Micro 899: Correspondence Mafia | game over

[Correspondence]

Votecount 1.10

Current Votes

Extrapolated Wolf (2) -

Dingle Dangle Scarecrow, Saladman27

Michael Scott (2) -

Vorkuta, jjh927

Saladman27 (2) -

Team Looker, Michael Scott

Vorkuta (2) -

Blatant Scum, Extrapolated Wolf

Blatant Scum (1) -

NorwegianboyEE

Not Voting (0) -

With 9 players alive it takes 5 votes to lynch.

The deadline for Day 1 is (expired on 2019-12-12 00:00:00)

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Postage Stamp Reserve

Vorkuta
Blatant Scum
jjh927
Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
Michael Scott
Extrapolated Wolf
NorwegianboyEE
Saladman27
Team Looker

[Correspondence]

jjh927

To my esteemed colleagues;

I understand that finding the traitors in our midst is a new area of study, and is lacking in prior publications to peruse for possibilities. However, do not be disheartened! Through peer review we shall ensure that our work is quality, and thus find the answers we seek.

A quick literature study determines that townreading jjh927 is not a revolutionary idea and, while further evidence and support is always welcomed, I do not feel anything more should be published featuring this concept as its primary focus. I find Extrapolated Wolf's latest findings to be interesting but I have some concerns about their methodology. Dingle Dangle Scarecrow's approach to Extrapolated Wolf is fascinating and differs somewhat from my latest findings, and I would be interested in seeing what they come up with in the future as more data is made available.

As of late, I find my brief interest in chasing down Team Looker to have been a step in the wrong direction, and turn my attention to Michael Scott as the most suspicious player to have entertained the thought of scum!Wolf, due to the silence there otherwise. I have moved away from my early work on Extrapolated Wolf for now, but that should not indicate that I do not believe there is room for further study.

Regards,
Your ghostly guide,
PenguinPower

As of 04:41 GMT 21 Nov

Michael Scott

To: Jan Levinson-Gould
Subject: Performance Memo

Salads

:
I told you I hate Salad, but now he's just encouraging everyone else to throw aboard a dog (who does look pretty wild) - who does that?? I know this is a doggy dog world, but... you should fire him. I think he might just be Toby in disguise.

Team Looker

:
I remember Nancy from my old job!! I thought she was going to out-speak Kelly over here, but she's surprisingly silent... Should I let her go instead?

Jim's Magic Pills

:
Jim gave me some pills saying they'd increase my smarts, and I feel it's working... my performance is at top notch! Can't wait to be employee of the month soon!

Toby

:
He's the worst! Really bad performance. Can you just fire him and end this, Jan?

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[Dingle Dangle Scarecrow]

VOTE: Saladman

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Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

Dear Dingle,

You know, I'm getting the feeling that wolf just got bored waiting for more information. They've identified a potential mutual friend in JJ - I think we'll just have to make sure our entertainment is on point to keep them engaged. We'll have to ask him what his issue with vortku is, as we still need to work on seating.

There's still a lack of response from certain quarters, and I believe we need to start chasing. I also find it really concerning that we did receive a reply from salad, but that it contained no indication of his thoughts or even an RSVP.

Love,

Dangle

[Correspondence]

Votecount 1.11

Current Votes

Saladman27 (3) -

Team Looker, Michael Scott, Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

Michael Scott (2) -

Vorkuta, jjh927

Vorkuta (2) -

Blatant Scum, Extrapolated Wolf

Extrapolated Wolf (1) -

Saladman27

Blatant Scum (1) -

NorwegianboyEE

Not Voting (0) -

With 9 players alive it takes 5 votes to lynch.

The deadline for Day 1 is (expired on 2019-12-12 00:00:00)

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Postage Stamp Reserve

Vorkuta
Blatant Scum
jjh927
Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
Michael Scott
Extrapolated Wolf
NorwegianboyEE
Saladman27
Team Looker

[Correspondence]

No mail arrived today. Get writing!

[Correspondence]

Saladman27 and Blatant Scum are being prodded.

[Extrapolated Wolf]

VOTE: Michael Scott

[NorwegianboyEE]

VOTE: Michael Scott

[Correspondence]

No mail arrived today. Get writing!

[Correspondence]

Votecount 1.12

Current Votes

Michael Scott (4) -

Vorkuta, jjh927, Extrapolated Wolf, NorwegianboyEE

Saladman27 (3) -

Team Looker, Michael Scott, Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

Vorkuta (1) -

Blatant Scum

Extrapolated Wolf (1) -

Saladman27

Not Voting (0) -

With 9 players alive it takes 5 votes to lynch.

