Micro 392: The Assassin has regained control of the village!

[Nikanor]

oh god, we're doomed.

[Nikanor]

@mod: please send pm notifying of game start.
can't really waste time with 8d dl

[Nikanor]

woohoo!

VOTE: nikanor
grovel at my feet

i'll do more than that (winkwink??) if you execute scripten today

[Nikanor]

what about this

Execute: Mantisdreamz.

[Nikanor]

well it's actually mandatory for the km to nominate a different monarch every day so yeah.

[Nikanor]

also lol if you think that there is any chance at all of mantis lynching me today c:

[Nikanor]

Why's that? You two on a team or something?

i think that we probably have the same alignment yeah.

[Nikanor]

i think he's implying that because i have a soft spot for him i'd more like to keep him in the game then not

nikanor - you did not like script's first comment, or are you messing around?

i don't like any of script's comments

[Nikanor]

I don't Nikanor AT ALL!

Who shoots the named king on D1 with no Scum Hunting.

The King will execute a player by posting EXECUTE: player in-thread. Only the king may do this.

So it's not a gambit. And if it is, it's against the rules.

~Ozzy

[Nikanor]

After consulting both a non-player and a List Mod, I have decided that Nikanor is receiving an

official warning for violating Rule 5.3

. Any further violations of this or similar rules

will result in a modkill from here on out

. It is your job as the player to familiarize yourself with and follow the rules, and I suggest you all make sure you know them well. Let me remind you that these rules are for the sake of the fun of the game, not to be unnecessarily restrictive, and this is partly why this infraction did not result in a modkill. The other part is only the claiming of a Kingmaker is explicitly stated as modkill-worthy in the

official wiki rules

, and it is not implied that any modkill action need apply to those that attempt to execute who are not King.

can i use

Eggsecute:

though?!!

[Nikanor]

Quinoa isn't a secret Recipe. Mantis knows me! Hi Mantis!

and now, so do i! hi [removed]!

[Nikanor]

scripten's reads are crap btw

[Nikanor]

Nikanor please answer the questions in our very first post

Scripten I read the start of your scumgame. I'm pretty much convinced you're not scum now.

-Tier

you're not gonna like my answer.

[Nikanor]

Town cred for anyone that shoots Nik and scumclaim for anyone that gives him the gun(should we call it a gun?) Shooting from the hip on P1, without scum hunting, I don't expect his contributions to be any greater than that for the rest of the game.

hahahahahahahahaeahahaerhafhads

[Nikanor]

quinoa tastes like crap and is hardly the best thing you can put inside your body.

[Nikanor]

btw officially changing my

Eggsecute

vote to sabbath.

[Nikanor]

Quin we talk about Quinoa and not insult Quinoa?

Quin oa do that?

Yes we quin.

but it does taste like crap.

[Nikanor]

Quin oa discuss adding cranberries to me? And sweet potatoes.

Quin oa talk about Quinoa, good things please. Then the King will take notice.

I wanna be famous!

In other news, I'll post a serious post once RVS ends and/or Mantis shows up to acknowledge me.

while you're adding cranberries to your quinoa, mothers everywhere are adding sugar to their childrens' cough syrup.

[Nikanor]

well they both have carbon so i'd say that they are equally organic.

[Nikanor]

lol

[Nikanor]

[Nikanor]

bemused superiority

i'm bemused by your use of bemused here.

[Nikanor]

kingmaker can't kill himself obviously. kingmaker always chooses the king until he dies.

[Nikanor]

king himself*

[Nikanor]

what i'm really bemused by are these isos that gray is doing.

[Nikanor]

bemused superiority

i'm bemused by your use of bemused here.

i'm bemused by your bemusement of his statement of bemusement..

iow, why are you bemused?

my bemusement is effected by scripten's bemusement over the definition of the word bemuse.

[Nikanor]

bemused superiority

i'm bemused by your use of bemused here.

i'm bemused by your bemusement of his statement of bemusement..

iow, why are you bemused?

my bemusement is effected by scripten's bemusement over the definition of the word bemuse.

i think bemused superiority is another way to say trolly :p

bemuse=confuse

[Nikanor]

i'm bemused by your use of bemused here.

i'm bemused by your bemusement of his statement of bemusement..

iow, why are you bemused?

my bemusement is effected by scripten's bemusement over the definition of the word bemuse.

i think bemused superiority is another way to say trolly :p

bemuse=confuse

you are keeping out the amusement factor

there is no amusement in bemusement.

[Nikanor]

i mean i

guess

you could argue that the definition has changed due to every college freshman with half a pencil misusing the word to mean "slightly amused," but i'm not really into that kind of thing.

[Nikanor]

I'm gonna clarify. Nik's posting is reading like, "Come on, I'm scumhunting super hard here. Why won't you all listen to me? Sheep me, you silly kids." Doesn't sit well with me.

