Pokemon Battles 2 - Allies of Giratina [MAFIA PT]

[Merlyn]

Hiya FL! And hey there Whemestar, my codenames buddy.

Just read through this PT and my hood PT, steeling myself to read the main game. Anything I need to know or do immediately behind the scenes?

[Merlyn]

@Mod - Can we have an updated post of all of our HP/Status/Moves?

I can tell you that it looks like I have 1HP left, and I can't currently battle or do my move (taunt) because I'm hooded with Bianco (dondozo). Something of interest is that if I perform the nk while inside dondozo, they perform the kill instead.

[Merlyn]

an especially delightful typo with your sig, wheme

[Merlyn]

hey, are you guys in your third wild encounter right now? Looks like the third one is the last one

[Merlyn]

@mods- am I understanding right that commander randomly triggered? If so is Bianco aware of that?

[Merlyn]

okay, scumbuddies, to me that reads like enchant/bianco targeted my slot, bc squirtle did move on other folk. So why did squirtle say in the thread that dondozo hadn't targeted them after asking for it?

[Merlyn]

Less my skill than your kindness FL- I played my newbie card pretty hard on that game, and you were just being really nice to a newbie. I'm not sure I can pull that one again, but I do plan to play the 'overwhelmed replacement' card, and it might even be true

I'm about halfway through a read of the game, and all of you are KILLING IT. I need to do my best to not get in the way. Anything I need to know about your plans for the upcoming day in case I don't manage to catch up in time?

[Merlyn]

notes from my hood w/ bianco- they are pretty lost and say they've decided to not read the previous game lol. He wants to separate to battle though, I can't think of a reason I can keep him there.

[Merlyn]

@mod-

Any killing or challenging actions that target Dondozo will target you.
If you are eliminated while inside Dondozo, Dondozo will die.

Can I get clarification on this? Will I take damage in a player or wild encounter battle while in dondozo? What specifically does the word eliminated me- a lim, nk, 0 HP?

[Merlyn]

damn, sorry again!

@mod-

Any killing or challenging actions that target Dondozo will target you.
If you are eliminated while inside Dondozo, Dondozo will die.

Can I get clarification on this? Will I take damage in a player or wild encounter battle while in dondozo? What specifically does the word eliminated me- a lim, nk, 0 HP?

[Merlyn]

Yeah, I was thinking something similar, with y'all putting in this much planning ahead of time a nightskip won't hinder as much as it seems.

[Merlyn]

Does Chandra have enough pull to get a lim lined up? They are right atm but they've kind of been all over the place all day

[Merlyn]

We did not split! I decided to warn him about him dying if im limmed to get some trust, which is why he said he thinks I'm conf town but can't say why. I don't know what's going on with him rn though, he doesn't seem to be active

[Merlyn]

oh damn! Well I didn't see that coming. I almost feel bad for town

[Merlyn]

Hope you're recovering well, Titus!!

[Merlyn]

I think Chandra is a good choice, too, I think they're one of the last remaining strong town voices out there

[Merlyn]

Let's not kill Black- still in development in the big fish hood, but Bianco is pondering if he thinks Black fakeclaimed due to her actions on my slot

[Merlyn]

No, I see why you want it. Okay, let's not mess up your master plan here. I think I'd prefer a firebringer or yimmy kill in that order.

[Merlyn]

Okay, I like this. Should we wait for Wheme and StD to show up before finalizing?

[Merlyn]

I can't fight while in dondozos belly just as a reminder. I think I'll have 3 hp, but we'll see

[Merlyn]

How close are we to winning?

I think that, if none of us flip tomorrow, we need 3 (this NK, then one lim and one more NK) to outnumber town

[Merlyn]

We also have to send tomorrow during the day tomorrow to the distortion realm btw

[Merlyn]

Wish is obviously an awesome power, but I dunno if it's worth it this late in the game? We might only have one more night.

[Merlyn]

Ooop, Meuh clearly still alive, wonder what happened?

Also my fish hood is dead!

[Merlyn]

Yeah, bianco was asking my thoughts on starting a battle with nm, so that makes sense.

[Merlyn]

And yup, I can taunt!

[Merlyn]

I love a bold gambit, I'm enjoying the hell out of this no matter what does down.

[Merlyn]

I think everyone is doing awesome. I anticipate many days of waffling ahead lol, but FL is right that it probably doesn't come our way.

[Merlyn]

Thank you for putting up with my brainspew of a scum game

LOL I enjoy the spew actually.

Sorry for the vote, Wheme! Still hoping the wagon swings towards Chandra but even if Wheme goes, there's no way Chandra gets out of that one the next day.

[Merlyn]

Why was Black's comment over the line? I want to ask but I don't want to incur the wrath of Chandra

[Merlyn]

Yeah but with a Wheme flip I can't see town not seeing your claim as confirmed.

[Merlyn]

If Meuh votes for Black, any of the nonvoters of our little band around so we could quickhammer?

[Merlyn]

are you sure they're at e-3? Who's the fourth vote I'm missing since last vote count?

