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Title: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: TricMagic on March 30, 2021, 03:32:48 pm
The showdown of the decade, with the recent death of President Fia Ma two contenders have stepped up to take her place. However one of them is a Traitor seeking to lead the country to ruin. But which one, both are suspicious in the wake of her death, which has not been resolved. We'll bring you more news as it comes in.



Election is a game where three normies vote for someone to Elect. If the wrong person is elected, Town loses. The game lasts 72 hours, the two contenders making their case. However, there is an ally of the traitor among the 3 voters, though they don't know who the traitor is. Who will win this game of Election?

I have no clue how this will go.
Title: Re: Election (0/5) Sign-ups
Post by: Caz on April 01, 2021, 04:01:29 pm
Elect me as your leader you twerps. In.
Title: Re: Election (1/5) Sign-ups
Post by: notquitethere on April 02, 2021, 10:08:50 am
In...
Title: Re: Election (2/5) Sign-ups
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 02, 2021, 12:07:24 pm
Sure, let's see how this goes. In.
Title: Re: Election (3/5) Sign-ups
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 03, 2021, 11:28:13 am
In.

I'll not be busy this time!
Title: Re: Election (4/5) Sign-ups
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 11:43:27 am
Eh. In.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: TricMagic on April 03, 2021, 12:09:34 pm
The crowds have gathered, the debate box is set up, and the press ready to ask questions for our future leader of Fortree to answer. Some of the questions on the docket are domestic policy, safety features for miners, the unstable peace between Fortree and Ellif, and what to do about nearby Gobal's raiding parties. The stage is set for a debate that will decide Fortree's future.

Representing the two major parties are Webadict and Caz as Nominees.

The Voting blocks have gathered behind FallacyofUrist, Notquitethere, and BluarianKnight.

The Debate starts, Now!
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 03, 2021, 12:16:39 pm
Fallacy, shooting from the hip, which candidate would you pick?

BluarianKnight, same question.

My own answer: I have no information yet whatsoever about the candidates, but flipping a coin gives me Caz.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 12:20:40 pm
... Really? I couldn't be an elector?

Okay, well, this became immensely difficult.

I am the Town candidate. I think. But I'd say that no matter what. You should consider voting for me and then actually do it, because that is the correct decision.

Fallacy, shooting from the hip, which candidate would you pick?

BluarianKnight, same question.

My own answer: I have no information yet whatsoever about the candidates, but flipping a coin gives me Caz.
Flipping a coin? When did you become Luckyowl?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 03, 2021, 12:25:23 pm
I am the Town candidate. I think.
This air of uncertainty isn't massively reassuring!

Flipping a coin? When did you become Luckyowl?
Well, actually I took odds/evens from a dice I had on my desk as there wasn't a coin to hand. Obviously I'm not going to base my final voting decision on a flip but I thought it fair the other electors have an answer from me if I'm asking that question.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 12:45:38 pm
My own answer: I have no information yet whatsoever about the candidates, but flipping a coin gives me Caz.

The luckyowl option. Not the strategy I would pick, but at least you flipped correctly.

If you elect me I will ban all coins to prevent this from ever happening again.

I am the Town candidate. I think. But I'd say that no matter what. You should consider voting for me and then actually do it, because that is the correct decision.

Come on, really?

Do you really want to live in a world ruled by Webadict? Even if he WAS town he'd probably end up nking you all for the fun of it. Choose Caz-brand stability. There can be no substitute!
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 01:11:37 pm
I am the Town candidate. I think.
This air of uncertainty isn't massively reassuring!
True, but the role PMs from TricMagic are always less detailed for the Town players, and the green text was my assumption when I skimmed that. I went back and confirmed that "sources" say that Caz is working with someone called Ellif.

I am the Town candidate. I think. But I'd say that no matter what. You should consider voting for me and then actually do it, because that is the correct decision.

Come on, really?

Do you really want to live in a world ruled by Webadict? Even if he WAS town he'd probably end up nking you all for the fun of it. Choose Caz-brand stability. There can be no substitute!
Au contrare. Perhaps you understand my own reluctance to be on the stage by your very own words, no? I am most reluctant to be on this stage for the very reason you point out. I am quite the suspicious person. I have refused, to date, to release my tax returns because they are under audit, and I have no plan of doing so in the future. But, I am completely forthright about this fact, and I'd never lie to you, or anyone else for that matter, about these details. There's nothing more stable about me than my willingness to go counter to the established precedent, and that's what makes me a great ruler.

Also, I don't use outside help.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 03, 2021, 01:31:39 pm
Caz, what is the name of webadict's helper?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 01:44:29 pm
Caz, what is the name of webadict's helper?

You, probably. You love the whole "pretend to support the other guy to gain townpoints" crap.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 01:47:14 pm

Also, I don't use outside help.

I guess a lurker would suit your friendship, then.

I want to get some input from FoU and Blu.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 02:36:16 pm

Also, I don't use outside help.

I guess a lurker would suit your friendship, then.

I want to get some input from FoU and Blu.
Why would you need their input? Neither of us can vote, and I am fully aware I am Town. Their input is completely irrelevant on that fact. However, I do agree that it is likely NQT being the mole. The coin thing is sort of a big tip-off.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 03, 2021, 02:45:59 pm
Ahaha you can't both think I'm the mole. I'm not the mole. I'm just the only voter who has posted yet.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 02:49:32 pm
Ahaha you can't both think I'm the mole. I'm not the mole. I'm just the only voter who has posted yet.
Why not? It feels in character for you. Your goal was to signal to Caz that you were the mole. You even did the flavor on coins.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 03, 2021, 03:05:23 pm
Fallacy, shooting from the hip, which candidate would you pick?

BluarianKnight, same question.

My own answer: I have no information yet whatsoever about the candidates, but flipping a coin gives me Caz.

Probably Web for now, but it's still an early election.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 03:14:28 pm

Also, I don't use outside help.

I guess a lurker would suit your friendship, then.

I want to get some input from FoU and Blu.
Why would you need their input? Neither of us can vote, and I am fully aware I am Town. Their input is completely irrelevant on that fact. However, I do agree that it is likely NQT being the mole. The coin thing is sort of a big tip-off.

You don't want their input? Is that because their comments on you will show that they have inside information?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 03:17:36 pm
town!Web would be far more aggressive than this, btw.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 03:21:59 pm
Alright, I was out taking a stroll, so let me lay down the information as it stands.

As the nominee for my party, I am given security briefings. One such briefing informed me that Caz, the nominee of [NO PARTY NAME GIVEN], is serving our sworn enemy Ellif. Ellif grants their nobility symbolic coins, one of which was found with Caz's dirty fingerprints on it. notquitethere must also have been given one of these coins. notquitethere often breadcrumbs in their opening post as scum, and combining with their wanton attitude this game, it is very likely that notquitethere is therefore the undercover party for Caz, to surrender us to Ellif. Note that notquitethere specifically states that they used a die instead of a real coin to obfuscate their allegiance.

It is very likely that notquitethere will be steadily pushing for Caz, and I believe this will be readily apparent as the game goes on. Of course, I do believe that Caz may attempt to use this to distance themselves from notquitethere.

Therefore, BluarianKnight and FallacyofUrist are the Town voters.

town!Web would be far more aggressive than this, btw.
... I was literally running outside? I didn't have time to make good posts.

You don't want their input? Is that because their comments on you will show that they have inside information?
Their input is unnecessary to find scum. YOU are scum. Their input cannot change our minds. It is literally up to both of us to convince them we are Town. I just don't have to lie about it.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 03:26:56 pm
As the nominee for my party, I am given security briefings. One such briefing informed me that Caz, the nominee of [NO PARTY NAME GIVEN], is serving our sworn enemy Ellif. Ellif grants their nobility symbolic coins, one of which was found with Caz's dirty fingerprints on it. notquitethere must also have been given one of these coins. notquitethere often breadcrumbs in their opening post as scum, and combining with their wanton attitude this game, it is very likely that notquitethere is therefore the undercover party for Caz, to surrender us to Ellif. Note that notquitethere specifically states that they used a die instead of a real coin to obfuscate their allegiance.

This is lies. My PM contained no information about coins, NQT was the one that brought it up as a Lucky reference.


Their input is unnecessary to find scum. YOU are scum. Their input cannot change our minds. It is literally up to both of us to convince them we are Town. I just don't have to lie about it.

Without their input we can't find the traitor ally. Fortree will be preserved regardless of your obvious lies.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 03:27:55 pm
This is lies. My PM contained no information about coins, NQT was the one that brought it up as a Lucky reference.
That's weird.

Only the candidate backed by Ellif would know that's a lie.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 03:30:05 pm
Me not knowing about the coins makes me a servant of the Eilif? How does that even work out?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 03:35:12 pm
All this coin stuff is a story you made up.

The only "security briefing" (no, I didn't get one) info I have is that the traitor belongs to the faction that killed the former President Fia Ma, and that one of the people here is secretly their ally.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 03, 2021, 03:37:30 pm
Why not? It feels in character for you. Your goal was to signal to Caz that you were the mole. You even did the flavor on coins.
I realised now I misread the OP. I had assumed the evil candidate would know who their traitor was.

Note that notquitethere specifically states that they used a die instead of a real coin to obfuscate their allegiance.
Ahaha what, no. If that was the case then why would I not have just said "I rolled a dice" to begin with? I used a dice because that's what I have on my desk. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=178323.msg8265716#msg8265716)

Blu, what do you think about this coin business and the flavor claims?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 03:39:56 pm
Me not knowing about the coins makes me a servant of the Eilif? How does that even work out?
Why would it matter if your PM had no information about the coins? If you're Town, then you'd assume that I knew about the coins because I'm scum. But you said I lied about the coins.

The point was this: How would you know I lied about the coins from the literal enemy of Fortree if you weren't being backed by Ellif?

All this coin stuff is a story you made up.

The only "security briefing" (no, I didn't get one) info I have is that the traitor belongs to the faction that killed the former President Fia Ma, and that one of the people here is secretly their ally.
Maybe it's more elegantly pointed that I know I lied about the coins for a traitor country, but if you were Town, how would you know about that? Why would it even matter? If I'm the traitor, then it's just how the other country works, and I'd have inside knowledge.

But you said it's a lie. Because you KNOW that's not how they back traitors.

Because you are a traitor.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 03:41:48 pm
Why not? It feels in character for you. Your goal was to signal to Caz that you were the mole. You even did the flavor on coins.
I realised now I misread the OP. I had assumed the evil candidate would know who their traitor was.
That's okay. I actually made up the whole thing because I wanted Caz to say the coin thing was a lie so I could prove to you that I'm the only legitimate person here who wants Fortree to prosper and won't sell us out to Ellif.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 03, 2021, 03:47:11 pm
Why not? It feels in character for you. Your goal was to signal to Caz that you were the mole. You even did the flavor on coins.
I realised now I misread the OP. I had assumed the evil candidate would know who their traitor was.

Note that notquitethere specifically states that they used a die instead of a real coin to obfuscate their allegiance.
Ahaha what, no. If that was the case then why would I not have just said "I rolled a dice" to begin with? I used a dice because that's what I have on my desk. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=178323.msg8265716#msg8265716)

Blu, what do you think about this coin business and the flavor claims?

Confusing..

My vote's still on Web. for now. I need to see Caz do something - prove, poke, prod. Actually dig in - it seems only NQT is doing that isofar, and doing it against Web - which seems to me to be buddying, but I'm not sure.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 03:51:43 pm
The point was this: How would you know I lied about the coins from the literal enemy of Fortree if you weren't being backed by Ellif?

Because it is a lie? You can't get security briefings about coins that don't exist. I mean, you weave a good tale but that's what it is. A fabrication to make you look better.



Maybe it's more elegantly pointed that I know I lied about the coins for a traitor country, but if you were Town, how would you know about that? Why would it even matter? If I'm the traitor, then it's just how the other country works, and I'd have inside knowledge.

But you said it's a lie. Because you KNOW that's not how they back traitors.

Because you are a traitor.

I don't have any information about that either way. Don't put words into my mouth.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 03:53:02 pm
I gotta eat something but I'll be back in 30.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 03:53:18 pm
You have enough information to call it a lie. Where did that come from? Because I have given an adequate explanation of where it came from: You know there aren't coins because you are the Traitor.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 04:54:58 pm
You have enough information to call it a lie. Where did that come from? Because I have given an adequate explanation of where it came from: You know there aren't coins because you are the Traitor.

I know you're lying because it's made up. You can't have that information because you aren't the loyal contender. Really don't know how I can make this clearer.


My vote's still on Web. for now. I need to see Caz do something - prove, poke, prod. Actually dig in - it seems only NQT is doing that isofar, and doing it against Web - which seems to me to be buddying, but I'm not sure.

