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Monster Mafia - Game Over

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yea mentos lol relax. I do get away with doing nothing alot tho. It's pretty cool.

mentos yur scummy for not ccing as soon as rockin claimed for one thing. Secondly, defending/not being ok with a scumlynch is suspect as well[especially if most other people were pushing the rockin lynch]. You are also a liability for town to have because of you being a mafia dvoter. If you take a step back and actually look at the circumstances you'll realize that we're just trying to be cautious here.

ate is weird tho, never do I see you do that. Tired of people resorting to blaming town and other AtE bull**** just because they are deemed of as scummy. Calm down it's not that serious.

and Mentos, Gheb is not scum. Who do you think vyse's partner is?
 

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Like honestly, who on the list of people do you think you are more townie then[other than vyse]. only people left are omni, and kevin. Kevin has been on the rockin lynch all daily while omni has made apparent efforts to find scum, reread through the thread yesterday and came to similar conclusions as I. So I don't see why it doesn't make sense to you that some people are turning their suspicions towards you.
 

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Interesting that Kevin's been pushing rockin all game, but I am not sure exactly what his reasoning for it was. Could possibly be a strong distancing strat.
 

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Haha I know, it's rare for me to get frustrated, but the main reason was Omni making points(at least a few of which were terrible, you have to admit), and just getting flat out frustrated that I made a defense against the points Omni made against me and not a single person even made any comment acknowledging it. It's frustrating when you make an effort to defend yourself and everyone writes it off as if you said nothing and asks for defense, at that point what do you guys want me to do?

Your point about not CCing Rockin is valid, but I feel my explanation was reasonable enough. I was given two names in my role PM, the latter of which stuck in my head more, and(while I guess I didn't directly say this part before, but it would fit with what I've said before), Rockin's claim happened in the same period as I'm being called out for "actively lurking" when I wasn't at my house, but checking the thread because it was close to deadline while out with my friends. That didn't help my concentration very much, and it's easier to miss something when you're distracted.

Secondly, I never defended Rockin so to speak. I said what he did is no different than what I would expect from Rockin in any game, but I know there was at least one point when I said I would gladly flip over to Rockin to avoid a nl. I didn't say I had a problem with it, merely that his actions were in line with the meta of town Rockin I've seen.

Also, I don't think I responded to the question earlier about how if I was a mafia Dvoter scum could win without a single vote. While I'm not entirely sure MY vote counts(which is why I asked someone to do it instead of doing it myself), if I was scum my partners could vote me, unvote and then drop 4 votes at lylo within less than a minute. The way my role is activated would be extremely overpowered for mafia near endgame which I'm also trying to get people to realize knowing Medi wouldn't put a role that broken in a game. Same thing if it got to 3 man lylo and I was scum, if either townie voted me: game over. If my own vote counts toward it, a townie wouldn't even have to vote, I could just come in, self vote, then double vote and win. Do you not see that as potentially game-breaking?

Finally, I stand by my lynch pool that scum is within Gheb/Vyse/Omni right now. Cacti is un cc'd cop still(which, I also missed the claim of, pretty much everything from that little period after Omni's "gambit"), and he has an inno on you. Potentially the godfather, but I see some townie Mac signs. Kevin's looked good to me for a good portion of the game, leaving those three. Out of them Vyse is the one I would be most certain on, especially after looking back and seeing him pushing a Marshy lynch yesterday, and that's why my vote lies there.
 

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So you think it's vyse/omni?

I think we should just settle on vyse for today. If everyone is confident that vyse is scum. Then mentos's doublevoting capabilities won't be a problem tomorrow. And we can decide who to lynch between him/omni/KevinM.

Kevin, do you think Mentos is scummier than Vyse? Or is it just that you would rather not deal with the implications a mafia dvoter might bring?
 

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On iPhone.

It's a shame that you needed to be put into a corner to really start putting real content.

Please tell me what points of mine are terrible.

I'll post and respond more tonight.

Your AtE is lame. You're the scummiest here on paper. How you can't recognize this is astounding. And the fact that you're OMGUSing doesn't help your case.

Ask me questions that you want me to respond to regarding my case against you.
 

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You say I haven't scumhunted: I pinpointed an anti-town role halfway through day 1. Just because I haven't made comprehensive cases on everyone I think is scummy, I've had lynch targets and HAVE scumhunted, even if it didn't end up mafia, I think it's pretty clear I was scumhunting.

You say I was "actively lurking": There was one point in this game where that could remotely apply, I wasn't home at the time, I can't post consistently nor check the thread constantly to keep tabs on everything that's going on. I don't know what you would have wanted me to do other than devoting even more of my time out to the game than I already had. Did you really expect me to be a central discusser when I was on my phone and in the middle of a night out with friends?

You say I never questioned Rockin: In the course of the 5 minutes I looked over the thread before I got frustrated realizing there was no way to get out of things since everyone ignored my defense, I had already found a post in which I stated I would be perfectly fine with going with Rockin to avoid a no lynch and remove the WIFOM of his role claim.

Now you say I'm OMGUSing you when, in fact, I had started to question you yesterday which is when you originally started voting me. And what was your reason for that? Oh yeah, bringing stuff up from earlier in the game which you have done by the boatload now. Plus, the reason why I consider you potential scum is pretty plain: Cacti is un cc'd cop, has an inno on Mac who has played as I expect from townie Mac, I feel comfortable with Kev, which leaves you, Vyse, and Gheb. Of the three, you and Vyse are definitely scummier. That does not translate into OMGUS, that translates into looking who I feel comfortable with and who is remaining, and pulling my thoughts about who is scummiest of those remaining to decide on likeliest scum. By my deduction, Vyse is the most likely, and you're scummier than your runner up for second place. Not to mention your play so far today has reminded me very strongly of the way me Frozen and Chaco pushed Xsyven on the final day of FF7.

