Game Thread Power Rangers Mafia | The Community Park Where All the Monster Fights Happen

[melonrabbit]

==== DAY 1 VOTES ====
Day Start

jason (2 votes)
yellow ranger - #147
bulk - #254

blue ranger (1 votes)
zack - #156

black ranger (1 votes)
zordon - #257

pink ranger (1 votes)
rita repulsa - #132

white ranger (1 votes)
blue ranger - #76

zack (1 votes)
black ranger - #57

bulk (1 votes)
white ranger - #74

trini (1 votes)
pink ranger - #62

zordon (0 votes)
rita repulsa - #45 #132
finster - #59 #241

alpha 5 (0 votes)
zordon - #82 #257

goldar (0 votes)
tommy - #211 #297

skull (0 votes)
bulk - #98 #254
jason - #101 #161

Post Counts:
black ranger: 30 rita repulsa: 21 pink ranger: 20 red ranger: 18 zordon: 17 zack: 17 blue ranger: 15 bulk: 15 skull: 14 kimberly: 12 finster: 12 billy: 11 jason: 10 green ranger: 9 alpha 5: 8 white ranger: 8 trini: 7 tommy: 6 yellow ranger: 2 sawneeks: 1 goldar: 1

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Day 1 Ends:

 

[Blue Ranger]

About you? Why? It wasn't you I was replying to and the image was of Bulk and Skull.

???

Image says GreenRanger.com

/shrug

 

[Bulk]

Image says GreenRanger.com

/shrug

you mean the url? lol you guys are digging deep

for a second there I thought Green Ranger was in control of 2 costume accounts or something like that and had screwed up.
My thoughts aren't going to be that cryptic :P all I meant was pulling from other games to prove points in this one is lame and I think even more so in this game, plus like I said I feel the town lead narrative Zack's pushing feels forced. I don't even think the Black Ranger has done enough for anyone to designate him a town leader.

 

[melonrabbit]

Also a couple of reminders:

Let's try and keep discussion of player identities to a minimum and that flavor is flavor is flavor.

Have fun :)

 

[Tommy]

you mean the url? lol you guys are digging deep

for a second there I thought Green Ranger was in control of 2 costume accounts or something like that and had screwed up.
My thoughts aren't going to be that cryptic :P all I meant was pulling from other games to prove points in this one is lame and I think even more so in this game, plus like I said I feel the town lead narrative Zack's pushing feels forced. I don't even think the Black Ranger has done enough for anyone to designate him a town leader.

They don't allow hotlinking, so its just showing us their site logo with "Greenranger.com" on top of it.

 

[Blue Ranger]

you mean the url? lol you guys are digging deep

for a second there I thought Green Ranger was in control of 2 costume accounts or something like that and had screwed up.
My thoughts aren't going to be that cryptic :P all I meant was pulling from other games to prove points in this one is lame and I think even more so in this game, plus like I said I feel the town lead narrative Zack's pushing feels forced. I don't even think the Black Ranger has done enough for anyone to designate him a town leader.

Uh...no, think there's some miscommunication here. Your image probably failed and we just see the default. That, or it doesn't work on mobile?

 

[Bulk]

Oh, that's odd. I see it just fine. Here it is rehosted on imgur:

 

[Zordon]

Hey! How do you feel about the game so far?

UNVOTE

How do YOU feel about the game so far? You haven’t offered much but a couple comments.

 

[Zack]

pulling from other games to prove points in this one is lame and I think even more so in this game, plus like I said I feel the town lead narrative Zack's pushing feels forced. I don't even think the Black Ranger has done enough for anyone to designate him a town leader.

what's this nonsense? what's lame about it? I wasn't trying to "prove points", I was responding to something you were one of the two players asking me about

there's no difference between a town leader in a regular game and a town leader in a cosplay game. the concept is exactly the same
I couldve come up with a roundabout hypothetical example or I couldve simply pointed at a previous case that's happened recently

you're making it sound like i'm doing something i'm not

you don't like how I see black in a leadership position. cool. but don't make stuff up on top of it

 

[Bulk]

I'm questioning the utility of labeling someone as town leader and then justifying it by saying someone in a previous game was town leader and scum. As far as I'm aware Black Ranger is so non-influential in this game that you're arbitrarily attaching a label to them and then trying to scare people into thinking using the label is pro-town because someone was scum once.

 

[Zack]

I'm questioning the utility of labeling someone as town leader and then justifying it by saying someone in a previous game was town leader and scum. As far as I'm aware Black Ranger is so non-influential in this game that you're arbitrarily attaching a label to them and then trying to scare people into thinking using the label is pro-town because someone was scum once.

I wouldn't have brought the comparison up if you and pink hadn't pushed me to explain myself

so youre coming up with a little conspiracy theory that's based on something you yourself put in motion

 

[Trini]

Tempted to place a vote on you Zack, because I don't agree that Black Ranger is trying to present himself as a town leader (no moreso than any of the other active posters). But then I think, would scum really be acting like you? And I don't think so.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Hey! How do you feel about the game so far?

