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Ty4on

The 4 is silent
They could be Lovers and that is why they are so cagey about names.
I don't think so
and I will say - on the record even - that I think you're right about killing roles, cabot. We'd have had three extra deaths if Sneeks hadn't activated her secret lightning rod powers that one night (lol), but another kill or a pair of lovers would have helped a bit more. Oh well. I'm learning and it'll be long but I think it's going pretty okay for all of that. I will say I just cooked up a Steven Universe game and I took some of those lessons with me, so.
 

Sorian

Neutral Ascetic 1-Shot BP SK Alignment Cop
Staff member
@Sorian
Why did you single out your partner Benghis Khan multiple times for inactivity? Especially when there were others with a similar inactivity? That stood out

Consistency. I called out both homeland and Benghis early on if you actually go back and look but then homeland actually started posting while Benghis did not. I could have just dropped both threads but that felt scummier to me (when I called out Benghis I actually didn't even realize he was a teammate so reading into that would have always been dumb luck).

No, really just no. We are at a point in our meta, where this kind of vote is more suspicious than it gets you townie points.


I can see that, but what would be the right reasons to be suspicious of scum at the start of D4? I'm pretty sure my read on Ty was right for the right reasons. Just looking at the others, I don't know.
What do you think, what mistakes did your partners do?

I already talked on this. Ty's vote and timing was fine in any normal community. Whatever on our meta, the real issue is Ty had been very hands off all game and suddenly made a right call in the last moments of the day which was a very sharp contrast.
 

Faddy

of, having, or involving transitory whims
So why didn't exmachina hammer NZJubJub??

It was sitting there for 12 hours.
 
So why didn't exmachina hammer NZJubJub??

It was sitting there for 12 hours.
Yeah that was a bad play, considering he went on to claim survivor and not even town. Town has no reason to not lynch a claimed enemy of town. And mafia would've been ahead probably.
 

Faddy

of, having, or involving transitory whims
Yeah that was a bad play, considering he went on to claim survivor and not even town. Town has no reason to not lynch a claimed enemy of town. And mafia would've been ahead probably.

What was he trying to achieve? Just take the lynch. Worst case scenario was 1 v 1 v 1.
 
What was he trying to achieve? Just take the lynch. Worst case scenario was 1 v 1 v 1.
I really don't know, we need him to come in and explain. I guess he thought 1v1v1 he would lose because Cult agrees with town to lynch mafia, cult recruits the last town in the night and there are only cult remaining, so the last townie has no reason not to lynch the mafia, since he wins.
 

Ty4on

The 4 is silent
Just getting the Gotham lynch now would probably be +EV

I don't see turmoil surviving her flip, but I can see a reluctance to lynch Gotham when turmoil is lynched
 

rac

whatever
gotham better have a backup plan cause once they lynch turmoil theyre coming for her next
 

Ty4on

The 4 is silent
gotham better have a backup plan cause once they lynch turmoil theyre coming for her next
Maybe. I can see her losing steam though without the push from turmoil.

inb4 kyan is lynched instead and we start all over tomorrow :p
 

heymonkey

Known Roblox Expert
Staff member
Maybe it's because I'm on the outside but I have trouble understanding the Kyan push. He's been open and transparent, if flawed, but his motivations feel very town. Kyan, Stan, Melon, Fran, and Include are people I don't think I'd be lynching. I can see the push for Gog or turmoil.

eta: and to continue that thought - hom3land I probably wouldn't lynch. That's a good list of people who have really appeared town, leaving Gog, turmoil, Swamped, Flush, Brazil, Blarg. Should be a town win.

BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
 

heymonkey

Known Roblox Expert
Staff member
Any particular reason you wouldn't lynch Stan?
Stan's relative inactivity is kind of a special case due to timezones and Stan-ness and so weighing Stan is hard, but I do feel like he's made some effort here in a particular Stan way. I have wildly misread him before twice so I'm pretty cautious now. As a player I'd be hesitant and willing to be wrong on that one but i don't think I'd go for Stan, though I'd probably push him harder for particular reads.
 