Finally, as I said to Mac, the AtE had some real points in it, and the frustration was because no one even recognized I had defended myself, instead acting like I hadn't said anything to refute points. I don't know if you want me to do a pbpa of myself and explain every post I've made to defend myself or what, but it's extremely frustrating when you defend a case and people pretty much ignore the fact that you have done so.

Also, as a note to the rest of the town, I will NOT use my second vote to manipulate the lynch. If you guys decide to lynch me after Vyse has a third vote, I won't hammer to save myself. Because then if Vyse flips town you guys mislynch on me at likely lylo, and if he flips maf I get "Oh, Mentos knew Vyse would be the lynch the next day anyway, so he hammered to make himself appear town!" Lose/lose situation and I would rather just let myself be lynched if it came to that and let you all go about your business tomorrow. As I said though, I'm sticking with the read I was getting before I realized Rockin claimed the same character yesterday, and the one Marshy had and my ONE vote will be staying on Vyse. The other is remaining unused unless everyone agrees I should cast it.
 

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You say I haven't scumhunted: I pinpointed an anti-town role halfway through day 1. Just because I haven't made comprehensive cases on everyone I think is scummy, I've had lynch targets and HAVE scumhunted, even if it didn't end up mafia, I think it's pretty clear I was scumhunting.
Are you talking about Bunbun? I'm pretty sure I'm the one that applied first-blood pressure while Matanus applied the first vote. The fact that you don't make comprehensive cases is the reason why I felt you weren't scumhunting. Townie Mentos in Newbie Mafia had really good content and was really good at questioning everyone. Again, the fact that there was a LOT to do with Rockin D1 and D2 and you barely said anything about him urked me. All of us here was on Bunbun hard, but you were the only person that really distanced themselves from Rockin. Also, Rockin never said a word about you nearly the entire game. That does not look good for you.

You say I was "actively lurking": There was one point in this game where that could remotely apply, I wasn't home at the time, I can't post consistently nor check the thread constantly to keep tabs on everything that's going on. I don't know what you would have wanted me to do other than devoting even more of my time out to the game than I already had. Did you really expect me to be a central discusser when I was on my phone and in the middle of a night out with friends?
Macman also noticed this as well. Both you and Rockin appearing out of thin air during the Me/Macman/Marshy fiasco. During this nearly 30 minute phase only the 3 of us talked. Suddenly, Rockin came in and pointed out that it wasn't twilight. And you appeared right after Rockin switching your vote over to me. I am not calling you an active lurker; simply stating that I believe I caught you actively lurking.... which ironically was with Rockin at the time. Again, this does not look good for you.

You say I never questioned Rockin: In the course of the 5 minutes I looked over the thread before I got frustrated realizing there was no way to get out of things since everyone ignored my defense, I had already found a post in which I stated I would be perfectly fine with going with Rockin to avoid a no lynch and remove the WIFOM of his role claim.
What post is this? I'd like to see the content in which you said.

Still, Rockin was pretty scummy as hell. Despite everyone arguing against his case, you never questioned or directly talked to him. This is what you did say when Macman asked you about Bunbun and Rockin.

Macman, BunBun I'm not sure on, at first I found the claim reasonable, but the lack of anything gained N1 is kind of troublesome and making me wonder if it was a fake. Rockin I don't distrust the claim from really, so I'm trusting him at the moment. I didn't get much of a read on Tuna because of his very low amount of posts, and Riddle hasn't helped in that department, so right now he's a big ?
Again, I want to know the content of the post you're talking about because you did not freely offer this information. Macman had to ask you what your thoughts were on Rockin/Bunbun. Also, I wasn't too fond of this post because you don't really commit to anything which is a safe route for scum to go.

If you went back to read you should still see that you had the least activity with Rockin with anyone else still left in the game. Also, Rockin barely ever mentioned you. It's the same point as above. I didn't say you didn't comment on Rockin at all; I said that you hardly ever commented. There is a HUGE disconnection between you and Rockin. Are you denying this?

Now you say I'm OMGUSing you when, in fact, I had started to question you yesterday which is when you originally started voting me. And what was your reason for that? Oh yeah, bringing stuff up from earlier in the game which you have done by the boatload now. Plus, the reason why I consider you potential scum is pretty plain: Cacti is un cc'd cop, has an inno on Mac who has played as I expect from townie Mac, I feel comfortable with Kev, which leaves you, Vyse, and Gheb. Of the three, you and Vyse are definitely scummier. That does not translate into OMGUS, that translates into looking who I feel comfortable with and who is remaining, and pulling my thoughts about who is scummiest of those remaining to decide on likeliest scum. By my deduction, Vyse is the most likely, and you're scummier than your runner up for second place. Not to mention your play so far today has reminded me very strongly of the way me Frozen and Chaco pushed Xsyven on the final day of FF7.
The reason why I call it an OMGUS because you only started to deem me as Mafia (by calling me possible Mafia Priest) after my case on you. My case on you is not scummy at all, but you retorted by simply repointing a finger back at me BASED on my argument on you. That's what I call OMGUS'ing.

I'd also like for you to tell me how I have been scummy. I reread and looked at myself from a 3rd person point of view; my **** is definitely town.

And don't associate how you play as scum with how I play. This is simply me going back and rereading the thread and looking for connections with Rockin. It's not like I made anything up. You're the best suspect because of your incredibly large lack of connection of Rockin followed by your actions of forgetting to CC him. It's suspicious. You know it is. You're basically asking us to overlook the point that you didn't see someone claim your role which is hard to believe considering you're a veteran in this game. It also becomes hard to believe considering I think you have been scummy overall.

