Mini 327 - Star Trek Mafia. Game Over.

[DrippingGoofball]

Two reasons:

(1) To retaliate
(2) To follow a fine tradition

Vote: CES

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Fact: When I was growing up, I spent lots of time wondering whether I would marry Spock or Captain Kirk - or, if they were unavailable, or, god forbid, fictional characters, a guy "like Spock" or "like Captain Kirk."

BTW that's true, and has nothing to do with the game, other than the theme, but it does betray my age!

History reveals that I naturally gravitated towards Spock types, and married a brilliant mathematician.

Why do I say this? To bump up the thread so that we don't forget about this game. It's ridiculous, isn't it? I'll stop now. Apologies.

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But being annoying is all we have to go on!

Below is my contribution to being annoying:

Waste...The frontal finer. These are the badges of the Starfish Entropy. Its 5-fear fission: to explode deranged brew worlds, to peek out blue lice and screw Playstations, to bubbly go where no pan has found a bore.

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Sulu would likely turn to his comrade-in-arms Chekov for assistance in just about any space-crisis.

I found the above on the "Goats comic strip website" and you are modding a game on the "Goats" theme.

(1) From some blogs I gather that you might wear a shirt with that "What would Sulu do?" logo you want to show your support for the rainbow triangle.

(2) Maybe it's a spoof of the satanic motto "What would Satan do?" which is abbreviated as WWSD.

(3) Maybe it's a spoof of What would Jesus do?"

I am not sure whether you are hinting Mason, Gay, Sulu, Antichrist, Kirk's goat, or Jesus. Since I am not rolefishing, I do not wish for an answer. Besides, I have my own explanation.

You are scum making things up based on your own personal experience, hahahaha.

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Correct, it's Chekov.

The connection between you, Goats, and "What would Sulu do" is too nonrandom to be ignored.

So... What would Sulu do? Chekov? He would do Chekov? Either you're claiming gay, or claiming Mason with Chekov, haha. Don't answer. I am not rolefishing.

CES and Max are dropping GIGANTIC hints. Max is claiming some sort of computer/robotic kinda persona, I should guess. Not little hints, but mega-hints. On Day 1.

I would gladly vote either of these over-eager claimants. I am already voting for CES. I could be convinced to vote for Max.

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I just checked the vote count. Max has 3, CES has mine only. Just to raise the temperature:

unvote, vote: Max

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DrippingGoofball, it's a picture of Chekov with the line "What Would Sulu Do?". That's all it is.

If that's all it is, why did you write:

I'm still waiting for two things:
(1) ***CENSORED***

(2) someone to point out something about "What Would Sulu Do?"

Censoring and highlighting mine.

I think Max is just being silly, but I haven't seen anything that warrants him being at 4 out of 6 so early.

What about that morbidly overweight Day 1, first post hint?

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I was waiting for someone to point out that it was Chekov in the picture.

Why?

And I don't consider that post a role hint.

Yours or Max's?

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Why?

Because it says "What Would Sulu Do?". One would expect it to be a picture of Sulu, no?

That's spectacularly irrelevant, no?

Maybe Chekhov is asking the question? Or, maybe it's a picture of what Sulu would do. Sulu would do Chekhov. You asked the question has if the answer held some significance, now you downplay it. Cute.

Only Max should know whether his post was a hint. You can only guess.

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Wow this got way off topic real quick.

It's not off topic. I want to know why CES hinted that there was something important about the picture, then backed off.

I want to know! I want to know!

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You just egged us on?

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You're such a cute little critter.

I only know about the original. I am

that

old. Not revealing anything here, but my character is from one of those "new generation" series - I was utterly devastated! Crushed! Cursed even!

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and you are doing what exactly to help us any more than CES is?

I know! I know! He's not sending us on wild goose chases pretending there is some meaning to the random images!

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Spock: "That 'unit' is a woman."
Nomad: "A mass of conflicting impulses."
Nomad: "The unit Spock is another one of your biological units, creator?"
Kirk: "Yes."
Nomad: "This one is different; it is well-ordered."

Bumping up! Where is everybody?

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Vote-hopping, role-fishing, focussing on irrevelant facts and trying to assign importance to them. That's why.

Me vote-hopping?

HAHAHAHA.