UNVOTE

So you ping out @Goldar for being absent with a pressure vote then unvote after one post where they provide nothing.

 

[Pink Ranger]

I wouldn't have brought the comparison up if you and pink hadn't pushed me to explain myself

so youre coming up with a little conspiracy theory that's based on something you yourself put in motion

I think it clearly showed what you were saying made no sense. The whole back and forth leans scum for me.

Also where is @Black Ranger ? He was going to give someone a scum read a couple of hours ago.

 

[Green Ranger]

About you? Why? It wasn't you I was replying to and the image was of Bulk and Skull.

???

As Blue and Tommy mentioned, the greenranger url was what made me think it was about me. It being an image where the hotlink wasn't allowed makes way more sense.

 

[Goldar]

I've read page 3 and 4 so far. I'll go back and read the rest but that's where the fluff is so it's not a priority.

I do find it amusing that Tommy has 6 posts; 1 was a vote on me and 1 was an unvote. I've seen faster swerves.

Not a fan of the town leader labelling but also not feeling Black Ranger's strategy of just asking questions left and right. It's pseudo activity/engagement with most of the onus falling on the askee to reply appropriately.

 

[Kimberly]

So you ping out @Goldar for being absent with a pressure vote then unvote after one post where they provide nothing.

What is the bigger issue here for you - Goldar's lack of posts or Tommy's turnaround (and possibly his lack of posts)?

 

[Black Ranger]

Also where is @Black Ranger ? He was going to give someone a scum read a couple of hours ago.

No I wasn't, I said I've got an idea of who I'm voting for and before calling them out, I'm waiting to see more from them to see if it backs up how I feel. I'm also reading but not replying much atm for irl reasons.

Not a fan of the town leader labelling but also not feeling Black Ranger's strategy of just asking questions left and right. It's pseudo activity/engagement with most of the onus falling on the askee to reply appropriately.

Better than contributing nothing. The person I ask a question to can feel free to ask me a question back which helps generate activity. That's how this game works. By engaging with people instead of sitting back on your asses hoping that someone else does your job for you.

You Scum hunt by engaging, asking different people questions hoping to generate enough information to make an informed decision on who to vote for. Not by sitting around on your asses hoping someone does all the work so you can reap the benefits of their work.

That type of behavior doesn't benefit town whatsoever. You know what does benefit town? Engaging with people even if it's by asking questions. People are free to ask me questions but instead what I see is people sitting in the shadows waiting for something 'easy' they can jump on from the people that are actually willing to engage.

 

[Pink Ranger]

What is the bigger issue here for you - Goldar's lack of posts or Tommy's turnaround (and possibly his lack of posts)?

Probably Tommy. I mean pinging out Goldar was easy town points for someone who hasn't posted a lot. Then they immediately unvote when there is no real response.

I have seen mafia players do that.

I'm not ruling out Tommy and Goldar being mafia together either.

 

[Pink Ranger]

No I wasn't, I said I've got an idea of who I'm voting for and before calling them out, I'm waiting to see more from them to see if it backs up how I feel. I'm also reading but not replying much atm for irl reasons.

So what I said then. You were going to scum read someone. i.e. voting for them because you think they are mafia but haven't.

Has this person just been MIA or are you rolling back on your read.

 

[Tommy]

So you ping out @Goldar for being absent with a pressure vote then unvote after one post where they provide nothing.

I wanted to see how Goldar would react if I removed the vote right away. Whether he would try to slip into the background or something else. And he only responded when you pointed this out and had a way to throw some light shade at me for it.

 

[Kimberly]

Probably Tommy. I mean pinging out Goldar was easy town points for someone who hasn't posted a lot. Then they immediately unvote when there is no real response.

I have seen mafia players do that.

I'm not ruling out Tommy and Goldar being mafia together either.

Yeah I get that. Skimming through, some of the only other Tommy posts I could see were saying that No Lynches are a bad idea which doesn't seem like much of an actual contribution, more just a general statement

 

[Kimberly]

I wanted to see how Goldar would react if I removed the vote right away. Whether he would try to slip into the background or something else. And he only responded when you pointed this out and had a way to throw some light shade at me for it.

So how are you feeling about that? Did you get the reaction you wanted?

 

[Black Ranger]

Has this person just been MIA or are you rolling back on your read.

Wavering. We'll see though.

Goldar however is an interesting choice now that he's shown up but with only 2 posts (with a big gap between them and with one of them being a literal sorry I'm late post which could have waited til after he read the thread), I need to see more from him before I decide anything.

But with the gap between posts and when he finally does post, it's with not much at all, I'm not feeling good on him. Depending on what I see from him in the next 24 hours will decide if I vote for him or not.

 

[Tommy]

So how are you feeling about that? Did you get the reaction you wanted?

Sort of. I knew that someone would call it out eventually since I know how that looks, but I was hoping for Goldar to reply on his own before that. It just feels like he's piggybacking off of everyone else's reads at the moments.

 

[Red Ranger]

I'm actually more interested right now in who you feel good about Black Ranger.

Everything just looks fake to me right now, maybe it has to do with the costumes.

Multiple people are singling out players for having no substance but you can say that for the whole cast so far.