Finally, as I said to Mac, the AtE had some real points in it, and the frustration was because no one even recognized I had defended myself, instead acting like I hadn't said anything to refute points. I don't know if you want me to do a pbpa of myself and explain every post I've made to defend myself or what, but it's extremely frustrating when you defend a case and people pretty much ignore the fact that you have done so.
No one has ignored you. Stop being so dramatic. I also never said that your AtE didn't have any points to it, but the fact is that you are getting extra sensitive. I don't find that scummy because cornered town would do the same, but as someone said, it's rare to see you do it. It also doesn't help your case at all, dude. You are attempting to defend yourself, but I don't think it is a good defense. So many points about you being scummy still stands.

And yes, Omni, I am getting stressed out, because the case against me is terrible, a doublevoter in mafia breaks the game giving scum the ability to quicklynch at lylo without a single townie voting, and you're reaching so hard for a case on me it's looks like you're trying to push a lynch on me when you don't actually think I'm scum. Your points are terrible, I've refuted them, and yet you still push them without acknowledging my defense.
Lol, if the case about you was terrible than it should be quickly dismissed. The fact that you call my case against you terrible makes me wonder if you realize what kind of position you put yourself in. Pretty sure we've clarified that doublevoter in mafia, altho uncommon, is possible and has happened. The fact that your doublevoting is triggered would make being a full doublevoter mafia less of a problem altho' still effective in lylo. Regardless, you being a doublevoter doesn't make me think you are any less mafia. You're just the same scummy Mentos but now I know you can doublevote. That's it.

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I feel like you're crying a lot, Mentos. We really don't need that. I still think you should die today 'cuz I don't wanna deal with you in any lylo situation, and as I said before I think you're the scummiest.
 

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Haha whatever Omni, I'm done trying to argue points with you. Interested to see Mac's response to my post to him, but yeah, arguing with you is like arguing with a brick wall, all I get back is the exact same thing over and over>_>
 

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I'm actually liking this back and forth. Your defense was noted mentos. Just because you have reasons to explain your actions, doesn't make them less scummy. I hope you realize this.
 

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So you think it's vyse/omni?

I think we should just settle on vyse for today. If everyone is confident that vyse is scum. Then mentos's doublevoting capabilities won't be a problem tomorrow. And we can decide who to lynch between him/omni/KevinM.

Kevin, do you think Mentos is scummier than Vyse? Or is it just that you would rather not deal with the implications a mafia dvoter might bring?
As you can see from D2 my lynch pool was 1. Rockin, 2. Vyse.

It stands, that I still think Vyse has been playing incredibly scummy but the fact that he put some scum points on Rockin gives me a more townie feel then Mentos flat-out ignoring Rockin almost the entire game until the convenient end of D2 when it was looking inevitable that Rockin would be lynched. The fact that a mafia double voter going into Mylo or Lylo can cause town to lose the game regardless of if town is correct on who the last remaining scum players are.

So I guess it's more the second one, but its not JUST on the grounds of the mafia dvoter.
 

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The way I see this game right now is that we have 3 lynches[Theres 8 people left so one ML away from mylo. Which makes me comfortable with the idea of 3 lynches because even if somehow someone is killed (vig or something) we's still be at lylo] and 4 potential scum. [Vyse, Kevin, Mentos, and Omni]. So basically I have to pick which one I feel is town. And currently that spot is going to Omni. And if I am right, it wouldn't matter which order the last 3 are lynched in, we should still win.

Omni[and everyone else], thoughts on this?
There are 7 players left; not 8.

That means if we mislynch tomorrow will be 5 players left. If Mentos is still alive and he is scum then scum wins because of the doublevoting. This is going under the assumption that Mentos has a partner.

So we are in mylo right now if we choose someone who isn't Mentos. If we lynch Mentos now (and he flips town) then we should be fine toMorrow since there will be 5 players left. Most likely it will be 3 town and 2 scum left at this point.

Does this math make sense, Macman?

I guess this is another point as to why Mentos should definitely be the play toDay.
 

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Ok, kevin.

Hmmm. Mentos did say that his power can only be activated if someone votes him to L/2. He quite obviously could be lying. Which would be a problem. Omni, I forget, what exactly does your time stop power do? Does it freeze voting? But yea omni, that makes sense. This clearly is something to consider.

Mentos, if you weren't you, would you consider your power a liability/problem? How would you tackle the situation?

I guess we'll wait for vyse to come back, need to look over some stuff and collaborate with others confirmed townies to fiure out wat we should b doing aout today.
 

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@Mac: Stop Time, in MegaMafia, let me extend the day 24 hours if the deadline was approaching. The other power I had (forgot what it was called) allowed me to freeze the votes, but scum used that to their advantage after they killed me. Why'd you ask this?

Haha whatever Omni, I'm done trying to argue points with you. Interested to see Mac's response to my post to him, but yeah, arguing with you is like arguing with a brick wall, all I get back is the exact same thing over and over>_>
:laugh:

Yeah, it's hard to refute good logic. Seems like you're giving up.

This is how scummy-looking-but-really-townie-Mentos posts:

Ok, so I'll be honest here: this is the exact situation I was trying to avoid with my argument on Kevin yesterday. Right now, we have an SK and two maf remaining, and the ONLY way for town to win is if we lynch one maf today and the remaining maf and SK shoot each other overnight. Now, I guess I'd like to explain my push on Kevin yesterday, even though I know it almost assures my lynch.

