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Title: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: notquitethere on August 25, 2022, 02:51:45 pm
Procedurally Generated Mafia 4

Proc-Gen Mafia is a normal game of mafia except that the role powers are procedurally generated using the source found here (https://pastebin.com/raw/nAMeFiCg).

You could call the setup semi-open in design, as the source code for the generator will be public at the start of the game. The previous game can be read here. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=175212.0) Previous version of the game used this generator (http://playfic.com/games/jojo/power-generator).

Players will be given roles that look like this:

-Black Inspectist: You can kill all players targeting all players targeting a random player's target's target's target's target. Your kills cannot be protected or be immunised against. Action: superkill.
-One-shot CPRor: Upon dying for the first time, you will revive without flipping. While you are alive, each other player's night action has a 75% chance of affecting a random player
-Mad Frameup: You will take on the role of the first person to die. You have two abilities: up to twice per night you can befriend another player, or each day you can voteblock all players targeting all players targeting a random player's target. Actions: befriend, voteblock. You are a third-party: you win when all other players are dead
-Purple Stalkling: You can learn the actions owned of another player's target. Action: inspect
-Beta Jesrate: If zombie urist is killed, the player responsible will die. Up to twice per day you learn the role PM of the next upcoming role in the setup, but not who has it. Actions: (auto)cheat
-Insane Guardor: A random player of the same alignment can vote twice. You have two abilities: each night you can guard a third of the players, or up to twice per night you can curse a random player. Actions: guard, curse.
-Allilante Invenbor: If you are killed, all the players will give away their role to a random player of a different alignment. Once per day you can receive a list of half the third parties left in the game. Action: Census.
-Police Backnet: You can prime all the players, or ignite all the cursed targets. Actions: Prime/Ignite
- Doubleup Deephealer: You can feed a target's target each night, which will either CPR them or infect them (25/75 chance). Actions: Bake


Spoiler: Mafia Rules (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Roles (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Power Clarifications (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Action Resolution (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Testing the Code (click to show/hide)

Players:
- Maximum Spin
- ToonyMan
- TricMagic
- KnightWing64
- NJW2000
- Jim Groovester
- FallacyofUrist
- Hector13

Link to final post. (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8406188#msg8406188)
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase
Post by: TricMagic on August 25, 2022, 02:57:26 pm
Not entirely sure how to use it..
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase
Post by: notquitethere on August 25, 2022, 03:01:20 pm
Take the source code which can be found here (https://pastebin.com/raw/nAMeFiCg) and paste the text into the editor which can be found here (http://tracery.io/editor/). That will generate a bunch of roles. You can set the options to generate more.

(The initial source was broken due to a last minute change I made but now should work.)
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase
Post by: Maximum Spin on August 25, 2022, 03:05:08 pm
Hey, another one of these, I'd like to play. I think the first one was my very first one here, wasn't it?

I don't have time to contribute to this phase right now though. I'll try to later.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase
Post by: ToonyMan on August 25, 2022, 03:08:43 pm
I don't think I've been in any of these.

I'll join...
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase
Post by: notquitethere on August 25, 2022, 03:09:37 pm
There are a number of differences between this edition and the last. Firstly, there are a lot more possible role actions. Secondly, the role names can but don't always refer to the role actions in that role. Third, it's very possible to get multiple different abilities.

Here's a power I just generated which has many different features and is all one role:

Code: [Select]
[i]Madist Towndriver[/i]: As long as you are alive, Dariush cannot be watched during the night. You will show up as 'third party' when inspected and on roleflip (with this ability blanked out)

As long as you are dead, zombie urist cannot be copied during the night. While you are alive, each other player's night action has a 25% chance of affecting a random player of the same alignment

You are a Multiple User Personality. Each night you can MUP half the players targeting notquitethere: this will either watch, poison, protect or do nothing. Action: MUP
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase
Post by: TricMagic on August 25, 2022, 03:10:28 pm
I'm only recieving ((origin)) things in the output.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase
Post by: notquitethere on August 25, 2022, 03:13:02 pm
I'm only recieving ((origin)) things in the output.
Refresh the source page to make sure you're definitely getting the latest output. When you paste it into the editor, get rid of all text which is in the editor by default (forgot to mention that step).
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase
Post by: notquitethere on August 25, 2022, 03:17:38 pm
Two Step Method For Testing The Source Code

Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase
Post by: TricMagic on August 25, 2022, 03:18:02 pm
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Wolf Shield: Upon dying for the first two times, you will revive without flipping, and, if third-party, you will become a town-ally. You have two abilities: each night you can block another player, or each night you can curse another player's target. Actions: block, curse.

Odd.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase
Post by: notquitethere on August 25, 2022, 03:24:25 pm
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Wolf Shield: Upon dying for the first two times, you will revive without flipping, and, if third-party, you will become a town-ally. You have two abilities: each night you can block another player, or each night you can curse another player's target. Actions: block, curse.

Odd.
The 'and if third-party' is only there if the role was generated as a third-party (which it wasn't but through various mechanisms a third-party could end up having this role). It's modelled after 'Saulus' type roles in Xylbot.

Other than that, the role is just a bit OP.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase
Post by: Maximum Spin on August 25, 2022, 03:26:40 pm
"eavesdroped" should be "eavesdropped" and you're missing end punctuation in some cases (but you probably saw that since you've already quoted some).
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase
Post by: notquitethere on August 25, 2022, 03:30:03 pm
"eavesdroped" should be "eavesdropped" and you're missing end punctuation in some cases (but you probably saw that since you've already quoted some).
The punctuation thing I will probably fix. Bad spelling for some past tense words is an unfortunate side effect of the generation method (automatically making words past tense) and will be cleaned up when I send out the role.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase
Post by: TricMagic on August 25, 2022, 03:30:32 pm
So, IN?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase & Signups [3/?]
Post by: hector13 on August 25, 2022, 11:15:40 pm
Bugger it, I’ll in. I can’t do any testing as my phone evidently can’t highlight enough characters to paste it into the editor.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase & Signups [3/?]
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 26, 2022, 05:03:22 am
IN
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase & Signups [3/?]
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 26, 2022, 05:28:44 am
Posting roles later
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase & Signups [5/?]
Post by: Knightwing64 on August 26, 2022, 02:02:06 pm
one of my roles was impossible, as the ability was to super kill everyone in the game, and the win con was for someone of a opposite alignment to be alive, so I'm not posting that one lol


(Jesiler Hospitaler: While you are dead, each other player's night action has a 50% chance of affecting a random player of a different alignment. You have two abilities: each night you can guard all the players targeting a random player's target, or up to twice per night you can copy all the players targeting another player. Actions: guard, copy.

Paraiser Wereist: If you are killed, all the players will lose their role powers. You have two abilities: up to twice per night you can cure a random player, or each night you can inspect all the players. Actions: cure, inspect.. You are a third-party: you win if you are alive when the game ends.

Love Blueiler: You yourself won't flip on dying. Each night you can target a random player's target. If they are a third-party, you convert them into being a normal Townie. Action: psych.

Backpert Mafioman: From the end of the first day, a random player shares share a chat with you yourself. You can curse another player. Action: curse.)
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase & Signups [5/?]
Post by: NJW2000 on August 26, 2022, 02:09:40 pm
This is a terrible idea but in.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase & Signups [6/?]
Post by: ToonyMan on August 26, 2022, 09:56:28 pm
Okay let's roll some roles:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The roles that have "each other player's night action has a % chance of affecting a random player of a X alignment" sounds really annoying.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase & Signups [6/?]
Post by: NJW2000 on August 27, 2022, 02:55:06 am
I think NQT will replace the names in the hen with names of people actually playing, so person specific roles on the lines of captain or condemnor appear
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase & Signups [6/?]
Post by: notquitethere on August 28, 2022, 04:45:52 am
Yeah 'Tiruin', 'Zombie Urist' etc are just used as dummy names in the list, and would be populated with the actual players. That way you can have ally and lover type roles generated.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase & Signups [6/?]
Post by: notquitethere on August 28, 2022, 04:52:08 am
One-shot Missionet: You have the following one-shot ability: you can copy all the players's target (one use). Action: copy
Holy shit...what??
The grammar is a bug, but what I think this does is for all players being targeted by someone, it would copy their action. Powerful, but probably not game-ending.

The roles that have "each other player's night action has a % chance of affecting a random player of a X alignment" sounds really annoying.
Yeah probably a bit annoying. It's an emergent design space between a couple of normal roles that doesn't quite work. I think I need to tweak the chances, because the list of possible actions is huge whereas the list of passive stuff like this is much smaller, so even though roles are most likely to have an action, each given action is much rarer than some of the weirder passive powers.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase & Signups [6/?]
Post by: Jim Groovester on August 30, 2022, 04:38:51 pm
In.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Pre-Game Testing Phase & Signups [7/?]
Post by: NJW2000 on September 01, 2022, 06:27:26 pm
Can I ask if there've been any additions/changes to the generator since this post (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8401915#msg8401915)?

The diguised roleflip thing seems a bit too common. It's also not clear what kind of third party you flip as when it says something like "You will show up as 'third party' on roleflip (with this ability blanked out)".
There's also an ambiguity with roles that make other people flip in obscured or changed ways - it says "X will flip as third party with this ability blanked out", but is it visible on you?

The roles that do nothing but screw with censuses don't seem fun, but they make logical sense.



Would be ok with a totally random initial setup with unexpected third parties, especially if there were fewer "randomize all night action" roles. Trying to train myself not to care about having a weak or useless role.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Signups [7/?]
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 01, 2022, 06:32:34 pm
In. I think we need at least 9 players for a fun setup, so I'll contribute to that.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Signups [7/?]
Post by: notquitethere on September 01, 2022, 06:41:21 pm
Can I ask if there've been any additions/changes to the generator since this post (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8401915#msg8401915)?

The diguised roleflip thing seems a bit too common. It's also not clear what kind of third party you flip as when it says something like "You will show up as 'third party' on roleflip (with this ability blanked out)".
There's also an ambiguity with roles that make other people flip in obscured or changed ways - it says "X will flip as third party with this ability blanked out", but is it visible on you?

The roles that do nothing but screw with censuses don't seem fun, but they make logical sense.



Would be ok with a totally random initial setup with unexpected third parties, especially if there were fewer "randomize all night action" roles. Trying to train myself not to care about having a weak or useless role.
Thanks for the feedback. I've just updated the source with a slightly more balanced set of possibilities, but I think it still needs work. If I can get it spitting out something nice and variable I would be tempted to go 100% random (third parties included) or maybe, like gen up three possible random states and run the most viable of the three.

Working on the ambiguity problem now...
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Signups [7/?]
Post by: notquitethere on September 01, 2022, 06:46:36 pm
In. I think we need at least 9 players for a fun setup, so I'll contribute to that.
Good to have you aboard.