Who do you think is the traitor ally?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 05:03:27 pm
You have enough information to call it a lie. Where did that come from? Because I have given an adequate explanation of where it came from: You know there aren't coins because you are the Traitor.

I know you're lying because it's made up. You can't have that information because you aren't the loyal contender. Really don't know how I can make this clearer.
How do you know it's made up? If you aren't the traitor, you wouldn't know if it's made up. Simple as that.

I proved you have information you shouldn't have.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 05:47:52 pm
How do you know it's made up? If you aren't the traitor, you wouldn't know if it's made up. Simple as that.

I proved you have information you shouldn't have.

I know you're making it up because you're the traitor.

It isn't your choice to make anyway. Blu and FoU and NQT can figure it out.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 03, 2021, 05:57:48 pm
Fallacy, shooting from the hip, which candidate would you pick?
Caz, for being more blunt and straightforwards.

I'm definitely inclined to believe them, more. Web's spouting nonsense about coins, but really, there's no validity there. If Caz is the town candidate, then they're fully justified in assuming the other one is lying - and webadict would have to know this.

The fact that webadict is choosing to ignore that fact and use some elaborate flavor scheme makes me think Caz is the town candidate.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 06:00:14 pm
No, see, that's the thing: If I'm the traitor, the coin thing could be plausible. You would say something about that there's no coin that you'd have because you're not a traitor.

If you're not a traitor, you should be arguing that no coin with your fingerprints exists.
You argued that no coinS exist.

Do you see the difference? You'd be following the train of thought because I'd have information that you don't. I'd be the informed minority. But, you rightly pointed out that coins do not exist. This is the truth, but it's a truth that you simply shouldn't know. It wouldn't matter if your PM didn't mention the coins because if I'm the traitor, I'd have the coin knowledge.

Instead of debating whether you did or didn't know about the coins, your better shot is to aim for my weakness: The fact that I lied about the coins in the first place. See, the neat part about this is that even if you acknowledged the coins' existence, I could spin that to my advantage. So, the fact that it was a lose-lose for you is what you should be aiming it. But, you'll have to walk back your stance a bit and incur a bit of a hit to your credibility. Honestly, it feels like you're already in a no-win situation here. You should be trying to make me look guilty for that. It's a bit scummy on my part.

Fallacy, shooting from the hip, which candidate would you pick?
Caz, for being more blunt and straightforwards.

I'm definitely inclined to believe them, more. Web's spouting nonsense about coins, but really, there's no validity there. If Caz is the town candidate, then they're fully justified in assuming the other one is lying - and webadict would have to know this.

The fact that webadict is choosing to ignore that fact and use some elaborate flavor scheme makes me think Caz is the town candidate.
Haha. Would you like to point out which part of my scheme was elaborate?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 03, 2021, 06:02:09 pm
Haha. Would you like to point out which part of my scheme was elaborate?
I genuinely cannot parse what you are even trying to do.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 03, 2021, 06:06:42 pm
Web is trying some convoluted play perhaps to convince me specifically who likes that sort of thing. But the motivation is just completely off. I don't see how the coin ploy makes any sense from a town view.

My vote is Caz. My guess is Blu is the traitor. Their initial post was super unconvincing.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 03, 2021, 06:08:16 pm
On the one hand that's exactly what wuba said you were going to do. On the other hand, wuba's play makes basically absolutely no sense. If he is town, then he's giving an easy win to the traitor.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 06:10:24 pm
Haha. Would you like to point out which part of my scheme was elaborate?
I genuinely cannot parse what you are even trying to do.
That's weird. You're usually used to schemes. Are you not for this one because it implicates Caz?

The plan was simple: Either get Caz to admit that no such coins exist (thereby proving they are scum for knowing that) OR get Caz to admit such coins exist and thereby improve my credibility by revealing a fact that both of us "know". Now, this would come with the side effect of making NQT look scummy, but that's simply a risk you take when you decide to do something like that.

That plan is far from elaborate.

Simply put:
Explain which part of the Town role PM would let them have access to the coins aspect of the Scum role? It doesn't matter if I'm lying.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 03, 2021, 06:11:36 pm
I can only think he was trying to WIFOM me into voting for him (a traitor Web would act sensibly in this situation therefore this is town!Web) but I'm not actually that dumb.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 06:12:29 pm
I can only think he was trying to WIFOM me into voting for him (a traitor Web would act sensibly in this situation therefore this is town!Web) but I'm not actually that dumb.
?

What. THAT'S an elaborate plan.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 06:13:25 pm
But, this should prove that FoU is Town by virtue of not hammering. That's good! That means that NQT was in fact the traitor the whole time.

Neat!
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 03, 2021, 06:14:16 pm
Explain which part of the Town role PM would let them have access to the coins aspect of the Scum role? It doesn't matter if I'm lying.
If it's literally just flavor, then it could be mentioned at any point in the town role PM. I don't think your argument proves anything, wuba.

But, this should prove that FoU is Town by virtue of not hammering.
... but wuba, there's no hammers in this game.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 06:22:59 pm
So, let's make this one easy for you Fallacy...

Which part of this play looks like how I usually play scum?

notquitethere claims that this is classic scum webadict. They have brought forth no evidence from Super10 because this is literally the opposite of my demeanor.
Caz said that I'm usually more aggressive. Caz has done literally nothing to try to prove themselves.

Explain which part of the Town role PM would let them have access to the coins aspect of the Scum role? It doesn't matter if I'm lying.
If it's literally just flavor, then it could be mentioned at any point in the town role PM. I don't think your argument proves anything, wuba.
... Yes? That's my point exactly.

A: If Caz was Town and it was mentioned in their role PM: Caz wouldn't have argued the coins don't exist.
B: If Caz was Town and it wasn't mentioned in their role PM: Caz wouldn't have argued that the coins don't exist.
C: If Caz was Scum and it was mentioned in their role PM: Caz wouldn't have argued the coins don't exist.
D: If Caz was Scum and it wasn't mentioned in their role PM: Caz would argue the coins don't exist.

A doesn't matter at this point.
B would have argued that I'm lying about having a coin with Caz's fingerprints on it. This Caz has no idea what Ellif is like, BECAUSE I HAVE THE TOWN PM AND IT LITERALLY ONLY SAYS THAT ELLIF IS BACKING THE OTHER CANDIDATE. If Caz had brought that up, I'd question the authenticity of such a coin, NOT whether those coins are a real thing or not.
C would have literally implicated NQT as the ally. This would have been a perfect outcome for me as well because Caz would be fighting against someone who revealed information that they didn't.
D would have known for a fact that Ellif doesn't have coins and that no coin with Caz's fingerprints exist.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 06:24:05 pm
But, this should prove that FoU is Town by virtue of not hammering.
... but wuba, there's no hammers in this game.
Running a 5p game without hammers is bizarre.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 06:26:06 pm
If you're not a traitor, you should be arguing that no coin with your fingerprints exists.
You argued that no coinS exist.

Because you obviously made it up just because NQT made a comment about coin flipping. I dunno how much flavour you got in your PM but mine had nowhere near that level of detail. Yeah maybe I'm not as good at making up stories as you are, but that doesn't mean I'm not telling the truth.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 06:27:41 pm
So, let's make this one easy for you Fallacy...
A: If Caz was Town and it was mentioned in their role PM: Caz wouldn't have argued the coins don't exist.
B: If Caz was Town and it wasn't mentioned in their role PM: Caz wouldn't have argued that the coins don't exist.
C: If Caz was Scum and it was mentioned in their role PM: Caz wouldn't have argued the coins don't exist.
D: If Caz was Scum and it wasn't mentioned in their role PM: Caz would argue the coins don't exist.

A doesn't matter at this point.
B would have argued that I'm lying about having a coin with Caz's fingerprints on it. This Caz has no idea what Ellif is like, BECAUSE I HAVE THE TOWN PM AND IT LITERALLY ONLY SAYS THAT ELLIF IS BACKING THE OTHER CANDIDATE. If Caz had brought that up, I'd question the authenticity of such a coin, NOT whether those coins are a real thing or not.
C would have literally implicated NQT as the ally. This would have been a perfect outcome for me as well because Caz would be fighting against someone who revealed information that they didn't.
D would have known for a fact that Ellif doesn't have coins and that no coin with Caz's fingerprints exist.

This is NQT level. The coins don't exist because you are lying about having secret information because you AREN'T THAT ROLE.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 06:29:04 pm
If you're not a traitor, you should be arguing that no coin with your fingerprints exists.
You argued that no coinS exist.

Because you obviously made it up just because NQT made a comment about coin flipping. I dunno how much flavour you got in your PM but mine had nowhere near that level of detail. Yeah maybe I'm not as good at making up stories as you are, but that doesn't mean I'm not telling the truth.
Right. You have the scum role PM, so that's why you knew no coins existed. That's exactly what I'm saying.

I have no idea what your role PM says. The Town one doesn't give me a hint as to how long or detailed your role PM is. Because your role PM is scum.

This is NQT level. The coins don't exist because you are lying about having secret information because you AREN'T THAT ROLE.
Right. I'm not the traitor. Thank you for admitting that.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 06:31:16 pm
Caz refuses to take risks because they don't want to potentially look scummy.

Literally the epitome of trying to lurk their way to victory.

"Let's hear what everyone eelse thinks because I can't come up with evidence on my own."

Find where my behavior matches my scumtells. I'll wait.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: TricMagic on April 03, 2021, 06:32:20 pm
But, this should prove that FoU is Town by virtue of not hammering. That's good! That means that NQT was in fact the traitor the whole time.

Neat!
Sadly, that presumes Hammers exist. The game lasts 72 hours, though you could shorten it if all three voters agree on a single candidate.

But, this should prove that FoU is Town by virtue of not hammering.
... but wuba, there's no hammers in this game.
Running a 5p game without hammers is bizarre.

A 5 player game with 3 voters. This is a democracy and a debate, the election's not over till the last vote is counted. (And yes, it is a weird thing. This is more FUN though. I like hosting/coming up with these types of weird wacky games.)
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 03, 2021, 06:34:00 pm
Right. You have the scum role PM, so that's why you knew no coins existed. That's exactly what I'm saying.
If Caz had the town role PM, they'd also argue that no coins exist, simply because you, who they know is scum, is saying that they do exist.

Running a 5p game without hammers is bizarre.
If there was a hammer it'd be mentioned in the opening post or game start post.

Caz refuses to take risks because they don't want to potentially look scummy.

Literally the epitome of trying to lurk their way to victory.

"Let's hear what everyone eelse thinks because I can't come up with evidence on my own."
This is, technically speaking, an entirely valid strategy for town in this game mode. Also, your second sentence is just untrue - they are actively participating.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 03, 2021, 06:35:07 pm
Web, I'm not saying you're classic scum Web, though I guess I am saying you might have thought I'd want to make an argument based on classic scum Web. I believe in your creative power to approach different games differently.

Blu, what is your view on the current Web/Caz coin argument?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 06:37:18 pm
Caz refuses to take risks because they don't want to potentially look scummy.

Literally the epitome of trying to lurk their way to victory.

"Let's hear what everyone eelse thinks because I can't come up with evidence on my own."

Find where my behavior matches my scumtells. I'll wait.


I'm not lurking. It's past midnight here and I've posted as much as you. Just bc I'm not coming up with wild theories then it means I must be scum?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 06:39:18 pm
I'm pretty sure that Blu is the traitor ally at this point.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 06:42:35 pm
LOL. Okay, Fallacy. You keep being you.

Caz's job is literally to prove that I'm scum. They cannot bandwagon here because they have no vote. Sitting back and letting everyone else do your job is the laziest way to win this game.

I've shown several ways they've been scummy, but they haven't shown any conclusive evidence on me. Please, quote me their posts. I can play that game:

town!Web would be far more aggressive than this, btw.
This is their only evidence so far. You want to tell me that's being involved in the game? I am just severely disappointed if you actually think that.

I'm not lurking. It's past midnight here and I've posted as much as you. Just bc I'm not coming up with wild theories then it means I must be scum?
No. You're scum because I'm town. You literally cannot NOT be scum. That's not a possibility. That isn't even a debate.

You are being scummy by saying that I'm not being aggressive after FOUR posts. You're being scummy by bringing no real evidence. You're being scummy by saying that the input of the voters would somehow change your mind on...? I can't finish that sentence because the input of everyone else doesn't matter. It's crowdsourcing your job of showing I'm scum.

I'm pretty sure that Blu is the traitor ally at this point.
Great, no quotes. Lazy scum.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 06:44:26 pm
So, which game was I in that I wasn't aggressive in that made that a scumtell, Caz? Or do we allow sentences that have no proof?