Quite frankly, I was cornered town yesterday. I had to assume two kills at night, which would have been instant loss in almost every scenario. I had been close to just giving up, as can be seen in my earlier posts in the day. I started out just trying to explain what I saw as hard to defend accusations, and realized I had no chance to get the towns sight off me solely with my own defense. So, I altered my strategy to do something that is generally difficult: Look specifically for the SK. I knew it was our best chance, and I knew from my perspective ANY lynch was better odds than me. So, I started searching.

I also knew at that point, that if I was wrong it pretty much sealed the game. I had to make an argument, an argument that worked, and I had to make it hard. I usually hate the defense by deflection, but it was my only chance to prevent a mislynch. I had a good town read on Teran(for the wrong reasons, I had him as cop), and that left me with 5 main suspects. At that point, I began searching for an SK read. Kevin was the one I found the strongest argument for, and I knew I was going to need one hell of an argument to switch the lynch to someone who could be scum(once again, from my perspective, that was a key point).

I know the likely lynch today is me. As soon as I read Kevin's death scene, I pretty much knew if there was a tomorrow a gigantic target had been painted on my back. I'm just trying to make you guys realize that if I were mafia, the odds were still great if I got lynched. If I was SK, I wouldn't have pushed so hard for that lynch only to shoot someone I wasn't suspicious of knowing I had to shoot maf to guarantee a next day and I sure wouldn't no shoot with that huge target on my back.

I know that's all WIFOM, but it's what I have to say. There's no strong argument that makes me look good, I know that. I'm just hoping the cop will claim and realize that I'm not the best choice. The SK has to get maf lynched today to have a chance, and then it would come down to night where both parties best moves would be to shoot the other. Anyway, I've put my .02 in, so let's see what the cop has to say.
Calm. Conservative. Logical. Understanding that you look like scum, but explaining why you're not while keeping composure. This was Newbie Mafia after I pretty much said you were the play between another player.

This game has been the complete opposite in regards to toDay. The good thing about what I quoted is that Macman and Kevin should be familiar with the situation and realize the drastic change in character although you are in the same position. But whatever.

I don't mind waiting for Vyse @ Mac. Is there any reason tho' why we shouldn't lynch Mentos toDay?
 

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What? I don't have Stop Time power in this game. That was an inside joke I thought you would get from Megamafia. The only thing I can do in this game is not hammer vote.
 

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Mac: I would not see it as a liability merely because looking at things from a balance point of view, and knowing Medi I doubt he would put an activated DV with such an easy activation in the game as scum. I can somewhat see where you're coming from, but from the point of view of a mod looking to balance a game, the role as I have it wouldn't make any sense if it was mafia. Maybe indie, but definitely not a balanced scum role.

Omni: I tried the whole calm collective defense at first, I only got angry when the only response to my defense whatsoever was you pretty much saying it was worthless. I'm calmed back down about it being ignored initially now, but if you note the original response I made was calm and logical responding.

I still feel several of your reasons are pretty weak. Macman raised much better points, which is why I said I'm done arguing with you. While you keep pushing points that I find weak arguments(pretty much the only solid one IMO is Rockin not talking about me much.)

Now, you point to newbie where I responded as I did. That's pretty much the only game where I've been a solid lynch candidate and had to push a defense for myself(in fact, in the three games I've had as non-town, 2 of them I was pretty much thought of as town until endgame, the third I was an unlynchable bulletproof indie and while I did defend myself, I felt no threat of getting lynched.)

Add to this that I feel if I'm lynched today, when I flip town Vyse will likely be lynched and if we're wrong about that it's game. From my point of view, keeping myself alive is key because from my POV, it becomes a big enough risk of not being right twice in a row after today that I don't feel comfortable letting myself be lynched.

Also, in the situation Omni mentioned, I had a case that I could fully agree with against me to refute. In this I have multiple points levied against me that I don't see as being that strong from an outside point of view, and this makes things much harder to refute. I do agree the CC was a scummy point, I do agree Rockin not commenting on me much is, but other than that, the points raised against me I can't see from the outside point of view, and a few of them I have responded to prior to today, and no one seemed to argue the points at that time, which adds to my confusion over suddenly everyone voicing suspicion over me.
 

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i disagree. after i made a case about you you got really defensive and sarcastic.

you still havent said which of my reasons are weak. you just keep saying that my arguments are terrible over and over. i think you're only calling it terrible because u dont like whom it is directed to, but as i said before, the information im looking at didnt appear out of thin air and i am not making any radical interpretations from them. macman said my ish was solid yet u agree with macman who basically just restated what i already said

again i dont think u fully understand the situation you put yourself (and us) in.

- not commenting on rockin much
- rockin not commenting on you much
- forgetting your "CC" on rockin
- appearing out of thin air with rockin
- everyone else making really strong arguments or pushes on rockin consistently
- if you are scum and we dont lynch you toDay the game is over

so now you're asking us to pardon your forgetfulness of CC'ing rockin & you're pushing the "mafia doublevoter is broken" after we keep mentioning that it has been in other mafia games.

ive also pointed out that if we DONT lynch you toDay and you are mafia the game is over. if we DO lynch you toDay and you are town then we are still moving into Day 4 with a 3-2 ratio.

finally, out of the 7 of us left me, mac, kev, cacti, and gheb look like gg's while you and vyse look like bg's.

there's no reason that you should not be able to see from the outside view after i've stated and restated all of these multiple points why getting rid of you toDay is beneficial to us if we consider you scum.

its not farfetched at all, mentos. its easily the best play in terms of who is scummiest, and safest play in terms of town survival.

and you still havent explained why you believe i am so scummy. like... i really want to know your points on why you believe i am scum. i also want to know why you think i have a "terrible" case on you.
 

