Using your shot early means you're no longer a threat that day and thus not going to get shot, given there's no alliances set up yet.In post 16, Taly wrote:To avoid mindless killing that really does not serve anything but to create WIFOM; I suggest we all vote normally as if we were to lynch people.
Hardplaying your win condition and playing dumb won't work here!!! We all know wassup with you!In post 24, Eddie Cane wrote:why are yall so serious this is a meme game lol
Townbloc is sort of a misnomer, more a non-shooty-bloc.In post 30, Taly wrote:Let me make sure of how this plays out-
We protect each other by shooting who shoots us.
People who don't join the townbloc and wavelength with the protection won't be apart of this.
My biggest worry is, how would we have a strong idea someone is town who assures protection/a shot against a shooter? It's a bit early to form reads.
Scum presumably have their own dayshots, so if we did it we're just guessing that town has more vests/better strongman than scum.In post 35, wingedcatgirl wrote:Because I had been wondering what exactly was stopping us all from just. doing that again.
... It is something stopping us, right?
Votes is fine to scumhunt, the protection strategy is just to impose some controls on the randomness, it has nothing to do with scum vs town, other than town preferring order while scum prefer chaos.In post 39, Taly wrote:Circular protection might be easier to document moreso than votes, but I still want people pushing their town and scumreads as if we were thinking about someone to lynch.
If we somehow find out they don't...we just mass-claim and direct shots to minimise casualties until we find people that can't shoot, and they're scum.In post 47, Theta Alpine wrote:oh yeah that tooIn post 43, Sando wrote:Scum presumably have their own dayshots, so if we did it we're just guessing that town has more vests/better strongman than scum.In post 35, wingedcatgirl wrote:Because I had been wondering what exactly was stopping us all from just. doing that again.
... It is something stopping us, right?
Anyone shooting this early is playing against town, so one of them. The longer we go the more egregious the "random" shots are, so basically whoever shot last.In post 50, Taly wrote:Where would your vote go right now?
Too many people, I can't really be expected to actually refer to people by name can I?!In post 56, Srceenplay wrote:Thanks for taking the heat off me with all that shade.
Is that you offering me something? If so I'm not sure what a fluff is, but yeah sure I'll take free stuff.In post 115, Lovebird wrote:Fluff?
Not so much, but they're useless in the circle since they don't have a shot anymore to offer protection to the rest of the circle. Maybe once we get critical mass they can join, otherwise they're on their own till tomorrow.In post 154, Iconeum wrote:This isn't a townbloc. This is purely self-preservation.Do you honestly think everyone who shot already is scum?If not, you seem very happy to not include them into your 'town circle'. If it's a townbloc, you'd be letting people in based off of reads and/or gut. Not having a shot left.
Ummm...that would create the acronym of W*****S, and that's rude!!! So rude I have to censor it!In post 160, the worst wrote:How about Winners At Not Killing EveRy townie Swiftly?
Awwww yiss.In post 166, hebichan wrote:okay, before I get shot, I just got back.
Where are we plan wise?
I would like to join pricks.
Eh, we're in a safe spot atm waiting for mod to process a kill, so they've got a chance to /in themselves. Post that if they haven't posted, sure.In post 170, the worst wrote:Can I reserve a spot for TheBrie?
Australian faction of team cyclops 2018 gotta stick together
Done, yeah townbloc was a misnomer, I clarified later:In post 173, Iconeum wrote:I want to join the PRICKS'n WANKERS club though. It can come to good use, just not for making a town circle like you were advocating
PRICKS (and sometimes WANKERS) will allow for townblocks though, and other super cool gambits.In post 45, Sando wrote:Votes is fine to scumhunt, the protection strategy is just to impose some controls on the randomness, it has nothing to do with scum vs town, other than town preferring order while scum prefer chaos.
We're waiting on mod to process bbmolla's shot first anyway, pretty sure this didn't count.
It's not a bastard game, mod said so in their creation post in the Large Theme Game Queue.In post 194, Ausuka wrote:2) if we're all town this is a bastard game anyway and the wincons can lie. like, does the game normally end when it begins if the game is all town? probably not.
There's a big difference between "normal" and completely random killing. You just finished a game with me, it should be clear that I'm not exactly playing like "normal".In post 195, Ausuka wrote:yeah, probably. if everyone else agrees with you and taly and sando and some others that shooting is bad and we should just play this game normally i'll just replace out though. i can't handle a game this big.In post 193, Iconeum wrote:Lol, ausuka suggesting that hipfire/random killing is pro-town?
You take the fun out of life.In post 201, the worst wrote:I dont like to defend Ausuka (when I do she turns into scum) but that was defs trolling
You poor, poor soul.In post 235, Srceenplay wrote:Everyone is an echo bay cit.
it’s the apocalypse and it’s the last man standing wins.