The deadline for Day 1 is (expired on 2019-12-12 00:00:00)

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Postage Stamp Reserve

Vorkuta
Blatant Scum
jjh927
Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
Michael Scott
Extrapolated Wolf
NorwegianboyEE
Saladman27
Team Looker

[Correspondence]

Extrapolated Wolf

To our Rescuers,

It's just Fox this time. Feathers is sleeping. We found a alcove at the top of a cliff we can use to rest in! and hide.

We've been growing more acquainted with the island dwellers since our arrival. I've taken quite a liking to jjh, but you know that already. Dingle and Looker have also been friends who I feel rather safe with. Looker asked the other day what issue I had with that Vorkuta character. It seems I hadn't made myself clear enough, but while we discussed who might have poisoned the natives against us, I found the unwillingness to place his vote on someone anyone else was already voting for rather interesting behavior. I still would like to hear a response from him. I am—perhaps—a little more hopeful than Feathers that this issue on the island can be solved.

Meanwhile, Michael expresses no trust in anyone—or if I misunderstood, voicing a liking on jjh that other's have already stated adnauseam—instead choosing only to voice suspicions. While I understand being paranoid, it seems to me that an important part of survival on this island is finding people you trust. Why hasn't he been attempting the same?

That is all for today. I will return with Feathers in my next note. I hope some of my questions are answered by then.

~ Fox and Feathers

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Votecount 1.13

Current Votes

Michael Scott (4) -

Vorkuta, jjh927, Extrapolated Wolf, NorwegianboyEE

Saladman27 (3) -

Team Looker, Michael Scott, Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

Vorkuta (1) -

Blatant Scum

Extrapolated Wolf (1) -

Saladman27

Not Voting (0) -

With 9 players alive it takes 5 votes to lynch.

The deadline for Day 1 is (expired on 2019-12-12 00:00:00)

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Postage Stamp Reserve

Vorkuta
Blatant Scum
jjh927
Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
Michael Scott
Extrapolated Wolf
NorwegianboyEE
Saladman27
Team Looker

[Correspondence]

Billy Pilgrim replaces Blatant Scum effective immediately.
Saladman27 has requested replacement. If you know anyone who might be interested in replacing him, please forward their name to us.

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Team Looker

Looker Academy Log #2:

Nancy,

I havent heard from you in awhile. Im starting to worry.

Things have gotten quiet around here, too quiet.

As per my last message, I move to remove salad, nothing has changed.

Please get back to me with a list of the other applicants asap,

Sally

[Correspondence]

Votecount 1.14

Current Votes

Michael Scott (4) -

Vorkuta, jjh927, Extrapolated Wolf, NorwegianboyEE

Saladman27 (3) -

Team Looker, Michael Scott, Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

Vorkuta (1) -

Billy Pilgrim

Extrapolated Wolf (1) -

Saladman27

Not Voting (0) -

With 9 players alive it takes 5 votes to lynch.

The deadline for Day 1 is (expired on 2019-12-12 00:00:00)

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Postage Stamp Reserve

Vorkuta
Billy Pilgrim
jjh927
Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
Michael Scott
Extrapolated Wolf
NorwegianboyEE
Saladman27
Team Looker

[Correspondence]

No mail arrived today. Get writing!

[Correspondence]

NorwegianboyEE

Letter #3

I address all of ye undecided souls who have yet to join a wagon.

In this particular hour of unrest the trickster always seem to lie just beyond the horizon. Almost within sight. But on further examination, not quite.

It is a burden for anyone caught in this situation to be forced to make decisions like this. But the wagon on fellow Michael Scott is supported by men of firm character that i have no doubt will bring us one step closer to solving our predicament.

I ask of you, fellow Billy Pilgrim, and fellow Saladman27 to join in communion and together we shall open up the innards of Michael Scott and investigate whether the wickedness of mafia possesses him.

I eagerly await your reply.

- NorwegianboyEE

[Correspondence]

Votecount 1.15

Current Votes

Michael Scott (4) -

Vorkuta, jjh927, Extrapolated Wolf, NorwegianboyEE

Saladman27 (3) -

Team Looker, Michael Scott, Dingle Dangle Scarecrow

Vorkuta (1) -

Billy Pilgrim

Extrapolated Wolf (1) -

Saladman27

Not Voting (0) -

With 9 players alive it takes 5 votes to lynch.