I can play that game:

Caz often lurks their way to victory when they're scum. They did that in BYOR 15.

Oops, wait, that's supporting evidence, gah, I'm so bad at this.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 03, 2021, 06:45:08 pm
Just going based off what I've seen, I'm 92% Caz is the town candidate. Points to wuba for creativity, though.

Wuba is trying too hard to look town. That's the vibe I'm getting. Hyperagressive, pushing hard, very heavily actively engaged. But... too much so?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 06:48:18 pm
Caz often lurks their way to victory when they're scum. They did that in BYOR 15.

The BYOR that I replaced out of near-immediately because of other issues?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 06:49:51 pm
I'm pretty sure that Blu is the traitor ally at this point.
Great, no quotes. Lazy scum.

Ok, no quotes. But they have been the laziest player so far this game.


My vote's still on Web. for now. I need to see Caz do something - prove, poke, prod. Actually dig in - it seems only NQT is doing that isofar, and doing it against Web - which seems to me to be buddying, but I'm not sure.

They say this, and then do NOTHING themselves?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 06:50:54 pm
Is it really? Get off your perch


chicken noises
I want you to look at the easiest game you can look at over at Caves of Dashar. Look at Caz's play there: Very playful, engaged, attempting to find scum and willing to defend their arguments. Can you honestly say that their play here matches that?

Just going based off what I've seen, I'm 92% Caz is the town candidate. Points to wuba for creativity, though.

Wuba is trying too hard to look town. That's the vibe I'm getting. Hyperagressive, pushing hard, very heavily actively engaged. But... too much so?
So, I'm both not aggressive enough and hyperaggressive?

Active engagement has been one of my towntells, actually, so you're dead wrong on that one, but I can ALSO show that it's NAI at worst. Pushing hard is also something I should be doing. BECAUSE CAZ IS SCUM.

Caz often lurks their way to victory when they're scum. They did that in BYOR 15.

The BYOR that I replaced out of near-immediately because of other issues?
You literally don't get the point of that statement, and it's hilarious.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 06:53:57 pm
Caz is reserved here. They HAVE TO LOOK GOOD to win. And they cannot prove I'm scum because they know I'll be smashing their arguments to bits and looking scummy. So, instead, they'll crowdsource for help, find their ally to do so, and then lurk their way to victory.

This is why I wanted to be an elector. I'd be electing anyone but Caz here for being lazy scum. It's just that simple.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 06:56:27 pm
Caz is reserved here. They HAVE TO LOOK GOOD to win. And they cannot prove I'm scum because they know I'll be smashing their arguments to bits and looking scummy. So, instead, they'll crowdsource for help, find their ally to do so, and then lurk their way to victory.

This is why I wanted to be an elector. I'd be electing anyone but Caz here for being lazy scum. It's just that simple.

I don't need to look good man, I only have to prove that you're scum. And you're doing most of that fine by yourself. I dunno if you are acting this way because you are trying to gesture to your ally that you're the traitor but no town!Web is this sloppy.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 07:00:31 pm
Oof owie not the kneecap.

Still think it's Kitty, btw.
Oh why are you guys wasting the double-kneecap FFS.  >:(
Caz as Town is a very playful but very accidentally scummy looking player. They OMGUS hard, and it usually comes back to bite them in the end. But, they also keep going for their target. They'll try to get more and more information. This isn't Town Caz because this Caz is afraid to get their hands dirty and look bad.

I don't need to look good man, I only have to prove that you're scum. And you're doing most of that fine by yourself. I dunno if you are acting this way because you are trying to gesture to your ally that you're the traitor but no town!Web is this sloppy.
You've done nothing to show I'm scum. I've even given you several avenues of attack. Consider taking one.

Explain where scum!web is this sloppy. I suppose you could consider my dumbtells as sloppy. Have I made any dumbtells? I didn't realize there wasn't a hammer. That's about it.

I'm finding posts that show how playful you are as Town. And yet... Am I to assume that you're just waiting for someone else to back you up?

If I had an ally, this game would be easier because I wouldn't have to be doing the heavy lifting. Think on that.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 07:01:50 pm
Caz is reserved here. They HAVE TO LOOK GOOD to win. And they cannot prove I'm scum because they know I'll be smashing their arguments to bits and looking scummy. So, instead, they'll crowdsource for help, find their ally to do so, and then lurk their way to victory.

This is why I wanted to be an elector. I'd be electing anyone but Caz here for being lazy scum. It's just that simple.

I dunno if you are acting this way because you are trying to gesture to your ally that you're the traitor but no town!Web is this sloppy.
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

This whole sentence makes no sense.

The ally knows who the traitor is, you fool.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 07:03:14 pm
Wait... Does...

Does the traitor know the ally? Or does the ally know the traitor? What the fuck?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 07:04:07 pm
Oof owie not the kneecap.

Still think it's Kitty, btw.
Oh why are you guys wasting the double-kneecap FFS.  >:(
Caz as Town is a very playful but very accidentally scummy looking player. They OMGUS hard, and it usually comes back to bite them in the end. But, they also keep going for their target. They'll try to get more and more information. This isn't Town Caz because this Caz is afraid to get their hands dirty and look bad.

Literally what scumhunting needs to be done in this game given that I know you're the traitor? You need to find the traitor-ally, and finding them is important for town too. But other than that there's no reason to scumhunt because we already know who is scum.


Caz is reserved here. They HAVE TO LOOK GOOD to win. And they cannot prove I'm scum because they know I'll be smashing their arguments to bits and looking scummy. So, instead, they'll crowdsource for help, find their ally to do so, and then lurk their way to victory.

This is why I wanted to be an elector. I'd be electing anyone but Caz here for being lazy scum. It's just that simple.

I dunno if you are acting this way because you are trying to gesture to your ally that you're the traitor but no town!Web is this sloppy.
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

This whole sentence makes no sense.

The ally knows who the traitor is, you fool.

THIS IS DUMBTELLING.

Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 03, 2021, 07:06:29 pm
I refuse to believe that someone as experienced as wuba hasn't thoroughly read over the opening post and start of game post.

Caz is the town candidate. My vote's on them.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 07:09:29 pm
I assumed that the ally knew the traitor. That... is what the word ally means. I assumed that if that assumption was wrong, then it was possible that the traitor knew the ally. As I don't have access to that role PM, I obviously cannot confirm that.

I refuse to believe that someone as experienced as wuba hasn't thoroughly read over the opening post and start of game post.

Caz is the town candidate. My vote's on them.
... Yeah, okay, bud. I read the opening post, and I assumed that there was knowledge of one party knowing the other.

... I'm not gonna scream at you, but if you're Town, I want you to scream at yourself because you've just accepted that I can literally never make mistakes when I ran BYOR 15 and literally killed the wrong player because I literally missed an action. So, I want you to rethink that statement.

My eyesight sucks. That's all there is to it. I cannot change that fact, and when I see something and understand it, it's stuck in my brain.

I'm not going to scream at you, but seriously, if you think that's a scumtell, I cannot fathom why you do.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 07:13:56 pm
I want you to take a nice long look at yourself and tell me I have never made mistakes before.

There are dozens of games on this forum that prove you wrong. We all make mistakes. I always make mistakes with Tric's games because they tend to have a single sentence and no formatting to help the vision impaired. They also don't post additional information such as role PMs that could potentially clear up said information, so if I misunderstand it, and no information counters that, consider that I cannot rethink a position if it isn't challenged.

notquitethere literally also said the same thing, and that's why I had changed my thought process on which one knew which one.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 03, 2021, 07:15:51 pm
There's a world of difference between the massive complexity of BYOR 15, having to run that game, and this simple setup.

I admit I'll feel very bad if it turns out that you're town when this is done.

I assumed that the ally knew the traitor. That... is what the word ally means.
Do you tell the mafia-ally who the mafia players are, in a typical setup?

There are dozens of games on this forum that prove you wrong. We all make mistakes. I always make mistakes with Tric's games because they tend to have a single sentence and no formatting to help the vision impaired. They also don't post additional information such as role PMs that could potentially clear up said information, so if I misunderstand it, and no information counters that, consider that I cannot rethink a position if it isn't challenged.
I understand that you can make mistakes. That said, this game is so simple that I'd be shocked if you managed to misunderstand the setup.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 03, 2021, 07:19:27 pm
I gotta sleep guys. I really want to hear Blu's justification for voting me tomorrow though.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 03, 2021, 07:25:31 pm
...

...

...

...

So, you're saying I can never make mistakes if they're simple ones.

Fucking unbelievable. That sentence alone makes me want to quit this game. It's such an impossible attack to counter. I have to never make mistakes. Wonderful. I kinda don't want to even try now. That means if I ever make a mistake, it's literally easier to just straight up quit the game than it is to continue. No matter what happens, any mistake at all in roles that I don't have, and very little presented...

...

Why even try at this point? I've made one mistake as opposed to Caz's multiple. That's all there is to it, huh? I've never had my enthusiasm to try and fix a mistake be thoroughly shot to death.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 03, 2021, 08:09:00 pm
Look, it's not just that. Obviously you have to combine multiple factors to nail someone as scum.

It seems unlikely that you'd miss that, but I have to accept that it's possible, so it's just one factor. The smallest factor, really.

The bigger factors are the coins-based flavor attack elaborate scheme nonsense, ignoring Blu as a factor, and your excessive use of meta evidence.

You're saying that because Caz doesn't play like you do, that because they're taking a more passive town style, that they're scum. You moved on from the coins thing as soon as it looked like it wasn't going to help you.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 04, 2021, 09:57:39 am
Fucking unbelievable. That sentence alone makes me want to quit this game. It's such an impossible attack to counter. I have to never make mistakes. Wonderful. I kinda don't want to even try now. That means if I ever make a mistake, it's literally easier to just straight up quit the game than it is to continue. No matter what happens, any mistake at all in roles that I don't have, and very little presented...

...

Why even try at this point? I've made one mistake as opposed to Caz's multiple. That's all there is to it, huh? I've never had my enthusiasm to try and fix a mistake be thoroughly shot to death.


Hey, take it as a compliment that people expect you to be competent. I don't think I have the same bar to hurdle on that one.

And you are being overdramatic >:(
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 04, 2021, 10:05:56 am
Blu blu where are you?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 04, 2021, 12:11:47 pm
And you are being overdramatic >:(
I can be anything I want to be.

I can be wrong. I can be dumb. I can be blind. Sometimes, I can even be Town.

The one thing I know for sure is that you are scum though. In reality, you would make a terrible leader. You would rely on others to make the difficult decisions because it would make you look bad. I would literally cut off a limb to win this game.

Blu blu where are you?
What question do you imagine you're going to ask BluarianKnight? If you believe them to be my ally (which, again, is physically impossible because I'm not scum), then you have nothing to gain. If you believe they could possibly not be my ally, then you already believe that my ally is voting for you, no? But that wouldn't make a whole lot of sense unless you are scum, which you are, so it does make sense.

Obviously, I have a big disadvantage in that no matter what people read me, they will always be questioning themselves. Which is why they should be reading Caz. It's bizarre to me that this is even a contest on what is easier to do, and why I'm SPECIFICALLY bringing up evidence that shows Caz is not following their Town meta.

Hey, take it as a compliment that people expect you to be competent. I don't think I have the same bar to hurdle on that one.
... I think the really unfortunate part here is that if I did yell at you, it would be completely called for. Because you would deserve it for this comment.

It says that you are okay with not trying. It says that you are okay with not being held in high regards. It says everything about why you are scum.

You don't want to be held to my standard because you would lose that contest. You want to hide. You are afraid to fight me.

It says so much about you, and the worst part is one of FoU and NQT just doesn't care because they know I'm Town as much as you do. I have no idea what BK sees in me, but they are currently the only person voting correctly.

Look, it's not just that. Obviously you have to combine multiple factors to nail someone as scum.

It seems unlikely that you'd miss that, but I have to accept that it's possible, so it's just one factor. The smallest factor, really.

The bigger factors are the coins-based flavor attack elaborate scheme nonsense, ignoring Blu as a factor, and your excessive use of meta evidence.

You're saying that because Caz doesn't play like you do, that because they're taking a more passive town style, that they're scum. You moved on from the coins thing as soon as it looked like it wasn't going to help you.
...

- Please vote in a manner that is viewable with my poor eyesight. If I can't see your vote, I might skip it. I can't trust LurkerTracker to do my vote counts for me, but I'll at least check it for semi-accuracy. Bold and Red makes it really easy to see, so do that please.
For the eye thing. It happens. I miss really simple things because I'm not god. That's why I missed an easy-to-read action in BYOR 15. Complex mistakes are made from simple ones. It's literally that easy.