Game broke you are welcome. Continue with your killing.
Yeah sure...why not.In post 209, TheBrie wrote:Happy to join PRICKS. Conditional on that being pricks as is pinpricks.
Just giving peeps space to work, plus I find random kills particularly boring, so hopefully it'll sort itself out in the next few days into something interesting.In post 250, Taly wrote:I've given more thought to this, and seeing Sando make an example here gives me a better idea of how it'll work. This is a valid strategy to not only figure out people's interactions, but see their reads.
You're welcome mod. <3In post 259, Taly wrote:I see your point. X_x Showing frustration is not going to help here.
I'll keep adding to the VC and townbloc while providing my assessments of the players and engaging with questions/thoughts.
We need a few more members, say up to 10 or so, but then yes, I think it takes priority over that, we'd have enough shots elsewhere to ensure the kill.In post 270, Taly wrote:266 > Would this rule conflict with the "you must have a shot to be in the townbloc?" I do think timing of kills may be AI given the nature of this game.
Stated as Virginia, so it's just after 9am there for them.In post 270, Taly wrote:I will say xyzzy was pretty active my time last night. (Central time, 8 to 9 PM) but I don't know if that's usual.
Wanna join PRICKS (and sometimes WANKERS)?In post 267, Chickadee wrote:Wow. A lot of kills while i slept. Can’t say I’m surprised.
Varsoon hasn’t slipped yet right? Varsoon if you around and still alive why would you have rather shot iconium?
I'm now upset that I have the stupidest post ever written, it's too early for the mantle to be passed on.In post 279, Gammagooey wrote:if i had a 2nd shot i think it'd go to almost50 for seeming a little overly jokey in the beginning
it's obv not a strong read though
Shit yeah, PRICKS 4 lifeIn post 286, Chickadee wrote:Sure, I'll be a PRICK
The irony was not lost on me, nor the "happenstance" that they decided to submit a kill that soon after a mod-resolve, speaks to a decent understanding of the mechanics.In post 288, Iconeum wrote:That's within a minute lol
There's potentially no late game, decent chance this is all over today or basically solved today.In post 293, Gammagooey wrote:Sando's thing sounds a lot more like something for late game than something that matters now
I'm undecided on kills today, figure we play it by ear and let the block decide. Main thing it's by far the scummiest of the kills so far imo.In post 292, Iconeum wrote:I am just noting it for future reference, I probably want to kill him before the day ends.
P.much the first one yet. The number of kills submitted while waiting for mod to resolve another kill is almost as long as the kill list.In post 297, StefanB wrote:Really that is somethink that I exspect from most players of the playerlist. You can count on Gamma to get most mechanics, yes.
Unless this is self preservation, feel free to shoot holes all you'd like. My entire premise is that open-ness and control helps town more than scum.In post 297, StefanB wrote:Austerity (Pro-sellshoots, and thoughts about Sando's idea that I ain't mentioning)
I am familiar with Taly, yes.In post 363, Momrangal wrote:I am not very fond of Sando unless he's familiar with Taly. I'm also debating creature.
Awww yiss, welcome to PRICKS. Whole point of PRICKS is to enable you to do your thing without "lol I'm such an edgelord, look how random I am" impacting you too much.In post 356, Momrangal wrote:And sure, as long as someone carries one of my reads afterward ~
Breach?In post 373, the worst wrote:Sando why are you so keen to let Mom into PRICKS?--isnt this a breach? how do you know she isnt scum?
Yeah sorry, missed the kill in my pre-coffee haze. I think any kill of someone who's already shot should be considered less scummy than killing someone who hasn't shot. That said, not sure it's townie, just less scummy.In post 341, the worst wrote:This might be awkward considering the general rule of PRICKS but I like Mom's entrance
It's not aIn post 378, Momrangal wrote:I don't know if I'm fond of being in a town block where I'm not explicitly tw everyone in it yet anyhow
It's not meant to alignment judge, it's meant to be neutral, although my guess is that scum would prefer randomness and PRICKS is anti-random.In post 409, SnarkySnowman wrote:I think the PRICKS plan is kinda... not really helpful for alignment judging? Maybe even slightly scum favoring? If I understand it right.
Sigh, you make me sad.
I'm around, and the worst was another Aussie I could rely on to be around at this time, so I think it's down to me. It's also a plan that lives and dies based on commitment to it, gotta lead from the front yo. Also I like the duckling and engaging in some cathartic revenge suits me just fine.In post 416, Gammagooey wrote:I know you probably don't give a shit about what I have to say but you look like the towniest person in that group to me atm and I'd rather literally anyone else in there do it assuming the worst flips town