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i also asked in my previous post (that you didnt care to respond to because u felt like i was a brickwall) to:

- bring up the post you said u commented on Rockin so i could see the content
 

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Mentos, I can understand if you have a tough time arguing with Omni. However, I think that what he's saying has enough merit to discuss it without you just being butthurt about his style of arguing. If you're really town you should try to respond to the accusation as well as possible. If you can't do it with Omni then let me present the case against you in my own style.

The problem is not that you have "not been scumhunting" or "not pushing Rockin as hard as others". It's more that you literally had zero interaction with him until about mid- to late D2. I would not believe you if you told me that this is just coincidence as you said yourself at the end of D1 that you think we should let Rockin "do his thing" and lynch BB instead. If you try to justify this now by saying that Rockin "always plays D1 like this" then you don't imply that we should just leave him alone but that we should simply always choose to lynch him D1. In a game where a majority is mandatory to achieve a lynch there was absolutely no reason to not vote Rockin unless you are scum trying to safe a buddy (especially when he has a PR like Rockin does). There would've absolutely no loss in lynching a claimed PGO who has been coasting and posting fluff the whole time. You sitting on BB the whole time and literally giving Rockin the free pass was completely counterproductive to the intentions of the town at that point.

The whole CC scenario completely lacks credibility any way you look at it. Are you earnestly try to make us believe that it took you more than a week to realize that Rockin claimed your character? Somebody claiming my own character woud be the first thing that stands out to me. Ironically you even quoted the post where Rockin claimed but you still didn't see it? You shouldn't be surprised when nobody buys this story. I know I don't. If you are really a townie then you're playing the exact opposite of it - not because of what you try to make us believe but because of your actions.

As for your power: I still think it's more likely to be mafia than town. If you look at the mechanics and the way your power works you'd tell us that your power rewards town for being unable to make a correct lynch and - in the reverse case - punished the mafia for playing smart? The opposite case of the mafia gaining an additional vote in a sticky situation just makes a whole lot more sense.
I'm not trying to base your allignment on your power alone but I still can't help but think that this power would correspond with the allignment of a scumbag perfectly well.

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Nah it's definitely makes way more sense as a town role, but yea, everything else Gheb says makes sense.

No reason to punish town when they expect to get to lylo, and than get mafdvote *****[becuz the guy never used it all game]. It's just bad form from a design standpoint. However, Mod meta is probably never a good idea. So we should be treating it as if both scenarios, you being town/maf are equally likely.
 

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Like i said before I wholeheartedly believe Omni vs Mentos is NOT town vs town.

As such I will go with the scummier player and more dangerous role coming into a lylo.

Vote Mentos

Omni's and Gheb's reasoning coincides with my own.
 

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Ugh @ waiting for Vyse. Do we really have to? I want this to be a repeat of Wonderland Mafia.

Can anyone give me any reason why Mentos shouldn't be the lynch toDay?
 

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Gheb, thank you for giving me a more reasonably stated argument than what Omni did. And Omni, I've pointed out several times what points of your argument I find weak, and even Gheb mentioned a couple of those reasons as not being very good. Anyway, time for me to do some work here, if I get lynched I'm NOT going down without a full fight and I'm definitely going to make my point. Gonna finish eating lunch then go back through the thread a bit, please either someone unvote me or don't hammer me.
 

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Uh, okay.

As Gheb said you're just butthurt at my style of arguing. I've been purposely trying to piss you off because you say interesting things when you're dramatic and get angry. Also, no one thinks I have a bad case on you except you. Macman and Gheb simply restated what I already proposed and for some reason you believe it's more "reasonable".

In your write up, please feel free to respond directly to this post - http://www.smashboards.com/showpost.php?p=9072090&postcount=861.

And get comfortable with being at L-2.
 

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I do agree with Kevin about the caution of hammar, Macman. If you feel you might, just either look back on the last tally or don't vote at all >>

Lynching off an inactive player would at least garantee more activity on the game. At the same time, however, people should know (or have a good grasp) on how often Mentos be inactive. It would be nice if he posted a bit more, though.
Ok, so first and foremost, while looking back through, I noticed this post. This is from pretty early in the game when I was still inactive around the board in my games. Subtle pushing of my lynch at a time when I was being suspected for not posting much. Of course, nothing big and really the only time he suggested the idea of lynching me, but you know what else I realized looking through his posts? The ONLY time he mentioned Omni in a negative light was after Omni had claimed lyncher. So, Omni, if you would like to use the fact that he rarely talked about me, maybe you should realize he almost never said anything about you outside when you claimed an anti town role.

Now, on to other things.

Ya know what I think we need? More mentos wagon!unvote vote mentos
My attempt to start a wagon on myself early in the game. This shows two things: One: I did know how my role was activated, and Two: I wanted to get my voting ability early on in the game. Now tell me: what use would it have been for me to get an extra vote early as mafia? It would have ensured BunBun got lynched D1, but if I were mafia I would want my power hidden until late game where it would be of use as a sneak tactic.

Next, you say that I never commented on Rockin all game? Really. I beg to differ quite strongly.

Kevin, I don't think the flavor de-rail was that massive of a scummy thing. Yeah, it was a very unnecessary topic of discussion, but I don't see it as a purposeful derailment, moreso as an accident. Not to say Rockin can't be scum because of that, but I don't think that reason alone is a strong reason to go for him.
Early on Kevin mentioned Rockin's "flavor derail" in which he pretty much asked about spoilers. I didn't find it was that big of an issue, and I've seen him ask and talk a lot about flavor as rocktown, so it didn't stick out as something scummy. If you notice, the main reason Rockin got so much pressure early on was due to this.