I moved on the coins thing immediately because it got the exact result I wanted. Caz said that the coins weren't a thing. There's no way they'd know that as Town. It's legitimately that simple. I don't know if you know this, but it's a quick game, and it ends quickly.

I am also still sure that NQT is the ally because they would actually be the most aware of my townmeta, and they've done the least to show I'm scum. They'd also be doing a lot more to find out that Caz is scum or Town. Or even me.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 04, 2021, 12:31:27 pm
The one thing I know for sure is that you are scum though. In reality, you would make a terrible leader. You would rely on others to make the difficult decisions because it would make you look bad. I would literally cut off a limb to win this game.

...Leg or arm?

What question do you imagine you're going to ask BluarianKnight? If you believe them to be my ally (which, again, is physically impossible because I'm not scum), then you have nothing to gain. If you believe they could possibly not be my ally, then you already believe that my ally is voting for you, no? But that wouldn't make a whole lot of sense unless you are scum, which you are, so it does make sense.

Pretty sure I've already said that I want their input. It's starting to annoy me how much they lurk their way through games. Same reason we lost the Caves of Dashar game. I know this setup is a bit different to the standard town v mafia but there is still the possibility of them being the traitor-ally. It's important for FoU and NQT to see that and use their interactions to figure out their identity. You seem like you just don't care if Blu is even in the game because they are already voting for you, so it doesn't matter.

...Unless you're convinced that by posting some more they might change their mind? Which would make NQT the traitor-ally (something I thought near the start of the game, btw)


Obviously, I have a big disadvantage in that no matter what people read me, they will always be questioning themselves. Which is why they should be reading Caz.

So you don't want people to read you because you look questionable and therefore scummy. Isn't the simplest answer that people who look scummy ARE scum? You want to draw attention away from yourself because you know that you made up that coin story and it backfired, making you look even worse.



... I think the really unfortunate part here is that if I did yell at you, it would be completely called for. Because you would deserve it for this comment.

It says that you are okay with not trying. It says that you are okay with not being held in high regards. It says everything about why you are scum.

You don't want to be held to my standard because you would lose that contest. You want to hide. You are afraid to fight me.

Well, this whole paragraph is just crap. How does what I said relate in ANY WAY to what you're accusing me of?


I am also still sure that NQT is the ally because they would actually be the most aware of my townmeta, and they've done the least to show I'm scum. They'd also be doing a lot more to find out that Caz is scum or Town. Or even me.

At least we agree on something.

Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 04, 2021, 12:55:53 pm
I'm glad you started trying to be light-hearted after I pointed out how you weren't before. What do you think that means about me?

I feel like you're missing the point of why I pointed out NQT. I feel like you as Town is easily misunderstood as scum. I know for a fact that NQT does better analysis, and they're far more inquisitive about my alignment specifically because they have trouble reading me. From that, it would make sense to read you instead, since you're much more readable than I am.

They have yet to point out why you're Town. They are instead using why I am scum for why you are Town. This is a known fact of NQT:
webadict - I think definitely town on D1; slight drop off in post frequency on D2 could mean converted; thread engagement pretty solid; high suspicions count, townish paranoia. Very likely town.
This is from Super10, when they misread me as Town for the whole game. That should show to them that Caz is instead a better target to read instead. The unfortunate part about this post is that they also misread Caz, but Caz is not an inconsistent read on their part. It simply fluctuated throughout the game. They believe that high thread engagement would be indicative of Towniness, and I've engaged far more than literally anyone else. This should be giving them some pause, because it's NAI at best. But, they don't. They've decided to stick themselves on me scheming, which is fairly lazy on their part.

Web is trying some convoluted play perhaps to convince me specifically who likes that sort of thing. But the motivation is just completely off. I don't see how the coin ploy makes any sense from a town view.

My vote is Caz. My guess is Blu is the traitor. Their initial post was super unconvincing.
This is their only justification, and they will unlikely bring more until being pointed out. The reason why I point it out is specifically to show FoU and Blu that this is the lazy levels of scum and how they plan to decide their votes.

That's what you get from Ellif. You get lazy shoddy work.

Obviously, I have a big disadvantage in that no matter what people read me, they will always be questioning themselves. Which is why they should be reading Caz.

So you don't want people to read you because you look questionable and therefore scummy. Isn't the simplest answer that people who look scummy ARE scum? You want to draw attention away from yourself because you know that you made up that coin story and it backfired, making you look even worse.
Ah, I'm glad you said this! Let me quote your very own words for you, Caz.

Most of the time webadict is town pretending to be mafia pretending to be town pretending to be mafia pretending to be sk pretending to be...
Spoiler: ... (click to show/hide)

so it's a bit hard to figure out.
Weird how you're saying that I'm hard to read here. I'd say that'd be evidence that you should be AGREEING. If you're Town, then them reading you should literally be a no-brainer. You're an easy read! webadict? That guy is an enigma and possibly a Soviet-era robot developed to handle nuclear warhead launches.

Oh my god, I'm WOTing again.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 04, 2021, 01:06:28 pm
The fun part about arguing with someone with a good memory is when they use your words against you.

Isn't the simplest answer that people who look scummy ARE scum?
You know that this isn't true.

I can think of two instances where your behavior runs completely counter to this. Would you like me to quote them?

I believe one is in Paranormal 26.
I believe the second is in Mostly Vanilla Mafia 2.

MVM2 is the stronger evidence, but P26 has some key elements to it.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 04, 2021, 01:36:07 pm
Well, we can't just only focus on the candidates.

I should use my own knowledge.

Since I know that I'm town - and funnily enough, both the candidates seem to agree on that too, for whatever reason...

I know that one of NQT and Blu must be the traitor-ally. NQT is voting Caz. Blu is voting webadict. The key factor, then, is that the traitor-ally will vote who they think the traitor is. Therefore, to try and figure out who the traitor-ally is, we should look at the voters' vote justifications.

Notably, though, Blu has posted a total of... twice, in this game. I'd call it lurking, but there was a similar pattern in Caves of Dashar and they were town in that game, so more likely that there's IRL stuff involved. Which makes them pretty hard to read.

I'll choose to judge that NQT is not the traitor-ally based on their engagement level, but admittedly it's flimsy. So let's see if I can solidify this.

NQT: What makes you think that Caz is still the best pick? What would make you switch to voting webadict?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 04, 2021, 01:47:51 pm
Since I know that I'm town - and funnily enough, both the candidates seem to agree on that too, for whatever reason...
That is an incorrect assessment. I do not think you are Town. You think I think you're Town because I think NQT is the ally. That is incorrect. I believe that you are far less likely to be Town than Blu. You are neutral at best specifically because you said there was no way I could make a mistake.

@FoU: Perhaps you can play a thought experiment on why I think BluarianKnight is Town. Obviously, you know me better than I know myself, since you know for a fact I can't make simple mistakes. So, would you like to explain to everyone why I think BluarianKnight is Town? What main contribution makes you think that NQT is not the ally?

The fact that you're using engagement level to prove NQT is not ally is funny. Why do you think engagement level makes them not the ally? Which game specifically? What about their meta proves that? Please be specific. I see generic phrases here because you... people... have no concept of what makes proof.

Saying something over and over again is not proof. Back up your statements or get the fuck out of the kitchen.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 04, 2021, 07:45:51 pm
Sorry, had a holiday predicament. I'll read up and lay my thoughts.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 05, 2021, 05:58:03 am
This was just unhinged, bizarro-world reasoning:
As the nominee for my party, I am given security briefings. One such briefing informed me that Caz, the nominee of [NO PARTY NAME GIVEN], is serving our sworn enemy Ellif. Ellif grants their nobility symbolic coins, one of which was found with Caz's dirty fingerprints on it. notquitethere must also have been given one of these coins. notquitethere often breadcrumbs in their opening post as scum, and combining with their wanton attitude this game, it is very likely that notquitethere is therefore the undercover party for Caz, to surrender us to Ellif. Note that notquitethere specifically states that they used a die instead of a real coin to obfuscate their allegiance.

It is very likely that notquitethere will be steadily pushing for Caz, and I believe this will be readily apparent as the game goes on. Of course, I do believe that Caz may attempt to use this to distance themselves from notquitethere.

Therefore, BluarianKnight and FallacyofUrist are the Town voters.

No way is Web town. Therefore, has to be Caz. Blu is backing Web.  QED Blu is the traitor voter. I don't think there's anything more to say!
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 05, 2021, 07:11:55 am
This was just unhinged, bizarro-world reasoning:
As the nominee for my party, I am given security briefings. One such briefing informed me that Caz, the nominee of [NO PARTY NAME GIVEN], is serving our sworn enemy Ellif. Ellif grants their nobility symbolic coins, one of which was found with Caz's dirty fingerprints on it. notquitethere must also have been given one of these coins. notquitethere often breadcrumbs in their opening post as scum, and combining with their wanton attitude this game, it is very likely that notquitethere is therefore the undercover party for Caz, to surrender us to Ellif. Note that notquitethere specifically states that they used a die instead of a real coin to obfuscate their allegiance.

It is very likely that notquitethere will be steadily pushing for Caz, and I believe this will be readily apparent as the game goes on. Of course, I do believe that Caz may attempt to use this to distance themselves from notquitethere.

Therefore, BluarianKnight and FallacyofUrist are the Town voters.

No way is Web town. Therefore, has to be Caz. Blu is backing Web.  QED Blu is the traitor voter. I don't think there's anything more to say!

Honestly, I can't see how you see Caz as the 'pure town of justice' vote.

While I agree that the coin thing is.. dumb - it doesn't scream scum to me. The setup is a 5 man, 3 voter 2 coin setup. Everyone's been going off an idea that the scum know each other, but that isn't correct.

However, there is an ally of the traitor among the 3 voters, though they don't know who the traitor is.

So, this implies that the Traitor needs to reach out to the Voter somehow. Web, for what it seems, hasnt attempted to do this to anyone singular.

You and Caz did that right at the start.

My own answer: I have no information yet whatsoever about the candidates, but flipping a coin gives me Caz.

The luckyowl option. Not the strategy I would pick, but at least you flipped correctly.


In this game, it seems once you tell the Traitor-Ally who you are, all you need to do is play town. This is why I'm leaning Web still, even with him doing a really stupid play.

Because based on the evidence, Web just fucking shot himself in the foot - but hasn't proven any scumtells or lean-ins. He doesn't want to manipulate the crowd, and provides arguments based on his opinions.

Caz? Caz just says 'this is wrong', and lets NQT do a lot of arguing for him to save face. Which seems scum to me.



So, let's make this one easy for you Fallacy...
A: If Caz was Town and it was mentioned in their role PM: Caz wouldn't have argued the coins don't exist.
B: If Caz was Town and it wasn't mentioned in their role PM: Caz wouldn't have argued that the coins don't exist.
C: If Caz was Scum and it was mentioned in their role PM: Caz wouldn't have argued the coins don't exist.
D: If Caz was Scum and it wasn't mentioned in their role PM: Caz would argue the coins don't exist.

A doesn't matter at this point.
B would have argued that I'm lying about having a coin with Caz's fingerprints on it. This Caz has no idea what Ellif is like, BECAUSE I HAVE THE TOWN PM AND IT LITERALLY ONLY SAYS THAT ELLIF IS BACKING THE OTHER CANDIDATE. If Caz had brought that up, I'd question the authenticity of such a coin, NOT whether those coins are a real thing or not.
C would have literally implicated NQT as the ally. This would have been a perfect outcome for me as well because Caz would be fighting against someone who revealed information that they didn't.
D would have known for a fact that Ellif doesn't have coins and that no coin with Caz's fingerprints exist.

This is NQT level. The coins don't exist because you are lying about having secret information because you AREN'T THAT ROLE.

As stated above, I think the coins was a bad play - but this to me the difference. Web was willing to risk because he's trying to find scum - Caz is scum, and all he needs to do is punish the scumhunting to succeed. He doesn't try to fight back with evidence, just saying that Web is wrong. And NQT does all the hard work.

Let's return to the first post I quoted - it was reply to FoU to try to gain info;

This was just unhinged, bizarro-world reasoning:
As the nominee for my party, I am given security briefings. One such briefing informed me that Caz, the nominee of [NO PARTY NAME GIVEN], is serving our sworn enemy Ellif. Ellif grants their nobility symbolic coins, one of which was found with Caz's dirty fingerprints on it. notquitethere must also have been given one of these coins. notquitethere often breadcrumbs in their opening post as scum, and combining with their wanton attitude this game, it is very likely that notquitethere is therefore the undercover party for Caz, to surrender us to Ellif. Note that notquitethere specifically states that they used a die instead of a real coin to obfuscate their allegiance.

