That's actually a nice point.


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I'll make a hypothesis:
Joe is Town OR Commuter is a safe-claim given by Pooka.

The safe claim might explain premature claiming. Like trent did in the only safe-claim game I saw.

Or they are scum and picked the claim themselves. Either way, we have to make a decision at some point, as the clock be ticking(13 1/2 hours or so left as of this post).

So then, will you join us on the Joe Train(tm)......or should I get more used to the possibility of having(if no one hammers) to make good on my promise in post 696?

Also true. In fact fact it doesn't have to be a Tracker or similar role. Practically any role. Even the lowly fruit vendor can disprove a commuter shot if he visisted Joe and wasn't blocked.


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PS, addition to my hypothesis:

Joe is Town OR Commuter is a safe-claim given by Pooka OR Joe is a Mafia Commuter

Really being a Commuter could also explain the claim. Is Mafia Commuter even a thing? I always though of them as Town, but I guess you never know.

Corrorolaororoalarrry of the above hypothesis:
Joe is Commuter OR Commuter is a safe-claim given by Pooka

(since Town shouldn't lie)

I still don't understand why you're so adamant that this is either guaranteed truth or is mod-provided.

From the mafia wiki I linked awhile back: "Because they cannot use Night actions, almost all Commuters are pro-Town."

No. You just make it a tautology then.


It's a hypothesis.

I don't think scum!Joe would select commuter as a fake claim when he's got better ones to chose from.

If scum, do you think Joe would risk picking a better PR and possibly being caught out by a town that might actually have that PR they claimed?

Yes

Maybe you're right......still, my gut says they wouldn't.

Btw: fwiw that page I linked in the post above infers/implies commuter is a good claim for scum to use.

Please, if I were mafia and Pooka told me to be safe-claim commuter you can be sure I would not be claiming commuter. Especially not day two after getting a load of votes for being noncontributive.

You have my votes. Leave me my dignity!


FTFY

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I did read that ZFR had been cop investigated, but it only took till now for me to process that.

ZFR how do you feel about being cop-cleared?
Are you a godfather?

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Gym, sorry to hear that news. Hoping for the best for you and yours.

But it's making you think that, isn't it? Such type of scheme (if fake) has Joe's name written all over it. As for the safe-claim part - how often do you see Commuters running around in our games? It's not like he claimed a Cop or a Tracker or something that happens to appear quite often. If I was in his shoes I'd go in exactly this direction - pick something unlikely to be in the game that plays well with the perceived narrative and go from there. Anyway, I'm not going to try and persuade you that he's lying as I'm uncertain myself, just make sure you're not giving too much credit where it might not be due.

I will...I think you came up with it all by yourself, and wielded it with the flair of a true professional. *bows*

Afaik he didn't say much if anything about it(though I may have missed such a post, being that I had to read through many pages in short order and all)

Thanks for the kind words/well wishes.

woah, look at that vote count!

What a lucky catte

Unlucky, I should say....I wouldn't want that sort of pressure.

That said, imagine if they were to vote for you and tie the wagons....har har har. ;D