporter, I want to clarify something to make sure I understand the rules correctly.
If Bill had been recruited, he would have died at Dusk along with sturm, correct? As he would die when the sampling took place, which happens at Dusk. However, since he showed up dead at Dawn, we can assume that the recruitment/sampling went through and we now have two pod people possible to lynch. Am I right on this?
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Post by Dirx on Sept 13, 2011 22:27:36 GMT -5
That's how I understand it. Even the colour doesn't suggest suicide.
It's possible that the first person on the recruitment list was the Town Drunk, leaving only 1 scum still for now. Otherwise, yes, we should be at 2 scum now.
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Post by BillMc on Sept 13, 2011 23:57:18 GMT -5
Hmmmm!
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Post by Deni on Sept 14, 2011 9:10:48 GMT -5
Wow - I have to agree with Dirx on this one. I was sort of expecting Bill to be recruited instead of NKed. Pod people/person must be smiling, that was unfortunately a lucky hit. I am thinking with his vote change before EOD it sort of confirms Red though.
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Post by peekercpa on Sept 14, 2011 9:14:36 GMT -5
well that bites. and crap bill being a nr is like mounting an icbm on a panzer.
ouchie ouchie ouchie.
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Post by peekercpa on Sept 14, 2011 9:25:11 GMT -5
k. here's the thought process. mpp is going to be in the lower level of posters. can't be a lurker or risk getting strung or getting vigged as such. probably not high volume because he/she wouldn't want to put their head up to high. someone like a sis or inner would be in my wheelhouse.
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Post by peekercpa on Sept 14, 2011 9:32:27 GMT -5
and i am inclined to lean inner. yaknow you get reads on folks after a bit of time. i can totally picture a drunk inner posting while hammered with knowledge. carp, it's what i used to do back in the day. and then you go FUCK ignore me.
vote inner
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Post by Dirx on Sept 14, 2011 10:09:46 GMT -5
I am thinking with his vote change before EOD it sort of confirms Red though. Well, he's as good as confirmed as far as his role goes, but now that Night 1 has passed, no one is confirmed town anymore except the Town Drunk. and i am inclined to lean inner. yaknow you get reads on folks after a bit of time. i can totally picture a drunk inner posting while hammered with knowledge. carp, it's what i used to do back in the day. and then you go FUCK ignore me. vote innerSo, you theorize that the MPP was a low-poster, but you vote for Inner Stickler, who had the highest post count all Day?
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Post by Sister Coyote on Sept 14, 2011 10:11:52 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm kind of totally bewildered and my peek-to-coyote translator appears to be on the fritz.
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Post by Silver Jan on Sept 14, 2011 12:26:54 GMT -5
It looks as if we are a lot worse off today than we were yesterday. Looking on the bright side though, we now have 2 people that could slip up.
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Post by peekercpa on Sept 14, 2011 12:56:03 GMT -5
I am thinking with his vote change before EOD it sort of confirms Red though. Well, he's as good as confirmed as far as his role goes, but now that Night 1 has passed, no one is confirmed town anymore except the Town Drunk. and i am inclined to lean inner. yaknow you get reads on folks after a bit of time. i can totally picture a drunk inner posting while hammered with knowledge. carp, it's what i used to do back in the day. and then you go FUCK ignore me. vote innerSo, you theorize that the MPP was a low-poster, but you vote for Inner Stickler, who had the highest post count all Day? 'tis my story and i'm sticking to it. plus i am just coming off a two scum kill vig thing on giraffe. let me revel a bit.
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Post by peekercpa on Sept 14, 2011 12:58:23 GMT -5
don't anyone do something really stupid, please.
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Post by guiri on Sept 14, 2011 14:33:37 GMT -5
I expect this will be more useful later on but FTR, unofficial color-coded vote count, E&OE:
Day 1
Sturmhauke(6): SisterCoyote[3-69], RedSkeezix[153], Paranoia[161], Deni[174], InnerStickler[175], Guiri[177], BillMc[178]
Paranoia(3): Dirx[157], PolluxOil[165], Sturmhauke[195]
RedSkeezix(2): peekercpa[99], sturmhauke[137-195], PolluxOil[139-165], Dirx[145-157], texcat[147-184], SisterCoyote[150]
Dirx(1): DrainBead[88], RedSkeezix[89-153] InnerStickler(1): sinjin[134] guiri(1): DrainBead[53-88], SilverJan[144] SilverJan(1): guiri[51-177], BillMC[56-178], Texcat[184]
DrainBead(0): sturmhauke[19-137] Peekercpa(0): sinjin[1-142], DrainBead[21-53] Texcat(0): Paranoia[2-161] BillMc(0): InnerStickler[151-175]
Not voting(1): sinjin
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Post by guiri on Sept 14, 2011 15:36:38 GMT -5
I'm actually kinda surprised scum killed him. I figured Bill's reputation would make him a good candidate for recruitment or, failing that, no-recruit and no-kill, letting town think he's been recruited and mislynching him. I suspect it works both ways: recruit him with the risk that he's lynched as people will think he's been recruited, or don't recruit him and hope people think he's been recruited and mislynch him. In the second scenario, however, there's also the risk that he'll sniff out scum, be protected, and never be mislynched.
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Post by Dirx on Sept 14, 2011 16:14:48 GMT -5
I suspect it works both ways: recruit him with the risk that he's lynched as people will think he's been recruited, or don't recruit him and hope people think he's been recruited and mislynch him. In the second scenario, however, there's also the risk that he'll sniff out scum, be protected, and never be mislynched. Ah, good point. Also, regarding the coloured vote count: Red Skeezix should be considered confirmed town for Day 1.
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Post by Drain Bead on Sept 14, 2011 16:26:47 GMT -5
Bit of a strategy discussion here: At this point in the game, should we be trying to lynch people who we think might have been recruited? I'd think we'd have a little more to go on there than trying to find the MPP. I feel like we have very little to go on despite having a Day under our belt...there are no useable voting records yet. So should we go for folks we think were good recruitment possibilities, or what?
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Post by peekercpa on Sept 14, 2011 16:27:44 GMT -5
Ah, good point. Also, regarding the coloured vote count: Red Skeezix should be considered confirmed town for Day 1. dirx dirx dirxno one gets a final color until they are dead or end game. although in this case he probably has a bluish tint
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Post by peekercpa on Sept 14, 2011 16:31:15 GMT -5
i'm trying a new strategy, btw. i'm all atwitter about how it works out.
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Post by texcat on Sept 14, 2011 16:39:45 GMT -5
A new strategy? Sounds scary. Did you have an old strategy?
I hope that the drunk and shrink both investigated RedSk last night. And since we haven't heard anything to the contrary, he's looking pretty blue to me. I'm not sure that we've heard from everyone today though.
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Post by Dirx on Sept 14, 2011 17:13:03 GMT -5
Bit of a strategy discussion here: At this point in the game, should we be trying to lynch people who we think might have been recruited? I'd think we'd have a little more to go on there than trying to find the MPP. I feel like we have very little to go on despite having a Day under our belt...there are no useable voting records yet. So should we go for folks we think were good recruitment possibilities, or what? We can try, but, as per the discussions Yesterday, it's pretty metagamey trying to figure out who was recruited and who wasn't. Case in point: Bill. The options I listed in my first post Today are what I would have done if I were the MPP. Guiri posted good reasons why scum wouldn't want to do that. Different players are going to have different preferences and use different logic. If we knew who the MPP was, then that would help us out a bit, but otherwise, my picks for top recruitment potential are probably different from yours, and so on.
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