Rita's list is getting town credit by some but it has so much flavor attached I don't even know what it accomplishes. It effectively put pressure on no one.

 

[Blue Ranger]

Wavering. We'll see though.

Goldar however is an interesting choice now that he's shown up but with only 2 posts (with a big gap between them and with one of them being a literal sorry I'm late post which could have waited til after he read the thread), I need to see more from him before I decide anything.

But with the gap between posts and when he finally does post, it's with not much at all, I'm not feeling good on him. Depending on what I see from him in the next 24 hours will decide if I vote for him or not.

Since you already mentioned Goldar, how do you feel about Tommy?

 

[Black Ranger]

New I'm actually more interested right now in who you feel good about Black Ranger.

Right now, my main town read player is Zordon. I don't feel any scum vibes from his posts at all.

I want to say I lean town on Rita but you're right, it has a lot of flavor attached and we haven't heard from her recently now that more players have shown up so I'm rather interested in seeing where she stands now.

I admit, I'm not leaning one way or the other on many players right now but I am leaning scum on a few players as well and Goldar happens to be one due my previous reasoning but the majority of players I'm currently neutral on though I am taking notes on players I should keep an eye on.

Right now, Zordon is the only one I feel good about. Possibly Rita but again, need to see more before I can lock her into my town read list.

Since you already mentioned Goldar, how do you feel about Tommy?

Feeling mostly Neutral. I certainly don't think his sudden unvote is indicative of anything but I am keeping an eye on him now and we'll see what happens after the first flip of the game.

 

[Zack]

I think it clearly showed what you were saying made no sense. The whole back and forth leans scum for me..

explain to me how it doesn't make sense

if you're just gonna fall back on a vote for me later, then do it properly. explain yourself

and while you're at it, explain that presumptuous post about you targeting an inactive player = you being a townie

 

[Trini]

So right now there is conflict between Tommy and Goldar. That makes either of their flips potentially more valuable than just voting for someone at random.

Granted that doesn't mean either of them is mafia, but I think for right now:

Vote: Tommy

 

[Trini]

And of course Zack comes in with a post right after I submit mine opening up a conflict between themself and Pink Ranger.

 

[Zack]

the one thing I don't like about black is how he's keeping his vote on me despite having teased a vote change a couple of times now

pressuring people with a vote seems to be a good way to follow the "behavior that benefits town" thing they just brought up

blue has ignored mine completely, for example, and that's noteworthy

 

[Zack]

And of course Zack comes in with a post right after I submit mine opening up a conflict between themself and Pink Ranger.

this isn't the first time I brought that up http://www.outermafia.com/index.php?posts/19170/

they just haven't talked about it since the last time I asked

 

[Pink Ranger]

explain to me how it doesn't make sense

if you're just gonna fall back on a vote for me later, then do it properly. explain yourself

and while you're at it, explain that presumptuous post about you targeting an inactive player = you being a townie

You called Black Ranger town leader for no reason and if anything you had more reason than anyone to not give them the benefit of the doubt.

I didn't say targeting an inactive player made me town. I said fighting back against pressure to drop my Trini vote made me town.

 

[Zack]

You called Black Ranger town leader for no reason and if anything you had more reason than anyone to not give them the benefit of the doubt.

yeah, no reason at all http://www.outermafia.com/index.php?posts/19181/ it's not like this post was made in direct response to you

I don't think i'll ever be able to care about early D1 votes on me - based on flavor -, so do with that what you will
this is my current stance on them keeping that vote this long, though http://www.outermafia.com/index.php?posts/19228/

I didn't say targeting an inactive player made me town. I said fighting back against pressure to drop my Trini vote made me town.

no

this is what you said:

If I'm mafia I can push on any town I want. Zeroing in on one inactive person makes me town. :-)

which reads as "if i were mafia, I'd be pushing for someone harder to lynch, and not an easy target"
which is: 1 - not true at all, and 2 - a weirdly final statement on a subject that isn't clear at all

 

[Pink Ranger]

yeah, no reason at all http://www.outermafia.com/index.php?posts/19181/ it's not like this post was made in direct response to you

I don't think i'll ever be able to care about early D1 votes on me - based on flavor -, so do with that what you will
this is my current stance on them keeping that vote this long, though http://www.outermafia.com/index.php?posts/19228/


no

this is what you said:


which reads as "if i were mafia, I'd be pushing for someone harder to lynch, and not an easy target"
which is: 1 - not true at all, and 2 - a weirdly final statement on a subject that isn't clear at all

Except not one person thought Black Ranger was town leader in ANY capacity. Please quote posts where you thought they were directing the flow of conversation or otherwie trying to lead discussion.

If I were mafia I wouldn't get into dumb arguments about an inactive player.

 

[Rita Repulsa]

guess whos back

back again

rita's back

tell a friend

....

oh crap i have three pages to catch up on

 

[Black Ranger]

I don't think i'll ever be able to care about early D1 votes on me - based on flavor

Sorry, just wish to clarify, what do you mean "based on flavor"?

