Micro 942: Blood on the Clocktower - Game Over

[Almost50]

@a50 do u think i should vote elements today?

Of course!

[Almost50]

Who's up for another run of this? Aye.

[Almost50]

OR it was me and Auro all along

P.S. I still love you, man. <3

[Almost50]

You know what? I think it best for me not to be voting to lynch anyone. I know this sounds silly considering the game ends today anyway and I have no reason to hold on to my vote like that, but I also sense that certain people may feel reluctant to follow my lead or vote for the same person I want to vote, so I am abstaining.

[Almost50]

I am sooooo hesitant to cast a vote either way and I was holding on for a reason: Nahdia's idea of "you need to vote now" is scummy, but I can't tell if it's her missing the point or her being manipulative.

The dead can only vote to execute ONCE. If 3 of us dead vote Elements (bringing his tally to 5) we canNOT lynch Nahdia, becuse we would only have 3 Dead votes AND Elements' on her. EVEN if Elbrin decides to vote Nahdia (provided he still voted ELements) THAT will bring the wagons to a tie = No Lynch.

Elements thus need to be on 3-4 votes by the end of this nomination for the town to have any realistic chance to actually lynch Nahdia if they decide to.

This looks even worse when I had announced I won't be voting for either, because if I don't vote then 4 votes on Elements IS enough for a scum win (if Nahdia is scum) because that would leave only 3 dead votes (not counting me) + Elements' to vote her.

TBH, I had still intended to vote Elements towards the deadline, but this post/idea of hers is giving me 2nd thoughts, and I

really

don't know which way to go now.

[Almost50]

this is your only chance to vote elements. you dont get another chance.

It is also the only vote I have if I do. That's my point.

one of yall is scum but some of yall are just having some Stupid Fucking Takes

It isn't stupid. I can always no vote on you too. It's not like I

have to

vote you or Elements. And then we still have 17 more hours to deadline and I'm going to wait for Auro to talk to me in that PT and reevaluate.

[Almost50]

Does anyone know if Elements hate playing scum or not?

[Almost50]

Elements is playing suboptimal game as either alignment tbh. He needs to come play the game and try to make us see why he might be the wrong lynch. As we stand I am with Auro.. let it run.

[Almost50]

I am leaning Elements is scum at the moment. However, I am contemplating voting Nahdia here (wait for it) because -in my mind- my vote on her prevents Drixx.Insomnia from voting her (I know Elbrin won't vote her anyway and skitter is now voteless). Fb can't vote nahdia either because that would make it a tie, so it all falls back to Auro. He votes Nahdia and Fb will be forced to vote there too. Auro doesn't vote and Elements is the lynch. An I correct?

@skitter: Against your best judgement, just assume I am town for a second and let me know what you think of what I just said. Does it work this way? Ir will either of Elbrin/Drixx/Insomnia think I am using reverse psychology and actually vote Nahdia instead??

P.S. Before anyone suggests

I know

Elbrin/Drixx/Insomnia are all town, I don't. I am assuming everyone is hypothetically town for this proposition. But I now see the flaw in it. If Elements is scum then all their p needs to do is vote Nahdia a minute before deadline and we're fucked. Lack of such vote proves Nahdia is the Demon we're looking for, but that would be after the fact because the deadline would have struck already.

Back to abstaining

[Almost50]

at least ~tried~ this {new term for last day of game}

Why? Did "effort" get banned too??

[Almost50]

Actually, you can't count on me executing Nahdia. You'd need both Insomnia AND Fb to miraculously show up and then you'd have to deal with convincing them both. Sorry, but I am abstaining,

[Almost50]

I mean, you've been kind to me for the entire game so I might as well return the favour.