It is very likely that notquitethere will be steadily pushing for Caz, and I believe this will be readily apparent as the game goes on. Of course, I do believe that Caz may attempt to use this to distance themselves from notquitethere.

Therefore, BluarianKnight and FallacyofUrist are the Town voters.

No way is Web town. Therefore, has to be Caz. Blu is backing Web.  QED Blu is the traitor voter. I don't think there's anything more to say!

Using this frame of evidence is poor choice - because one person is OBVIOUSLY scum, the other person is 100% safe, without any evidence?

Fuck that. That's the line of reasoning that won me Magical Mafia as scum. Either provide evidence with reasoning on why Caz is a better candidate - WITHOUT just relying on 'other person mafia lol', or show yourself as the ally.

I'm holding my vote to Web, FoU, to try to keep some balance - as stated, I think he's made a bad play, but his reasoning is sound, and he's provided reasoning for his claims. Caz.. has been reactive, and his only main supporter has been single-mindedly assaulting his other candidate, while all he does is sit back and simply state 'no, this is bad.', while NQT only says 'web bad vote caz'.

Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 05, 2021, 07:58:32 am
This was just unhinged, bizarro-world reasoning:
As the nominee for my party, I am given security briefings. One such briefing informed me that Caz, the nominee of [NO PARTY NAME GIVEN], is serving our sworn enemy Ellif. Ellif grants their nobility symbolic coins, one of which was found with Caz's dirty fingerprints on it. notquitethere must also have been given one of these coins. notquitethere often breadcrumbs in their opening post as scum, and combining with their wanton attitude this game, it is very likely that notquitethere is therefore the undercover party for Caz, to surrender us to Ellif. Note that notquitethere specifically states that they used a die instead of a real coin to obfuscate their allegiance.

It is very likely that notquitethere will be steadily pushing for Caz, and I believe this will be readily apparent as the game goes on. Of course, I do believe that Caz may attempt to use this to distance themselves from notquitethere.

Therefore, BluarianKnight and FallacyofUrist are the Town voters.

No way is Web town. Therefore, has to be Caz. Blu is backing Web.  QED Blu is the traitor voter. I don't think there's anything more to say!

And this is significanrly more proof that NQT is specifically ignoring Caz's towntells for their own benefit.

Also, NQT, wanna tell us that BK is scum based on their post there?

The coins thing is the only thing you've got, and you know for a fact it's not only within my townmeta, it IS my townmeta. Which game have I hard gambited openly as scum? I do this stuff all the time as Town.

@BK: I actually thought that one scum knew the other at the beginning, and it was my feeling it was NQT because of the way the initially voted. It was contrived. I also thought so because I was under the impression that Ally knew their partner and they were signalling Caz. Hence, the coin thing was done specifically to tie them together.

Combine that with dumbtelling on NQT (which if we're using this on me, then we're well within bounds ro use it on NQT), this points significantly to NQT as the ally.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: TricMagic on April 05, 2021, 08:04:25 am
28 Hours until voting is closed.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 05, 2021, 08:10:36 am
It is unlikely that NQT will bring forth real evidence because they have none.

It is unlikely that Caz will either.

@NQT: Respond to this, since Caz never will. Show FoU why you're so invested in Caz:
Obviously, I have a big disadvantage in that no matter what people read me, they will always be questioning themselves. Which is why they should be reading Caz.

So you don't want people to read you because you look questionable and therefore scummy. Isn't the simplest answer that people who look scummy ARE scum? You want to draw attention away from yourself because you know that you made up that coin story and it backfired, making you look even worse.
Ah, I'm glad you said this! Let me quote your very own words for you, Caz.

Most of the time webadict is town pretending to be mafia pretending to be town pretending to be mafia pretending to be sk pretending to be...
Spoiler: ... (click to show/hide)

so it's a bit hard to figure out.
Weird how you're saying that I'm hard to read here. I'd say that'd be evidence that you should be AGREEING. If you're Town, then them reading you should literally be a no-brainer. You're an easy read! webadict? That guy is an enigma and possibly a Soviet-era robot developed to handle nuclear warhead launches.

Oh my god, I'm WOTing again.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 05, 2021, 01:51:35 pm
dfGDAKFJALSDKJ fucking internet keeps blowing up my post. I am gonna post more in a bit but running short of time today.



1.  web's elaborate coin lie based upon how NQT acted in their first posts (the lucky coin flip reference) - a way to signal to NQT somehow?

2. web dumbtelling over not knowing how the game works (it's in the first post of the game) even though web won't answer questions about his own games if he already answered them in the main post.

3. web's VAST overreaction (including threatening to quit the game) when this dumbtelling is immediately jumped on as uncharacteristic behaviour.

4. (I like this one, because it's only because you said "look caz is being more playful after I accused them of being serious" (I disagree with this, btw, my playfulness quotient has been pretty level throughout I think) - BUT, this made me think of how I noticed and said that web was too non-aggressive to be town!web. after that, I come back to a LITANY of posts (remember the aforementioned angry reaction at not being believed? IS that genuine or just a ploy for the game?) Web even says we aren't allowed to criticise his actions because they're apparently NAI. How can you read someone if you don't, well, READ them?

5. not even caring if Blu is in the game or not. as the traitor has a natural ally, they are less likely to care about convincing people that they are town.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 05, 2021, 02:31:32 pm
1. You should consider saying that Blu is the ally. There's no need to stick to NQT anymore. It is okay to change you mind about things partway through. That's an inherent part of the Mafia experience, and it's one that Mafia have a hard time adapting to.

The problem here is if you keep saying NQT is the ally, then you're lending credence to Blu's arguments and you believe them to be Town. NQT has been continually defending you, and it gives FoU room to doubt because you say Blu's arguments have merit by doing so.

2. Seems like a miscategorization of my modding style. I will typically answer a question unless I have literally answered it multiple times within a certain timeframe. You should quote places where I was dumbtelling and show how they match here. I am actually waiting because I will show you where I wasn't (The One I Cannot Kill).

I think it is an unfortunate thing to attack someone for not knowing something, and to use that as evidence is a low blow. I think anyone that does should be held to a higher standard. There is a difference between our two attacks, and it is that I made mine, whereas you exploited yours.

I will always remember this. Just like I remember Vector's.

3. It was not a vast overreaction. I told you exactly what I felt. Or, are you saying that your logic controls your emotions and not the opposite? Making bad faith argjments wins the battle, but it will lose you the war.

You could say that it is manipulative. That would be fair. But, the crux of the argument is that I never make small mistakes, then it is fundamentally uncounterable and belays that if I ever do make a mistake, I should immediately stop playing forever. What do I say that doesn't involve me showing you my own embarrassments? I basically have to prove that I am human by showing myself as vulnerable. That's puts me in a place where quitting is literally the more fun way to play.

The long and short of it is... Why not look at how I play and compare it? Why not look at how Caz plays and compare it? Why rely on me having to prove I make mistakes and dredge them up?

4. Please point to a game where I started out 100% aggro. Please provide any evidence at all. I have a great memory, and I provide evidence. Why can't you? Why is this such a teeth pull? Just say a game. Just say any game! I will prove that you are wrong. Because you are.

Your playfulness is a gamestarting attitude. You keep it throughout the game until you fall under suspicion, and then you OMGUS hard. That's why it's weird you're not suspected BK. You usually OMGUS as Town. Want proof? MVM2. COD (On phone so assume that I know what the 5p one is here because I think it's called Caves of Dashur but can'tcheck without losing my post, but I know being wrong and not prechecking for accuracy is apparently scummy to people.) P26. You do it all the time.

5. Miscategorization of what I said. You wanted BluarianKnight's input on the situation, but their input doesn't matter because you literally should know I'm scum. What that signals is you care what they think of you, and not about showing I'm scum.

This is also a problem with Mafia. They have a hard time convincing themselves of something that should be a fact. You know I am Town, and thus you must pretend. I don't have to because I know the truth.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 05, 2021, 03:34:52 pm
Sadly, I doubt either FoU or NQT will post, and that will be a steady loss for me.

FoU, if you truly think Caz is Town, why do they think NQT is the ally?
The question is easily answered if you take their mindset as scum. It is harder to answer otherwise.

If they think NQT is the ally, then they should be under the impression they are losing, since NQT would swap to me last second, no?

Caz's mindset is not one of Town. NQT's mindset is not one of Town. These should be readily visible to anyone paying attention.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 05, 2021, 04:02:07 pm
No no, I owe you this much. The worst thing I can do as town is leave the thread untouched. Because until the game ends, nobody is confirmed as the traitor, so even if I think Caz is more likely town at the moment, at the very least I owe you a thorough reading of your own arguments. I think that's fairer to the players and the host.

Gimme a bit.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 05, 2021, 04:20:14 pm
Rest assured, I'll be reading back and reconsidering the arguments before the day's end.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 05, 2021, 04:25:48 pm
Weird how you're saying that I'm hard to read here. I'd say that'd be evidence that you should be AGREEING. If you're Town, then them reading you should literally be a no-brainer. You're an easy read! webadict? That guy is an enigma and possibly a Soviet-era robot developed to handle nuclear warhead launches.

You literally referenced a joke based on how IN THAT THREAD you pretended to be a sk (moderator). You're just taking stuff out of context again. Do I have to watch what I say about you in the BANTER THREAD just so you won't somehow use it as evidence of how I should act in-game? the fuck.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: Caz on April 05, 2021, 04:26:44 pm
To me all this shows is that you are desperately looking for some way to convince people because you can't do it with my actions in this game. Which is the only thing that should matter, IMO.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 05, 2021, 04:54:29 pm
To me all this shows is that you are desperately looking for some way to convince people because you can't do it with my actions in this game. Which is the only thing that should matter, IMO.
I'm sorry you feel that way.

One of us has evidence and the other doesn't.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 05, 2021, 07:52:56 pm
You literally referenced a joke based on how IN THAT THREAD you pretended to be a sk (moderator). You're just taking stuff out of context again. Do I have to watch what I say about you in the BANTER THREAD just so you won't somehow use it as evidence of how I should act in-game? the fuck.
So, then you admit that I am not hard to read?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 05, 2021, 08:01:47 pm
Also Caz, are you still going to say NQT is the ally, or do you want to swap to BK yet? You can always curveball with FoU. Heck, I was willing to suspect both of them. You could do that to all three.

Still gonna see no posts. Caz, if you think NQT is the ally, then you either think they think you're scum (Which is what I believe), or you're thinking they will last minute swap. So you should be trying to court BK.

Why am I talking to myself? Is there large research going in the background? Ask me questions. Ask each other questions. ASK CAZ QUESTIONS.

Is this what Fortree deserves? An uninformed electorate? A lackadaisical people? I have the means to leave, to enjoy the ruination that Caz will bring, but I try to make you see reason.

Anything. Tell me I'm still sus. Tell me I am not crazy. Tell me something. It's ridiculous that I have to shove you all. Even BK. You can vote for me all you want, but give us something more?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 05, 2021, 08:15:08 pm
I'll give you a wall of text to chew on in a few minutes. I'm just finishing up something else I'm writing for the moment.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 05, 2021, 09:07:29 pm
What we know:

Out of the two candidates, one is the traitor.

Out of the three voters, one is the traitor-ally, and does not know who the traitor is.



Aside from myself, there are four people I can analyze.

The Candidates:

Caz:
Caz's style is in dichotomy with webadict's. He focuses less on the other players of the game and more on deconstructing webadict's own approach.
I don't need to look good man, I only have to prove that you're scum. And you're doing most of that fine by yourself.
I wouldn't call it necessarily a passive style at this point. Rather, it's reactive. Attempting to reveal webadict as the traitor by revealing the flaws and issues with webadict's approach.

Is Caz less active and forcefully digging than webadict? Absolutely. But we can't take that as a guarantee of anything. Powerwolves exist, as do passive town. Heavy activity and engagement is definitely a towntell, but Caz points out here, in the quote I selected, that he doesn't care about looking good, just tearing apart webadict's arguments.

webadict:
Webadict is genuinely impressive. I'll be honest: the read I have that he's 'trying too hard to be town' is pretty much a gut read. Just instinct. So let me attempt to quantify that - or disprove it.

The coins gambit.
As the nominee for my party, I am given security briefings. One such briefing informed me that Caz, the nominee of [NO PARTY NAME GIVEN], is serving our sworn enemy Ellif. Ellif grants their nobility symbolic coins, one of which was found with Caz's dirty fingerprints on it. notquitethere must also have been given one of these coins. notquitethere often breadcrumbs in their opening post as scum, and combining with their wanton attitude this game, it is very likely that notquitethere is therefore the undercover party for Caz, to surrender us to Ellif. Note that notquitethere specifically states that they used a die instead of a real coin to obfuscate their allegiance.

