Micro 629 - The Arena - Mafia PT

[MagnaofIllusion]

Damn.

Sorry that things shifted so suddenly. I'm hoping Hopkirk still hammers Vedith. I didn't expect that my case on Dunn (which only really implicated you via you have a faulty Townread which we know is false) would sway Leonshade.

[frog]

I have had a go at taking down some of the case and clearing things up for HopKirk. Last we heard he was still motioning for a Vedith hammer. Either way, if I do end up lynched, I am confident you will have a good shot at winning the game.

[MagnaofIllusion]

465 was a knockout blow BTW. Nice work on that I think.

I'm going to avoid the thread and not respond to you to let your defense sink in.

[frog]

Night has fallen at a rather convenient time

I will try to be on once or twice to discuss our choice, but I can't promise anything. Nobody leaps out at me as a good pick, except that it should not be Dunnstral.

[MagnaofIllusion]

Night has fallen at a rather convenient time

Actually this is not a great time for me given that Night will end Friday and the selection period will end Saturday so I will be on V/LA when the thread opens and will not have significant time to post until Monday.

Here are the remaining Town players -

Dunn
1234
Hopkirk
Leonshade

We agree that Dunn is a suboptimal selection.

Hopkirk is widely Townread I think so choosing him risks the chance that he will pick one of us and have it a dogfight. So I'd shy away from him.

Leonshade is Town reading me and thought you were more likely than Vedith so Vedith's Town flip probably will not reverse that position. I think he'd probably pick Dunn and I'd like to minimize that chance if possible as he has correctly stated he is that final mislynch.

1234 is probably our best bet. I have no idea what Ircher will do but his absence today probably didn't help him out. I'm sure I could win a 1v1 with him but I'm not sure how you feel about it.

The other option is to put me in and have me select Dunn as the target. I'd really like to save this for the day after if possible.

So let me know what you think about this.

[frog]

Having given it some thought 12345789 is probably the best choice. There should be some leeway tomorrow as it will be three to lynch out of four possible players, so if he chooses one of us we will have time to come up a with a plan and try and convince everybody else. There is a chance he picks Dunnstral, but that danger is everywhere anyway and if he does I am confident we can push for his lynch successfully.

[frog]

Basically we want two of HopKirk, Leonshade, and 123456789 in the lynch pool, and the best way to get that, however unlikely, is by selecting 123456789.

[MagnaofIllusion]

We are in agreement then.

MOD - We choose 1234 as the Gladiator.

[frog]

123456789 has just requested replacement. His slot is still probably our best bet.

[MagnaofIllusion]

123456789 has just requested replacement. His slot is still probably our best bet.

Yeah I'm very unhappy with that given how things developed but not much I can do.

Ircher just a personal note to you -

[MagnaofIllusion]

Well at least it is Accountant replacing in ... no big worries about super-Town arguments and stances coming from him even if he chooses one of us as target.

MOD - for the record we re-choose Accountant for Gladiator.

[MagnaofIllusion]

Also -

MOD I'll be V/LA from 5pm EDT today until Monday morning as usual.

Frog - I'll have some time to pop in here and there with quick phone comments worst case if you have anything to discuss.

[frog]

So, I have been chosen

How do we play this? I think you and Leonshade are committed to voting me

[MagnaofIllusion]

So, I have been chosen

How do we play this? I think you and Leonshade are committed to voting me

Yeah I pretty much have to strong bus. Accountant's posts make so little sense that down the line I think he'll be a nice mislynch. But I can't dally around today after yesterday.

I'm so sad you got chosen.

[frog]

It is a little unfortunate, what with it being 3 out of 4 to lynch and two players committed to my lynch. HopKirk and Dunnstral are positioned to join too.

On the positive side, my lynch does not directly lead to yours, and there are opportunities to have all of the remaining players lynched instead of you. Since it looks like I am going down here, it has been a pleasure to play alongside you, and I will wish you good luck.

[MagnaofIllusion]

Thanks Frog.

I hope you working in thread turns things around. I'm not counting on it and will leave you be for awhile but I still hope.

[MagnaofIllusion]

If you can still read this Frog I'm sorry to see you have to go and it has been a pleasure working with you!

[MagnaofIllusion]

Dunnstral
Hopkirk
Accountant
Leonshade

So here is the remaining Town members. I need to get three of them offed.

Dunn is a slam dunk and is going tomorrow. Accountant well ... I think will self-resolve whenever he (or she, I don't pay attention to those things) get Gladiated next.

That means Leonshade and Hopkirk have to be my final mislynch. Leonshade is probably more mislynchable but paranoi with Hopkirk might win the day.

But I digress ... I'm really only posting this in case Frog can read.

I'm going to Gladiate myself tonight. And select Dunn as I think that is a slam dunk.

Who I select after that is up in the air. Maybe I would go Leonshade first as he is paranoid about me and might bite the WIFOM. My hope is that either way I would choose Accountant whose play makes little sense. I'm sorta banking on Accountant declaring themselves Confirmed Town due to yesterday.

[MagnaofIllusion]

MOD - I choose myself for Gladiator tonight.

[MagnaofIllusion]

Ok that went far easier than I could have ever hoped. So that leaves Accountant, Hopkirk and Leonshade.

I've thought it out and want Hopkirk saved for the potential final Gladiate just so he is guaranteed to be in the mix which may or may not work out. I think if we were heads up I could make a case for him as scum who has played a good and kept out of the spotlight.

So I have to flip a coin between Accountant and Leonshade.

Accountant is a wild-card. I have no clue how he thinks what he posts is obv-Town and I have a general disdain for antics. So I think I could probably outduel him if it came to it but who knows which way he would go.

Leon knows to be wary of me and has said so in thread. So there is a chance he could Gladiate me.

[MagnaofIllusion]

So I've mulled it over and think not choosing any duplicate Gladiators makes sense as it means that there is no real information that can be drawn about who was chosen and when.

MOD - I choose Leonshade as the Gladiator.

[MagnaofIllusion]

Well that went well. The person I most hoped to get picked was picked. Now to decide which way I am going to go today.

[MagnaofIllusion]

So today certainly changed up how I took the game to endgame. Pushing Hopkirk ended up being the correct course of action given his meltdown.

In accordance with Set-up Specific Rule 7 I choose to kill Leonshade tonight.

[MagnaofIllusion]

I don't see any confirmation about the Leon kill but I assume you see it here.

I choose myself as Gladiator

[BNL]

Yes I do see the night actions you submit, I just don't acknowledge them.