.....................................
how on earth could you get that impression

[Nikanor]

i mean i

guess

you could argue that the definition has changed due to every college freshman with half a pencil misusing the word to mean "slightly amused," but i'm not really into that kind of thing.

no! it's right here in the merriam-webster
(i looked it up to confirm what i thought) >.>
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bemuse

it's wrong, and literally the only place you'll find that as a definition.
bemuse is a Greek word with the root being "muse".
amuse is a French word with the root being "amuser".
they sound similar but that's due to convergence and not divergence (a la evolution).

[Nikanor]

i think that scripten might just be trying to annoy the experienced players into submission. :d

[Nikanor]

i mean i

guess

you could argue that the definition has changed due to every college freshman with half a pencil misusing the word to mean "slightly amused," but i'm not really into that kind of thing.

no! it's right here in the merriam-webster
(i looked it up to confirm what i thought) >.>
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bemuse

it's wrong, and literally the only place you'll find that as a definition.
bemuse is a Greek word with the root being "muse".
amuse is a French word with the root being "amuser".
they sound similar but that's due to convergence and not divergence (a la evolution).

ya but just because you have those origins doesn't take away from the fact that it is STILL used to signify confused and amused bewilderment

yes, by people who are wrong. :0

[Nikanor]

i mean i

guess

you could argue that the definition has changed due to every college freshman with half a pencil misusing the word to mean "slightly amused," but i'm not really into that kind of thing.

no! it's right here in the merriam-webster
(i looked it up to confirm what i thought) >.>
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bemuse

it's wrong, and literally the only place you'll find that as a definition.
bemuse is a Greek word with the root being "muse".
amuse is a French word with the root being "amuser".
they sound similar but that's due to convergence and not divergence (a la evolution).

ya but just because you have those origins doesn't take away from the fact that it is STILL used to signify confused and amused bewilderment

yes, by people who are wrong. :0

evolution of the word, nikanor

ugh, you're literally killing me rn mantis

[Nikanor]

woohoo!

VOTE: nikanor
grovel at my feet

@Nazarene I think that this post looks town.

[Nikanor]

scumteam is sabbath & grayfoxxxx

[Nikanor]

though honestly a lot of my grayfoxx read comes from the fact that he chose to iso sabbath first & his iso on me (i haven't read the rest).

[Nikanor]

so it's not super stronk is what i'm saying.

[Nikanor]

scumteam is sabbath & grayfoxxxx

though honestly a lot of my grayfoxx read comes from the fact that he chose to iso sabbath first & his iso on me (i haven't read the rest).

Oh great, an associative read assuming that a second player is scum based on a player who is town possibly being scum. Dio and I have no partners except each other.

~ozzy

a) That's only half of it.
b) I said it was weak.

[Nikanor]

Nikanor:

So what's your read on SoS? You think they're scum. Why?

their posts reek of fakescumhunting. everything is backwards.. giving strong reads on stuff that's null & giving null reads on stuff that's strong. they generally don't see the game from a town mindset.

[Nikanor]

who are you talking to

[Nikanor]

but your entire iso is weak, however will i choose just one post

[Nikanor]

Sabbath's super static reads are alarming. As is his reaction to being called out as a team with greyfoxxxx.

Mantis, I'm sure you'll get some reads if you read the thread again.

I'm most happy with a sabbath shot today, but we have five days left.
VOTE: sabbath
Just to be nice.
-Tier

Why are static reads scummy?

[Nikanor]

I am dealing with it by saying it is scummy.

I have gave plenty of analysis.

IIoA- information INSTEAD of analysis. You even refuted my analysis. HOW CAN IT BE IIOA IF THERE IS ANALYSIS TO DISAGREE WITH?

The mafia wiki says scum like to throw are buzzwords like this. It's even worse because IIoA makes zero sense in this situation. Why are you tring to twist my words?

Naz Is now my strongest scum read.

whoaaa there cowboy

[Nikanor]

(Scripten Nikanour) mebbe

[Nikanor]

hey maybe sabbath is town after all

[Nikanor]

i currently want to see nazarene

eggsecuted

.
though that's probably going to change within, oh, ten minutes.

[Nikanor]

about to sleep & haven't read anything but i wanted to write down somewhere that deadline falls at around 6pm EST on monday

[Nikanor]

status update: i have finished my first beer and still do not understand the scripten vs. grayfoxx debate. will check back after second beer.

[Nikanor]

^ This man does know how to play mafia. Got myself some Festbier and a night devoid of responsibility. Finally.

I'm drinking Boreale (cheap Quebecois red ale). I'd never heard of Festbier but judging by your name and its name I'm assuming it's a German Oktoberfestbier?

I *think* I understand where Grayfoxx is coming from. Gonna doublepost.