It is very likely that notquitethere will be steadily pushing for Caz, and I believe this will be readily apparent as the game goes on. Of course, I do believe that Caz may attempt to use this to distance themselves from notquitethere.
I'll be honest, this reads like a conspiracy theory.

webadict: Did you lie about the coin information you claim to have gotten from your flavor?

I'm sad to say that webadict's logic regarding the coins makes no sense. It's perfectly reasonable for a town!Caz to assume webadict is lying just because he knows webadict is scum and therefore a liar. I'm not sure a town webadict would push something so... ridiculous, so hard, unless it was literally a lie and a gambit designed to expose Caz via their reaction. Hence my question above.

But I can't just focus on this thing only. It's just a contributing factor.

Next, webadict moves on to utilizing meta evidence.
Which part of this play looks like how I usually play scum?
This... feels like useless WIFOM. As NQT points out.

I believe in your creative power to approach different games differently.

When it comes down to it, you can't use meta tells as primary evidence. You have to rely on how the game is played, because people change. People can change a lot. And people can even intentionally change, if they're good.

Then the dumbtell stuff. Honestly, I can believe that wuba just messed up there. It couldn't just be ignored, but a mess-up is believable.

In web's most recent post, he seems desperate.

Honestly, this would be understandable from town, too. Like town!nqt's performance in BYOR15, where he tried to panic-sway the execution at the end of day 1. I can believe that this is town!web panicking because the air is dead and scum can just lurk to victory.

I'm still leaning towards Caz as town, though. Give me evidence? Okay. You're scum because you're trying to hard to look down that you're throwing everything but the kitchen sink at Caz.

The Other Voters:

notquitethere:
Rest assured, I'll be reading back and reconsidering the arguments before the day's end.
Honestly? Bluarianknight makes a good point. Notquitethere seems low-effort, and not justifiably. Whether I think NQT is the traitor ally or Blu is the traitor ally depends on how well NQT follows up on this post.

That said, bad town is still town.

Bluarianknight:
Smol problem of holiday inactivity. Understandable, really. And not really feasible to get a replacement for a micro-game in progress. Unfortunately this makes reading them pretty hard, but we do get one absolute gem of a post to work with recently.

Bluarianknight still supports webadict.

Which is interesting. Notquitethere seems like the traitor-ally (at the moment) while Bluarian seems like a town voter, yet they're all switched around, notquitethere voting Caz, who I think is town, and Bluarian voting webadict, who I think (presently) is mafia.

Because based on the evidence, Web just fucking shot himself in the foot - but hasn't proven any scumtells or lean-ins. He doesn't want to manipulate the crowd, and provides arguments based on his opinions.
See though, acting towny enough is a form of scumtelling. Is the towniness being generated incidentally, or intentionally? That's the big question. My main argument against web is that it feels like he's trying too hard to look town.

But honestly I'm still open to changing my vote to elect Caz. Not very open, like 25% or so, but it's there. If you want to convince me? Tell me how web's play makes sense as a town player.

Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 05, 2021, 09:59:17 pm
webadict: Did you lie about the coin information you claim to have gotten from your flavor?
Yes. I have already claimed so.

I did so to make the first move. The issue here is that RVS doesn't exist. I have complete knowledge of what the right play is. Therefore, the point is that I can push for something to talk about. The goal, initially, was to get Caz to claim that there were no coins.

Please note that what follows uses logic that has been proven incorrect. For a defense of my thought process, please note that I specifically do not judge people for not knowing things (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=177981.msg8243689#msg8243689). If I did, I would vote Luckyowl more (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=177831.msg8232680#msg8232680).

NQT's first post initially sounded like they knew Caz was the Traitor because they were the Ally (running off the false knowledge that the Ally knew the Traitor.) I made up the Coin thing at the time mostly as a way to test out this theory. It had several outcomes, and I figured I'd get shit for it no matter what, but if you never make a move in this game, and you never take a chance, then why even play (You'll have to take my word that I like gambiting, but you can look at Paranormal 26 for another gambit (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=177426.msg8210006#msg8210006). Or maybe you can look at Vengeful 12.5 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=177831.msg8232708#msg8232708). There are literally dozens on this site, and I do them all the time because the game isn't fun if there's no danger.)

Worst case scenario is pretty much this, but... Eh? That's the result of gambiting. Sometimes the gambit doesn't go completely right.

I do believe that Caz made a complete misstep in claiming there were no coins, something that a Town player would have no knowledge of. I will stay committed to that at the end of the game when I flip Town. If you think I am wrong, you will be eating my words for years.

If you think I sound desperate, it's because I'm trying as hard as I can to show you I'm Town because it feels entirely like you see only what you want to see. There was no effort to read Caz in spite of literal memes being built about my unreadability. It's just soooo... I want to say lazy, but it's more like acceptance. That you have resigned yourself to your decision.

And I know it's wrong.

I am trying to help you. I am trying to say to poke Caz. You see me do my gambit and think it is wrong because you do not live in my brain.

The thing is, no matter if I win or lose here, you will always remember this game forever. You will see me gambit here and remember I was Town. Because I know NQT knows I do this all the time. I actively refused to cooperate with a Town-sided plan in CYOM4 (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=178092.msg8249570#msg8249570) because it wasn't fun, and you think I wouldn't gambit when my ultimate goal is to prove myself Town???

I have also posted Caz's metatells. Would you like me to go back over those too, to show you? I went on mine SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE YOU SAID I WOULDN'T DO THIS AS TOWN (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=178313.msg8266283#msg8266283).

Want me to repost some more?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 05, 2021, 10:30:04 pm
I really think that Caz is afraid to call BK the ally specifically because they want them to move to them. They likely believe, legitimately, that NQT is the Ally, but they aren't scared right now because they know NQT will stay there.

If I'm the Traitor, then Caz should be terrified of losing if they do not believe that BK is the Ally, unless they someone think that NQT, the Ally, believe they are the Traitor. But, what kind of mindset for a Town player is that. If you want to call that reasoning WIFOM, fine. But, it IS Occam's Razor to believe that if a player isn't afraid of losing and they have the player they believe is the Ally voting for them... It's because they think the Ally thinks their the Traitor...
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 05, 2021, 10:40:33 pm
Anyway, I'm off to bed. It's literally up to FoU to see if Town wins or loses. I've seen NQT on and off again, but it's just very unlikely that NQT is not the Ally. So, FoU, I'm willing to accept that you're Town.

Maybe that's why you think the scheme was scummy. I assume that scum FoU would probably do something like that. That's why it logically makes sense for you to assume that scum web might. Logically consistent with Town.

I unfortunately can't prove BK is the towniest player anymore because FoU's reasoning makes the most sense now. BK's is consistent with what little I know of their meta, but I'm not afraid of them being the Ally. NQT is like 90% certain to be the Ally, and they've done nothing other than defend Caz and attack me.

That's just... That's all the energy I have left. I need sleep. Seriously, FoU, if all of that isn't enough evidence to convince you, then there's literally nothing I can do, short of time travel.

You can say that desperation is a scumtell, but that only applies when the Town has additional eliminations. This game has literally one. You have to eliminate right.

Read Caves of Dashar. Read Caz there. It's short. It's easy for me to see it. That Caz is Town. This Caz is scum.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 07:39:44 am
Hm.

honestly, I'm a tad stumped right now.


FoU - my statements remain true, previously, albeit I'm willing to change my vote.

We don't have a meta, or anything of that sort. I base my evidence on something simple - this;

My own answer: I have no information yet whatsoever about the candidates, but flipping a coin gives me Caz.

The luckyowl option. Not the strategy I would pick, but at least you flipped correctly.


The coin, and all that jazz.. seems to indicate attempting to breach new meta - and the frustration of that being pointed at as a scumtell does the same. This is not a traditional setup. To accuse people of scum because they're not following traditional playstyles seems insane to me. We have one day to vote, and two candidate, one of whom is scum. The Traitor only has to tell the traitor-ally who they are. Once they've done that, they just need to play Town, and get votes.

Web has not done this.

So either he's awful and throwing the game, or he is trying to FIND scum. On the other hand, Caz has done nothing beyond some reactive posting to punish his scumhunting methods. So I dug into votes, and saw my evidence above.

He's clearly telling NQT, 'hey, I'm the traitor, good job.'

After that, NQT becomes a clear-as-day scum ally, as you say yourself, assaulting the other side, without much evidence past 'ITS OBVIOUSLY WEB'.

And it's easy - Web fucked up, tried something new, got punished. I can see that and move past it, but I can see why you can't.

But, mechanicially, and read wise? Web's actions don't make sense as scum, Caz's do. That's why my vote's on Web.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: TricMagic on April 06, 2021, 07:50:57 am
Projected Results
Caz: NQT, FoU
Web: BK

4 hours, 29 minutes till day end.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 08:06:58 am
OK did the promised read back. I was a bit busy earlier and put it off because of all the walls of text when it seemed so clear cut. But here we go:

#11 Web makes the Ellif claim. Ellif is Fille backwards but I don't think that gets us any closer.

#13 Caz weirdly hostile (often a town trait)

#15 Web makes the claim that the coin thing is a big tip off to me being the mole because of coin flavor...

#21 Web develops the coin lie some more

#23 Web pushes that the coin lie was a trap

#27 Web develops the argument about the coin. It's hard to follow but he seems to say that Caz would only know the coin thing is a lie if he was himself the traitor. But Web did lie about there being a coin with "Caz'd dirty fingerprints on it", so Caz's response makes perfect sense from a town perspective.

#29 Blu comes in and votes in favor of Web, but doesn't really address Web's weird lie scheme and instead insinuates Caz is buddying me, which is completely unsubstantiated.

#36 Fallacy sees some sense over the Web coin scheme

#37 Web develops his argument some more, saying a town caz would be denying the fingerprint angle rather than there being coins per se. But again, this is nuts. Because Caz just said Web was lying, which he was! This is really grasping from Web.

#46 on Web goes over the same nonsense logic

#49 Caz calls this kind of reasoning "NQT-level" which is rude but OK, I know what reputation I have here.

#51 Web calls Caz low risk. I don't think he's low risk, he's just not accepting the unmitigated WIFOM Web is putting  out. This feels like another secret appeal to my normal prejudices.

#59 Fallacy makes the same call I'm making

Then the thread devolves into some dumb tell stuff. Some more appeals to what a town!NQT really should know (Players keep doing this. This is a 4mask move.) There's a bit more to read but honestly this is giving me a headache and I don't know how much effort is worth me putting in when the answer is so blatant.

Fallacy- I'm still convinced from the that Blu is the traitor and Web is the bad candidate. What could change my mind? Blu backing Caz.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 08:27:14 am
Blu, your reading is on point. I am impressed as usual. It's very likely we still lose, but you were right for the right reasons. Well, mostly. Technically, the meta arguments are a little shoddy, but that is me being picky.

FoU is wrong, but it is also for the right reasons. They believe that traditional scumtells work because it works on them. They are in their own head, and not in Caz's or mine. Mindmelding is a fantastic way to win Mafia, and it removes the reliance on traditional scumtells because, well, only new scum players really care about scumtells.

PPE:
@NQT

Ellif is literally in my role PM. It is in the day open post (I think?) It isn't anything other than that it is the sworn enemy of Fortree (the country I am trying to run for).

Also, lmao on the Blu backing Caz thing, that's as blatant as it comes. NQT, you know your goal should have been to play the neutral card. That is what Town NQT would do. You don't do that here though because neutrality would be giving me too much leeway to win over FoU.

You know you'd be using activity as an indicator. That's what Town NQT would do. You don't use it here because it would point towards me.

You know you'd be playing a better Candidate than Caz is. That's probably what you're thinking right now. You have one line defending Caz. That is it.

NQT is the Ally and anyone that can't see it should be disappointed in themselves.

At this point, NQT, you should consider quickvoting me 20 minutes beforehand and then swapping off like 1 minute before game end. It would be a better play than your current one.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 08:35:49 am
These appeals to what a town!NQT would do aren't going to move me Web because I know I'm town and so necessarily everything I do is what I town!NQT would do. I don't have to slavishly try to apply analysis that makes sense in a long-form game to a completely alien setup.

Moreover, if we are doing the "appeals to activity" argument, then note that it's not a towntell for you to be active. See your high post count in Supernatural.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 08:36:00 am
Fallacy- I'm still convinced from the that Blu is the traitor and Web is the bad candidate. What could change my mind? Blu backing Caz.

'the only way to get my mind changed is if you vote scum'.

That makes no sense unless your the scum-ally.

Legitimately.