It's also not clear what kind of third party you flip as when it says something like "You will show up as 'third party' on roleflip (with this ability blanked out)".
There's also an ambiguity with roles that make other people flip in obscured or changed ways - it says "X will flip as third party with this ability blanked out", but is it visible on you?
Actually, I think these are better clarified outside of the generator: you would show up with a newly generated third party role. And yes, if you died, then on your flip people would learn that X's flip was a fake. I'll add some clarifications in the OP.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Signups [8/?]
Post by: notquitethere on September 02, 2022, 07:13:39 am
I've update the source again (https://pastebin.com/raw/nAMeFiCg) with loads more Xylbot-inspired roles, increasing the variation. Here's some new content:

Super Poisoner: You can feed Maximum Spin each night, which will either cure them or poison them (75/25 chance). Actions: Bake

Secret Busup: Whenever someone targets you during the night, you will use the same ability back at FallacyofUrist. Up to twice per day you can infect half the players targeting a random player's target. Action: infect

Poison Redirector: If you don't act during the night, you will poison yourself at the end of the phase

Fallenbor Blackic: When the first player with an infect action dies, you gain their ability.

You have the following one-shot ability: you can delay all the players (one use). Action: delay . You are a third-party: you win if you are dead when the game ends
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Signups [8/?]
Post by: TricMagic on September 02, 2022, 08:50:28 am
Random Madcat: If you die, player will gain your role ((instead of)) their own.. Each night you can poison another player. Action: poison

Love Nurse: Up to twice per day you can infect another player. Action: infect
Any ability directly targeting you, will target a random player of the same alignment as well as. You won't flip on dying
Each night you can befriend all the players targeting all the players. Action: befriend
You can feed a random player each day, which will either protect them or kill them (75/25 chance). Actions: Bake

Wolf Hunter: You have a one-shot ability. You can feed a target up to twice per day, which will either frame them or voteblock them (75/25 chance). Actions: Bake (1 use)

Jack Foo: Up to twice per day you can watch a random player's target. Action: watch
You are an identical twin with player, but your twin doesn't know about you. Half actions targeting one of you will target the other instead. Each day you can voteblock half the players targeting a random player. Action: voteblock
Up to twice per day you can protect a random player. Action: protect
Each night you can block another player. Action: block
Each day you can redirect all the players. Action: redirect

God Ganger: Up to twice per day you can evolve a random player's target. Action: evolve

Gamma Irradiateor: Each night you can irradiate a random player. Action: irradiate
While you are alive, FallacyofUrist will have two votes (which may be blocked/stolen separately). Each day you can irradiate a random player's target. Action: irradiate
Each day you can consume another player. Action: consume . You are a third-party: you win and leave the game if you are alive at the end of the first day

Corrupt Wolf: Each night you can cure another player. Action: cure

Doc Exchangeist: Each night you can exchange another player. Action: exchange

Greeniler: Each day you can protect another player's target. Action: protect

Lonebor Doppelfingers: Each day you can rob all the players. Action: rob


Behold the strangeness. Also find it fun Fallacy is in the generator.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Signups [8/?]
Post by: notquitethere on September 02, 2022, 09:06:51 am
Random Madcat: If you die, player will gain your role ((instead of)) their own.. Each night you can poison another player. Action: poison
Ooh two bugs in one role. Fixed both in the current source now. Good spot.

You are an identical twin with player, but your twin doesn't know about you. Half actions targeting one of you will target the other instead. Each day you can voteblock half the players targeting a random player. Action: voteblock
Will now say "Half the actions".


Behold the strangeness. Also find it fun Fallacy is in the generator.
All the current players are now in the generator! This is so lover/buddy etc type roles can be generated.



OK, I think I am done with adding in Xlybot roles. Versions of most roles from the list (https://forum.mafiascum.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=12368) can be generated, with many more weird roles in between. I didn't include amnesia or insane roles, as I don't like them.

The latest I added a bunch of network/goo/mirror type roles that everyone loves/hates (though they're not super common to generate).

Also, it's way way less common than in Proc Gen 1-3, but you can still generate completely incomprehensible and functionally impossible to trigger roles:

Quote
You have the following one-shot ability: you can block a third of the players targeting a third of the players targeting half the players targeting a third of the players targeting all the players targeting a random player of the same alignment's target's target's target's target (one use). Action: block
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Signups [8/?]
Post by: hector13 on September 02, 2022, 10:36:09 am
out, ‘cause there’s too much going on and it’s apparently endless, and I get to do it all on incessantly little sleep.

Never mind I’ve just had a shitty week, I’ll be fine.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Signups [7/?]
Post by: hector13 on September 02, 2022, 11:43:00 pm
I’ll make a new in post just in case the edit gets missed.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Signups [8/?]
Post by: notquitethere on September 04, 2022, 03:01:21 pm
Good to see.

Things are looking good for starting tomorrow. I've genned up a provisional set of roles for 8 players, but we certainly have room for more...
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1
Post by: notquitethere on September 05, 2022, 03:52:08 am
DAY ONE

Dwarf Universe: Slave of Armok 7 was finally released. A single-player successor to an ill-fated Dwarf Fortress MMO (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=175212.0), it had been in development hell for almost a decade. Someone had gone wrong with the generator and it was only creating elven civilisations. Eight testers set out to debug the code... but some of them were elf sympathisers...

There is at least one scum player. There may be 3rd party players.

Spoiler: Current Source Code (click to show/hide)

The day will end 8th September 2022, 10AM BST, unless majority is voting for any player or No Lynch. Hammer at 5.

Alive
- Maximum Spin
- ToonyMan
- TricMagic
- KnightWing64
- NJW2000
- Jim Groovester
- FallacyofUrist
- Hector13



SpoilSpec access is available on request.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 05, 2022, 06:50:04 am
Good morning everyone
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: NJW2000 on September 05, 2022, 07:01:31 am
Good morning. I’m going to start with some questions.

Hector: how well do you know the players here? Are there any you haven’t played with?

Jim: how are you going to deal with Knightwing this game? Do you think last game will help you read them?

Toonyman: NQT chose randomly generated roles to form something like a fair set-up. Do you think this makes second-guessing the mod more or less dangerous here than in a typical game?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 05, 2022, 08:13:35 am
Knightwing, how does it feel to be 1 of the weaker players. Or do you contest this?

And before anyone asks, I'm third party. So I'm going to be a bit disruptive till I win, after which I'll just help out my friend. Please befriend me?

Yes, this is a silly way to win a game of mafia, why do you ask?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: hector13 on September 05, 2022, 10:22:33 am
Knightwing, how does it feel to be 1 of the weaker players. Or do you contest this?

And before anyone asks, I'm third party. So I'm going to be a bit disruptive till I win, after which I'll just help out my friend. Please befriend me?

Yes, this is a silly way to win a game of mafia, why do you ask?

Uh huh. What kind of third party are you?

There are 8 players in the game which makes having the tradish two scum and a third party of any stripe a bit of a stretch here.

@NJW I’ve played with everyone here at least once. I think I’m most comfortable reading FoU, though it has been literal years since I played a game with them so maybe that’s wishful thinking, and least comfortable with Max Spin. They just always seem to be pinging my scumdar.

How come you only asked three players questions?



NQT: Can I spoilspec..? It would make my life so much easier.

More in a bit, I need to wake up. Typical Brit starting the game so early.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 05, 2022, 10:25:52 am
Knightwing, how does it feel to be 1 of the weaker players. Or do you contest this?

And before anyone asks, I'm third party. So I'm going to be a bit disruptive till I win, after which I'll just help out my friend. Please befriend me?

Yes, this is a silly way to win a game of mafia, why do you ask?

You talking about my role or playing ability? Role, no, it’s pretty shit, if you mean my playing ability I would kill you if I had the ability
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: notquitethere on September 05, 2022, 10:33:01 am
NQT: Can I spoilspec..? It would make my life so much easier.
If you die and it is mechanically impossible for you to be resurrected, revived, channelled, etc. then I will give you spoilspec!
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 05, 2022, 10:36:58 am
Knightwing, how does it feel to be 1 of the weaker players. Or do you contest this?

And before anyone asks, I'm third party. So I'm going to be a bit disruptive till I win, after which I'll just help out my friend. Please befriend me?

Yes, this is a silly way to win a game of mafia, why do you ask?

Uh huh. What kind of third party are you?

There are 8 players in the game which makes having the tradish two scum and a third party of any stripe a bit of a stretch here.

@NJW I’ve played with everyone here at least once. I think I’m most comfortable reading FoU, though it has been literal years since I played a game with them so maybe that’s wishful thinking, and least comfortable with Max Spin. They just always seem to be pinging my scumdar.

How come you only asked three players questions?



NQT: Can I spoilspec..? It would make my life so much easier.

More in a bit, I need to wake up. Typical Brit starting the game so early.

I win once I'm befriended. After which I'll work towards the goals of the one to befriend me. Right now town's most likely to have that ability given befriending tells people your alignment. So I'm mostly on town's side here.

As TP, I'm fairly safe from the lynch too. While removing me would not hurt town, it doesn't actually catch scum, so.. My action is also confirmable, though someone would have to waste an inspect on me to see if I tell the truth.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 05, 2022, 11:20:11 am
Toonyman: NQT chose randomly generated roles to form something like a fair set-up. Do you think this makes second-guessing the mod more or less dangerous here than in a typical game?
I will always try to meta-game the setup. If NQT chose the randomly generated roles then even more so.

I'm third party.
I'm like 99% sure you're telling the truth as it's a very Tric thing to do, and one of my abilities is the psych one to convert a third-party to town. Annoyingly, my target has to be random, but eventually I can convert you to town.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: hector13 on September 05, 2022, 11:22:18 am
The more I think about this the less I like it.

There are 8 players, with at least one scum and now a claimed third party. As I’ve said, it would seem excessive to have 2 scum and a third party, leaving 5 townies. This TP claims to be recruitable and it seems vanishingly unlikely that scum would not be able to recruit them, else what’s the point of them being recruitable?

It seems more likely to me that there’s one scum, and Tric is able to be recruited by them, possibly also by town to maybe kinda sorta balance it out?

Why would a player stay in the game if they’ve already won, too?

I hate third parties, god damn.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 05, 2022, 11:22:31 am
You talking about my role or playing ability? Role, no, it’s pretty shit, if you mean my playing ability I would kill you if I had the ability
My role is also pretty shit. Let's be friends.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: hector13 on September 05, 2022, 11:23:29 am
Toony you’re not making my naked paranoia any better with claims like that.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 05, 2022, 11:49:37 am
My role is pretty good and I'm town again, so I'm happy with this setup.

Knightwing, what do you think of Tric's claim? Apparently I have to put in actual WORK to read you now, so I'm going to need you to speak up.

There's one thing about my role I should probably share but I'm going to sit on it for now.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 05, 2022, 12:08:26 pm
@NJW I’ve played with everyone here at least once. I think I’m most comfortable reading FoU, though it has been literal years since I played a game with them so maybe that’s wishful thinking, and least comfortable with Max Spin. They just always seem to be pinging my scumdar.
It has been a while, hector my scum buddy my pal, hasn't it?

Not actually mafia though. I am, stating once and all and for the record, that I am town. If I subsequently claim third party, please execute me. Thank you.