I've only voted for ONE person in this game. YOU!

And who has tried to steer us into irrelevent facts? YOU!

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Oh fair enough

unvote

I will not place another vote yet

Hey Max, though CES did answer the question, maybe you should consider verifying whether the answer is factually correct?

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Oh wait! It is I who is wrong!

I did switch my vote to... Max!

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Your forgetting of your fourth vote on Max is noted.

Takes SIX to lynch, anyway.

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I thought CES was pretty scummy.

I was going to argue to lynch him today.

Thank you scum. Good choice.

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Um, what? Thank you for killing an innocent? That's never a good thing.

Yeah, like the scum's nightkill would be anything BUT an innocent! Of course the scum killed an innocent. Duh!

I figured, better CES than someone else.

I must have read too quickly, I didn't realize CES was a Mason. Maybe that's why he was hinting about Sulu and Chekov?

vote: Logicticus

Let BrizzyBoi get a reading on me tonight, so that Zindaras doesn't waste everybody's time trying to have me lynched tomorrow.

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BrizzyBoi, aka Deanna Troi, please don't give your result immediately! It's best to put pressure on a few players before you announce your investigation. If we look at yesterday, though we did get scum, it was sorta wasted because we didn't acquire additional information to help us find scum. Let's be wiser today.

Now... who voted for logic? BrizzyBoi, Zindaras, Karn1, DrippingGoofball, and mlaker. We can be fairly certain that BrizzyBoi and Zindaras are Town. Karn WAS Town. I am Town (draw your own conclusions), mlaker hammered when it was obvious logic had nowhere to run.

Who did not vote for logicticus? Shamrock, Leonidas, Mastermind of Sin.

So I am going to look at logic (dead), mlaker, Shamrock, Leonidas and MoS.

logicticus

does not vote

mlaker

votes CES(T)

Shamrock

votes Max(T)

Leonidas

votes Max(T)

MoS

votes Zindaras(T)

Of these, Shamrock and Leonidas were on the Max lynch. Neither voted for logicticus.

I will vote for the lurkermost player of the two:

vote: Leonidas

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Meh, sorry about my inactivity/not being here on day 2.

I'll wait 'til Brizzy reveals his investigation.

WRONG!

WRONG!

That's sooOoOooo scummy.

You're not going to say a word until Brizzy reveals his investigation, then you'll vote for whoever he says is guilty?

WOW, that's a brilliant strategy. No one will ever figure out that you're scum if you do that!

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Gack! Brizz, next time, bluff a little!

Don't even say whether you've got a guilty or innocent. Let the scum sweat, when they're nervous, it increases the chances that they trip over themselves.

Now that the cat is out of the bag, it's better not to disclose the name of the innocent, unless that person is his or her way to be lynched. To further fool the scum, just in case, don't worry about putting in a vote on whomever you got the innocent result. Only remove your vote and announce the person's innocence if they are in actual danger of being lynched.

Also, if we lose our doctor (we haven't, as far as I can see we've lonly lost vanillas) then you might consider giving all the investigation results.

Other people might have ideas on possible strategies.

I have a suggestion. Perhaps you might want to choose someone and we can pressure that person to claim? We have to be very careful here, because since the cop is out, we have to make sure we don't accidentally out the doctor, that is my worry about this plan.

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Yes, Zindaras, you're right. I only looked at the first post when I checked, and I didn't see "Mason" in the obits. But we haven't lost power roles, right?

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Forensic, erm, I never heard of that, so it's no surprise I didn't think about it...

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FoS: DrippingGoofball

for trying to create suspicion using faulty reasoning.

Faulty or not, at least, I'm trying to find scum. Are you? Is anyone else?

I'm the only one saying anything, and my efforts are rewarded with votes and suspicions.

That was Leonidas' first response, so I think I might be on the right track. Hey, anyone noticed he still offered no thought or input on the game, and limited himself to firing off a quickie FOS and disappearing into the woods again? NO! No one noticed this, why? 'Cuz no one is trying to find scum. Then he returns and solidifies this with a vote, on account of my not being the doc... and continues to inject zero insight into the game. Just wants to pressure me, because I am RIGHTLY pressuring him. Thank you very much Leonidas, but unlike you I have not been a regular non-contributor.