[Merlyn]

I'm fine scooping to scum FL he deserves it

I pray that FL is town. I want him to lose this game. He deserves it

I understand that this is a very tense moment in the game. But this is very funny

[Merlyn]

God damn, I had to go to dinner. Did black just self hammer??? Or do I need to get in there?

[Merlyn]

Some of what's going on with her is personal and not game related. Some of it is just the frustration of having no town back her. Even cakez was on the fence. But no it's not really you.

Damn Titus that was like a master class you and FL put on there. I really hope I never play you when you're scum lol

[Merlyn]

I'm planning on lurking till threadlock

[Merlyn]

So am I right in thinking that after the NK tonight, we only need two more town deaths?

[Merlyn]

NM is a freaking tank

[Merlyn]

Yeah, wasn't expecting that. Do we know who cakez Pokemon is, maybe it's an ability. I don't know who would have protected him off the top of my head.

Votelock isn't something I've played before, this will be interesting

[Merlyn]

“Flips are based on plurality w/ majority Flip.”

It is.

We can just win without ever bus voting today.

If we split town votes, we get 1 on Wheme/1 on me, we auto win.

I have been wondering about that too. I'm thinking that if two town choose not to vote different targets we could pull it off

[Merlyn]

I think you need to go for a double KO tonight.

That damn 1-shot BP

I attacked Yimmy last night, so probably try to battle them.

Then night kill someone.

Right?! Of all the people for us to pick lol

Okay, so we need to kill someone obviously...and battle someone with the intent to kill? Should several of us try to battle?

[Merlyn]

I have to say, mad props for this destiny bond thing. Like you're saying you're scum and they're like, 'well, no reason not to believe him gg'

[Merlyn]

These are the HP info we got from Tina battles:

Cakez 3 HP
DGB Fainted
Meuh 2 HP

We know NM still has 4 and is apparently a mega poke, and Chandra is claiming fainted so they and DGB should be back to full health. We also know that Meuh claims that they have 1 hp now after the Wheme attack.

[Merlyn]

I think I have to fight Tina, it'll be hard for me to explain why I didn't after Chandra and I had that call out about it, plus I'm not sure I can do any dmg to the thing.

Mods, do I announce that here

[Merlyn]

Wheme, Titus, StD, how much damage can you do in a battle with town should you do one? Like, what's a realistic amt of HP they need to be at for you to win?

[Merlyn]

I think I have to fight Tina, it'll be hard for me to explain why I didn't after Chandra and I had that call out about it, plus I'm not sure I can do any dmg to the thing.

Mods, do I announce that here

nvm, missed the time to announce that before day ended, Im fighting a freakin infernape

[Merlyn]

Uhm idk defends on ppls defense

My most attack is +3 attack

Okay, good to know. Looks like we'll get Cakez HP update.

[Merlyn]

Send Not Mafia to Giratina

just in case. They're the only ones with a Roleblock ability based on their claim. It will also look protective.

k

Quoting to get in your notifications-

mods, how come Chandra stated he would fight Tina but it didn't count?

[Merlyn]

They have to do it in pt I think so prov didn’t

Ohhh, got it!

[Merlyn]

I present Not Mafia

this could work, fingers crossed!

[Merlyn]

Actually can you still target him after this?

Giratina attacks Not_Mafia and sends him to the distortion realm! They lose -3 DEF for this battle and during the night, they cannot act or be targeted by actions.

[Merlyn]

That would faint him not kill him.

I was thinking combined with Tina dmg he might go down

[Merlyn]

Is there anyway we can dual kill tonight? If not, I think Yimmy is the kill here?

Could you use present on cakez, Titus, and we nk yimmy?

(Assuming it's worth it once we see his hp from Tina that is)

[Merlyn]

Just went back and looked at the lists yimmy and cakez have, they both list NM high as mafia, maybe yimmy isn't the nk

[Merlyn]

oh yeah, I forgot about that

[Merlyn]

Wait no I can’t attack not mafia he will die

I mean, we want him to die but I think he can't be attacked rn bc of sending him to the distortion realm.

Is it possible for Titus to use present on cakez AND someone attack?

[Merlyn]

If so I think we taunt Chandra

I battle meuh (with aurora veil on me so I can’t take damage )

Kill yimmy

Idk what Titus should do maybe heal me since I’m at 1?

FL thought meuh might be fully healed

[Merlyn]

Looks like Tina's still alive, thats good

[Merlyn]

Does present go first or second in order? Like, if present goes first and then you could battle, id say we should try for the kill. But if present goes second and just knocks someone out rather than killing I think we might have to wait it out and try for two kills the next night

[Merlyn]

Ugh night actions are so hard!

I think this is probably the best idea though, we should probably hold our horses and try for a two kill the next night on whoever we think we can get.

STD can Aurora Veil me and I can taunt whoever you guys think is best

[Merlyn]

Chandra maybe, like you said Wheme?