I still think Rockin's flavor derail wasn't meant to drive town out of discussion. I too didn't know much about the flavor, and if someone hadn't posted about Scumfever's character's story I would have found his claim a bit more odd. As a whole, I can understand why Rockin would want some background on the flavor going in, and think he was honestly just trying to have some people give some info to him so he had an idea what was going on. Right now I still feel a BunBun lynch.
Once again commenting on the fact that the flavor discussion that was getting Rockin's lynch pushed wasn't as bad as people were saying. Including the fact that without people explaining some flavor, I would have been majorly suspicious of Jungle's claim, so it DID help to talk about flavor some.

I forgot to mention it last too, if anything Rockin should be called out on skimming, not on the flavor derail. I'm most confident in a BunBun lynch today as I said, and during night I will go back and see if that skimming has been consistent and I've missed it.
Here I call out some of Rockin's scummy behavior. I was more confident in a BunBun lynch(for good reason, BunBun did flip non-town), and was going to continue pushing it.

Marshy, I think what he's going for is if he relaxes then he would be an obvious NK target for maf if we decide he should be. I do believe his claim, but Kevin raises a very fine point that it's a great claim for mafia to make. I think we may be best off, however, letting him live, having him relax tonight(sure, risk of kill, but if anyone decides to investigate etc they don't get killed), and seeing what comes up.
Here I explain rationale for not lynching Rockin that day, with a pretty clear goal implied. I wanted Rockin not lynched, wanted him relaxed if he was really a PGO, and wanted(while I didn't explicitly state it) having him investigated. At this point I was still seeing one thing mainly: claimed PGO. I didn't want to switch off BunBun at the time because I felt there was a heavier case levied against him, but I was quite clearly suspicious of Rockin.

Agree with lynching BunBun and letting things happen with Rockin.

Also, just point of interest, why did you choose the word "kill" and not "lynch" Omni?
Following the quote before this, "letting things happen" implied "letting the cop investigate Rockin and find out for sure"

Vyse: Yes, that situation was right near the deadline. What I find strange is that you call Marshy out for jumping on a pretty much claimed anti-town role at the time(which several of us did despite you only calling him out for it), and hopping back off once Omni explained his role and it became more likely he was town. What in the world is scummy about that?

Now, with the deadline looming, I'm still mainly for a Riddle lynch. If need be to get something done I'll probably switch to Rockin(do NOT want another no lynch), but we'll see how things go.
And finally, here's the post I referred to before I got frustrated and gave up for a while. While Rockin wasn't my main push(let's be honest, Riddle's player spot was the most useless thing in the game, and being prior to the modkills, we still had a good amount of room to work with.

Now that your argument that I never commented on Rockin is disproven, and I clearly implied suspicion of him, I think we can write that argument off. If you want to keep arguing I am scummy because Rockin didn't comment on me much, same applies to you Omni. Now on to other points:

The part about me sitting on BunBun is because, as I've said a million times before, during that time period I wasn't home, and by the time BunBun claimed I wasn't on again until post-deadline. I probably would have switched after BunBun's claim, but wasn't around to do so.

The second part, about my CC of Rockin not being immediate, is going to have to be whether you believe that I could miss one of two names I have being claimed or not. I agree with you Gheb, that usually if someone claims my character I notice it right away, but I also want to ask, if you had two names for your character, do you agree it's very possible to think of yourself as one of the names and after a couple weeks of the game not be as sensitive to the other?

Omni, I've responded to the points in your post you told me to respond to several times already, and you just keep coming back saying the exact same things, not accounting for any of the defense I've given or any comments I've made to the situation. The reason you are frustrating to argue with isn't because "it's such good logic" it's that you never accept anything I say, and EVERY post about me seems to be you listing off the same points I've already responded to without altering it for defense I make. It's not an argument if one side says the same thing over and over and doesn't adjust its argument to compensate for the comments made from the other side.

Now a question to you though Omni: You say you, Gheb, Mac, Kev, and Cacti are GG's, if you're town what are you gonna do when I flip town? Unless you believe that there were only two scum, when that happens you're in bad shape. Secondly: When did you become so certain that Vyse was mafia with me? After I pointed out if I was scum and he wasn't the game would be over right now?
 

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rockin can only point fingers at so many people while he is being examined. i agree that he didnt say much about me, however, i had a lot to say about him and ive asked him plenty of questions. you really cant put me and you in the same scenario here because ive pushed rockin hard and early and directly whereas you during this same time pardoned his flavor derail and felt he was still townie despite his actions in an indirect communication to Rockin. so no that argument is not being written off

as macman said, just because you have an explanation doesnt make the act any less scummy. i'm not "discounting" your defense. it just doesn't persuade me that you aren't scum. simple as that. i'm finding it hard to accept your explanations as truth so even tho u give them... i'm not buying them

you're still being dramatic. i continue to emphasize the fact that i didn't say the word "never" commented. however, you'll notice that in most of the quotes you put up you either supported Rockin or had a null-attachment toward him. that doesnt help considering he flipped scum and the majority of us were on his ***. what's left to say is do i think you were arguing to defend rockin because you actually believed rockin was town? despite your explanation, my answer to that based on several others aspects of your situation leads me to "no".

to answer your questions:
1.) if you flip town, i'll deal with it then. i dont find myself in a bad position either because no one here disagrees with me despite the fact that i made the case. the only thing that i have found odd is Kevin's emphasis and reemphasis on saying he doesnt think this is a TvT scenario. if you somehow flipped town then those comments would definitely not sit well with me only because he repeated it. i'll admit i'm tunneling at the moment, but that's simply because at this moment your stench of scum far outweighs any other scents i can pick up. if for whatever reason you flipped town i'd have to reexamine the game all over again. however, that doesn't change the fact that you are still the scummiest player alive at the moment