My role is... niche, but confirmable. I don't think I should claim anything more just yet.

Anyone that has abilities that have global effects or roleflip alteration should claim immediately, though, unless they have good reason to believe they shouldn't. Miller rules.



Toony you’re not making my naked paranoia any better with claims like that.

How paranoid will you be ten minutes from now?



The more I think about this the less I like it.

There are 8 players, with at least one scum and now a claimed third party. As I’ve said, it would seem excessive to have 2 scum and a third party, leaving 5 townies. This TP claims to be recruitable and it seems vanishingly unlikely that scum would not be able to recruit them, else what’s the point of them being recruitable?

It seems more likely to me that there’s one scum, and Tric is able to be recruited by them, possibly also by town to maybe kinda sorta balance it out?

Why would a player stay in the game if they’ve already won, too?

I hate third parties, god damn.
Quite messy, ain't it? Still mad about Busdriver all the way back in Mafiakart Racing - how many years ago was that, now?



Knightwing64: Okay, you've been in a good five or six games by now I reckon. What's your strategy for finding scum? Flailing and following other people around are not answers. I don't expect a doctoral thesis or the Mona Lisa, just give me one good strategy. You've got to learn from these experiences, my friend.

Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: NJW2000 on September 05, 2022, 12:10:37 pm
Knightwing, how does it feel to be 1 of the weaker players. Or do you contest this?

And before anyone asks, I'm third party. So I'm going to be a bit disruptive till I win, after which I'll just help out my friend. Please befriend me?

Yes, this is a silly way to win a game of mafia, why do you ask?
Wait, so once you've won, you'll just stick around helping out whoever used their befriend ability on ya?



How come you only asked three players questions?
I only had three questions I genuinely wanted an answer to. Asked them ASAP because games these days tend to move out of RVS fast. Especially with Tric around.



Ruh-roh, I'm worried for town, let's talk third parties, there's probably only one scum.
This post really doesn't fill me with confidence.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 05, 2022, 12:11:26 pm
Anyone that has abilities that have global effects or roleflip alteration should claim immediately, though, unless they have good reason to believe they shouldn't. Miller rules.
Why those two things specifically?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 05, 2022, 12:13:03 pm
Anyone that has abilities that have global effects or roleflip alteration should claim immediately, though, unless they have good reason to believe they shouldn't. Miller rules.
Why those two things specifically?
Because role flips are the single greatest information source we have, closely followed by player behavior in thread.

And because I'd rather get the 'my ability was redirected!' 'my mindscrew aura makes anyone who targets Shakerag instead target a random player targeting my target's target!' 'oh' out of the way ahead of time.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: hector13 on September 05, 2022, 12:29:27 pm
I am still furious about MafiaKart, but mostly because the town were happy to keep you around.

Also the fact I was tunneled in on you the entire time because of your negligible utility for town (the only players you sold roles to were mafia!) and that made me not scum hunt.

But jeez, a random recruit action for town and less than 9 players, I am struggling to look beyond my current worry that there’s one scum that can recruit Tric.

Equally so, Tric did fail to claim a Miller-esque role in a game recently until after the role was outed (the fairy godfather thing in the begBYOR) so the demand to inspect him is also disconcerting.

*sigh*

If we’re vagueclaiming, my ability is of… it’s not very good. I think I’m more support than anything else.

@NJW we’re in a weird setup with only 8 players, an announcement at the start of the game that there was at least one scum (the implication being “not necessarily more than one scum”) then a claimed recruitable third party that seems to stay in the game even after they achieve their wincon of being recruited, plus someone claiming a random recruit for town, with another implication that scum might also have a recruit ability, random or otherwise.

Am I just supposed to ignore the first significant piece of information in the game? :p it’s also RVS and close to day start, we have plenty of time to examine that and hopefully clear up before the end of the day, and FoU can confirm my experience with early TP claims that” they can benefit town” was not good.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 05, 2022, 12:30:15 pm
I don't know, I think Knightwing and Hector are town here.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 05, 2022, 12:37:09 pm
Because role flips are the single greatest information source we have, closely followed by player behavior in thread.
Well, all right. My flip will be completely fake. That is to say, completely random.

I don't know, I think Knightwing and Hector are town here.
So far, I agree. This encourages me that ToonyMan may also be town.

I don't think I believe TricMagic here, but I can't articulate why exactly. I believe he probably INSPECTS as a third party, though.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 05, 2022, 12:39:58 pm
Because role flips are the single greatest information source we have, closely followed by player behavior in thread.
Well, all right. My flip will be completely fake. That is to say, completely random.
Well, that sucks.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 05, 2022, 12:42:05 pm

Equally so, Tric did fail to claim a Miller-esque role in a game recently until after the role was outed (the fairy godfather thing in the begBYOR) so the demand to inspect him is also disconcerting.


I'm just saying, there isn't a way to confirm me as TP without inspecting. This could very well be mafia fakeclaiming. Revealing myself as third party and my win condition first post protects me from a random info role outing me like that last game. And gives those with the Befriend action a target to get me on their side.

As TP, I'd honestly want a No Lynch today. As the fact town is more likely to have the Befriend action though, going with town wincon makes more sense long-term, as I can be befriended even if I'm dead. And if I don't win, that's just the price I have to pay, gg.

On that note, I've got suspicions against Toony and Fal right now. Mostly cause my disruption to town is a global attract. Which has a high chance of killing me, but would also pull Toony's randomization to me. Why'd Fal bring it up though?





Nin-spin. You're welcome to think that, but would have to ask why'd I be lying here. Me pulling a mafia play is one reason, being a different type of third party another. If I was a miller type though, I'd say that, strange as it sounded.



Nin 2, the Fallacy.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 05, 2022, 12:44:38 pm
Because role flips are the single greatest information source we have, closely followed by player behavior in thread.
Well, all right. My flip will be completely fake. That is to say, completely random.
Well, that sucks.
I love randomness!

I don't think I believe TricMagic here, but I can't articulate why exactly. I believe he probably INSPECTS as a third party, though.
Do you believe NQT would let me have a psych ability in a setup with no third-party?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 05, 2022, 12:46:40 pm
Do you believe NQT would let me have a psych ability in a setup with no third-party?
Corollary: Do you believe NQT would give out that third party wincon in a setup where no Befriend ability exists?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 05, 2022, 12:50:01 pm
Because role flips are the single greatest information source we have, closely followed by player behavior in thread.
Well, all right. My flip will be completely fake. That is to say, completely random.
Well, that sucks.
Well, I'm HOPING you never have to see it. :P

I don't think I believe TricMagic here, but I can't articulate why exactly. I believe he probably INSPECTS as a third party, though.
Do you believe NQT would let me have a psych ability in a setup with no third-party?
Yes.
Do you believe NQT would let me have a psych ability in a setup with no third-party?
Corollary: Do you believe NQT would give out that third party wincon in a setup where no Befriend ability exists?
No, since the rules said all players can win.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 05, 2022, 12:55:41 pm
I don't think I believe TricMagic here, but I can't articulate why exactly. I believe he probably INSPECTS as a third party, though.
Do you believe NQT would let me have a psych ability in a setup with no third-party?
Yes.
Do you read Tric as scum then? I don't believe this is mafia!Tric at all. I can't understand half of what he's saying.

I don't think we ever vote Tric here, and I'm the guy who wants to murder players for claiming third-party.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 05, 2022, 12:57:33 pm
NJW for being wrong about players, again.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 05, 2022, 12:59:37 pm
Do you read Tric as scum then? I don't believe this is mafia!Tric at all. I can't understand half of what he's saying.
You know I don't like to make statements like that this early.

I do understand what he's saying just fine though.

I'm more than happy to let Tric sit for now, anyway, since, if he's telling the truth, he probably dies n1 by attracting the kill. That is what you mean, right, Tric?

NJW for being wrong about players, again.
Hey, rude, I was going to vote him. I guess I'll leave it for now.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: NJW2000 on September 05, 2022, 01:05:22 pm
@NJW we’re in a weird setup with only 8 players, an announcement at the start of the game that there was at least one scum (the implication being “not necessarily more than one scum”) then a claimed recruitable third party that seems to stay in the game even after they achieve their wincon of being recruited, plus someone claiming a random recruit for town, with another implication that scum might also have a recruit ability, random or otherwise.

Am I just supposed to ignore the first significant piece of information in the game? :p it’s also RVS and close to day start, we have plenty of time to examine that and hopefully clear up before the end of the day, and FoU can confirm my experience with early TP claims that” they can benefit town” was not good.
You're not. Nonetheless, that was the way you responded to it.

Also, as a pedant I'd say the first bit of significant information signifies the end of RVS.




If Tric's to be believed about the third party thing, then yeah, 2 mafia + 3p could drop to lylo on a single miselim, or even end the game if the third party can reasonably side with the mafia, so that might be odd. I'd speculate that there may be Mafia + Mally, possibly with a third party.

Wanna hear my waaacky theory about who they'd be?

Spoiler: conspiracy theorising (click to show/hide)

Started thinking about this because Mafiakart racing had a Mally  (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=170233.msg7769936#msg7769936)in it. I checked out the game because they were talking about it.

Doesn't add up to much, but hey, following my gut here.



Ninja: ok Tric has a global attract. I'm going to think about this.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: hector13 on September 05, 2022, 01:48:08 pm
Because role flips are the single greatest information source we have, closely followed by player behavior in thread.
Well, all right. My flip will be completely fake. That is to say, completely random.

I don't know, I think Knightwing and Hector are town here.
So far, I agree. This encourages me that ToonyMan may also be town.

I don't think I believe TricMagic here, but I can't articulate why exactly. I believe he probably INSPECTS as a third party, though.

It’s this kind of thing that makes Max hard to read for me. They know Tric puts a lot of stock in their role, to the point of that sometimes overriding their alignment (webadict’s game in which Tric was town and had their role modified by collecting hats, in which collecting these hats was all Tric was interested in) so I don’t know how they think Tric’s claim is so unbelievable.

*gets distracted by having things to do*

Jiminy Christmas Tric. It’s awfully convenient you claim to be a magnet after someone claims a random recruit for town.

Euch. If anything I suppose it makes you more suspicious if you’re still alive on D2. Probably. *sigh*

@NJW we’re in a weird setup with only 8 players, an announcement at the start of the game that there was at least one scum (the implication being “not necessarily more than one scum”) then a claimed recruitable third party that seems to stay in the game even after they achieve their wincon of being recruited, plus someone claiming a random recruit for town, with another implication that scum might also have a recruit ability, random or otherwise.

Am I just supposed to ignore the first significant piece of information in the game? :p it’s also RVS and close to day start, we have plenty of time to examine that and hopefully clear up before the end of the day, and FoU can confirm my experience with early TP claims that” they can benefit town” was not good.
You're not. Nonetheless, that was the way you responded to it.

Also, as a pedant I'd say the first bit of significant information signifies the end of RVS.




If Tric's to be believed about the third party thing, then yeah, 2 mafia + 3p could drop to lylo on a single miselim, or even end the game if the third party can reasonably side with the mafia, so that might be odd. I'd speculate that there may be Mafia + Mally, possibly with a third party.