HURT: Nahdia

Now EVEN if you vote her that's be a tie and she won't get lynched. You need someone else to also be willing to join in, and -as I said- my vote on Nahdia this late almost guarantees nobody else will vote her. So you don't just need for someone to show up, but to convince then that this is not the kind of WIFOM A50 would use to protect his scum buddy. (Hint: It is, and I would have probably done the same if I was Scum)

[Almost50]

@A50: In absence of {someone else willing to join} it's better you not hurt right now.
If Elements is the Demon (which is extremely low % to me but a possibility anyway) scum can force a tie.
If Nahdia is the Demon nothing happens anyway.

So we may as well take the Elements execution when no one else is on board for Nahdia.

UNVOTE:

[Almost50]

I was actually planning on logging out, so I wanted to help Auro some. I don't think anyone with a vote will show up though. Not Inso, not Fb, not Drixx and not even Elbirn. It's just the three of us + maybe skitter, plus maybe maybe Elements

[Almost50]

Me too, tbh. Guys been adamant it was me + you.

[Almost50]

So, it's over? *Sigh*

[Almost50]

Nah! I was the Minion. (And I felt REALLY BAD about having pocketed you so hard).. I mean, honestly, and from a totally neutral PoV I thought you played the best of all 9 of us, so it was kinda unfair that did everything right and still came to the wrong conclusion.

I ain't gonna spoil the funm so I won't be telling you whether we won or lost. I'll leave that to the MOD to declare. After all, the game is technically over, but not officially.

[Almost50]

I can't answer the second part yet, but the first part I just didn't know what to claim, and I had faith in my partner to "do the right thing". Plus, I had the option of either pretending to be Drunk 9that would have REALLY messed up everything) or change my claim (which I did, but it was forced not planned).

I mean your strategy cornered me right from the start, man. I was up against a mountain from the get go. I used up almost all my arsenal of tricks to try and survive, but then skitter was there too 9and once she SR'd me there's no changing her mind. Not even with a Cop clear in a Normal game)

[Almost50]

I lso had to claim something that had a night action, so I won't be disposable on D1, y'know.

[Almost50]

I guess I should have gone for Saint, maybe??

[Almost50]

Well, you live, you play and you learn. Thanks for the tip.

Btw, I was a Poisoner indeed, and the NK never hit someone I poisoned. In fact, my p ALWAYS hit the one I wanted then to hit. We didn't need a Scum PT. It was like.. telepathy.

[Almost50]

I sure hope X runs it too (OR someone else can run it if X wants to be my scum p)

[Almost50]

Now imagine a scum team of A50/Xtoxm/Auro/skitter. Pick any 3 of that list to become the scum team in a 13-players version of this setup (of course there will be a few more roles added to the list). Provided the Town ALSO has as strong players as this town did, that would be a hell of a game to play.

[Almost50]

OR.. we can all be town and have FL rill scum with Bingle and they beat us anyway.

P.S. Boy am I glad cerb doesn't play open setups. And btw, the difference between cerb and Drixx is this: Drixx is the more tactical head of the RR hydra, while cerb is the more presentable one. They're both powerful players individually, but when they combine their powers they complete each other.

[Almost50]

I .. I hope you're just messing, man! Please tell me this IS a bluff.

[Almost50]

Well, I honestly didn't see this one coming. I didn't know if we won or lost (hence avoided talking about that because if I got it wrong the townie of the two would have spoiled it for me), but no matter which of Nahdia/Elements was Scum I would have NEVER guessed you were their Minion.

[Almost50]

So, it was you and Nahdia??

[Almost50]

Oh, well. GGA. It was indeed fun, but it also was hard for me to win against this particular combination of elite players.

N0: skitter
Else: Nahdia

[Almost50]

LOL @ people disliking heavy mechanics. I mean, this IS my cup of tea indeed. I almost always make bad decisions using deduction/logic/gut, but I almost always make the right moves when it comes down to a mechanical approach.

[Almost50]

OMG! WORM! <3

Of course, I don't even know if that's a game, a show or what it is exactly, but the idea is I'm always down to play in Themed games that I know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about their source material.

/Pre-in