[Nikanor]

The two statements aren't exclusive though, Gray.

[Nikanor]

mk i'll just keep this post open in another tab then.

[Nikanor]

clusk is 100% town, no way would the mod kill half the scumteam for no reason. i'm gonna be real pissed if he turns out to be the hero as it means we lost a lynch for no reason at all.
quinoa is probably town because ~reasons~.
i can't really get over how scripten knew what sabbath meant by that one post... before sabbath corrected himself on it. i think the most likely scenario is that they're tripping all over themselves in an effort to defend each other but that just seems too easy. :s regardless, SABBATH is my final choice for an

eggsecute

today.
i still get a reading of insidiousness from nazarene. if i'm wrong with the above then i'm pretty certain that naz is scum. 412 feels real forced. unfortunately i can't really provide anything concrete other than gut.
mantis, max & gray seem town to me but that's subject to whim.

[Nikanor]

yeah but what's wrong with letting it go to deadline? that's why it sounds forced... it looks like you're faking anxiety over who's gonna get executed.

[Nikanor]

intentional VI/troll play. (Is there a better term for this? I don't want to insult people with a different playstyle, but I want to be able to refer to it succinctly.)

Disingenuous is a good word.

@naz: 401 is pretty inane yeah, i don't get where he's coming from with the "they are opposed on an argument so they must be together" bit.

[Nikanor]

Why would tomorrow be MYLO if it's 2 vs. 5 and this is Nightless (assuming today's shot plus Clusk modkill)?

we can actually lose tonight, if we lynch town, clusk is town and the kingmaker kings wrong.

[Nikanor]

bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahaha!
I am all-powerful!!!!!

[Nikanor]

I wonder if the mod would count an

Eggsecute

....
Anyone wanna volunteer as a guinea pig?

[Nikanor]

I feel like scum is definitely one of Max and Mantis, leaning toward Max.
This is based on who would not want to kill me if they were scum.
The Scripten kill indicates that scum is comfortable I think. Could also indicate a grayfoxxxx-scum I s'pose.

[Nikanor]

bc i like mantis

[Nikanor]

not to say i dislike max! i just don't know him.

[Nikanor]

guys i thnik ive found out who quinaao is amirite qinoa?

well considering his identity has been revealed in-thread i'd be really disappointed if you couldn't figure it out!

[Nikanor]

hey guys wouldn't it just be hilarious if grayfoxxxxxxx was scum and he was modkilled today.

[Nikanor]

goddamn canadians and your early thanksgiving.
i feel like i'm going off nothing. :\ people are being so lazy (myself included).

[Nikanor]

gonna hold off on eggsecution for as long as i can, but i need to sleep soonish. here's hoping gray posts again so i don't have to worry about him being modkilled.

[Nikanor]

is anyone else here?

[Nikanor]

i really really wanna eggsecute naz but i also really really can't help but feel like the both of us being left alive was a setup.

[Nikanor]

bc naz is scummy!!

[Nikanor]

i think he's probably the kingmaker... can't think of anyone else who would king you.

[Nikanor]

errrrr, that came out wrong. you know what i mean!

[Nikanor]

cause you haven't mentioned him as being scummy before ..

i have tho.
like a dozen times on d1.
that's why i think the scum left both of us alive, so i'd eggsecute naz.
ofc it could just be naz saying "we can't kill someone who suspects us!" but that's a dumb thing to say so pretend i didn't say it.

[Nikanor]

yeah, i ate an egg every time i said naz was scum and by the end of d1 my carton was empty.

i think it's a possibility that we were both left alive. i think it's a likely enough possibility that i'm unwilling to eggsecute him today. but idk, every time he posts it just makes me get all yolky.

[Nikanor]

well am i supposed to not say he's scummy?

[Nikanor]

i really really wanna eggsecute naz but i also really really can't help but feel like the both of us being left alive was a setup.

Why would it be a setup? It's not like we were SUPER town or something.

Also I had really rather you execute BEFORE gray posts so we're bach at odds, even though I don't think he's scum.

a) well ok i'll word it this way: a bunch of people expected me to die last night apparently, so you could have gotten rid of a threat to you if you were scum.

b) still the chance of a hero.

[Nikanor]

The Heads are conferring. This Head has a strong suspicion.


-A

tier do you know what this was aboot

[Nikanor]

nik, i'll look at your iso... but i honestly had no idea that you were on naz yesterday ????
you still haven't said why

being the king means you don't have to answer to peasants :3

[Nikanor]

nvm thought it was functionally identical to SS, guess not.

[Nikanor]

off to bed, i work tomorrow but i should be back in time for the deadline tomorrow night.

[Nikanor]

Eggsecute: Maxous.

[Nikanor]

ok i'll do it normally
but i won't like it

Execute: Maxous.