2.) i never said i was certain Vyse was mafia with you. i suggested that it was a likely possibility, but i dont think ive committed to that idea 100%. what do you mean the game would be over if you were scum and he wasn't?

there are still points you leave unattended like:
- why you being alive is unsafe for town
- you appearing out of thin air with Rockin during a crucial moment of the game
 

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4/7 votes to lynch

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i will say this altho i regret to say it all

from a logical standpoint, you need really need to be lynched today. like, seriously man. even if u really think my case against you is terrible you still have so many connections with Rockin. the whole CC thing is a mess. its like... your explanations make sense and i could believe them if i looked it at individually but taking everything into account changes everything. i'd have to think believe that ever aspect that makes me feel that you are scum is coiencedental and/or bad luck.

from a gut standpoint, i want to start believing you are town. i really cant decipher if you are frustrated and flailing scum or genuinely passionate and sincere town when i look at your content and the way you have been posting toDay. i am getting mixed feelings and my stomach did drop when i actually took the time to step back and consider "if mentos flips town". honestly, if u flip town, i would be completely lost at this point. the problem is the last time i listened to my gut, i started pushing a **** no lynch and both Bunbun and Rockin got off scott-free D1 while we lost Jungle in the process.

i'll stop trying to be the bad guy because i think i've applied enough pressure on you, mentos. i really am hearing what you are saying despite the image i have been portraying.

seriously, talk to me. what would you have me do in my position? i assure you i am town with the best interest so i'd appreciate if you'd keep to that standpoint. based on what i've observed and the conclusions i've drawn, what exactly would you have me to do mentos?
 

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Mentos, you failed to adress the main point of my post - intentional or not:

If you are really a townie then you're playing the exact opposite of it - not because of what you try to make us believe but because of your actions.
You showed a few instances of where you mention Rockin but they neither show a critcal stance of you towards his playstyle nor do they explain your actions so far in this game which as I said before where counterproductive to the towns intention. You presented the whole case from your point of view (and imo in a rather sugar-coated manner) but you still don't explain how and why your play so far has been pro-town at all. Posting 3 or 4 posts where you mention his name and your opinion on his playstyle doesn't change the fact that you have largely ignored him or at least that you have tolerated his stalling and the fact that all his posts were pure fluff.
You still have not convinced me that the way you played was not scummy. You have to do more than just digging out a couple of old posts that don't even adress the point.

However, you raise a very good point by saying that many of the accusations against you apply to Omni as well. It's true that he was rather indifferent in regards to Rockin most of the time and I still stand to my earlier statements about the BB wagon (which Omni was part of) being scum-infected. The key difference here is that Omni actually voted for Rockin and the awkward CC scenario. Unless you can convince me that Omni is scummier than you are (and be specific about it - something you haven't been all game) I will not change my mind about either you or Vyse being the play toDay.
Here's another question for you though: Assuming that we lynch the mafia roleblocker toDay, who'd you expect to die in the night? Make sure to answer this carefully - if you prefer to not answer this question you should at least post a good reason on why you refuse to answer. I also ask you to be as specific as possible in your explanation because you tend to the leave things a bit vague at times.

I want to hear a lot more from Cacti. You are considered town by the vast majority of the game - why do you still post so little? There is plenty of discussion going on right now and getting to hear the opinion of a trustworthy player is now more important than ever.

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I'm not pushing something that's nonexistent or something that just happened out of the blue. I just haven't liked your play since D1 and I found it scummy. Your ties with Rockin [/B](never commenting toward each other)[/B] makes you look scummier. Your situation with CC'ing Rockin is suspicious. And as I said before you and Vyse are the only candidates I feel comfortable with dying toDay. I'm also uncomfortable with your broad lynch candidates.
1.) Actively lurking with Rockin D1.
2.) Not scumhunting much at all.
3.) Never applying pressure on Rockin. Never questioning Rockin. Hell, never talking to Rockin.
4.) Also, Rockin never having anything to say about you. However, he says a lot about the rest of the cast.
Emphasis mine. You didn't say I never commented on him, huh?

I was going to say this in a much more harsher way, but your last post will make me be nicer about it. The fact that you keep holding my post in that situation D1 over my head is ridiculous. You yourself said your conversation with Marshy/Mac that day was only about a half an hour, is it really so hard for you to believe that I wasn't at the thread able to respond for less than an hour? Even if I had been home at the time, that conversation was so short and over so quickly it's not an extremely unlikely thing for someone to have missed it while it was going on.

Also, your comparison of me to what you saw in newbie isn't the best example, because in that game I had time to plan a defense because I expected to be suspected after what happened. I knew in that game if Kevin flipped town, I needed to be ready with my best guns right out the gate, and the post was thought out for a long time. In this game, I literally went from you voicing a bit of question on me, and a scumbag who had claimed the same name as I had getting lynched to the entire town calling me out saying I was scummy very quickly into the day. The latter situation is not as easy to prepare a long, collected argument as the former. Tis a bad comparison because the situations of my suspicions coming to rise was so much different.

As for what I would do if this was flipped and I was town, I would probably end up voting for whoever I was more confident in. If we lynch scum today, there's no threat even if I was a mafia DV. While I can see how a townie would be paranoid about me possibly being mafia, at the same time that wouldn't be enough cause to have me vote someone I wasn't as confident in. If you're confident I'm scum, go ahead and keep your vote on me. If you're more confident in another candidate, don't let paranoia change your vote.