[Merlyn]

got it

StD Aurora Veils Merlyn
Merlyn Taunts Chandra

[Merlyn]

Why do I keep forgetting I'm knocking out lol

[Merlyn]

whahaaaaaa

okay, so maybe town challenged sir cakez?

StD, who invited you to a hood, was it Chandra?

[Merlyn]

Cakez just defend yimmy

Like, he took the hit for her? I didn't realize he could do that, I'm not paying enough attention to roles I think

[Merlyn]

I was the egg. Turned into the wall. My mistake there. I don't get pokemon. Was more concerned with actions than names.

This was really funny BTW

[Merlyn]

Should I admit that I taunted Yimmy 2 nights ago? I can't figure out if they were already claimed or not.

[Merlyn]

It's so damn quiet in here without our ringleader

[Merlyn]

I have not told Chandra that so claim what you like

How's it going in the hood? I can see that Chandra doesn't love the claim

[Merlyn]

Titus,I think it might be worth you countervoting DGB? If we can force a face off we might get plurality on the votes

[Merlyn]

I'd say make Wheme and Not Mafia look scummy. Whene is never going to fly. The goal is to push it in case she thinks you're scum. NM is going for the win today.

just quoting to get in your notifications

[Merlyn]

Im good with nk yimmy, chandra to tina. I think that if we don't get a second kill tonight we may be sunk

[Merlyn]

Looks like NM, meuh, and yimmy are fighting Tina, let's wait for totals and see what we can do

[Merlyn]

How dumb of a gambit is me fighting one of you guys

It's crazy, but Im a fan of crazy gambits. As long as you killed one of us. Killing a wolf might land you in the conf town column

[Merlyn]

sounds about right

Lol

[Merlyn]

I'm fainted too aren't i

[Merlyn]

we lost the night phase though, right? So we can't nk anyone?

[Merlyn]

yup. lol well let's just see where town goes from here- I honestly think the only town they're likely to lim at this point is NM, so if there's any chance of it heading that way we should hop on regardless of what it looks like.

[Merlyn]

just noticed there's no votelock btw

[Merlyn]

Maybe FL is scum with a bunch of people in a worse spot, went "hey let me do this fakeclaim and we just win" and then the kill failed, he was like "oh I lost" and spent the day working towards painting the picture of a super strong scum team

[Merlyn]

Cause even in the best case scenario of a scum team here, I don't think it's strong enough for FL to actually be that confident
Unless there's scum in Yimmy/Chandra
Yimmy doesn't flip scum but I guess Chandra can

Cause no offence but FL doesn't look at like a him/Titus/Merlyn/STD/DGB team or something like that and go "oh yeah this is in the bag", right?

hey

It's bc Wheme is missing. When you add Wheme in it's obvious that this is indeed a team where things are in the bag

[Merlyn]

tryin to get that NM lim first yall

[Merlyn]

wheme if we miss on one of std/nm today please battle the other one tonight if you're town thanks

I like Merlyn more

no. im going to eat you.

do one god damn thing that isn't bad this entire game PLEASE whemestar.

I can't help but crack up at this exchange

[Merlyn]

Just us now Wheme! What are you thinking you want to do

[Merlyn]

You are gonna catch a ton of heat for not gonna after NM or me if we go Meuh, though.

I think the only play left I can think of is for one of us to try to gain enough towncred to last to the end by being on the others' wagon/killing me tonight if you prefer.

[Merlyn]

But if I kill meuh we win right

Is that right? Because there's 7 in the game, 5 town and 2 of us are scum- with two town kills tonight that makes 3 town and town scum. We would still need to get a town lim the next day right?

[Merlyn]

Yeah, I do think we kill Yimmy- then we don't have to fear being seen plus with Yimmy gone I think the motivation in town players goes even lower (though I don't know why they're so demotivated when they're making such a comeback!)

Next I think we need to figure out our strategy, it's kind of end of the road for us here. Tomorrow, I don't know how you get out of it if you don't attack either NM or me tonight. If you're not planning to do that, we probably should have you attempt to kill Mueh to get another town out of the game and I can bus you to your almost certain death lol. Then we would hope that I can come out ahead of NM in the last day.

Another option is to go forward with the plan you started laying out and you kill me tonight, and hope it gives you enough towncred to come ahead of the others

[Merlyn]

lmao I can't

[Merlyn]

okay, I'm down with a dbg block and yimmy kill. I leave whether you want to take a shot a Meuh up to you- I say if you think you can get them go for it

[Merlyn]

welp

[Merlyn]

WHEME I NEVER THOUGHT ID SEE YOU AGAIN ALIVE

[Merlyn]

Meuh really leaning town on you, and I think maybe DGB too. I could be wrong here, but it might be the best move for me to keep looking just a bit scummish here, like my partner is NM

[Merlyn]

Yeah, agree! I'm planning for a long, slow slog through most of these next 12 days though as Meuh doesn't seem to plan to end this fast (damn it!).

[Merlyn]

omg omg omg

[Merlyn]

I don't even know if this game is over.

@mods, does it end when we put in a kill or do we have to wait and see if we get challenged by either of them?

[Merlyn]

lol nvm