Faddy

of, having, or involving transitory whims
Is there anything in the case against Kyan apart from his reason for not following L_P?

This lynch feels really thin for all the candidates. With two scum flips there should be stronger cases being made on the facts at hand.
 

heymonkey

Known Roblox Expert
Staff member
(I do welcome someone to spectate my next game and yell at me for doing the things I've decried here lol)
 

cabot

Why.
Stan's relative inactivity is kind of a special case due to timezones and Stan-ness and so weighing Stan is hard, but I do feel like he's made some effort here in a particular Stan way. I have wildly misread him before twice so I'm pretty cautious now. As a player I'd be hesitant and willing to be wrong on that one but i don't think I'd go for Stan, though I'd probably push him harder for particular reads.

it's funny cause I can usually read Stan well, but watching him this game I'd definitely be suspicious of him. I don't get the sense he's trying to push the game forward, hes sort of there. He just plonks a vote down and then isn't there for deadline.
 

Faddy

of, having, or involving transitory whims
This does feel like a typical weekend deadline.

Include is notably the only person without a vote down and posted relatively recently. I wonder if they will be back to put down a deciding vote.
 

Ty4on

The 4 is silent
if they were to NK the only townie nobody's scum reading I think that would be homeland :P
 

heymonkey

Known Roblox Expert
Staff member
The total lack of movement or defense or concern, even for a weekend, should be a sign.

eta: of these lynches, Stan is probably the best one, but it's not gonna get 'em anywhere. :/
 

rac

whatever
yeah it seems pretty clear that some people don't give a shit who gets lynched

30 minutes and barely a sound
 

Faddy

of, having, or involving transitory whims
I have no idea how turmoil7 has come to the conclusion one of him, gog or kyan is scum or that their flip will clear or implicate the others.

In Bill and Ted I found his posting to come off as very smug (not helped by his avatar) but at least in that game he had the fortune of being correct.

Like his assertion earlier that scum feared him being a IR because he had a couple of posts scum reading Sorian and briefly Ty.

yeah it seems pretty clear that some people don't give a shit who gets lynched

30 minutes and barely a sound

People (not me apparently) have better things to do on the weekend than read forum mafia. If they follow through and lynch Stan then they would be following the suggested play from Crab earlier. So not a complete disaster.
 

heymonkey

Known Roblox Expert
Staff member
I am ready for the day to end so I can do better things, I'll say that.

not that I don't love forum mafia, but.
 

rac

whatever
my first game of mafia had tons of movement on the weekend to the point where i couldn't even fit in a post because i was too drunk
 

rac

whatever
what does breadcrumbing even accomplish

it's like scum team could crumb too it doesnt seem v hard just some shit how you are friends now and then if town claims before you pretend it was just fluff or some shit
 

Ty4on

The 4 is silent
what does breadcrumbing even accomplish

it's like scum team could crumb too it doesnt seem v hard just some shit how you are friends now and then if town claims before you pretend it was just fluff or some shit
It gives town a result if you were killed.

LP's lack of crumbs kinda hinted that he didn't care that much about town.
 

CrimsonFist

Neutral Vanilla
If you're an investigation role you can hide your results so that if you flip and are confirmed before claiming town can go back and find your results.

Other than that, no benefit. In my experience scum are better at picking up breadcrumbs than town, so it's actually counterproductive.
 

Lone_Prodigy

Am I at 10 posts yet?
Yeah if I could do it over I wouldn't even refer to the crumb. And I would've claimed cop, not hider, so I could bait the scum kill.

C'est la vie.
 

Faddy

of, having, or involving transitory whims
what does breadcrumbing even accomplish

it's like scum team could crumb too it doesnt seem v hard just some shit how you are friends now and then if town claims before you pretend it was just fluff or some shit

rac you clearly haven't read Ouro's game. You should do that.