Wanna hear my waaacky theory about who they'd be?

Spoiler: conspiracy theorising (click to show/hide)

Started thinking about this because Mafiakart racing had a Mally  (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=170233.msg7769936#msg7769936)in it. I checked out the game because they were talking about it.

Doesn't add up to much, but hey, following my gut here.



Ninja: ok Tric has a global attract. I'm going to think about this.

The first significant piece of information was a third-party claim that they could be recruited. What am I supposed to do with that?

This is within the context of a game with fewer than 9 players, which I’m under the impression is the minimum number to make a 2 player scum team “fair”, but more than 7, which I think is the upper limit for a 1 player scum team, though I might be mistaken regarding that.

Further context is the announcement that there was at least 1 scum from the mod, an unusual step. This doesn’t preclude a 2 player team, but it does make it harder for me to believe with Tric’s recruitable third party claim involved, plus Toony’s apparent supporting claim for it.

Like… I get that focusing on third parties doesn’t help find scum, but it’s the first few hours of D1, it was the first significant thing to happen, Tric could be recruited by scum by D2 (this was before the magnet claim) soooo… how would a townie response be different to how I responded to the information and context?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 05, 2022, 01:54:58 pm
It’s this kind of thing that makes Max hard to read for me. They know Tric puts a lot of stock in their role, to the point of that sometimes overriding their alignment (webadict’s game in which Tric was town and had their role modified by collecting hats, in which collecting these hats was all Tric was interested in) so I don’t know how they think Tric’s claim is so unbelievable.
Of course I know that Tric is "MY ROLE MY ROLE MY SPECIAL ROLE". But he's shown this capacity to lie before, and I tend to find it suspicious when he comes out in the first couple of posts with something overly convenient. It seems like town Tric usually likes to string you along a little first, like he did with the fairy godfather ability. That said, I guess Tric isn't claiming to be town, here, so maybe I'm just not as familiar with "third-party Tric" and confusing it with "lying Tric".
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: NJW2000 on September 05, 2022, 02:04:46 pm
@Hector: Well, you could have avoided leaping to conclusions about scum team numbers at all, especially as there are unknown role powers that will impact balance... this isn't mountainous. Your conclusion was that the scumteam were likely single-player, which is odd, and minimises the threat scum poses to town in relation to 3p, when there are other possibilities, such as Mafia ally, powerful town roles, Tric's just mafia, etc. A townier response would not have done that.

Granted, I can see why a town player might reach the conclusions you did. It's just that the things you ended up saying were more than a little dubious. Not sure what to make of your insistence otherwise.



Tric: Question for you here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8404190#msg8404190). Want this very explicitly answered.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 05, 2022, 02:28:31 pm


And before anyone asks, I'm third party. So I'm going to be a bit disruptive till I win, after which I'll just help out my friend. Please befriend me?

Yes, this is a silly way to win a game of mafia, why do you ask?

Answered literally here. Sure I could just drop out and not interact once I've won, but my strat kinda needs incentive to spend your time befriending me. Sure I could have just stayed silent and use my attract N1, but had my doubts of that working out well.

I won't just disappear once my wincon is reached. But in the same manner, once it's reached there isn't a reason not to help out the one who let me win. Note I won't be using my attract night 1, but my other ability.

Moving on, what do inspects say about you max? Is it just roleflips that get randomized, or are you saying that in advance in case you flip mafia?

Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 05, 2022, 02:29:24 pm
Is it just roleflips that get randomized
Yes.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: NJW2000 on September 05, 2022, 03:12:20 pm
Huh. No point putting this off, I guess.

TricMagic.

There's something very dubious going on here. Players do not stick around once their wincon is reached. They leave the game. You can check this in the OP, and with the mod.

You're lying to us.

Why?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: hector13 on September 05, 2022, 03:27:54 pm
@Hector: Well, you could have avoided leaping to conclusions about scum team numbers at all, especially as there are unknown role powers that will impact balance... this isn't mountainous. Your conclusion was that the scumteam were likely single-player, which is odd, and minimises the threat scum poses to town in relation to 3p, when there are other possibilities, such as Mafia ally, powerful town roles, Tric's just mafia, etc. A townier response would not have done that.

Granted, I can see why a town player might reach the conclusions you did. It's just that the things you ended up saying were more than a little dubious. Not sure what to make of your insistence otherwise.



Tric: Question for you here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8404190#msg8404190). Want this very explicitly answered.

I haven’t drawn any conclusions on how many scum players there are, I have theorized given context clues and claims that I’ve already gone over, which is exactly what you’re doing with thinking there is 1 mafia player and an ally, just with more speculation on your part.

As an aside, knowing how many scum there are is important (to me anyway) to know how many people I should reasonably be suspicious of, which is precisely the number of the scum team. More than that and I’m being too paranoid, less than that and I’m letting someone get away with something.

*another long wait and one new post later*

Okay.

We’ll see how this plays out.

Do you think scum!Tric slips this early, with or without a partner?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 05, 2022, 03:32:16 pm
NJW, I'm confused. And thinking you may be trying for an early lynch. Who better to lynch than third party, you pretty much get off scot-free suspision-wise.

Having said that,

Quote
Third Parties: Custom roles that have a small chance of appearing in any setup. For example: "You are a third-party: you win and leave the game if [player name] is alive at the start of the third day.". "You are a third-party: you win if the town wins."

These two win conditions are different. One causes you to leave if the stated player is alive, winning you the game. The other has you win if town wins, which is more a miller-type condition. Notably, the latter doesn't have you leaving at any point. At a casual glance, I don't see anything that says I leave afterwards. If I did, I wouldn't have made that claim.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 05, 2022, 03:33:09 pm
NQT, is it true Third Parties will always leave upon reaching their wincon?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 05, 2022, 03:40:30 pm
NQT, is it true Third Parties will always leave upon reaching their wincon?

Third-parties leave the game when they win.

Someone needs to re-read the OP methinks.
Wait, sorry, that last quote was from the wrong game.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: notquitethere on September 05, 2022, 03:48:44 pm
NQT, is it true Third Parties will always leave upon reaching their wincon?
Yes. Currently the generator does not generate third party roles which stay in the game when they win, and I'm not aware of any Xylbot third party that would stay in the game after their win conditions have been met.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 05, 2022, 03:55:36 pm
NQT, is it true Third Parties will always leave upon reaching their wincon?
Yes. Currently the generator does not generate third party roles which stay in the game when they win, and I'm not aware of any Xylbot third party that would stay in the game after their win conditions have been met.

Oh.. Wished it had said that in my pm, but on me for not reading rules.

Well, launch me I guess.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: hector13 on September 05, 2022, 04:02:13 pm
You’ve claimed your wincon is to be befriended by someone. Do you want to stick by that?

PPE: looks like a yes.

So… I’d rather not eliminate someone before all the players have had a chance to post.

I’m… for some reason I’m willing to give Tric the benefit of the doubt here? That he would make a mistake like this, I mean. This may be due in part to his claimed magnet though. He could be eliminated during the night, meaning we don’t waste a lynch on him, and town are guaranteed to not be killed N1.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: hector13 on September 05, 2022, 04:03:33 pm
Obviously this requires Tric to play against their wincon though, and use an ability to help another faction. Plus relying on an unaligned faction to help town.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 05, 2022, 04:21:49 pm
At the moment my magnet is the only way to get hit by Toony's conversion effect. Or get befriended if someone wants to do that. Not sure how resolution would work, but if you don't launch me I'll use my attract tonight. If Toony converts me to town, then my wincon becomes towns. If I get befriended, I end up leaving the game. Either way, not much else I can do given my gambit ran into hard facts I didn't know.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: NJW2000 on September 05, 2022, 04:28:03 pm
Hm. Even if Tric is a genuine Friendster, and not a sneaky mafia or SK, town's goals and his own may not align.

Toony's role may give us a way around that... provided we trust Toony. I don't like open coordination, but this might be a special case.

Interested in what other people have to say here.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 05, 2022, 04:33:33 pm
I don't like this plan.

To make a long story short, following it makes n1 a wash for everyone else, since nobody can get any information that ISN'T about Tric, and it still probably ends in his death unless the mafia can either get around it or inexplicably decide not to kill him. Is essentially wasting a night just for that worth it? To me, the answer is obviously no.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: hector13 on September 05, 2022, 04:55:37 pm
I’ll get information that isn’t about Tric.

Regardless, we’d be losing someone who isn’t town that would leave the game if they got their wincon anyway, effectively wasting a night for scum, and not hurting town that much.

For srs though, the day game is more important than the night game. The longer we can avoid the game devolving into “I did this and you did that and someone else blocked them” a la the most recent begBYOR the better, but that’s just me.

The main issue I have with it is the aforementioned: Tric doing things he knows will probably result in his loss, and town relying on him doing that.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: NJW2000 on September 05, 2022, 05:51:36 pm
Ok, this has nothing to do with the matter at hand, but either I have full on pareidolia or there is something weird happening between FoU and Hector. I may just be spinning my wheels because the Tric thing wasn't that interesting.
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Toony, you remember Web trying to secretly communicate with you as a mafia-ally. Does this look anything like that?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 05, 2022, 06:05:39 pm
Sorry for not posting, My mafia finding strategy is mostly a combination of gut instinct and noticing when people are acting strange, or unusual.


My role is useless other then proving my innocence to other players, so, I’m kinda a non factor. I’m not of high importance, unless having a confirmed townie is awesome
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: hector13 on September 05, 2022, 06:11:46 pm
I… would not see that, let’s be honest. Equally so, that reference to the game has strong parallels to this one, in that FoU claimed to be a benevolent TP and I was less than inclined to believe a non-town aligned player would be a benefit to town, and was proven post-game to be right.

Though I was also worried what happened in that game would happen here, in that my paranoia regarding the TP would blind me from everything else. That is no longer an issue.

The Tric thing was the most interesting thing, right up to the point it wasn’t.

Anyway, in this scenario, which of FoU or I is scum and which is the ally? Looks to me you favour FoU as ally, given he’s the one “dropping clues” that only Sherlock would see?

Come at me, brah :p

I mean you seem hyper-focused on this mafia and mafia ally thing. Why are we to think you’re not telegraphing that you’re the ally to your scum team?

PPE: confirmed townies are good.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 05, 2022, 06:27:41 pm
TricMagic.
No. Maybe instead vote Jim for being evil and lazy?

It’s this kind of thing that makes Max hard to read for me. They know Tric puts a lot of stock in their role, to the point of that sometimes overriding their alignment (webadict’s game in which Tric was town and had their role modified by collecting hats, in which collecting these hats was all Tric was interested in) so I don’t know how they think Tric’s claim is so unbelievable.
Of course I know that Tric is "MY ROLE MY ROLE MY SPECIAL ROLE". But he's shown this capacity to lie before, and I tend to find it suspicious when he comes out in the first couple of posts with something overly convenient. It seems like town Tric usually likes to string you along a little first, like he did with the fairy godfather ability. That said, I guess Tric isn't claiming to be town, here, so maybe I'm just not as familiar with "third-party Tric" and confusing it with "lying Tric".
Tric isn't lying. He is third-party and wins if befriended (though this becomes moot if I town-ify them).