Not sure I quite understood what you meant as I haven't seen any real 'flavor' from you nor have I seen people vote for you because of some specific 'flavor'

 

[Pink Ranger]

Sorry, just wish to clarify, what do you mean "based on flavor"?

Not sure I quite understood what you meant as I haven't seen any real 'flavor' from you nor have I seen people vote for you because of some specific 'flavor'

Literally your vote.

 

[Black Ranger]

Unless you mean an early day 1 vote from me being 'flavorful' as it was me acting silly and jokey when I made that vote.

 

[Black Ranger]

Literally your vote.

Yeah I realized that, just the way I read his posts, I felt like he was saying he doesn't care about people voting for him based on flavor from his own posts. Sorry

 

[Zack]

Sorry, just wish to clarify, what do you mean "based on flavor"?

Not sure I quite understood what you meant as I haven't seen any real 'flavor' from you nor have I seen people vote for you because of some specific 'flavor'

https://outermafia.com/index.php?posts/18920/

I interpreted this as you voting for me because we're the same dude, but now that you put it that way, i guess i was assuming too much

 

[Black Ranger]

https://outermafia.com/index.php?posts/18920/

I interpreted this as you voting for me because we're the same dude, but now that you put it that way, i guess i was assuming too much

Oh no, you got it right. I just misread your post that I quoted.

"This makes a lot of sense" was a tongue in cheek joke.

 

[Black Ranger]

That said. The reason I haven't changed my vote on you is because earlier, when I teased who I was sure I was voting for, I wouldn't have had to change my vote at all.

But I've been wavering on you in the last few pages like I said above so I may actually be changing my vote soon. With a high likely hood of it being switched to Goldar unless I see something better from him than the two posts we've had so far.

And the reason I'm wavering is because, I don't necessarily think you're Town but I felt you did well enough defending yourself that I want to see how you'll do once we have more information to work off of after the first flip of the game.

But you're certainly on my list of players to keep an eye on for now.

 

[Zordon]

Rita's list is getting town credit by some but it has so much flavor attached I don't even know what it accomplishes. It effectively put pressure on no one.

Yeah it's just a fluff post essentially but it does at least create some interaction. Gotta see where she goes from there to find any substance behind the flavor.

So right now there is conflict between Tommy and Goldar. That makes either of their flips potentially more valuable than just voting for someone at random.

Granted that doesn't mean either of them is mafia, but I think for right now:

Vote: Tommy

is that... really... conflict??

this feels like a reach...

Except not one person thought Black Ranger was town leader in ANY capacity. Please quote posts where you thought they were directing the flow of conversation or otherwie trying to lead discussion.

If I were mafia I wouldn't get into dumb arguments about an inactive player.

So multiple times now you've done this "if I were mafia/x makes me town" and while it's all related to the same topic I can't understand the point of it?? Are you here to prove your town cred or to scum hunt?

 

[Rita Repulsa]

Oh and to get that also out of the way.

i am PRO LYNCH.

Just to make it clear for now

#scumtell

 

[Alpha 5]

Catching up again, I can understand what Zack meant by calling the Black Ranger a "town leader". In the first 12 or so hours of the game, Rita and to a lesser extent Zordon dominated the flow of conversation. After that, the Black Ranger arrived and immediately became very active and dominated the conversation in turn. Now Zack is putting in some effort.

I read Zack's original "town leader" comment as a challenge more than a compliment, so I was surprised to see other people take it so differently. To be clear, I don't think anyone right now can be considered a town leader yet, just active. Still, it never hurts to vet the active players, and I think Zack is making some decent points.

On the other hand, Tommy is being pretty quiet and passive.

 

[Black Ranger]

Vote: Goldar

I'm just gonna throw this down for now since we are now under 24 hours with him at 2 posts. which is about as useful to Town as not posting at all would be.

 

[Zack]

Except not one person thought Black Ranger was town leader in ANY capacity. Please quote posts where you thought they were directing the flow of conversation or otherwie trying to lead discussion.

oh good, at least that's better than saying i gave "no reasons at all" for it

but if you look at what I said

"I think black is positioning himself in a spot that allows him to direct the flow of conversations
they're commenting on every little squabble and event, and that way they're free to barge into conversations and give their opinions even unprompted"

you'll see that I never said what you're asking me to point at
the thing I see black doing is, as said above, "commenting on every little squabble and event", SO THAT they position themselves "in a spot that allows him to direct the flow of conversations"

here are some early examples of this:

Rita is just having a bit of fun. After all, what's the harm in joking around D1. Especially when it can illicit such interesting reactions from others. Almost certainly one of those reactions are from a Scum player trying to make themselves look as town as possible (even though Joke posts on D1 are NAI).

Besides, we don't have much to go on until someone flips and we can scrutinize peoples votes.

unrequested read of rita over a conversation they were having with someone else

I feel it's more odd to mention 'oddities' outright on D1 when it's 1. D1 and 2. it gives Scum a chance to adjust. Better to wait for a bit so you have more of a case to argue than to mention the first 'odd' thing you see without anything else to build on it.

commenting on jason's read of rita

The meta means nothing in this game. This game is all about "Screwing the meta" after all.

commenting on the meta argument red brought up

I would like to know why if so as well. I mean, if you signed up for this game, I'd assume you'd be invested in it and thus it is NAI.