If your opinion is really just 'you are mafia if you vote X', that's because you're the mafia, and trying to discredit town.

I'm open to changing - I admit that, but I won't just for your approval. That makes no fucking sense. You aren't bringing anything to the table past what I've pointed out as ally-tells, and the fact it's working is infuriating.

Please. Do better. Make up something, or prod, or something. At least make me feel like town's going to lose for a reasonable excuse, past you blubbering the same things over and over.

I'm seeing the same shit you did in MMMM, the same biased 'info posts' that all point towards an agenda. I'm not seeing Town!NQT. I'm seeing Scum!NQT. We were allies in MMMM, and I know your scumtells. You know mine. You aren't pointing any of that out, or trying to prove I'm mafia, past my association with voting Web. I've proven how both you AND Caz are shady and sucmmy, with what little I have.

Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 08:40:48 am
At this point, NQT, you should consider quickvoting me 20 minutes beforehand and then swapping off like 1 minute before game end. It would be a better play than your current one.
This is an attempt to communicate to your ally, right??

Blu, I don't think appeals to meta are that good in this setup as it's a completely different dynamic. I'm not invested enough to put in hours of puzzling it out when the answer is between two candidates and it's so bleeding obvious which one. Also, I trust both you and Fallacy to be good players. If you're town, you'll figure it out.

But look, for real: do you follow and agree with the reasoning behind Web's coin trap?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 08:43:10 am
Literally this NQT:

The only way you see Blu as not the Ally is if they vote for Caz. Then, by assuming you as not the Ally (or even doing that, whatevs) FoU is the Ally... And also voting for Caz.

So which is it?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 08:48:09 am
At this point, NQT, you should consider quickvoting me 20 minutes beforehand and then swapping off like 1 minute before game end. It would be a better play than your current one.
This is an attempt to communicate to your ally, right??

Blu, I don't think appeals to meta are that good in this setup as it's a completely different dynamic. I'm not invested enough to put in hours of puzzling it out when the answer is between two candidates and it's so bleeding obvious which one. Also, I trust both you and Fallacy to be good players. If you're town, you'll figure it out.

But look, for real: do you follow and agree with the reasoning behind Web's coin trap?
You are right that it is obvious. It is FoU that just can't see that. I know you can. That's why it is obvious you are the Ally.

All four other players have essentially called you the Ally. Technically, FoU has said that it isn't for sure, so we can say 3 of 4 have. And, you know at least 1 of those people has to be Town, right?

Also, sure. I am communicating with my Ally. You caught me.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 08:49:45 am
Sorry, I eyerolled too hard on that last sentence.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 08:51:07 am
Literally this NQT:

The only way you see Blu as not the Ally is if they vote for Caz. Then, by assuming you as not the Ally (or even doing that, whatevs) FoU is the Ally... And also voting for Caz.

So which is it?
I don't know why but this is very funny to me. Literally chuckling away here. ("having fun is a known NQT scum!tell") You're right, it is a puzzler. But it would show that Blu is dynamic voter and doesn't already have the answers. But really, I just don't see that world. Your approach relied on really woolly reasoning about what a town player would say in response to someone they know is lying; and Blu just buys this, no question.

PPE: You wish I were the ally.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 08:56:28 am
At this point, NQT, you should consider quickvoting me 20 minutes beforehand and then swapping off like 1 minute before game end. It would be a better play than your current one.
This is an attempt to communicate to your ally, right??

Blu, I don't think appeals to meta are that good in this setup as it's a completely different dynamic. I'm not invested enough to put in hours of puzzling it out when the answer is between two candidates and it's so bleeding obvious which one. Also, I trust both you and Fallacy to be good players. If you're town, you'll figure it out.

But look, for real: do you follow and agree with the reasoning behind Web's coin trap?

I don't. I think it was a stupid fucking idea, and Web shouldn't have done it.

That doesn't mean I think he's scum.

Why is my meta-argument bad? I think it has good basis - It's a different gamestyle, people shouldn't be looked at the same way.

I've laid out my case on Scum would act, and why I think Caz and you are scum. I have provided evidence for that, and examples of it.

At this point, one of us has to be the scum-ally. If it was FoU, he'd hammer, no worries.

It's not me, so it's you. I have decent evidence showing you latching onto Caz, and why.

I don't agree wtih Web fully. I don't believe he's a bastion of Town - I've stated that constantly. That's the difference between us.

You are willing to agree to Caz fully, 100%, must-be.

I'm willing to change my mind, given decent evidence. I've stated it, and I've stated my issues with Web.

But mechanicially, and by day-play, he is more likely to be town.



EDIT:

Literally this NQT:

The only way you see Blu as not the Ally is if they vote for Caz. Then, by assuming you as not the Ally (or even doing that, whatevs) FoU is the Ally... And also voting for Caz.

So which is it?
I don't know why but this is very funny to me. Literally chuckling away here. ("having fun is a known NQT scum!tell") You're right, it is a puzzler. But it would show that Blu is dynamic voter and doesn't already have the answers. But really, I just don't see that world. Your approach relied on really woolly reasoning about what a town player would say in response to someone they know is lying; and Blu just buys this, no question.

PPE: You wish I were the ally.

NQT. I might scream.

As stated above, I have my reasons for believing FoU isn't the ally. He'd jump on the scummier person.

I have my vote on Web to let him decide for himself. I won't unvote, because then Caz wins.

I'm returning to this post. Later. Got errand to do.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 09:02:01 am
Literally this NQT:

The only way you see Blu as not the Ally is if they vote for Caz. Then, by assuming you as not the Ally (or even doing that, whatevs) FoU is the Ally... And also voting for Caz.

So which is it?
I don't know why but this is very funny to me. Literally chuckling away here. ("having fun is a known NQT scum!tell") You're right, it is a puzzler. But it would show that Blu is dynamic voter and doesn't already have the answers. But really, I just don't see that world. Your approach relied on really woolly reasoning about what a town player would say in response to someone they know is lying; and Blu just buys this, no question.

PPE: You wish I were the ally.

This makes no sense to me.

This is also a bunch of fluff.

NQT, your logic makes no sense. Let's lay it out - if FoU is the ally, he'd jump onto whatever ship was clearly scummier - so Web, in your logic. But he's on the Caz. If I was the ally, you'd be fine dropping me off, and letting FoU just vote for your 'very townie president'.

If you were scum, you'd want to get as many votes for Caz as possible - trying to play both townie off each other to vote for the scum.

Now, let's look at what you're doing - playing both townies to switch/vote for Caz.

Which situation I've presented fits the bill, hm?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 09:05:18 am
Huh,, just realized.

FoU won't be back for game end.

So I guess you win, scum.

Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 09:08:04 am
Blu, there's no hammers so your reasoning is off there. If you're not the traitor, explain what makes Fallacy the traitor.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 09:11:31 am
Huh,, just realized.

FoU won't be back for game end.

So I guess you win, scum.
Yep. I told you. We lose, but you are right for the right reasons.

I take solace in that fact.

Blu, there's no hammers so your reasoning is off there. If you're not the traitor, explain what makes Fallacy the traitor.
... I entertained FoU being the Ally but it stopped applying because their defense of Caz made sense from their point of view. They, overall, do seem quite Towny.

Blu's defense of me makes sense from Blu's point of view. Your defense of Caz doesn't.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 09:15:40 am
Blu, there's no hammers so your reasoning is off there. If you're not the traitor, explain what makes Fallacy the traitor.

Wh-

I just did an entire message explaining why I don't think he is. I think you are.

The game ends in 3 hours. FoU doesn't post in the morning. My theory stands quite corrected.

If you believe otherwise, and FoU is possibly the ally, you'd unvote, and leave it 1-1, or reconsider your position at least.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 09:21:06 am
I just don't see a world in which this is a town post:

Confusing..

My vote's still on Web. for now. I need to see Caz do something - prove, poke, prod. Actually dig in - it seems only NQT is doing that isofar, and doing it against Web - which seems to me to be buddying, but I'm not sure.

The only thing in Web's favour is he wan't it more. But that's not a towntell for Web.

From my view:
If I keep my vote where it is:
- If I'm right, I trusted my gut and saw it through to the end. If I'm wrong, well, that's more on Web for his fancy play.

If I swap
- If I'm right, great, we win. If I'm wrong I'll feel doubly bad for ignoring my instinct
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 09:25:59 am
I just don't see a world in which this is a town post:

Confusing..

My vote's still on Web. for now. I need to see Caz do something - prove, poke, prod. Actually dig in - it seems only NQT is doing that isofar, and doing it against Web - which seems to me to be buddying, but I'm not sure.

The only thing in Web's favour is he wan't it more. But that's not a towntell for Web.

From my view:
If I keep my vote where it is:
- If I'm right, I trusted my gut and saw it through to the end. If I'm wrong, well, that's more on Web for his fancy play.

If I swap
- If I'm right, great, we win. If I'm wrong I'll feel doubly bad for ignoring my instinct

I never said swap. I said unvote.

The worst case in that scenario is a draw - but that would prove you'd be open to consideration.

Please, read my posts - don't just react to them.

Also, pulling out a post from the second page - when I was still watching both sides, without ANY of the information posted, is misinformation.

I've explained my reasoning better, multiple times now - but at that point, I saw what I've laid out - Web did a play, Caz sitting back, and NQT hitting on Web. We have one ally. You were being real protecting of Caz. That was ample reasoning for the moment, but I was willing to change.

You, have, CONSTANTLY, REMINDED, ME, OF, YOUR, UNWILLINGNESS, TO CHANGE.

I would unvote in your scenario, take another look, admit that.

But instead, you're just playing around, ignoring half my posts and making replies that seem like you're replying to me saying something I haven't - which only confuses other people.

It's playing with words, and misinformation at it's best.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 09:27:19 am
UnvoteUnvote

OK, Blu. Why is Fallacy the traitor?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 09:32:16 am
I truly believe arguing with you is pointless, NQT. You are the Ally, and you are voting for the Traitor. The only hope is that FoU shows up outta nowhere and sees how scummy you are.

Probably not, but whatcha gonna do?

You spouting what is and isn't towntells of mine is so scummy it hurts. It is legitimately baffling that FoU doesn't see that.

UnvoteUnvote

OK, Blu. Why is Fallacy the traitor?
They're not. Just stop.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 09:35:22 am
The only thing I'm saying on tells is that you were active as scum during Supernatural so being active is demonstrably not a town tell for you. Am I forgetting something?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 09:37:47 am
Yeah, the times I was active in every other game. Those ones seemed to have slipped your mind.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 09:39:42 am
I think you misunderstand my point. I'm not saying you're scum because you're active. I'm just saying it would be premature to call you town just because you're active.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 09:39:52 am
UnvoteUnvote

OK, Blu. Why is Fallacy the traitor?

Huh. Okay, shit.

I was not expecting this, lemme parse my notes.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 09:41:29 am
I think you misunderstand my point. I'm not saying you're scum because you're active. I'm just saying it would be premature to call you town just because you're active.
True. It's NAI. But, uh, what about Caz?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 10:07:41 am
Hm.

Let's say FoU is the ally.


He's been targetting Web the entire game. He's probably tossed more against him then you've been, albeit has been trying to keep himself the 'open townie' play. He has, however, not questioned Caz once. He actually gives a better defense of Caz then you do, here. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=178313.msg8266992#msg8266992)

He's hit Caz right before he went to bed - in short, removing himself from the conversation - and both me and you are in complete disagreement. He doesn't have to do anything, because he's won.

Let's go back to my scum argument - It wasn't hard to think up. Scum wouldn't do something as risky as Web's play - it seems stupid. We also know from the starting post, that the traitor-ally doesn't know who they're supposed to vote for. So to someone trying to figure out the traitor.. Web is too loud.

So he starts targetting Web - avoiding giving any flame to Caz, who he believes is the traitor. He lets us fight, asking us questions trying to push each other further way - playing both sides, to avoid us making any sort of agreement. Then, once he's got a good alibi, he dips.

I've looked through the thread - past the main defense post, I don't think he's directly asked Caz any questions. He seems dead-set that Caz is clearly not scum - while giving the illusion of choice, by seeming 'willing to change', giving the impression of town.

He could be wrong, of course - maybe Web is really the traitor, and somehow is playing horrendously. But I don't think that's the case.

We have an hour - let's see if we can solve this.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 10:16:30 am
I don't think he's directly asked Caz any questions.
And there it is. I just checked back and holymoly they're chainsawing. Caz never directly addresses Fallacy and Fallacy never addresses Caz, the entire game.

That's more suspicious than Web making a dubious fancy play.