Arguing otherwise is dumb. If Tric chooses to use their magnet ability and soaks the mafiakill, then great, but if they decide not to do that I still have a random chance of converting them to town or possibly even some malicious other third-parties that would choose to stay quiet instead, like NJW keeps going MAFIA-ALLY MAFIA-ALLY MAFIA-ALLY. I could also get rid of those, randomly. It's great.

At the moment my magnet is the only way to get hit by Toony's conversion effect. Or get befriended if someone wants to do that. Not sure how resolution would work, but if you don't launch me I'll use my attract tonight. If Toony converts me to town, then my wincon becomes towns. If I get befriended, I end up leaving the game. Either way, not much else I can do given my gambit ran into hard facts I didn't know.
It's up to you whether you think it's worth doing. I will be trying to convert someone tonight either way.

Ok, this has nothing to do with the matter at hand, but either I have full on pareidolia or there is something weird happening between FoU and Hector. I may just be spinning my wheels because the Tric thing wasn't that interesting.
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Toony, you remember Web trying to secretly communicate with you as a mafia-ally. Does this look anything like that?
I'll be honest. I was going to joke about you being crazy paranoid and shit, but the way FoU made that post is incredibly odd. The only problem is that mafia-ally aren't told who the mafia are, right? So FoU replying to Hector here isn't a strong connection.

My role is useless other then proving my innocence to other players, so, I’m kinda a non factor. I’m not of high importance, unless having a confirmed townie is awesome
Confirmed townie doesn't sound very shit to me Knightwing.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 05, 2022, 06:32:09 pm
Sorry for not posting, My mafia finding strategy is mostly a combination of gut instinct and noticing when people are acting strange, or unusual.


My role is useless other then proving my innocence to other players, so, I’m kinda a non factor. I’m not of high importance, unless having a confirmed townie is awesome
This confirms my suspicion. Knightwing is town.

Okay, okay, I know I was wrong the last time, but that's because he was less engaged than usual while still town. I don't think the REVERSE has stopped being true.

(And by the way, having a confirmed townie is always awesome. I mean, unless it's someone who's really bad, I guess. But I think you'll do fine.)

NJW, I think that's too much of a stretch. If you think Fallacy or hector might be scum, I could buy it, and we can test that, but I do not think that ten-four thing is real. I don't even think Fallacy can BE that subtle.

Toony posted. Not going to quote it. Short response to my part: I didn't really think Tric was lying, I just got a weird feeling from it. You're kind of reading too much certainty into my position here. I thought I was pretty clear that it was only a vague impression, originally. I also don't really know that I even still have it after later posts. I don't have any interest in lynching him right now ANYWAY, as I said a few times. So you really don't need to keep telling me that. :P

What I DO agree with on that post, though, is lynching Jim for being evil and lazy. He's one of several people I have mentally listed as "lynch if too quiet d1".
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 05, 2022, 06:36:59 pm
Anyway, in this scenario, which of FoU or I is scum and which is the ally? Looks to me you favour FoU as ally, given he’s the one “dropping clues” that only Sherlock would see?

Come at me, brah :p

I mean you seem hyper-focused on this mafia and mafia ally thing. Why are we to think you’re not telegraphing that you’re the ally to your scum team?
I wouldn't be surprised if this setup of 8 players was 1 mafia, 1 mafia-ally, and our friendly neighbor Tric. That leave 5 town, I think that's possible.

I think your reaction to dismiss the possibility of FoU behaving odd is weird, I believe they are posting odd there.

I also think you're being a bit overly defensive here, but that could still be town behavior.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 05, 2022, 06:38:39 pm
Knightwing is town.
I think I agree.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 05, 2022, 06:39:27 pm
TricMagic.
No. Maybe instead vote Jim for being evil and lazy?

It’s this kind of thing that makes Max hard to read for me. They know Tric puts a lot of stock in their role, to the point of that sometimes overriding their alignment (webadict’s game in which Tric was town and had their role modified by collecting hats, in which collecting these hats was all Tric was interested in) so I don’t know how they think Tric’s claim is so unbelievable.
Of course I know that Tric is "MY ROLE MY ROLE MY SPECIAL ROLE". But he's shown this capacity to lie before, and I tend to find it suspicious when he comes out in the first couple of posts with something overly convenient. It seems like town Tric usually likes to string you along a little first, like he did with the fairy godfather ability. That said, I guess Tric isn't claiming to be town, here, so maybe I'm just not as familiar with "third-party Tric" and confusing it with "lying Tric".
Tric isn't lying. He is third-party and wins if befriended (though this becomes moot if I town-ify them).

Arguing otherwise is dumb. If Tric chooses to use their magnet ability and soaks the mafiakill, then great, but if they decide not to do that I still have a random chance of converting them to town or possibly even some malicious other third-parties that would choose to stay quiet instead, like NJW keeps going MAFIA-ALLY MAFIA-ALLY MAFIA-ALLY. I could also get rid of those, randomly. It's great.

At the moment my magnet is the only way to get hit by Toony's conversion effect. Or get befriended if someone wants to do that. Not sure how resolution would work, but if you don't launch me I'll use my attract tonight. If Toony converts me to town, then my wincon becomes towns. If I get befriended, I end up leaving the game. Either way, not much else I can do given my gambit ran into hard facts I didn't know.
It's up to you whether you think it's worth doing. I will be trying to convert someone tonight either way.

Ok, this has nothing to do with the matter at hand, but either I have full on pareidolia or there is something weird happening between FoU and Hector. I may just be spinning my wheels because the Tric thing wasn't that interesting.
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Toony, you remember Web trying to secretly communicate with you as a mafia-ally. Does this look anything like that?
I'll be honest. I was going to joke about you being crazy paranoid and shit, but the way FoU made that post is incredibly odd. The only problem is that mafia-ally aren't told who the mafia are, right? So FoU replying to Hector here isn't a strong connection.

My role is useless other then proving my innocence to other players, so, I’m kinda a non factor. I’m not of high importance, unless having a confirmed townie is awesome
Confirmed townie doesn't sound very shit to me Knightwing.

If I can’t blow shit up and brag about it, I’m dissatisfied.

Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: hector13 on September 05, 2022, 06:44:56 pm
Anyway, in this scenario, which of FoU or I is scum and which is the ally? Looks to me you favour FoU as ally, given he’s the one “dropping clues” that only Sherlock would see?

Come at me, brah :p

I mean you seem hyper-focused on this mafia and mafia ally thing. Why are we to think you’re not telegraphing that you’re the ally to your scum team?
I wouldn't be surprised if this setup of 8 players was 1 mafia, 1 mafia-ally, and our friendly neighbor Tric. That leave 5 town, I think that's possible.

I think your reaction to dismiss the possibility of FoU behaving odd is weird, I believe they are posting odd there.

I also think you're being a bit overly defensive here, but that could still be town behavior.

He’s been pussyfooting around it since day start and the Tric thing has already petered out. We don’t get anywhere with subtlety.

What about the FoU thing is odd though? I might not be seeing anything due to being quite distracted this day, but it didn’t raise any red flags.

Speaking of distractions though, tomorrow (Tuesday) I may be around less due to a family outing.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 05, 2022, 06:50:01 pm
What about the FoU thing is odd though? I might not be seeing anything due to being quite distracted this day, but it didn’t raise any red flags.
FoU has two sentences back-to-back, both questions, that involve a number. First 10 and then 4.

The way FoU asks these questions is unnatural and warrants suspicion.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: NJW2000 on September 05, 2022, 07:02:53 pm
TricMagic.
No. Maybe instead vote Jim for being evil and lazy?
True, Unvote, this is just Tric and I'm pretty sure he's being 100% honest. But the vote made it more dramatic and there was a small chance he was pulling something and would give info under pressure.

Who is Jim?


I mean you seem hyper-focused on this mafia and mafia ally thing. Why are we to think you’re not telegraphing that you’re the ally to your scum team?

Even if there was anything like that happening, I suspect I interrupted way too early for it to be definite. Something's off about the opening few posts though, but whatever it is, I quite possibly haven't picked up on it properly. I still think your specific post I addressed separately was dubious, but your play has been constructive, so hmmm.

I wouldn't telegraph this blatantly as mally... I'm still kind of in awe at the subtlety of the hints Web dropped in the game I saw him play mafia-ally in, and would probably try to imitate that.




Huh... careful with that ability, Knightwing. We may want to hold Tric captive a little. For glorious reeducation, if necessary.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 05, 2022, 07:52:25 pm
Who is Jim?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFgPbtkQpos
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 05, 2022, 07:58:18 pm
What about the FoU thing is odd though? I might not be seeing anything due to being quite distracted this day, but it didn’t raise any red flags.
FoU has two sentences back-to-back, both questions, that involve a number. First 10 and then 4.

The way FoU asks these questions is unnatural and warrants suspicion.
Ok, this has nothing to do with the matter at hand, but either I have full on pareidolia or there is something weird happening between FoU and Hector. I may just be spinning my wheels because the Tric thing wasn't that interesting.

The answer is four. And sure, there was a third party there that stayed in the game for some reason, I think... but still:

10-4. "OK."

Toony, you remember Web trying to secretly communicate with you as a mafia-ally. Does this look anything like that?
...

You two think I'm crafty enough for that? I'm either insane or blunt, with no in-between.

But to give a more reasonable objecting point, if you think I'm doing some weird shit with hector, you have to look at both of our behavior patterns, not just mine.



If I can’t blow shit up and brag about it, I’m dissatisfied.
Sorry for not posting, My mafia finding strategy is mostly a combination of gut instinct and noticing when people are acting strange, or unusual.


My role is useless other then proving my innocence to other players, so, I’m kinda a non factor. I’m not of high importance, unless having a confirmed townie is awesome
Knightwing appears more focused than normal. I think I'm willing to chalk that up to actually gaining experience rather than having a mentor or such.

Do we actually have any record of what scum-Wing looks like?


Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 05, 2022, 08:01:28 pm
Huh... careful with that ability, Knightwing. We may want to hold Tric captive a little. For glorious reeducation, if necessary.
What makes you think it's an ability? Unless I missed one of Knightwing's posts?



Re: Tric: I think he's being honest about being a third party, as claiming third party to obstruct being scum wouldn't be in character for Tric. The fact that another player has claimed the existence of a Befriend ability also backs up his claimed win condition. If he hasn't left the game by Day 2 we might have to revisit though, because I'm assuming he'll use global magnetism tonight.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 05, 2022, 08:01:49 pm
I was in the middle of typing up a post but then I had to restart my computer because I've been trying out Linux on my desktop for kicks and giggles and it's been causing me issues.

Some initial thoughts from the first half of the game that I was able to read and create comments for (that I then lost) and then skimming through the remaining pages:

I read Knightwing64 as town from his first post
I can probably do something about TricMagic, which I'll explain shortly
I agree with NJW2000's read about hector13 worrying too much about third parties for some reason, which is the first time I've ever felt like I've been on the same page as him

What I DO agree with on that post, though, is lynching Jim for being evil and lazy. He's one of several people I have mentally listed as "lynch if too quiet d1".