Basically we had a town hider and they died. No one could figure out who they hid behind. It was a whole thing in the final days. Also Monkey threatened me with physical violence. It was a real ride.

In Rick and Morty Sorian as a neutral did some heavy crumbing towards having an investigative role so that when no one stepped forward with checks he stepped in to fill the role.

For Fran and Melon they never actively claimed. A forced claim is different and requires less "evidence" and they used their somewhat weak crumbs to counter Splinter. And that would be fine for claiming partner if one of them was NK'd as well.
 

rac

whatever
oh that makes a lot of sense

when you're new no one really tells you that so when people talk about it im just like uhmm ok

im probably just an idiot
 

Sorian

Neutral Ascetic 1-Shot BP SK Alignment Cop
Staff member
I don't understand how a lynch on a mostly unharassed tracker claim was successful.
 

Faddy

of, having, or involving transitory whims
Now now they had rock solid PROOF Kyan was lying because he didn't completely explain the reasoning for now following a claimed Hider.

Botching the claim like that was a complete scum tell.
 

Splinter

Lord of Volcano Island
Eurgh, some of the remaining town are so stubborn, I'm glad I'm dead.

If town lynched Stan today that would be game, things are looking pretty bad right now.

Scum do us all a favour and kill turmoil for some reason.
 

Splinter

Lord of Volcano Island
I think a lot of Include's confusion/frustration comes from expecting people to remember every post she's made. I don't even remember half of my own posts, let alone anyone else's.
 

Ty4on

The 4 is silent
Probably too wifom, but I kinda want scum to not touch any of the confirmed townies lol
killing melon or Fran is probably best choice tho. I kinda wanna go homeland; Include too much info unless they can be sure she flips PR
I don't understand how a lynch on a mostly unharassed tracker claim was successful.
Wasn't really a lynch. It just sorta happened.
 

Ty4on

The 4 is silent
I'm kinda glad I'm dead instead of having to feign interest
now I can just enjoy victory from the comfort of spec chat :p
 

Natiko

Town's Friendly Neighborhood Serial Killer
Just caught up. That was just a depressing lynch. Watch this turn into Gafia 3 and town just starts chaining lynch to lynch of runner up the last phase to lynch of runner up the last phase, etc. until they lose.
 

Natiko

Town's Friendly Neighborhood Serial Killer
What exactly is happening in Console Wars? Shouldn’t this just be game over? Are you forcing town to kill itself or repeat phase after phase in limbo?
 

Kyanrute

kyan-rute
Kyaaa. Lying? No, but I get you mean it looked like that from non-Kyaaa pov. Botched the thing rather well though. When Fran OG asked for my reason for avoiding LP, I was thinking about how I wanted to secure my results and wrote that in, completely forgetting to take a step back in the reasoning and explain the bit that came before, the part about prio and whatnot. That in mind, a fair kill imo, though it certainly has strong smell of paranoid town around it.

The claim timing discussion here is interesting. One thing you missed was the whole claiming at the final minutes bit that plagued this game. I wanted to go against that in hopes that it'd feel more town, fully aware ofc that if claims like the one I did were more common around scum circles, I'd get some major pushback. I'd note that it was my mistake that killed me, not the timing. Nobody afaik even brought up the idea that once the mistake makes this a scum claim, the timing of it becomes more suspicious as well.

Outcome? Hmm. Dunno what prs are left now. Know the ppl though sooo. Scum lean?
 

cabot

Why.
Think splinter is onto something, most of the remaining Town are very stubborn. Instead of rethinking, they double down on their thoughts.
 