Then wait... MoS finds ME suspicious, not Leonidas! He is supporting Leonidas.

Smells like scumbuddies to me.

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We are seven left, 4 to lynch. We have to be careful. Yesterday, we quicklynched and garnered very little additional info.

As I stated earlier, I am am willing to vote for either Leonidas or Shamrock. Shamrock has already 2 votes. We ought to be exceedingly careful before casting votes #3 and votes #4.

I'd like to hear more from Leonidas. I'd like him to read the thread (it's unfortunately not a long one), and give us his thoughts on whom he finds suspicious, or not, etc.

I am not satisfied with his response to my accusations, namely the retaliation vote he cast (and little else by way of comment) when I voted him for his lurking and voting record. Seems like he wouldn't mind killing a Townie if that Townie isn't the doctor... I don't like it.

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Bumpity-bump!

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I am waiting to hear more of either before voting as well. But I'd like to hear more from Leonidas. He's still lurking. I don't like it one bit! It's very suspicious at this point.

If there is a third vote on Shamrock, I'll be glad to hammer. After he claims, naturally, and if there is a concensus that his claim doesn't hold water. It he has a believable claim, someone can unvote.

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Yes, I know you made a few posts recently, but in terms of actual content, and exposing your own logic and thought processes, there wasn't much to them. That's why I'd like to hear more from you, Leonidas, you should tell us how you feel about everybody. Who you think the scum is, etc.

Again I am puzzled by your lack of explanation as to what makes my logic crappy. Maybe it is; if it is, and you bring up something I missed and misinterpreted, I will reconsider.

I am also puzzled as to why, since I am not claiming doc, you'd be so willing to sacrifice me.

Please share your thoughts some more, please - put more content in your next post. Please address the points myself and others have made (and point out where they are incorrect) and point out who you find most suspicious and why (not just me, please, we already know that).

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Do we need a deadline? Or Mod Prods?

Unofficial cote count...
Shamrock 3 : (Leonidas, mlaker, Leonidas)
Leonidas 1 : (DGB)

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Townies are not over-eager to claim, in general. Or to rephrase: it is not in the town's best interest to have townies claim. You should know that - if you're town, that is.

True. However, every once in a blue moon, a Townie gives off scummy vibes and gets bandwagonned. When that happens, the Townie is motivated to claim. You can learn a lot looking at how others behave to the claim, also.

Scum likes Townies to claim, but they themselves are rarely eager to do so, for it might expose their scumminess big time.

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Leo, I don't understand the post you made. Youre not voting for me, you're voting for Shamrock, so I thought you were addressing Shamrock.

In any event - after your post 143, I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt.

I am also going to give Shamrock the benefit of the doubt, because his role rings a lot like mine.

There's still mlaker and MoS I'd like to eliminate from my scum list.

Truth is, I'm not finding much damning evidence on either, except for small glitches in their voting patterns...

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Of course...

unvote

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Vote count please?

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Zindaras - has it occured to you that logic did that

on purpose

? I think the common wisdom in such a case where a Mafia member defends another player

not in immediate danger of being lynched

would tend to disculpate the player thus being "defended" rather than incriminate him.

You're just falling for a scum pointing to a Townie.

And the fact that you are falling for such a blatantly obvious ploy raises my suspicion of

you

. Think about it.

Would scum so overtly defend their buddy? No, they would defend a Townie, for a couple of reasons. If the Scum is lynched, the Townie looks bad, so it's good for them. If the Townie is lynched, they look like they were defending a Townie, so it's good for them. It's always good for scum to defend Townie.

When scum actually defends fellow scum, they are far more discrete about it. They will defend

without looking like they are defending

. Logic is an experienced player. He knows this very well.

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Like wine, eh? Especially when it's in front of you.

You're lucky to be a Mason, and having voted for logicticus. If it weren't for that, I'd vote for you for lurking, then being scummy in refusing the see a blatantly obvious scum tactic for what it is.

Mod Prod

Brizzyboi, please!

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It's true that you can't get much info from the voters, but maybe a little from the non-voters. They might have held off in case someone questions the cop's sanity, or even roleclaim. Not a huge probability, but we have very little to go by.

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Sweet! Seol, you can keep the concept for your next game, why not? It's a fun twist.