Can I do shit on labor day with family without people suspecting me for being too quiet
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 05, 2022, 08:05:51 pm
Re: Tric: I think he's being honest about being a third party, as claiming third party to obstruct being scum wouldn't be in character for Tric. The fact that another player has claimed the existence of a Befriend ability also backs up his claimed win condition. If he hasn't left the game by Day 2 we might have to revisit though, because I'm assuming he'll use global magnetism tonight.
Wait, I misremembered. I falsely remembered the claimed third-party conversion as being a Befriend. My mistake. Still, that claimed conversion... doesn't technically back up Tric's alignment's existence at all. Useless abilities may exist.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 05, 2022, 08:14:11 pm
Unless I'm stupid my role has very narrow utility. I'm a super befriendist and I can feed everyone who targets NJW2000, which has a 75%/25% chance of me befriending or infecting the target.

So if TricMagic is telling the truth, he can target NJW2000, and I will either befriend him, allowing him to win and therefore leave the game, or I infect him and he dies at the end of the next night, which also solves his slot.

This is my only action so I will be doing this every night I am able.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 05, 2022, 08:24:23 pm
...

You two think I'm crafty enough for that? I'm either insane or blunt, with no in-between.

But to give a more reasonable objecting point, if you think I'm doing some weird shit with hector, you have to look at both of our behavior patterns, not just mine.
Why ask someone how paranoid they'll be ten minutes from now? Does that sound like a natural question?

Unless I'm stupid my role has very narrow utility. I'm a super befriendist and I can feed everyone who targets NJW2000, which has a 75%/25% chance of me befriending or infecting the target.

So if TricMagic is telling the truth, he can target NJW2000, and I will either befriend him, allowing him to win and therefore leave the game, or I infect him and he dies at the end of the next night, which also solves his slot.

This is my only action so I will be doing this every night I am able.
Jim is town.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 05, 2022, 08:27:54 pm
KnightWing64 - town, can confirm themselves as town to others?
Jim Groovester - town, will befriend or infect anybody that targets NJW

Maximum Spin - probably town

NJW2000 - town?
Hector13 - suspicious
FallacyofUrist - suspicious

TricMagic - third-party who just wants to make a friend, invite him over to NJW's house for dinner I hear Jim makes a mean lasagna that may kill you 25% of the time
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 05, 2022, 08:28:13 pm
Jim is town.
I'm going to have to agree with your provisional assessment.

Why ask someone how paranoid they'll be ten minutes from now? Does that sound like a natural question?
To see their reaction? Why else would I do it?

A question doesn't have to make sense to gather information.

I am very much in the business of not always making sense. I am, after all, Fallacy.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 05, 2022, 08:36:10 pm
To see their reaction? Why else would I do it?
You could argue such odd phrases are signaling. It lines up too well, your playful prodding of Hector looks like signaling. I don't believe you buddying up with Hector makes Hector mafia, but I don't like your behavior there.

I want to vote you or NJW today.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 05, 2022, 08:57:54 pm
NJW2000 - town?
Hector13 - suspicious
FallacyofUrist - suspicious
I want to vote you or NJW today.
Why NJW2000 over Hector, when you just put Hector as more suspicious than NJW?

You could argue such odd phrases are signaling. It lines up too well, your playful prodding of Hector looks like signaling. I don't believe you buddying up with Hector makes Hector mafia, but I don't like your behavior there.
Does it make sense as signaling, coming from me, though?

For the record (this is WIFOM, but I do want it in the thread), if I was a mafia-ally, I wouldn't even bother with signaling, I'd just attempt to subtly support whoever I think is most likely to be mafia.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 05, 2022, 09:28:59 pm
Good morning everyone

Cool, town Knightwing64.

Jim: how are you going to deal with Knightwing this game? Do you think last game will help you read them?

I dunno I'll just wing it like I always do.

Clearly Knightwing64 self destructing isn't alignment indicative but the actual game commentary he's been giving points to town Knightwing64 in my opinion.

third party anxiety

Isn't focusing too much on third parties a classic scum tell, or at least that's what people say it is?

Ruh-roh, I'm worried for town, let's talk third parties, there's probably only one scum.
This post really doesn't fill me with confidence.

I kind of agree with this.

Ok, this has nothing to do with the matter at hand, but either I have full on pareidolia or there is something weird happening between FoU and Hector. I may just be spinning my wheels because the Tric thing wasn't that interesting.
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Toony, you remember Web trying to secretly communicate with you as a mafia-ally. Does this look anything like that?

Initially I was going to say you're reading way too much into things, but on a second look at the entire post it is pretty odd.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I think the 10-4 stuff might be a bit of a reach but calling hector13 scum (in jest, of course) while also mentioning third parties in the next line is

odd.

Because role flips are the single greatest information source we have, closely followed by player behavior in thread.
Well, all right. My flip will be completely fake. That is to say, completely random.

Ey, death millers, neato.

Either way, not much else I can do given my gambit ran into hard facts I didn't know.

I think this is the most TricMagic post I've seen.

Do we actually have any record of what scum-Wing looks like?

Demon Mafia and Traitors in the Fortress are the most recent examples.

I don't feel like this is scum Knightwing64. Demon Mafia is pretty fresh in my mind; Traitors in the Fortress isn't but I think Knightwing64 was very quiet in that game.



Feeling okay about Knightwing64, I believe TricMagic, ToonyMan feels okay, Maximum Spin feels okay, NJW2000 also feels okay somehow. hector13 and FallacyofUrist don't feel as okay but I'm not confident in labeling hector13 scum. I think in this scenario I'm most okay with FallacyofUrist at the current moment.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 05, 2022, 11:25:56 pm
All right, Jim seems pretty town from my perspective.

Given the field of play this leaves behind (after accounting for the fact that Jim's ability makes Tric's claim believable), I think the right lynch for now is FallacyofUrist. I don't necessarily buy the signalling hypothesis, but he HAS been weird in a way that is consistent with known scum Fallacies. These days, I find I like to get d1 over with quickly, but I think I want to hear a little more before voting and potentially setting off a wagon this time.

I'd like to note that NJW2000 is the only one I haven't seen any kind of softclaim from yet, unless I missed one. I submit this as a curio without any assertion that it's alignment indicative.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: hector13 on September 06, 2022, 12:14:22 am
Spoiler (click to show/hide)


First of all, fuck you FoU for making me go trawling through that game again, I made a hugely embarrassing mistake on D1 on top of all the third-party bullshit :p

Secondly, I think the spoilered post - unmodified by me - should adequately explain my abject hatred for third parties. I mentioned earlier I was proven right post-game not to trust the third-party, evidently I buried this post in some place I shouldn’t have dragged it from.

Further, I think it might explain FoU’s post that everyone is so freaked out over. He was loving that game, and probably enjoyed reminding me of it. Little did he know I ruminate on it more often than I should.

Consequently, I think that’s what the weirdness of his post was:” how paranoid are you going to be in 10 minutes… when you remember how horrible that game was that I claimed third party pretty much immediately and you railed against me for 50+ pages until I sided with the mafia?”

So yeah… I’m disinclined to think FoU is scum, apparently as everyone is doing based solely on “that weirdness”.

Now, I will also say I haven’t played with FoU for the longest time and apparently I really like playing games with FoU, so that may be colluding my perception a bit here.  It I genuinely don’t see what other people are seeing.

Leaning toward NJW, being worried about mafia allies, and maybe Jim, but that’s because I like being a hypocrite so I up his “focusing on third parties” scum tell with “going after low-hanging fruit” scum tell.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: hector13 on September 06, 2022, 12:15:45 am
EBWOP: “colluding” should be “colouring” because apparently there shouldn’t be a u in colour.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 06, 2022, 12:36:12 am
Consequently, I think that’s what the weirdness of his post was:” how paranoid are you going to be in 10 minutes… when you remember how horrible that game was that I claimed third party pretty much immediately and you railed against me for 50+ pages until I sided with the mafia?”
I don't quite think Fallacy can read your mind either, though.

Actually, this post kind of did end up convincing me... that Fallacy may really be a mally who thinks you're the mafia, trying to signal you that he's a third party on your side by reminding you of this game. It's exactly the kind of thing I'd want you to be thinking about if I were trying to signal that. Since you reacted this way, though, it does make me think he guessed wrong, unless you just genuinely didn't get the message (extremely possible and why I'm not townreading you yet) or are trying to sacrifice him (seems early for that).

Lastly... that quote contains exactly the same kind of weirdness I feel like I see in Fallacy right now. A little bit of a singsong "I know something you don't know!" feel. You can see it in the quote just before he drops the mask. I mean, I see it, I don't know if you will. I guess you already said you don't.

For the record, I'm not very happy with NJW either, but I don't currently think he's likely to be teamed with Fallacy, so I have to pick one or the other.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: hector13 on September 06, 2022, 12:58:50 am
I mean… I don’t mean to cast aspersions on FoU, but similar to the whole “he’s dropping clues with a 10-4!” thing, I don’t think he’s smart enough to do that. Or maybe he doesn’t think I’m smart enough, that’s probably a better way to put it heh.

It would require him to have remembered the post I linked specifically, and either that I remember it off the top of my head, or find it again 4 years later and link it with the idea that he’s a mafia ally instead of hating third parties because of it.

It’s a little too unbelievable.

Occam’s Razor. We obviously can’t prove FoU was not thinking that, but I think it’s still much more likely he was referencing a game in which he claimed third-party early and how horrible I found the experience, and was comparing it with this game.

It would be a helluva distancing game if NJW and FoU were partners but like I say, I don’t think FoU is scum based on what everyone else does.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 06, 2022, 01:18:11 am
I mean… I don’t mean to cast aspersions on FoU, but similar to the whole “he’s dropping clues with a 10-4!” thing, I don’t think he’s smart enough to do that. Or maybe he doesn’t think I’m smart enough, that’s probably a better way to put it heh.

It would require him to have remembered the post I linked specifically, and either that I remember it off the top of my head, or find it again 4 years later and link it with the idea that he’s a mafia ally instead of hating third parties because of it.

It’s a little too unbelievable.
But like I said,
Consequently, I think that’s what the weirdness of his post was:” how paranoid are you going to be in 10 minutes… when you remember how horrible that game was that I claimed third party pretty much immediately and you railed against me for 50+ pages until I sided with the mafia?”
I don't quite think Fallacy can read your mind either, though.
don't you imply you DO think Fallacy intended to remind you of that? I don't think it necessarily takes that much brainpower to say "hey, remember that time when I was a third-party and teamed up with the mafia? Yeah, just keep that in mind" - I don't even have to believe he intended to signal you, since I currently have no idea why he would pick you out specifically, unless he knows something I don't; he could just as easily be counting on you passing on the message by making reference to exactly the event that you did.

Okay, yes, it's a stretch, but I did say "may really be a mally".

