I understand now - you notice Yogsloth's got a pattern of triplet phrases. I think it's just a coincidence that they were all responses to Trent: it's just a way of emphasising humorously. I imagine if you looked at his post across the forum you'd see the "blah blah blah" pattern pop up a lot.


THIS is what scum yogsloth was doing in the first game I played with him. It's enticing, isn't it?

Is trent town?

I guess. What's AtE again?
I didn't give Carr scum points (I don't think? It's hard to remember) but thought if he's just going to keep lighting fires he should probably be lynched on policy. Carr's still in my every growing "whuuuuut???" pile so yeah I'll vote him to avoid no-lynch.

he can imagine the winning conditions, but he can't be confident it's what zfr imagined.

How would he know the town PM's didn't REALLY all say "yadayadayada"? - There's many ways it could have gone really wrong for very little reward.

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hmmm...

'Angel' was the name of his role too. How was he to know he was the only angel character in the game?
I thought it was pretty cool

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. This time we only got told- HEY WAYTAMINNIT

LOL

Just wondered if a mafia who was a good teamplayer might went to the rescue of another if it was worth the risk, even on Day 1.

It is really flattering that ignorance can pass for cunning. Yay!!! :D

Anddd...it might be great to look a bit more scummy... so that a NIK is delayed... The upside is that, not having much idea of how things go, surely the Slyth crew can do better :D

(Surely the ringers have been doubling over on the list of suspects so far).

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hmmm....

So, let us talk later. You know, ‘later’, wink, wink, nudge nudge, say no more ,say no more.

The sacristan asked for the keys. Repeating: The sacristan asked for the keys.

Too much talk about how people acted in previous games...

What a subtle attempt, if that was his intention. Nice not-so-subtle reminder to second-guess absolutely everything.


Any suspects in mind?

Appeal to Emotion.
I found it a bit odd the way you voted for Carr and then unvoted as soon as he said (interpolated) "Aw gee, I'm sorry for acting all suspicious. I didn't mean nuthin' by it!". But I guess if you were voting because he was being annoying rather than because you thought he was scum then it's a bit more understandable.

Oh it was the "real talk" thing that got me - I read it as him saying "I'm being serious now."

But... Trent's not getting lynched today is he? So what's my vote doing?

unvotus Trentonlf

flipfloppus bippetyboppus AgentCarr

I am sorry that I have not posted a single thing today, but I said earlier that I was gonna face a tough load of work and that's exactly what is happening. Still gonna take a few more days to clear but at least I'm seeing progress. I just hope I can survive in game until my workload goes back to its usual little rush state. Despite the rush I'm gonna try to post at least a couple replies down below that I had worked on earlier today.

Clearly I forgot to state the possibility of a Doctor/Jailer protecting the revealed PR that now has a target on their back.
Or a Watcher that will have their eyes over that player like an eagle. One of the scum might even kill them that night but they're the obvious lynch the next day.

Look, the point is that even if the PR townie is at risk, the mafia doesn't get a risk-free NK. In the case of a player that is hindering their team they will at least do a good job as bait.

I was more inclined to say Slytherin, but as I reread his previous posts I feel conflicted now.
Not only he alluded a few times to the possibility of a "3rd party, possibly a survivor", there is also that bit you copied above "I also said what I thought about the Houses and a potential third party... Not much I can say without going into claiming"
Could be a neutral 3rd-party after all, could also be pure WIFOM. It is hard to gauge that with an unknown variable like him. I need time to learn his playstyle. Still my confidence that he must not be from town hasn't diminished in the least, only my certainty over his Slytherin card did.

I'm also thinking it is weird that he didn't react to either mine or Carradice's statements about him.
He stated earlier that he's used to playing Mafia elsewhere so he's bound to be as experienced as scum needs to be in order to not get caught in arguments that put them in the spotlight. (This last part is all circumstantial, of course. The fact he probably knows how to play scum doesn't mean that he is scum, just that he won't be able to say that he did something scummy due to inexperience.)

I don't know why, but every time I read your posts I get hungry.

You summed it up very nicely. Post #234's last sentence looks like baiting you to claim whether or not you have a PR.

Caught up until post #382. I hope I can actually post like is proper for players of this game this friday.
Gotta go. See you all tomorrow.

Depends on the game. In the previous game by ZFR, I was scum. At the very beginning, I knew who my teammates were but not their roles. We were allowed to make a single hi post, which we did, except we couldn't claim what our roles were. One of us had claimed by accident and was punished when the night chat was active by being prevented from posting for 24 hours. If we go by previous precedent, the circumstances are probably similar, but nobody knows for sure.

A Night 0 is possible. Scum knowing who their teammates and their roles from the get-go are also possible. But we'll never know until the end of the game. So your question ultimately can't take us anywhere useful.

I like how you read Carradice's question as Look At Me, I'm So Town!

For the newbies, what I said above in all caps is abbreviated LAMIST and is a term thrown around when a player is suspected to be trying...too hard to look Townie. That yogsloth decided to suspect Carradice of being LAMIST is fascinating, considering it's his first game on GOG Mafia if not mafia in general. Granted Carradice's question isn't one that's particularly helpful in any sort of way, but yogs' quick pounce on him is concerning.