[Nikanor]

town strongly

i smell a Best Role Ideas post incoming...

[Nikanor]

i think mantis is a Town Strongly

[Nikanor]

let the boos commence

[Nikanor]

hey they can't all be winners.

[Nikanor]

hey quinoa you're aware that you win if you're scum right

[Nikanor]

i wonder if all of the non-KMs could get away with claiming non-KM

[Nikanor]

gray's probably the last scum btw

[Nikanor]

btw unless you can explain why i'd leave naz alive n1, then use that as a reason to NOT execute him d2, and then kill him anyway on n2, you should probably not eggsecute me.

[Nikanor]

Also, you didn't answer about why me being willing to be lynched suggested AT ALL I was a Kingmaker. Naz was right that if anything, it would suggest I was a hero because I'd be willing to be "shot" and kill the King in the process.

i was calling you km because your coasting attitude and your attitude toward mantis seemed km-ish, also you seemed the most likely person to king mantis d1.

you said you thought it was max or mantis yesterday. what changed??? is it because I made it clear Gray was my scumread yesterday? Why is Mantis town?

100 posts and a game-day changed.
i'm just gonna claim not-hero, and if you're scum you can eggsecute me now. like, if you're town then i have no idea why you're bringing stuff up from the beginning of the last game day and asking me what could possibly have happened, but if you are town then you've clearly made up your mind and i don't really feel like going through the charade of an itty bitty mock trial for a week to have you eggsecute me anyway.

[Nikanor]

I was asking why your reads changed, and I still didn't get an answer for why Gray is scum and not Mantis. Or why Mantis is scum. So yeah, anyways.

my reads changed when i re-evaluated for nazarene being town. i was certain he was scum after his posts at the end of the day yesterday so his death turned the game on its head for me.

[Nikanor]

i'm cooking eggs atm, bbl

[Nikanor]

it's because i don't think scummantis would have engaged me and naz in an extended discussion right before deadline. the keyword there being extended. she's pretty lurky as scum.
my gray read is poe. if quinoa isn't scum then he should eggsecute gray imo.

[Nikanor]

my reads changed when i re-evaluated for nazarene being town. i was certain he was scum after his posts at the end of the day yesterday so his death turned the game on its head for me.

why did you not like his posts at the end of the day where he called for your execution and defended mantis in the event of his death? was something wrong with his case on you that you haven't clearly explained your reads?

even maxous suspected you after execution, so you going "you shouldnt execute me unless you can explain WIFOMy night actions" is weird. Scum are just as likely to kill someone to create WIFOM, or to take out someone who suspects themselves. So the Naz-alive/dead argument is totally null. But you aren't treating it that way...

specifically, i disliked how he was talking in qualifiers about the upcoming night. like... "if i die, blah blah blah." their death should really have nothing to do with their reads, and looked to only serve the purpose to make themselves look like a "possible kill target".

@mantis: because i'm not really interested in playing this out if quinoa is scum. if he is scum then he can just execute me for the win.

[Nikanor]

ok, the only thing weird about mantis's words when discussing with you was the "nika i would have killed you by now, you know how bad my scumgame is" thing Day 2 I think. made me feel she's super-aware of her meta

nah, lurkiness isn't solved by self-awareness; since it's caused by a lack of wanting to play the game at all, a person who is lurky as scum won't bother putting in the effort to not look like scum.

[Nikanor]

she has used a lot of POE here too, what do you think of that?

is that supposed to be a bad thing?

[Nikanor]

just realized both of you are from Canada lol

yeah we know each other irl. that's why she said the thing about being nervous and wanting to kill me n1.

[Nikanor]

quinoa i'm sry but you're not going to get anything better than "i think she's town because i don't think she's scum".
but i'm p sure you're not really considering her today anyway so?

[Nikanor]

well i'm pretty sure that mantis is the hero so i think she should just hurry up and claim that now

Claim hero or not hero.

Now. I mean it

anybody want a peanut?

[Nikanor]

If it's peanut butter I'll take some

nah i'm allergic

[Nikanor]

gray please just post from your computer when you have time.

[Nikanor]

pretty sure grayfoxxxxxx is getting modkilled anyway.
gartz bert

[Nikanor]

That's lame. I shot you because I knew you weren't kingmaker.

No kingmaker is appointed for LYLO.

i don't see that in the rules...

[Nikanor]

oh great! would have been really nice to know that.

[Nikanor]

thank you bert
i didn't think i had a chance of winning after the clusk modkill, that was pretty upsetting. but once i got the king on d2 i knew i had a decent chance. you guys should have listened to Nazarene, LOL!

[Nikanor]

Until one of them kills the other.

i've fought mantis irl and won so i have to assume this means i killed her.
gg town we win!!!!

[Nikanor]

she's lying scum, don't listen to her!!