If you think it's alignment indicative then I'd be very curious to know why because I can't see any reason for it to be alignment indicative

commenting on the investment not being alignment-indicative thing you brought up

these posts were all made in quick succession. they just flow from one conversation to another, asserting their presence everywhere so that no one feels bothered when they show up, which is behavior i expect from someone trying to position themselves as a leader

i've made my entire argument on this very clear, and i have nothing else to say about it. that's how I understood black's behavior, and so I asked him about teasingly, and his response was not overly confident, which I felt was good

If I were mafia I wouldn't get into dumb arguments about an inactive player.

well, that's not how myself and two other players read that post, and either way i'm sure you can see how "i wouldn't do dumb thing if I were mafia" is meaningless

 

[Black Ranger]

which is about as useful to Town as not posting at all would be.

And to clarify this, I don't mean the fact that he has 2 posts isn't useful to town. I mean the contents of those posts are about as useful to town as if he hadn't posted anything at all.

 

[Zordon]

Black Ranger, is that the vote you teased for so long and didn't deliver? Because that's a pretty easy vote.

 

[Zordon]

Feeling good about Zack since the directive posts pointed out with Black Ranger are not to me very townie. Not a big fan of people who butt in and comment on things because it always feels like a way to misdirect, cover up, redirect the flow of conversation. scum tactics. On day one this could be overeager town but it sets bad precedent~

 

[Alpha 5]

And to clarify this, I don't mean the fact that he has 2 posts isn't useful to town. I mean the contents of those posts are about as useful to town as if he hadn't posted anything at all.

I was about to call you out for voting for someone with only two posts, but that is a bit better.

Not by much, though.

Since we are technically under a rule that stipulates a minimum of ten posts per day phase, I am inclined to let the mods deal with players who are all but inactive. Sometimes real life happens, and if necessary they will be replaced.

The ones who worry me are the people who are posting just enough to get over the requirement and otherwise try to fly under the radar.

 

[Zordon]

I wanted to see how Goldar would react if I removed the vote right away. Whether he would try to slip into the background or something else. And he only responded when you pointed this out and had a way to throw some light shade at me for it.

So wait here let me see if I understand:

Goldar reacted in a scummyish way for you? I guess? But that’s it? You got nothing else? No push? No other questions?

 

[Black Ranger]

Black Ranger, is that the vote you teased for so long and didn't deliver? Because that's a pretty easy vote.

Please read my recent responses where I stated that I was wavering on someone and then Zack challenging me on it, I said it was him I was thinking about voting for however it wouldn't be a vote change, it'd be voting by keeping my vote on them turning my joke vote into an actual vote situation.

I started to waver on them after people started going after him for his comments as I felt he was defending himself well enough that I shouldn't vote for him - at least not D1 and instead just keep an eye on him for later. Before that, I was pretty certain on him but he defended himself well enough and I feel that he deserves to not be lynched D1.

Goldar only came up for me recently because of exactly what I said. His useless posts with a big gap between them and no follow up with under 24 hours before the day ends.

I was about to call you out for voting for someone with only two posts, but that is a bit better.

Not by much, though.

Since we are technically under a rule that stipulates a minimum of ten posts per day phase, I am inclined to let the mods deal with players who are all but inactive. Sometimes real life happens, and if necessary they will be replaced.

The ones who worry me are the people who are posting just enough to get over the requirement and otherwise try to fly under the radar.

I understand worrying about those players but it annoys me to see his only two posts be useless. It's not just inactivity, it's useless non beneficial posts. I understand real life happens but if you have the time to post then at least make an effort, not say a quick "sorry I'm late" followed by over an hour of nothing and then a "nothing" post about the pages he's read over followed by some light shade thrown (at me in this case but still).

It's of zero benefit to town. It's either a scum player trying to fall under the radar (badly) or a town player being even more lazy than other people are being today.

 

[Red Ranger]

commenting on the meta argument red brought up

I had no intention of commenting on meta in my posts.

Swap meta out with flavor.

 

[Green Ranger]

It's zero benefit to town but if they are inactive then they'll be dealt with. We'd be better off lynching someone that has posts we can reread than someone that doesn't have anything.

 

[Red Ranger]

It's zero benefit to town but if they are inactive then they'll be dealt with. We'd be better off lynching someone that has posts we can reread than someone that doesn't have anything.

So you want to waist a lynch day 3 or 4 dealing with someone who is inactive?

 

[Black Ranger]

Sorry I'm late.

I've read page 3 and 4 so far. I'll go back and read the rest but that's where the fluff is so it's not a priority.

I do find it amusing that Tommy has 6 posts; 1 was a vote on me and 1 was an unvote. I've seen faster swerves.

Not a fan of the town leader labelling but also not feeling Black Ranger's strategy of just asking questions left and right. It's pseudo activity/engagement with most of the onus falling on the askee to reply appropriately.

