I said 'truly' suspicious. Meaning I don't find anything that really convinces me to lynch him or to cast huge suspicion on. If anything, it deserves a Fos. Sorry I wasn't clear on it.
I mean, I don't find anything that much of a huge problem with Master Warlord. It just seemed that, as Hando said, him just making a huge mistake and is shaking his head heavily at his actions. This happened to Chaco in Totally Normal Mafia. He made a few messups and it began to escalate...and he didn't know how to defend himself properly.
What kind of Mafia actually wants to be lynch? What kind of Indie wants to be lynch (even though Scav stated there was no jester in this game)? This is why I'm not 'truly' suspicious of him. Mafia would've been trying to help him say what he needs to say and Indies would've tried extra harder to erase their mistake. Also, due to the amount of days needing to complete, there's no way Mafia wants to mess up. For the moment, I'm just not fully convinced of a Master Warlord lynch atm.
I doubt it's Mafia, unless there's a added effect we don't know about. If all Macman does is just put capped letters, it doesn't seem useful for a Mafia to have IMO. Mafias usually have roles that helps them, not frame townies. I have my own theory in terms of what happened to Macman, but I'll wait awhile before I address it. For the moment, I'm convinced it's a power role of some kind, but not from Macman himself.
I've got EE's response to the first part copied later, but I'll say I agree with him that it's not too unusual a scum tactic. As for the posting in all caps, it could really go either way which alignment it could correspond to. I'm assuming there's some sort of added effect he can't tell us about, as Mac seems confident that it's mafia, so I could see it being a mafia role if we knew that bit. Otherwise, it could really go either way.
Said it before. I have no excuse, really, besides being a noob making a horribly stupid post last at night. My motive -was- to somehow prove myself as townie by acting as a victim, but that was a rather stupid idea seeing the townies seem to all have roles in this game anyway.
I'm still honestly very surprised everybody hasn't jumped all over me yet. Guess I might actually get to, y'know, play the game.
You're playing the game right now. What I want from you is two things right now.
1. I want an explanation of how that could have possibly proven you townie. In fact, quite the opposite would be likely. I assume you had some kind of reasoning as to how it made sense, give us that. No more of the appeals to emotion, no more "I should just be lynched now for that." Give me logic, give me thought processes, make me believe there was a reason that at some point, whether it was stupid or not, there was reasoning for it.
2. You've been doing nothing but reacting so far, so let's hear some of your thoughts on others. I know attention has been drawn to you early, but it seems like if someone isn't calling you out, you aren't talking.
Right now I'm looking at Xsyven and Evil Eye. Here's why:
Keyword: only. Did we not notice that in addition to Macman's odd posting that he was typoing at a ridiculous rate? Why would someone who should have no idea what the posting restriction is only put emphasis on capital letters? To add on to this, he was the first to put an end to the joking stage and asked everyone to think of reasons behind Mac's post restriction without giving his own. To top it off, let's ask the question again:
"What are the reasons as to why Macman can only post in caps?"
...The obvious reasons is that is either a post restriction or a fake post restriction. "How" Macman came about receiving this possible restriction would have been a much more effective question and yet, at the same time, would lead us no where.
I do agree, and I noticed the only at first as well. Given the timing/situation, and the massive typo amounts, I had considered Mac was just messing around, yet Xsy seemed to know it was a restriction. I do also have some thoughts on this that I'll get to after I finish responding to these posts, but Xsy's reaction does seem oddly quick and precise, one way or the other.
I need to catch up. o_o
There's way too much talk about me for how little I've actually said so far though...
All caps was... a little obvious...
I wasn't the only one who noticed was I? Still at work, and haven't read up. But I'll reply that noticing a post restriction doesn't warrant a vote.
These are Xsy's most recent posts. Overall I don't think he has offered us much at all, and keeps posting that he'll catch up and post more later and has yet to do so. Also, the fact that you've said little CAUSES more talk about you Xsyven, especially when there's been a lot of discussion pretty much around the board.