That post isn't by Lift, and only mentions him a bit....could you explain it to me what i'm supposed to be looking for?
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Just my two cents: Imo ALMOST ANYTHING a town can do to win is a-ok.....as long as it doesn't break the rules set in place or cause the game to end too early("day" 1 or so)......that includes if one finds a loophole and exploits it to win.
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Ok then/fair enough.

I sorta agree on not rushing agent to L-1 so he can claim if need be, but at some point if we're going to be serious with this and attempt to get a claim out of him someone is going to have to get him close to lynch.

As such if he gets to L-3 I will likely add my vote in then, and then we can chat him up a bit if everyone wants.

(@OP: Not a vote)
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Fair enough, though tbf whenever anyone does it(even me) it is still NAI.

I seem to have missed that...thanks for pointing that line out.....yeah it is subtle mild trolling, but to me not the mean/nasty kind usually associated with the word......that line where I said it wasn't trolling was more me musing/an aside on how people seem(these days, in general) to misuse/overuse that term when it either doesn't apply, or(in your case) is too strong a word(imo).

Maybe he is just trying to play the game to have fun, as I do/am?

Also imo ANYONE playing such games should be ready to play through bits they dislike

See, this is the sort of play I dislike.......I think ANY player(even me) should be willing to play through even bits they dislike, even boring bits/with other players that play a way they dislike/etc......if one has certain things they dislike in play they should list them when signing up and, if an OP/host/player will likely bring them into a game then I think a player(any player that feels such) should sit out rather than possibly bringing a game to a halt while a replacement is obtained/brought up to speed.

Of course, I also think ANY PLAYER shouldn't try to ruin the game in certain ways(examples: a player insulting a player/everyone, someone not posting to make people upset, etc). At the moment, though, I think Agent is mainly trying to just have fun with the game & not trying to make anyone upset for bad reasons.

Advice: If it works for you(how you interpret agent's play) then fine, but imo it'd be better to just "rip the bandaid off" and try to admit/come to terms with that being his play style rather than having to constantly ignore it....just my two cents.

(Note to lift: The above is just me musing/stating my stance on such & offering some advice to a fellow player, so I hope it doesn't come across as too rude to you/etc)

Or he could be just having fun with the game....that is(as I said) also a possibility.
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Well it HAS spread outside China, so I DO hope you are exercising the proper precautions......we don't wanna lose such a good forum goer, after all. :)

Also good to hear you are feeling a bit better. :)
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Elvis did for a bit, I think....though he(alive or dead) wouldn't likely be sitting around the forums here. :)
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Wait wot?!? o.0
(@OP: Not a vote)
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Done till 394...will post replies a bit more in a bit....
(@OP: Not a vote)

I'm hoping all that is true, myself, and good points.

You too? :)

Aside: I also wonder if he can't play at home for some reason(he only uses that word to avoid tripping work filters....iirc)...cuz I know in the US private citizens CAN use that word. Maybe he just uses lunch all the time so as not to accidentally slip up at work and use lynch by accident.

Good to hear and see ya tomorrow.
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Maybe, but it helps newbie players with a bit more info ion how to play the game, so it helps them a bit(if that was indeed his intent with that question).
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Done for now.....I will wait until Friday evening(around 6-9PM EST) to cast my vote, and if one of my top suspects is high enough and likely to get lynched I will vote for them. But if a person I suspect little is high up or no one is likely to get to lynch by deadline I will leave my vote on nolynch where it is. What does everyone think of this plan, btw?

(Also big question to all: What does everyone think of the odd line in Post 394? Just random wording to match what others were doing or something else?)

(@OP: Not a vote)

*reads thread*
At this point if agent really is scum (highly doubtful IMO, and if I'm wrong oh well) then I'm rooting for him just so I can be treat the game how I felt he has been treated, persnickety

But agent is now firmly the lead wagon, and nobody wants microfish, and I don't think Caeser is going to roll to a conclusion either, and I feel a little bit funny picking on players I don't know anyway

what do good people

I'm running out of ideas

Consistent? or inexistent? Lurker, fisher, scummer, killer?

Good post. From his post quoted in #266, point 5. All the consul's men, it had all the look of a powered hostile neutral or maybe a Slytherin, and for the looks of it, preparing the soil for a (fake) claim.

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Glad that this question is raised. An example might be a burnt out @AgentCarr x a powered @ConsulCaesar.

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Now, for something completely different: @Lift's bandwagon. Made because of his zelousness against claiming jokes, OMGUS, and his anger when those jokes have been repeated. Looks like something made out of thin air, with a hint of smoke & ashes, tied together spidery silk.

@Pooka started it for the zelousness? (dunno exactly) and, maybe memories of how Lift used to be? One vote is OK, but let us check how is the wagon doing afterwards. Mmmmm... Ohhhhhhh, what a nice surprise.

After the inicial suspicion, had been thinking that @AgentCarr was just a joker, but things become curioser and curioser. Still, it was @ConsulCaesar who jumped on the bandwagon AFTER @AgentCarr's OMGUS vote.