Kyanrute

kyan-rute
oh oh oh

they 1st did not let me have the hammer
then they took the greater good
and then they took the hammer from me

everyone was SO BORING
 

Kyanrute

kyan-rute
melon voted me and i was writing a complaint post about how everyone was ruining THE FUN when i realized I then HELD THE HAMMER

but i refreshed and gog voted me too

AWWW
 

Splinter

Lord of Volcano Island
Just caught up. That was just a depressing lynch. Watch this turn into Gafia 3 and town just starts chaining lynch to lynch of runner up the last phase to lynch of runner up the last phase, etc. until they lose.
It's not unreasonable if they get no new information, we'd only be decrying it because we know it happens to be wrong.

The problem is how certain they are. Turmoil willing to self lynch just because it would point people to GoG and "solve the game". Nonsense. Bad play. Bleurgh.

Unless he's trying to bait a kill by acting like a cop, but scum aren't falling for that while you're pushing a townie.
 

Ty4on

The 4 is silent
Scum lynches can give a false sense of security in your reads and make you feel like scum are in a much more precarious situation than they are.

Best case for town is if they realize their mistakes and reassess the situation.That's why I'd still kill the right people if I were still alive instead of throwing curve balls that could jeopardize scum's position.

Right now it's so late in the game town should look for teams and make observations like "hey, this person doesn't fit anywhere".
The problem is how certain they are. Turmoil willing to self lynch just because it would point people to GoG and "solve the game". Nonsense. Bad play. Bleurgh.
Imagine both surviving till lylo :D
 

Ty4on

The 4 is silent
Post game note
To Brazil. While killing someone unexpected is fun and all the big advantage right now is town running themselves into the wall. You wanna make them continue doing that and confidently lynching townies instead of getting uncertain. Making them doubt Fran and melon looks +EV, but it's also making them think because the game is taking an unexpected turn. It'll still be unexpected when everybody flips town, but I still feel there's merit in minimizing that feeling at this time.
 

heymonkey

Known Roblox Expert
Staff member
It's not unreasonable if they get no new information, we'd only be decrying it because we know it happens to be wrong.
I dunno. They do get new information and the information is that the paths they are following to find scum here are wrong. But because of that aforementioned stubbornness, doesn't seem like anyone is willing to try a new tack.
 

Faddy

of, having, or involving transitory whims
I don't understand why CW is not over, what are they doing lol.

It is still going because Town don't know their win condition and the moderators seem to be actively withholding this info from them.
 

Lone_Prodigy

Am I at 10 posts yet?
I was feeling sad for Buffy town, then I realized I don't win with them, so I don't care.

If you're a scum tracker with no positive results, that comes out during mass claim time.
 

nin1000

Chilean German Madman
It is still going because Town don't know their win condition and the moderators seem to be actively withholding this info from them.
Town has known their new win condition for several days now.
I am not a fan of doing the work for someone (in this case just following the game)
 

RetroMG

Bergentrukung
Staff member
It is still going because Town don't know their win condition and the moderators seem to be actively withholding this info from them.

As Nin said, they've known for a while now.

As for the rest of it, we'll talk about what happened and why soon. I'm going to write up a bit of a post-mortem.
 
@heymonkey
I'm of the firm opinion that at this stage of the game a modkill is always the better choice.
Late replacements are bad, you don't know how to read that person, want to give it time, but there is none.
 

heymonkey

Known Roblox Expert
Staff member
@heymonkey
I'm of the firm opinion that at this stage of the game a modkill is always the better choice.
Late replacements are bad, you don't know how to read that person, want to give it time, but there is none.
Buffy still has several phases left and this is a player who has followed the thread. I prefer to give her a shot. I'm sure town will just continue to chase people who are basically confirmed anyway, lol.
 

Faddy

of, having, or involving transitory whims
Town has known their new win condition for several days now.
I am not a fan of doing the work for someone (in this case just following the game)

I'm not saying you should be doing your work but at least clean up your mess.

Not having win conditions worked out beforehand is not good.
Giving fake win conditions is the definition of a bastard game, it should not have been done

At the very least instead of stonewalling the thread a moderator should have posted the win conditions to make sure everyone was on the same page.
 
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