Here are his only two posts. With about an hour and 45 minutes between them. He could have easily read before posting his first post. Or after he read (which took rather long for the amount of content in his second post), he could have commented on more, made some actual arguments or done some form of scum hunting.

Instead we get this. Absolutely useless post

It's zero benefit to town but if they are inactive then they'll be dealt with. We'd be better off lynching someone that has posts we can reread than someone that doesn't have anything.

I'm not just going after him for being in active. I'm going after him for the contents of his useless second post.

His second post had nothing, no benefit whatsoever. No Scum hunting. Nothing.

If we're scum hunting, I think a post that serves to help no one is more likely scum than not.

 

[Kimberly]

So you want to waist a lynch day 3 or 4 dealing with someone who is inactive?

Or that inactives will be replaced if they do not meet the post quota. Don't think anyone wants to save an inactive lynch for later but hopefully they will either buck up their ideas or be replaced

 

[Rita Repulsa]

GOLDAR

STOP SLACKING OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Black Ranger]

Or that inactives will be replaced if they do not meet the post quota. Don't think anyone wants to save an inactive lynch for later but hopefully they will either buck up their ideas or be replaced

Yes however as long as they are in the game, their posts are open to scrutiny and Goldar only has one actual post (ignoring the sorry I'm late one)

And under scrutiny, it's even more lazy than Town is already being. That helps no one but scum.

 

[Blue Ranger]

the one thing I don't like about black is how he's keeping his vote on me despite having teased a vote change a couple of times now

pressuring people with a vote seems to be a good way to follow the "behavior that benefits town" thing they just brought up

blue has ignored mine completely, for example, and that's noteworthy

Did you want to discuss it or something? Seemed like a reaction vote.

And why are you so bothered by a vote on you? There's a lot of time to day end, and it appears like you're uncomfortable.

I was about to call you out for voting for someone with only two posts, but that is a bit better.

Not by much, though.

Since we are technically under a rule that stipulates a minimum of ten posts per day phase, I am inclined to let the mods deal with players who are all but inactive. Sometimes real life happens, and if necessary they will be replaced.

The ones who worry me are the people who are posting just enough to get over the requirement and otherwise try to fly under the radar.

Coasters always worry me, but do you have anyone specific in mind or is this a general statement?

 

[Finster]

So you want to waist a lynch day 3 or 4 dealing with someone who is inactive?

Or that inactives will be replaced if they do not meet the post quota. Don't think anyone wants to save an inactive lynch for later but hopefully they will either buck up their ideas or be replaced

I was about to type about the fact that by day 3 they would probably be replaced but Kimberly beat me to it.

 

[Kimberly]

Black Ranger, is that the vote you teased for so long and didn't deliver? Because that's a pretty easy vote.

I think I agree with this. After posts that suggested there was someone Black was keeping an eye on (and even the suggestion of more reads later), this is a little anti-climactic.

Although, I do see that Black is trying to give a more in-depth explanation than just "meh they're not posting".

 

[Rita Repulsa]

but srsly people with so few posts like yellow and goldar should just be ignored

they'll be replaced

or they'll show up, post, and we can lynch them for being slow posting scum

we should go after @Tommy and @White Ranger instead

 

[Kimberly]

I was about to type about the fact that by day 3 they would probably be replaced but Kimberly beat me to it.

*high five*

(None of my gifs are working, it's so upsetting, I had a great winking gif for this response)

 

[Kimberly]

but srsly people with so few posts like yellow and goldar should just be ignored

they'll be replaced

or they'll show up, post, and we can lynch them for being slow posting scum

we should go after @Tommy and @White Ranger instead

Do tell us why this pair in particular

 

[Black Ranger]

we should go after @Tommy and @White Ranger instead

Why would you suggest them in particular and not someone else?

 

[Rita Repulsa]

infact

tommy feels bad man

that prod vote on goldar just feels WRONG

 

[Kimberly]

Why would you suggest them in particular and not someone else?

Snap!

 

[Rita Repulsa]

Do tell us why this pair in particular

do i have to spell everything out for you people?

ugh

if were going after people who are low posters, might as well be the ones who are near the minimum post requirements, like those two are.

duh

that's assuming we're going after people who are under the minimum tho

 

[Green Ranger]

So you want to waist a lynch day 3 or 4 dealing with someone who is inactive?

If they manage to make it that long, I'd hope that we have something to go off by that point

 

[Rita Repulsa]

i'd rather go after tommy for his super duper lousy sole vote on goldar tho

 

[Bulk]

I think we should be applying more pressure. Having votes scattered like this is pretty easy. I tried to vote Jason partly in an effort to have at least a vote leader and partly because of his super weird mason suggestion, but I'd now explicitly put forward the suggestion that maybe having all these votes scattered isn't the greatest.

 

[Pink Ranger]

@Zack

I will say I think that is a much better read of Black Rangers posts but not at all indicative of being a town leader for me.

Over-active and inserting themselves into many conversations. I will say I had similar thoughts to black ranger but they seem pretty obvious when you put them all together.