It would be a helluva distancing game if NJW and FoU were partners
I could see myself doing it, but I would've covered my retreat better than I think NJW did. It'd look suspicious if he backs down now; there was a window where he could have voted you over Fallacy, but now that a few other players have all countenanced voting Fallacy, it'd be impossible to ignore. Of course, I made my own comment proposing voting for Fallacy for precisely that reason.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 06, 2022, 01:21:58 am
I find it hilarious that players are even considering the idea that I'm enough of a planner to pull that absurd signaling strategy off.

In any case, I think my strategy for the time being will be to try and figure out which players were most opportunistic about using my behavior as a reason to vote. The players most eager to either bandwagon and avoid suspicion and/or take the easiest available case, that is to say.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 06, 2022, 01:26:09 am
In any case, I think my strategy for the time being will be to try and figure out which players were most opportunistic about using my behavior as a reason to vote. The players most eager to either bandwagon and avoid suspicion and/or take the easiest available case, that is to say.
Nobody even voted you. :P
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 06, 2022, 01:30:41 am
Well they should. How else are people supposed to apply pressure / put their money where their mouth is? Aside from that, it's the RVS. What are you going to do aside from voting randomly?

Shows issues with not wanting to commit. There's another alley I can look into - who has the strongest position on me, while also not voting?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 06, 2022, 01:34:28 am
As for me, personally, with so few players, I'm just really nervy about voting after... the last time. Which is my version of that game hector13 wants to forget. With that lesson on top of my typical conservatism about wanting to put my vote where I plan to keep it, I don't think I'm going to be voting first on anyone unless something really unexpected comes up.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: hector13 on September 06, 2022, 01:37:17 am
Hmm… FoU does pull off some weird shit sometimes, claiming TP being an example, then throwing in his lot with the mafia…

But nah, nah, nah, even in this case if he was trying to signal like that, expecting me to pull up that post or something similar, he’d still only be the ally, not the scum. It wouldn’t be ideal having the ally around, but if we find the scum it wouldn’t matter, he’d still lose even if he’s still alive I’m pretty sure.

I still don’t think he’s scum scum, aye? It’s a power heavy game, he can be dealt with if he is a mally, probably.

PPE: you are correct, money where your mouth is.

NJW
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1
Post by: notquitethere on September 06, 2022, 04:51:53 am
The testers began running through simulations, running unit tests, trying out bizarre combinations, but their reports weren't all stacking up. On top of that, workplace romances seemed to take up much of the time in the office.

The day will end 8th September 2022, 10AM BST, unless majority is voting for any player or No Lynch. Hammer at 5.

Vote Count
- Maximum Spin
- ToonyMan
- TricMagic
- KnightWing64
- NJW2000 - ToonyMan, Hector13 [2]
- Jim Groovester
- FallacyofUrist
- Hector13
- No Launch
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 06, 2022, 05:56:03 am
Workplace romances? Oooooooo


Spicy


(I won’t be posting much for the next couple hours, due to the rigors of high school. Pray for me brothers)


The last time I voted for someone else ho acted like a obvious scum was Tric, and it turned out he was just a townie with a very “special” mindset, so I dunno about Fallacy. I like the name tho
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: NJW2000 on September 06, 2022, 06:57:52 am
Huh... careful with that ability, Knightwing. We may want to hold Tric captive a little. For glorious reeducation, if necessary.
What makes you think it's an ability? Unless I missed one of Knightwing's posts?
I thought he was the befriender, given he was claiming he could townconfirm himself, and there probably is a befriender because Tric is probably telling the truth.

The claim from Jim makes me reconsider that assumption.


Not sure how I feel about the Jim thing... I guess it makes me want to keep him alive, as it's an incentive for scum to not nightkill me. And it's kind of confirmable. I guess it wouldn't make much sense to claim as mafia, at least. Probably Town.

Max is correct, I haven't claimed anything yet. I don't think my role is going to give any deep insights into how this setup works, so probably not going to today.

I did get why Hector and FoU might have been naturally talking about mafiakart racing... there was just something weird about the exchange.



Briefly, reads:

Knightwing Town. Jim probably Town due to claim, absence of wolfish behaviour, fabulous entrance. Tric is third party and probably telling the truth.

I'm bad at reading Max. I guess I'll have a look at some of his scum games at some point today.

Can't tell with Toony... I find them quite difficult to read, and they're just very strong.
Max: what do you think of Toony this game - still leaning Town? Also, I remember Web once saying you had a theory about Toony's play - does that have any bearing on this game so far?

Hector has been focused on 3p and defending himself today - despite claim that daygame most important. Vote on me mostly unexplained, seems to be on the basis that I'm signalling mally. Nonetheless, didn't immediately go for killing the possibly town-recruitable third party Tric after the "lie" was exposed. Some gut sense that they actually believe in the reasonableness of their own points. Unsure.

At this stage, prefer FoU over Hector. Partly because, as Hector rightly points out, the weirdness I've seen was mostly on FoU's side, and partly because Hector has made some posts that do inspire confidence. On the other hand:

Dubious signalling theory aside, FoU doesn't look great. Stuff like this (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8404428#msg8404428) - claims we're still in RVS when we're patently not, and pre-emptively threatens/justifies going after players for their votes on FoU. Their next post talks about scumhunting without, again, actually doing any. Bad in itself, also doesn't line up with FoU's townplay from what I remember, though I haven't played with them much.

I wouldn't say they're activelurking, but I would say a lot of their posts do very little to potentially advance the game. Their first five posts this game, say, have a lot of questions and observations but basically nothing interesting.

Yeah, FallacyofUrist seems like a good choice.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 06, 2022, 07:14:28 am
I can't believe I agree with a D1 NJW case.

FallacyofUrist. I think FoU is up to no good and do like NJW more currently.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 06, 2022, 07:20:38 am
Hmm… FoU does pull off some weird shit sometimes, claiming TP being an example, then throwing in his lot with the mafia…

But nah, nah, nah, even in this case if he was trying to signal like that, expecting me to pull up that post or something similar, he’d still only be the ally, not the scum. It wouldn’t be ideal having the ally around, but if we find the scum it wouldn’t matter, he’d still lose even if he’s still alive I’m pretty sure.

I still don’t think he’s scum scum, aye? It’s a power heavy game, he can be dealt with if he is a mally, probably.

PPE: you are correct, money where your mouth is.

NJW
A mally!FoU majorly fucked up if NJW is mafia. You're voting NJW because you think they're mafia right?

Even if FoU is only mally that's still strong, as it's unlikely I can get to them before dying.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 06, 2022, 08:07:56 am
Max: what do you think of Toony this game - still leaning Town?
So far, I guess. But of course, Toony is one that I can never be sure about, leastways not after the last part of Fallacy's Marathon.
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Also, I remember Web once saying you had a theory about Toony's play - does that have any bearing on this game so far?
Truthfully, I'm not sure which theory Web meant then. I have a couple notions about Toony's play, but nothing that directly bears on this situation unless he's specifically paired with Knightwing, which he probably is not. He hasn't gotten angry yet, and there's no webadict here for him to play-fight with, and those are all the theories I can remember ever mentioning right now.

I'm more or less on board with a Fallacy lynch, but I want to sleep and I'm not going to be responsible for opening the door to a quickhammer again so soon after the trauma of that Armed Forces game.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: hector13 on September 06, 2022, 11:22:48 am
Huh... careful with that ability, Knightwing. We may want to hold Tric captive a little. For glorious reeducation, if necessary.
What makes you think it's an ability? Unless I missed one of Knightwing's posts?
I thought he was the befriender, given he was claiming he could townconfirm himself, and there probably is a befriender because Tric is probably telling the truth.

The claim from Jim makes me reconsider that assumption.


Not sure how I feel about the Jim thing... I guess it makes me want to keep him alive, as it's an incentive for scum to not nightkill me. And it's kind of confirmable. I guess it wouldn't make much sense to claim as mafia, at least. Probably Town.

Max is correct, I haven't claimed anything yet. I don't think my role is going to give any deep insights into how this setup works, so probably not going to today.

I did get why Hector and FoU might have been naturally talking about mafiakart racing... there was just something weird about the exchange.



Briefly, reads:

Knightwing Town. Jim probably Town due to claim, absence of wolfish behaviour, fabulous entrance. Tric is third party and probably telling the truth.

I'm bad at reading Max. I guess I'll have a look at some of his scum games at some point today.

Can't tell with Toony... I find them quite difficult to read, and they're just very strong.
Max: what do you think of Toony this game - still leaning Town? Also, I remember Web once saying you had a theory about Toony's play - does that have any bearing on this game so far?

Hector has been focused on 3p and defending himself today - despite claim that daygame most important. Vote on me mostly unexplained, seems to be on the basis that I'm signalling mally. Nonetheless, didn't immediately go for killing the possibly town-recruitable third party Tric after the "lie" was exposed. Some gut sense that they actually believe in the reasonableness of their own points. Unsure.

At this stage, prefer FoU over Hector. Partly because, as Hector rightly points out, the weirdness I've seen was mostly on FoU's side, and partly because Hector has made some posts that do inspire confidence. On the other hand:

Dubious signalling theory aside, FoU doesn't look great. Stuff like this (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8404428#msg8404428) - claims we're still in RVS when we're patently not, and pre-emptively threatens/justifies going after players for their votes on FoU. Their next post talks about scumhunting without, again, actually doing any. Bad in itself, also doesn't line up with FoU's townplay from what I remember, though I haven't played with them much.

I wouldn't say they're activelurking, but I would say a lot of their posts do very little to potentially advance the game. Their first five posts this game, say, have a lot of questions and observations but basically nothing interesting.

Yeah, FallacyofUrist seems like a good choice.

I think you’re scum because you’re rolling out this cookie cutter scum hunting nonsense that I was focusing on third parties, despite - and I hate having to repeat myself but it’s relevant to the case - the recruitable third party claim being the first significant thing in the game, the game having a weird context to it in having fewer than 9 players but more than 7, meaning an uncertain number of scum which prompted speculation on the alignment distribution which logically had to involve the claim that Tric made.

Further, I provided major context in my town-meta for my distaste of third parties with the linked post from the MafiaKart game, which parallels this game with the early third-party claim and the attempts by Tric to make it seem as though he’d be a boon for town (WHICH IS EXACTLY HOW FOU FRAMED IT IN THE MAFIAKART GAME HE THREW IN HIS THIRD-PARTY LOT WITH THE MAFIA) but you conveniently ignore that - and I hate saying this too - in bad faith, despite me also saying it’s something that weighs on my mind from time to time. We’re all shaped by our experiences, so why does that very significant mafia experience not count in a game with a weird number of players, an uncertain number of scum, a recruitable third party, and two different claims on how to deal with it in Jim’s befriend and Toony’s psych ability?

This leads me into how the various factions may deal with the third-party. We know Tric was mistaken in his assertion he stays in the game once he achieves his wincon, and we know of two claims on how to deal with him: Jim’s befriend would allow Tric to achieve his wincon or kills him, thus removing him from the game which really only aids scum, and Toony’s psych which would make Tric town. Jim has claimed that in order for Tric to be befriended he would have to target you, which links you and Jim together as a possible scum team, in addition to his also harping on about cookie-cutter scum slips like focusing on third parties.