The deadline for Day 1 is (expired on 2019-12-12 00:00:00)

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Postage Stamp Reserve

Vorkuta
Billy Pilgrim
jjh927
Dingle Dangle Scarecrow
Michael Scott
Extrapolated Wolf
NorwegianboyEE
Saladman27
Team Looker

[Correspondence]

Dear loyal viewers,

I began this open letter intending to apologize for absenteeism these past two days. For what it's worth, that apology is still in effect, as we have not been vigorously communicating, and the lack of update on the game's status is ultimately the moderator(s) responsibility. Additionally, Billy Pilgrim's role PM was somehow lost in the mail, though that has now been rectified.

However, we have also received no new mail from the time we last posted. It was my intention to post any and all letters received immediately at no stamp charge, but none are in evidence. Indeed, the majority of participants have not sent letters in more than a week.

Please let this letter serve as a reminder that while participation in this venture is highly atypical, it is not optional. Anyone who does not submit a letter (not merely a bare vote) in the next 72 hours will be considered to have flaked.

Efforts to replace Saladman27 have been stymied, but will be redoubled. If you have concerns about the game, up to and including questioning whether this format is viable, feel free to speak your mind to us via PM.

Highest regards,

Jules Verne, on behalf of Mr. Bram Stoker

[Correspondence]

Also, the deadline is hereby frozen at 10 days until we are certain we have a full complement of players.

[Correspondence]

Billy Pilgrim

Manager's training notes - Initial session

Coming in midway through training season is difficult. Not sure what Blatant Scum did to get sacked by the board but apparently the expectations are high here at Real Expedition. Honestly strikes me a bit strange, because there isnt much to speak of as far as talent goes, and now the board is telling me that by the end of the month I've got to trim one of these people off the roster. I think I walked into a setup, because I don't know how I avoid relegation with these circumstances, but I must press on.

I know I won't be cutting JJH. That guy is captain potential, shades of Stevie G. Real leadership quality. While some folks have been walking around the field staring at the grass, JJH has been exhorting them to keep their head in the game. I mean hes got this weird thing where he claims he isnt JJH, hes actually channelling some dead guy, but I dont care whose head gets on the end of the crosses as long as he keeps directing them on net.

Also won't be cutting Dingle Dangle Snowman or team looker. (Honestly who is naming people these days? What happened to the days of solid names? Your Steven Gerrards, Michael Owens, Jamie Carragher, Fernando Torres, Virgil Van Dijk? Instead we got these guys running around calling themselves the Dingle Dangle Snowman. I dont know if they can whip crosses into the box, but they certainly seem to be trying. They're asking others to put in more effort, and they do seem dedicated to the team. They're not talking about what they had for dinner.

Speaking of talking about what they had for dinner, this Extrapolated Wolf seems preoccupied with food. It's like they mistook us for a club with a big budget. Early on, they were just babbling about things I couldn't understand, and I was thinking about cutting them. Seeing more effort over the more recent sessions so they should stay.

Norwegian strikes me as the type of player that is gonna tell at other guys to get busy while not putting in the effort on his own. I mean sure, hes voting, but hes just telling stories in the old language. Aside from him liking the people that want to dump Michael Scott, I dont know why he wants to dump Michael Scott.

Honestly I forgot Vorkuta was even at training today. I think I heard him muttering something in the corner about masks, but I dont think hes even trying to make this team. It's weird though, I've had him on a team of mine before, and he was more dangerous to that team when he was trying to be a leader. He was a leader just to sabotage us. So weirdly, I dont know whether hes working against us here or just bored.

For my first cut, I'm really leaning toward either Michael Scott or Saladman. Not sure a middle aged paper company manager belongs on a proper football team anyway. But I've seen nothing from him all session. All he could say was that JJH was a hell of a player, but even Jose Mourinho couldn't say anything bad about JJH. So really he doesnt seem to be giving me anything here. He seems to be complaining about Saladman because he had concerns about Wolf. But at the time Salad had concerns about Wolf, Wolf seemed to be more interested in looking for lunch than getting stuck into challenges. So I think that's a weird reason to have such concerns. Honestly I think Michael is just mad that Salad was suspicious of him.

As for Salad, I only feel slightly better about bringing him along to another month of training. He doesnt seem concerned with how he explains his play to the rest of the team. I'm honestly worried that such lack of communication is a real liability to the team. How will people understand where he plans on passing without communication. Runs will be mistimed, we will lose possession. True disaster.

It was an illuminating first day. I had alot to catchup on. Hopefully I won't need to waste as much ink as I go.

Billy Pilgrim.

[Correspondence]

Dear loyal viewers,

It has been two days, and but two of you have responded. If this trend does not reverse, we may be forced to consider more radical remedies.

[Correspondence]

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