Rita makes a big effort/nonsense read list, probably town player playing loosely.
People calling posts weird, I think there were several people who called the game weird in their first few posts.
The point of the game is to defy meta, obvious.
My question to Trini was pretty obvious but trying to make her think harder

I think the overeagerness is probably town but Black Ranger continues with high volume posts they should be better.

 

[Black Ranger]

do i have to spell everything out for you people?

ugh

if were going after people who are low posters, might as well be the ones who are near the minimum post requirements, like those two are.

duh

that's assuming we're going after people who are under the minimum tho

We shouldn't be going after low activity posters because they are low activity, we should be going after them because of the quality of their posts as I tried to point out by my vote on Goldar which was pretty much purely because of his second post.

Tommy's prod vote may have felt wrong for some but I think it's pretty NAI. just standard prod vote and he even explained his unvote as seeing how Goldar would react to it.

As for White Ranger... I actually don't remember too much about their posts so I may have to reread him but generally I'm okay with lynching people who haven't made an impression on me so I'd have no complaints if things turned to him.

But Tommy, I don't think should be voted, at least not yet. Kept an eye on yes though.

 

[Kimberly]

infact

tommy feels bad man

that prod vote on goldar just feels WRONG

Anything other than just this? I wasn't keen on his quick unvote on this either. Especially considering that when I asked him if his prod vote got him the response he wanted he replied with "kind of" but then proceeded to give another reason why he wasn't feeling great about Goldar. Didn't feel like a justification for an unvote but rather a justification for a vote

 

[Rita Repulsa]

Anything other than just this? I wasn't keen on his quick unvote on this either. Especially considering that when I asked him if his prod vote got him the response he wanted he replied with "kind of" but then proceeded to give another reason why he wasn't feeling great about Goldar. Didn't feel like a justification for an unvote but rather a justification for a vote

HOLD YOUR HORSES KIMMY I'M STILL READING

gosh.

 

[Alpha 5]

Coasters always worry me, but do you have anyone specific in mind or is this a general statement?

After going back over the thread, there is someone who stands out so far:

Vote: Green Ranger

The Green Ranger has been constantly present regularly in the thread so far, but he hasn't posted too much and has avoided directly pressing anyone so far. A lot of talking about rules and the game in general terms, a gif or two, and getting confused by Bulk's hotlinking error, but not much actual engagement in arguments.

I think it is worth applying some pressure over.

 

[Rita Repulsa]

i failed composition in witch school, so not my brightest subject

my brightest subject was sending children to their doom

and taking over the world

 

[Yellow Ranger]

I'm kind of stuck on these two posts at the moment. This is Yellow Ranger's only contribution so far and it's a lot of hot air and very wishy washy. Depending on what else Yellow Ranger puts out, I'm getting some soft scum vibes off this attempt to look busy while saying not much at all that can be pinned down~

If you dont mind define by what you mean with hot air? I didn’t think those posts were that wishywashy at all. And the second one ended with a very real vote, that is to say not a prod one or anything but a vote based on behavior that I thought worth noting

 

[Kimberly]

HOLD YOUR HORSES KIMMY I'M STILL READING

gosh.

Don't worry, I'll wait.

*checks watch*

:p

(So let down by my inability to gif right now, stupid tablet not doing what it's told)

 

[Alpha 5]

I think we should be applying more pressure. Having votes scattered like this is pretty easy. I tried to vote Jason partly in an effort to have at least a vote leader and partly because of his super weird mason suggestion, but I'd now explicitly put forward the suggestion that maybe having all these votes scattered isn't the greatest.

Are you still confident in your Jason vote?

I will admit that his post at the top of page 2 is really weird.

 

[Kimberly]

If you dont mind define by what you mean with hot air? I didn’t think those posts were that wishywashy at all. And the second one ended with a very real vote, that is to say not a prod one or anything but a vote based on behavior that I thought worth noting

Apart from justifying your Jason vote, the rest of your (2) posts were fairly vague.

But you're here now and have the chance to prove people wrong. Who else is standing out to you and are you still happy to leave your Jason vote there?

 

[Black Ranger]

Since I said I can't remember White Rangers posts at all, I went back and will quote them here for others. Saves people the hassle of rereading someone who we haven't seen much of recently:

Vote: Bulk

I rolled a dice and got 10. So lucky number 10, are you scum?

It has always worked fine so far.

I now want to know why are you attacking my vote on someone else.

And you decided to go after that vote but the 5 random votes before that one?

I said that I rollerd a dice and got 10. Do I need to add a picture of a dice to show that I was joking or everyone knows what a dice looks like?

And I still don't see the difference between that vote and all the ones before that one. The "gambling termas" seems like bullshit to me.

I noticed the same thing about Finley's vote but thought it was roleplaying.

If the keeps that vote there without a proper explanation is suspicious.

*If he keeps that vote there until day end without a proper explanation is suspicious.

I disagree. Shortly after day start is when random votes are not out of place. Someone making a random vote during D5 is weird.

Now THIS is some weird deflection.

The first few posts are a whole lot of nothing, there is some suspicion over Finsters early vote which as Finsters said later on was mostly an attempt at roleplaying and his last few posts is just a comment on how random votes after day start is not out of place and making a comment about someone's deflection.