My vote's on Web Web
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 10:20:01 am
... Are you seriously now voting for me so you can swap away from me a minute beforehand?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 10:20:57 am
I don't know what to tell you Web, I'm not the traitor.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 10:21:55 am
At this point, NQT, you should consider quickvoting me 20 minutes beforehand and then swapping off like 1 minute before game end. It would be a better play than your current one.
Just gonna leave this here.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 10:36:44 am
I don't know what to tell you Web, I'm not the traitor.

I'm surprised - but hey, I'm glad for the outcome, at least.

Let's see if Caz or FoU make any last-second attempts at salvaging this. I'm going on a stroll, so any posts after this will be small.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: TricMagic on April 06, 2021, 10:37:40 am
Think it's an hour-thirty left.

Projected Votes
Caz: FoU
Web: BK, NQT

Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: TricMagic on April 06, 2021, 11:15:35 am
Think it's an hour-thirty left.

Projected Votes
Caz: FoU
Web: BK, NQT


Soontm

Not much time left. Down to the last 45.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 11:22:11 am
Just waiting for the unsurprising stab in the back.

Just waaaaaaaiting for it.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 11:28:57 am
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Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 11:47:23 am
I legit don't believe you. Just waiting for it.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: TricMagic on April 06, 2021, 11:50:30 am
20 minutes left.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 06, 2021, 11:59:09 am
Webadict. Now NQT switching will do absolutely no good.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 12:03:02 pm
You absolute FOOLS! Muahahaha!

Nah, I'm joking. That's a Town win, good job.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: TricMagic on April 06, 2021, 12:04:06 pm
Any votes after the 10 minute mark won't count. (I'm off for lunch.)
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 12:04:14 pm
Webadict. Now NQT switching will do absolutely no good.

Wh- wha..

Okay, not letting that WIFOM me. Just..

HODL.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 12:05:44 pm
💎 ✋
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 06, 2021, 12:07:04 pm
This is big brain time.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 12:09:59 pm
Expert timing to throw off last minute vote shenanigans.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 12:11:30 pm
Hm, could've been better timing.

So, NQT was definitely the Ally, right?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 06, 2021, 12:12:11 pm
The traitor-ally's going to feel mighty silly if it turns out that you're town, nya.

So, NQT was definitely the Ally, right?
I'm assuming this was the case.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 12:13:32 pm
You know I wouldn't put it past Tric to set the game up without actually any traitors.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 12:14:42 pm
You know I wouldn't put it past Tric to set the game up without actually any traitors.
Was it... Was it Blu???
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 06, 2021, 12:15:25 pm
Eh, that would be a bastard mechanic. Admittedly pretty good for a laugh, but I don't think he'd do that.

Was it... Was it Blu???
Well if it wasn't me...
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 12:16:10 pm
Did Blu actually save the game unintentionally?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 12:16:33 pm
.... wait votes are locked in right?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 12:17:10 pm
I think so, yes.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 12:17:28 pm
... you aren't the traitor?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 12:17:51 pm
No. I'm legit, yo.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 06, 2021, 12:17:54 pm
Yes. Fully locked in.

... you aren't the traitor?

sad trombone
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 12:18:22 pm
Haha well I'm not the traitor.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 12:19:13 pm
FUCK.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 06, 2021, 12:19:22 pm
>When you're traitor-ally and accidentally save the game for town
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 12:20:27 pm
I'm crying over here. Here I went and fumbled the ball into Caz's hands, and Blu paid the ref off to call the play a foul.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 12:20:47 pm
Incidentally, this was me straight up not reading either the OP or my PM closely enough:

Ellif is Fille backwards but I don't think that gets us any closer.

But on rereading the PM three times I'm definitely not a traitor.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 12:21:11 pm
I wasnt told the traitor. I was so sure it was Web.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 12:21:28 pm
AHHHA so I was right about Blu!
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 12:21:49 pm
Gut read on Blu justified.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 12:21:56 pm
Caz GAVE ME NO SIGNS
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: 4maskwolf on April 06, 2021, 12:22:12 pm
ooof. I've been trying to develop a meta read on Web and was totally convinced it was him from the spectator seat.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 12:22:39 pm
I'm counting this as town practice.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: ToonyMan on April 06, 2021, 12:23:51 pm
lol
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 12:24:07 pm
Nah, that's just the pandemic and my first weekend going for a long run getting the best of me.

I'm counting this as town practice.
Legit thought you were town because you were looking deeper. Now I realize you were looking for the hidden message.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 06, 2021, 12:24:22 pm
Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory by Blu here:

I don't think he's directly asked Caz any questions.
And there it is. I just checked back and holymoly they're chainsawing. Caz never directly addresses Fallacy and Fallacy never addresses Caz, the entire game.

That's more suspicious than Web making a dubious fancy play.

My vote's on Web Web
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 06, 2021, 12:25:42 pm
>When you accidentally make the scum player look scummier so the players switch to voting the town candidate

hahahaha

This ended hilariously. Anyone mind if I put the next micro-setup up?
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: ToonyMan on April 06, 2021, 12:26:47 pm
I thought it was either Blue and Web or NQT and Caz until NQT switched their vote onto Web.
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: TricMagic on April 06, 2021, 12:27:47 pm
The Voting is Closed! Please wait with some beer while the votes are tallied.

With an overwhelming number of votes, Webadict has emerged victorious. May he lead Fortree well in the days to come.

For his first action as President he ordered the examination of his political opponent Caz, holding true to his claim Ellif had inserted a plant. However Caz somehow escaped with the help of BluarianKnight, seeing the tides turning against them. On investigation, they were working for those dirty elves, a charm found among their belonging that would let them pose as dwarves. With the plot foiled Fortree is sure to continue prospering, and Webadict has already decreed new lava traps should be made to halt their advances.

In other news, Gobal has gone quiet, the raids stopping. Military advisors claim they may be prepping for a larger attack, herding golems into position. Webdict has come up with a stunning new design however, a type of web trap to stick in golem joints. Truly, the future is bright with such a fine leader among dwarves.
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: TricMagic on April 06, 2021, 12:29:45 pm
Of note, Fortree is missing an S, and Eliif with the i-s removed is Elf. Gobal is a stand-in for Gob-l-in.

This has been fun to watch. Also, neither the Traitor nor the Ally knew each other, though they knew they existed.
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 12:30:42 pm
I... should have realized the traitor didn't get who their ally was. It was obvious. Aaaaagh
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: FallacyofUrist on April 06, 2021, 12:31:31 pm
This reeks of irony.
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 12:32:18 pm
I... should have realized the traitor didn't get who their ally was. It was obvious. Aaaaagh
I was suspected because I got this reversed. That should've been another hint, too ;)

This reeks of irony.
Literally the most ironic win I've had since MVM2.
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: TricMagic on April 06, 2021, 12:34:26 pm
Town tended to vote in Green for most of the game, Blue voted in Red.

Also, I gotta go put something in queue. (I'm not going to bastard unless I say I am. Or am I?)
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: BluarianKnight on April 06, 2021, 12:40:12 pm
I'm calling this a win for me.
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: webadict on April 06, 2021, 01:02:45 pm
I'm calling this a win for me.
You have solid Townie play. Just need work on the reading angle. Also, I made it extremely difficult because I'm incomprehensible.
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: Caz on April 06, 2021, 01:39:06 pm
Couldn't get in to post earlier :@ boo
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: Caz on April 08, 2021, 11:33:19 am
Finally read over this

Kinda annoyed I didn't get back in time for the last day esp since Blu ACTUALLY STARTED POSTING @_@ the posts being made were good but kinda doesn't matter if I didn't end up replying to them -.- and yeah the 'sending a signal' was problematic since I hadn't decided yet who the traitor-ally was likely to be.

Losing bc people think I'm town somehow is... :D  My posts were just reactionary only really.

Also the coin thing totally did pwn me via logic but I just kept shouting NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE ON ABOUT SCUM IT'S OBV A PLOT over and over again. Which mostly worked.

All in all, weird game where you have to both look scum and town to win >_>

Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: TricMagic on April 08, 2021, 11:55:03 am
I do wonder if it could be balanced by having the scum know who the traitor is, or vice versa. As is this game needs the Scum to sway the two town to them, just as Town needs to sway the voters to them. If the traitor ally knows who it is, it becomes harder for town to win.

Of course, scum-ally not knowing who does lead to stuff like this.  :)
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: webadict on April 08, 2021, 12:53:01 pm
The coin thing was logically sound, but everyone gave you the benefit of the doubt because it sounds completely stupid.

If I had had a bit more time to think it over, I'd do it a bit better next time, so there was less wiggle room for you to straight deny.
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: Caz on April 08, 2021, 01:34:24 pm
DID you actually get something about coins in your PM? Or did you just make it up?
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: webadict on April 08, 2021, 01:54:50 pm
DID you actually get something about coins in your PM? Or did you just make it up?
I made it up. I figured it'd be easier for everyone if we had something to talk about.

Honestly, the correct way to throw me off would be to play along. Then... I can no longer deny I made it up, and you've just used my only weapon against me. It'd also make the game infinitely more WIFOMy then it was.
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: notquitethere on April 08, 2021, 02:05:14 pm
Was it logically sound? Caz said you were lying and you were. I suppose I could have looked more closely at the argument as you were town after all!
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: webadict on April 08, 2021, 02:26:21 pm
I was lying about the coins, but Caz shouldn't know anything about the coins as Town. I would be lying only about a coin that has Caz's fingerprints on it. But, Caz said no coins (plural) existed, period, a fact that can't be known by anyone but scum.
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: notquitethere on April 08, 2021, 02:33:31 pm
I think Caz thought that was stronger than I did. What he actually said was:

"This is lies. My PM contained no information about coins, NQT was the one that brought it up as a Lucky reference."

And he's telling the truth there on all three points. You lied, his PM didn't contain any information on coins. I brought up coins.
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: ToonyMan on April 08, 2021, 02:34:39 pm
I think you guys really did elect the traitor candidate.
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: webadict on April 08, 2021, 02:45:11 pm
Caz disputed the existence of coins. They didn't say they received no info on coins. They said no coins exist at all.

Being right on that fact is the problem.

As a more direct version of this, let me give a very, very, very blantant example.

A setup exists. 50% chance of Roleblocker or Mafioso. If a Roleblocker exists, 50% chance a Cop exists.

I claim Cop. Caz says there is no Cop. The only way Caz can know that fact is if Caz is the Cop OR Caz is the Mafioso, but since they said there is NO cop, they are saying no one is the Cop, so they are the Mafioso.

Yes, this is a very blatant example, but their words showed that they said no coins period. Not that they were jnaware of coins. Not that the coin with their fingerprints didn't exist. No coins. At all.
Title: Re: Election Day!
Post by: notquitethere on April 08, 2021, 02:49:36 pm
This is lies. My PM contained no information about coins, NQT was the one that brought it up as a Lucky reference.
Caz disputed the existence of coins. They didn't say they received no info on coins. They said no coins exist at all.
Lynch all liars webadict.

I think you guys really did elect the traitor candidate.
Clearly!
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: webadict on April 08, 2021, 03:02:28 pm
You are skipping the most important part of that post.

This is lies.
It cannot be a lie if they received no information.
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: Caz on April 10, 2021, 07:25:17 am
This is lies.
It cannot be a lie if they received no information.

It can be a lie if I know you're lying. :P
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: webadict on April 10, 2021, 09:47:54 am
This is lies.
It cannot be a lie if they received no information.

It can be a lie if I know you're lying. :P
Correct. But you can only know I'm lying if you're scum.
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: TricMagic on April 10, 2021, 09:50:27 am
This is lies.
It cannot be a lie if they received no information.

It can be a lie if I know you're lying. :P
Correct. But you can only know I'm lying if you're scum.
You're also lying if Caz is town though, since then you would be lying scum. You know you're town, but others don't. So a town caz would also know about the lie since you'd be scum.
Title: Re: Election: A Bright Future(Town Victory)
Post by: webadict on April 10, 2021, 10:03:32 am
You keep making the wrong assumptions. You are using meta-truths to defend the behavior for the wrong reasons.

Ignore that the Coins do not exist. This is an irrelevant fact.

Caz can't know that the coins don't exist if they're Town.
Caz can know that a singular Coin with Caz's fingerprints on them doesn't exist, because it implicates them, and they know they're Town. But, that acknowledges the Coins existence.

Caz claimed simultaneously that there were no Coins and that they have no information on the Coins. These statements are inherently contradictory from Town perspective.
If Caz has no information on the Coins, then they cannot determine the truth of the Coins existence.
If they can determine the truth of the Coins existence, then they have information on the Coins.
If they have information on the Coins, then they lied about having no information on the Coins.
If they lied about having no information on the Coins, it is because they are scum and know I'm lying about the Coins.