As much as I can't stand the reeking scumminess of what Warlord has done up to now, Macman, I'm really disturbed by your push for expedience. Last time I checked, we have over a week left to discuss things, and you're pressuring lynch finalization already? And one of the two people you pushed has only your vote on him and town is still waiting on that person for some substance.
And on that note:
@Xsy: What's up buddy. What's the hold-up?
I agree with this post, quoted it for that reason. I'll get to it after the quote response though.
I said it has mirrored many a mafioso, like, referring to past, specific performances. It's just a very common tactic for a mafiat that screws up or gets caught in a town net to say "Whatever go ahead and lynch me" or "lynch me, once you see I'm town, lynch ____" and these are literally the exact same tells Warlord is putting off. It's a shame Crimson King isn't in the game, because he's played that game twice now in mafia games (both of them BRoom). And I know I've seen that general tactic used in other games, and it's used almost every single game in epic mafia. Trying to convince people you're town by showing yourself as super willing and apathetic to the idea of being lynched is an age-old mafia play.
It's just that simple. First he makes a "ballsy move for town" (a ballsy move that has almost absolutely zero town benefit and sets up two mislynches if he and Mac are town), then when he realizes he has screwed up, he goes to an archaic scum-tastic defence.
Of course, townies do the same thing as well, but I have seen the whole "give up" strategy a lot before. Similar to someone claiming a hunter(shoots after being lynched) after being converted to mafia, trying to play the WIFOM of "why would I say to lynch me if I was town" and squeaking out of suspicion. But, I would say overall his willingness to be lynched is neither a town nor scum tell on it's own, and if he can give a solid explanation for his fake this should not be used to suspect him.
I also noticed that Mentos hasn't posted in a few days. I hope he does soon...I want to hear his input on this.
Guys, how does everyone feel about making discussion till say...Aug 22nd or 23rd and then making a decision upon who to lynch? Then when we do find someone to lynch, that person could roleclaim. That way, we avoid the whole 'OMG' of new information pouring in two days from the deadline, and we're frantically searching for another lynch canidate.
I agree that a pseudo early-deadline may not be a bad idea. I think it's safe to say it doesn't hurt us to have our lynch candidate ready early enough for them to defend and still have time to weigh our options afterwards.
Also, claiming in this type of game would be SOOOO easy since none of the roles are given at the beginning. It would be so unbelievably easy for a mafia member to list some obscure Megaman character and make up a useful ability and all we could really be able to say to that is, 'Oh...ok.'
So... Welcome to every game here ever? XD Just saying, the fact that it's a closed setup doesn't mean having the lynch candidates claim before being lynched is a bad idea, in fact it's still a very good idea.
Ok, now to get out of response mode and into thought mode. First of all, right now my read on Warlord is that he's our indie. Why is this? Barring a good explanation, his action would have absolutely no benefit as a townie, especially in a game where lynching smart is so important. As a mafia, he would essentially be sacrificing himself to down ONE townie, which seems a bit extreme. However, there's one role that would benefit from the maneuver: a lyncher. Seeing as it's the only role that I can see fitting the events at the moment, this is my strongest thought on his alignment.
@Xsyven: Can you come in and post some substance? As I quoted earlier you were mentioning all the talk about you with how little you've said, so even you realize you haven't done much. Let's hear your thoughts
Now, I also just thought of a possibility on Macman that I hadn't before. Mac's early posts were filled with typo's and caps, much looking like he was just messing around. I just realized that if he is not town, he may have been messing around, and when Xsy mentioned the all caps he decided to act like it was a restriction to play that card. Now, I'm not saying this is the most likely, but it is very possible and I don't think anyone mentioned it so I felt I should point it out.
Other than that, I don't have any major scum reads on any one just yet. As I said I'm reading Warlord as more of an indie than scum, but as of right now he would probably be my top lynch choice, until he responds to the comments I made to him earlier in this post.