So with what we have to work on, I wouldn't be against lynching White but that depends on if he comes back and gets busy scum hunting I guess.

 

[Rita Repulsa]

Sort of. I knew that someone would call it out eventually since I know how that looks, but I was hoping for Goldar to reply on his own before that. It just feels like he's piggybacking off of everyone else's reads at the moments.

lol

piggybacking off everyone else's reads at the moment with two posts one of which is useless

lol

vote: tommy

die scum

So right now there is conflict between Tommy and Goldar. That makes either of their flips potentially more valuable than just voting for someone at random.

Granted that doesn't mean either of them is mafia, but I think for right now:

Vote: Tommy

i don't think you know the definition of "conflict"

but maybe idk either? like i said, failed composition...

 

[Rita Repulsa]

still don't feel good about that pink one's post, but ehh...

 

[Tommy]

Okay, I finished my stuff I was working on. I'll be here for a bit now. What's going on?

 

[Tommy]

Oh.

 

[Rita Repulsa]

Okay, I finished my stuff I was working on. I'll be here for a bit now. What's going on?

Oh.

 

[Zordon]

Yes however as long as they are in the game, their posts are open to scrutiny and Goldar only has one actual post (ignoring the sorry I'm late one)

And under scrutiny, it's even more lazy than Town is already being. That helps no one but scum.

What would make town not lazy in your eyes? posting the same repetitive stuff about town being lazy until you are the post leader? Because I see lots of people trying to make stuff happen. And why does Tommy get a pass from you in particular? What about Yellow Ranger or Billy?

 

[Tommy]

lol

piggybacking off everyone else's reads at the moment with two posts one of which is useless

lol

vote: tommy

die scum



i don't think you know the definition of "conflict"

but maybe idk either? like i said, failed composition...

I can get not liking my prod vote on Goldar, and that's fine. But its weird that you're singling out me and White Ranger for being close to the inactivity line. Billy, Trini, and Jason are also right there along the lines too. Do you feel better about them?

 

[Zordon]

If you dont mind define by what you mean with hot air? I didn’t think those posts were that wishywashy at all. And the second one ended with a very real vote, that is to say not a prod one or anything but a vote based on behavior that I thought worth noting

Hot air: vague and empty. And now you default to self defense instead of trying to move the game.

What else you got?

 

[Rita Repulsa]

I can get not liking my prod vote on Goldar, and that's fine. But its weird that you're singling out me and White Ranger for being close to the inactivity line. Billy, Trini, and Jason are also right there along the lines too. Do you feel better about them?

already called out billy and trini

haven't looked over jason

i need to press x to JASON!!!!!

 

[Goldar]

Hold your horses Black Ranger. I have to make 8 more useless posts, spread hours apart, before you're justified in voting me. No need to jump the gun.

 

[Black Ranger]

What would make town not lazy in your eyes? posting the same repetitive stuff about town being lazy until you are the post leader? Because I see lots of people trying to make stuff happen. And why does Tommy get a pass from you in particular? What about Yellow Ranger or Billy?

What would make town not lazy? By being active, trying to stimulate conversation. Asking people shit, scum hunt. Lazy town is literally lurking the thread until they find someone to jump on like vultures. At least in the last few hours people have been trying to make stuff happen, though so yay I guess.

Tommy doesn't get a pass, I just think the prod vote and then unvote is NAI.

I'm not going after Yellow because it would feel like piggybacking and people love to go after someone for 'piggybacking'

Billy, I was tempted to mention in my reply to Rita, (I was literally going to ask "Why Tommy and White, Why not Jason or Billy?") but I decided against it until tomorrow in hopes of seeing more from them.

I also don't see Tommy as an equivalent to Yellow or Billy. The latter two, we haven't seen much of recently, Tommy we have. The reasons for going after Yellow or Billy (not seeing much of) are different from Tommy (which is the prod vote that some people seem to be uncomfortable with)

 

[Goldar]

Wavering. We'll see though.

Goldar however is an interesting choice now that he's shown up but with only 2 posts (with a big gap between them and with one of them being a literal sorry I'm late post which could have waited til after he read the thread), I need to see more from him before I decide anything.

But with the gap between posts and when he finally does post, it's with not much at all, I'm not feeling good on him. Depending on what I see from him in the next 24 hours will decide if I vote for him or not.

Vote: Goldar

I'm just gonna throw this down for now since we are now under 24 hours with him at 2 posts. which is about as useful to Town as not posting at all would be.

Oh look at that big gap! Says one thing, and then an hour later says another! So much flip flopping from our town leader!

 

[Black Ranger]

Oh look at that big gap! Says one thing, and then an hour later says another! So much flip flopping from our town leader!

Do you have something better than a OMGUS post?

Or are people not allowed to change how they feel throughout the game?

 

[Bulk]

Are you still confident in your Jason vote?

I will admit that his post at the top of page 2 is really weird.

I think it would be a decent vote to go with the info we have now. I don't think he even replied to my question about whether he hadn't read that flavor was independent from actual game roles when he made that post, or if he just chose to ignore it.