So two more questions:
1. If I were a mafia Dvoter, what do you think my reason would have been to reveal my power early in the day before I seemed to be a top suspect?
2. Remember, Kevin is quite confident this isn't a TvT argument, and I fully see where he's coming from looking at the back and forth going on even from the inside. As an addendum to my last question, do you feel that if I get lynched today and you are in fact town, you will be able to adequately defend yourself tomorrow when I flip town?
 

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Gheb: It's impossible to prove my actions through the game were townie. If that was possible, mafia would lose every game. I've pointed out counterarguments to points levied against me, and it's up to the town to decide if they believe me or not.

As for your question about who would be killed tonight if we do in fact lynch the roleblocker today, I do in fact refuse to answer. This is for twofold reason.
1. If I were to answer who I felt would be killed, it would be very possible for mafia to frame me, and with the high level of suspicion on me right now, that would be the final nail in the coffin. While we would still have a mislynch tomorrow if we lynch correctly today, it would still be a risk I would hate to take, and the second reason comes in.
2. If I were to answer the question as specifically as you ask(even if not) it would potentially give mafia kill ideas they hadn't thought of yet. Seeing as I don't want them to come up with the best kill choice, I would rather not point out and explain what my choice for the best kill would be so they can realize it if they don't already know.
 

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alright well... nice post coming up next

pretty much solves the mystery for who needs to be lynched for toDay
 

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im glad that we can be friendly again. :)


and i will keep my vote on you. i won't let paranoia/gut distract what i think is logical.

So two more questions:
1. If I were a mafia Dvoter, what do you think my reason would have been to reveal my power early in the day before I seemed to be a top suspect?
2. Remember, Kevin is quite confident this isn't a TvT argument, and I fully see where he's coming from looking at the back and forth going on even from the inside. As an addendum to my last question, do you feel that if I get lynched today and you are in fact town, you will be able to adequately defend yourself tomorrow when I flip town?

1.) good question. i would think it's best to have your power invoked just for whatever reason. for example, if u became the lynch candidate for the day and it looked like you may die having 2 votes could possibly swing a quicklynch to another player. i mean, there's probably several ways u can play with being a mafia doublevoter including claiming to be a townie doublevoter using a safe-claim


2.) i see where kev is coming from, too. it caught my eye, but it's nothing i can't agree with. but yeah, if u flip town im cool. i feel like if anyone who is town should have a good own read on me by now. i encourage people to go back and look at how i've played all game just as i've encouraged you to post reasons as to why you think i am scummy. i have nothing to hide


i just remembered something that i read in another post. ready power ranges? it's Omni Meta Time! this might hurt a bit and im pretty sure im on point with this one. here medi is responding to my point of saying there should be safe character claims but not safe roleclaims:


Yes yes yes.

As others have said, no roleclaims. Let scum make those up on their own. Only nameclaims.

do you know what this means?

this means there's a 99% chance that Rockin had a safe character claim but he didnt have a safe role claim. now let's keep moving.

if Rockin had a safe character claim... why did he claim Wolfgang Grimer? it would be safe is no one else CC'ed him, but fortunately for us you did. also, Rockin claimed PGO meaning he didn't have a safe role claim which solidifies the statement Medi made above.

do you understand now?


why would scum with a safeclaim claim a character that isn't safe? the answer is there is NO reason for scum not to use the safe claim except ONE


Rockin's safeclaim WAS safe!
That means Wolfgang Grimmer is a safeclaim for MAFIA!
Which means whomever is Wolfgang Grimmer is Mafia! You, Mentos!


You CC'ed your partner's safeclaim!
Or perhaps your own claim and told your partner to claim your own safeclaim.
Rockin is lynched.
Twilight phase Rockin points an obvious finger at his you, his partner.
At this point, you're pretty much very close to being auto-cleared.
But you don't stop there... you decide to roleclaim a believable roleclaim for Wolfgang Grimmer.
Why wouldn't a Townie hide the fact that they are a double-voter so that they could trick scum into believing they were in lylo when they really weren't?
Why would you so confidently claim the most powerful town role in the game up to date knowing that doing so will lead most likely lead to your death in the Night?



No, you wouldn't. It was all lie and an elaborate trap. The jiggs up, Mentos. Just admit that you're...

 

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Haha interesting mod meta. Incorrect, but interesting at that. Anyway, agreed that it's good this little back and forth has taken back to a friendlier note^.^ Anyway, as I said, if town feels I am the best lynch candidate, they can feel free to lynch me. I've made my defense as far as I can, and now that it's been acknowledged and I feel I have fully explained myself, if town disagrees as I said earlier I won't try to manipulate town's decision with my extra vote.

Now, if town decides to go with me, you're going to need a plan for tomorrow. When I flip town, you'd be going into LYLO with really no clears. I feel confident in Cacti/Kevin. Macman I'm definitely leaning toward town on as well. Gheb, and Omni are my biggest toss-ups remaining. Vyse I'm definitely leaning scum, but you'll have to all make sure to discuss and make sure it's really the best option. EE's big posts meant nothing tell-wise to me because from an outside perspective in MegaMaf, I'm not at all surprised people thought he was town near endgame because his posts were all very good. The other scum I don't know what to think of, because I think there's reasonable points to be made on pretty much everyone in the game right now honestlyXD

So yeah, if you all think it's a good idea to lynch me, go ahead. My main thing here is to A. do so only if you think I'm the best candidate based on scumminess, don't just do so based on paranoia over my role, and B. encourage everyone that even if you decide I'm the play, we use the full day and allow conversation and me to get things out. So far all we've talked about today is me, and we should try to discuss while I'm still alive so if I come up with anything, after I flip you can use it to your advantage.
 
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