Another factor in you being scum is in what I see (and have explained in my previous handful of posts) is the weak “10-4” that initially made you interested in Fallacy’s possible scumminess, but not as a member of the scum team proper, but as a mally. You cannot possibly paint FoU as mally and then try to say they’re the main threat to town. If there’s two scum, and a mally, and a third party, town are dead if we miselim today (8 players, 2 scum, 1 scum tp, 1 neutral tp, 4 town) that’s a loss for town, barring any abilities that kept town from losing. Consequently, if we assume a mally, there’s 1 scum, and killing them will win the game for town, assuming no other weirdness, so why are you building a case against FoU, the foundation of which he was signaling as a mally?

Given that you and Max are the only two players who appear to be seriously considering the possibility of a mally, that links you two. Tenuously, sure, but still.

Regardless, the common denominator in these pairings is NJW.

A further issue I have with NJW’s case against FoU is his assertion FoU isn’t scumhunting, which also applies to Jim, it also applies to Knightwing, arguably also to Max, and it probably also applies to me, at least prior to this post. Consequently, the only thing FoU has done differently is the “weirdness”, which is not a scumtell as far as I’m aware.

I also don’t like how he made himself seem like he was the one stopping a possible mally signal the scum team… when he was the one to point out the “signals”.

TL;dr NJW is focusing on someone he thinks is the mally which, if it exists, would likely only have a single member scum team to win with, and his case against FoU is based on “weirdness” which is NAI if the lack of scumhunting is applied between all the other players not scumhunting.

Anyway. FoU needs to get their finger out. While I don’t think you’re scum, I don’t want to have stuck my neck out and you just blend in to the background, even if a significant part of the reason for me thinking you’re not scum is that NJW is.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 06, 2022, 11:51:55 am
Yes, I do actually need to pursue some cases.

Note that my previous posts were, if I recall correctly, past 1 AM. While I can handle late night activity if I have to, it’s not when I do my best work. So at that time I focused mainly on figuring out what avenues of approach I had, as well as figuring out a suspicion or two (unshared because they’re not fully formed and justified).

I’d do the work of turning my suspicions into cases now, but I’m at work, posting from phone during lunchtime. I do follow the thread occasionally while at work to make sure I don’t get too left behind, but I’m not going to go full terminator mode for a few hours (four, ooo spooky number) yet.

Is there anyone voting me for a reason other than ‘weirdo Fallacy does weird stuff and I don’t like it’? If so I town read them.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 06, 2022, 11:56:26 am
Lot of text.. I personally think something is up with Toony with that whole random thing, but guess we'll see. Could be Max, could be NJW. I'm less inclined to think it's Fal right now without more proof to back it up though. So NJW until Fal shows up to make a counterargument.

... Well.

I find it hilarious that players are even considering the idea that I'm enough of a planner to pull that absurd signaling strategy off.

In any case, I think my strategy for the time being will be to try and figure out which players were most opportunistic about using my behavior as a reason to vote. The players most eager to either bandwagon and avoid suspicion and/or take the easiest available case, that is to say.
Well they should. How else are people supposed to apply pressure / put their money where their mouth is? Aside from that, it's the RVS. What are you going to do aside from voting randomly?

Shows issues with not wanting to commit. There's another alley I can look into - who has the strongest position on me, while also not voting?

I'm not sure we were ever in RVS this game Fal. The conditions, the reason, you're puffing things up but one could just relegate it to rvs shenanigans. I don't think town has a reason to do so though, so what are the cases you see being made from this?


Nin-3, The fallacy of Fallacy. You can't town-read me, I'm TP.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: NJW2000 on September 06, 2022, 02:13:21 pm
Oh, I'm not certain about the mally thing, I made that pretty clear. I'm going after FoU because they look like scum.

You're doing some large posts defending yourself and FoU here, especially when all I put was "unsure". If you think I'm scum, put the focus on proving that.

Still need to look into Max's scum game. Been busy today.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 06, 2022, 02:23:58 pm
Still need to look into Max's scum game. Been busy today.
I'm not sure it's ever been the same twice anyway.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 06, 2022, 02:27:25 pm
Still need to look into Max's scum game. Been busy today.
I'm not sure it's ever been the same twice anyway.
Don't particularly like how lackadaisical NJW sounds about this...
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 06, 2022, 04:11:06 pm
All right, just finished a thing for a different thread and caught up in here properly. Little out of it, bear with me.

A further issue I have with NJW’s case against FoU is his assertion FoU isn’t scumhunting, which also applies to Jim, it also applies to Knightwing, arguably also to Max, and it probably also applies to me, at least prior to this post.
Hey, I'm scumhunting, I just keep it close to my vest at this early point. There was more in that long post I felt like responding to, but then I decided I want to keep my opinions to myself for the moment.

Fallacy at L-2. Any other game I'd probably throw one on just to see what happens. Jim's and Toony's gut feelings are aligned with my own. But that's exactly how it happened in Armed Forces. I also think about the last time I was scum, when I had my partner hammer on d1 just for the wifom of "scum surely wouldn't obviously hammer on d1!". But... at the end of the day, my nature is to be bold. Ugggggh, FallacyofUrist. I blame you if we're wrong.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 06, 2022, 04:27:47 pm
hector13's posts are too long but I'm finding at least passionately argued reasoning. I don't think scum sticks out their neck for FoU here. Leaning town.

The parts where he's criticizing other players for cookie cutter cases I'm finding somewhat convincing.

I think this leaves me with NJW2000 and FoU as my choices. I know I said last night I was okay with NJW2000. He gets to live with the consequences of pushing absolute bullshit meritless cases while being scum and now gets to suffer through me wondering whether any weakness in any case he pushes or presents is malicious or not.

Not sure how I feel about the Jim thing... I guess it makes me want to keep him alive, as it's an incentive for scum to not nightkill me. And it's kind of confirmable. I guess it wouldn't make much sense to claim as mafia, at least. Probably Town.

This line kind of bugs me honestly.

Really not seeing what there is to doubt or be unsure about with what I've said.

I'm not sure we were ever in RVS this game Fal. The conditions, the reason, you're puffing things up but one could just relegate it to rvs shenanigans. I don't think town has a reason to do so though, so what are the cases you see being made from this?

Why are you voting for anybody for being scum when you're a claimed third party?

FallacyofUrist
FallacyofUrist
Fal
FallacyofUrist

Well that's L-1 unless I missed a vote somewhere. I suppose I could hammer but I'm not going to.

There is merit in the arguments against him (E.G., FoU has townread maybe two players and hasn't scumread anybody yet) but hector13 planted a seed of doubt in my mind and it's making me doubt that lynching FallacyofUrist catches scum here.

Somebody convince me.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 06, 2022, 04:40:33 pm
I'm not sure we were ever in RVS this game Fal. The conditions, the reason, you're puffing things up but one could just relegate it to rvs shenanigans. I don't think town has a reason to do so though, so what are the cases you see being made from this?

Why are you voting for anybody for being scum when you're a claimed third party?
Because he's Tric. And because he's used to playing Town / wants to get in our good graces. I don't think that's out of character.



Anyways, I really appreciate the bandwagon that two players joined after I explicitly stated that I was at work and would be able to more seriously pursue cases after that.

All right, just finished a thing for a different thread and caught up in here properly. Little out of it, bear with me.

A further issue I have with NJW’s case against FoU is his assertion FoU isn’t scumhunting, which also applies to Jim, it also applies to Knightwing, arguably also to Max, and it probably also applies to me, at least prior to this post.
Hey, I'm scumhunting, I just keep it close to my vest at this early point. There was more in that long post I felt like responding to, but then I decided I want to keep my opinions to myself for the moment.

Fallacy at L-2. Any other game I'd probably throw one on just to see what happens. Jim's and Toony's gut feelings are aligned with my own. But that's exactly how it happened in Armed Forces. I also think about the last time I was scum, when I had my partner hammer on d1 just for the wifom of "scum surely wouldn't obviously hammer on d1!". But... at the end of the day, my nature is to be bold. Ugggggh, FallacyofUrist. I blame you if we're wrong.

First of all, I don't think Maximum Spin makes this vote as town. 'keep my opinions to myself' and 'my nature is to be bold' seem mutually exclusive, frankly speaking. This just doesn't fit Spin's normal behavior. Spin typically hangs back Day 1 - and here he is making a near lethal play based on gut feeling. That isn't a pressure vote, that's scum saying 'jump this guy already, you know you want to'.

Aside from that point, now that I'm back home, from work as mentioned earlier, I can act on the methodologies I described last night. That is to say, who's voting me for the laziest and least justified reasons.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 06, 2022, 04:46:16 pm
First of all, I don't think Maximum Spin makes this vote as town. 'keep my opinions to myself' and 'my nature is to be bold' seem mutually exclusive, frankly speaking. This just doesn't fit Spin's normal behavior. Spin typically hangs back Day 1 - and here he is making a near lethal play based on gut feeling. That isn't a pressure vote, that's scum saying 'jump this guy already, you know you want to'.
I don't make pressure votes. I think you're misunderstanding my entire playstyle here. I usually make bold votes on d1, I just don't explain them, and I generally wait until people have settled out of random voting, unless I see something I don't like early. I think the chance of hitting scum d1 is usually pretty low, but, for that very reason, I'm also comfortable using my vote tactically. In this case, while I won't be disappointed if you get lynched, seeing what Jim and hector (and to a lesser extent Knightwing, but I'm pretty sure he's town) do and say now that you're at l-1 is the real interesting part.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: NJW2000 on September 06, 2022, 05:05:30 pm
Jim: regarding your uncertainty over my claim, I just felt like there might be reasons scum would make it that I was missing. Maybe something like the 25% infect thing not actually being 25% at all... but that's most likely to catch Tric, which isn't an amazing result for scum. So not that. It's a pretty weird role to actually play with. Ok, I'll try to convince you.



The case I'm voting FoU on is:

Basically uninteresting first few posts, featuring stuff like a meaningless and abandoned prod at Knightwing, stupid questions (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8404203#msg8404203), actual nothing (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8404199#msg8404199), a bunch of mostly uncontested townreads, etc. Nearly activelurking in quite a spicy early D1.

Dubious posts here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8404424#msg8404424) and here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8404428#msg8404428). In these, FoU claims we were in RVS still, threatens to vote players retaliatively for poor justification (cognitive dissonance here?), or for presenting evidence on them without voting (ditto?). It basically looks like attempts to drive off pressure.

The Max vote is... meta-based. Also not based on something I actually think is true of Max, but people's impressions differ, so NAI.

Also for me, a bit of POE, I guess... Mostly sure of Jim and Knightwing, and don't want to elim Hector just yet because some stuff he said has town energy. Possibly Max and Toony are scum wagoning on some weird garden path I've wandered down, but that would probably look as bad for them as for me, if not worse?

And maybe, just maybe, FoU's first post was a bit odd.



Ninja: Fallacy now going to do some scumhunting, apparently. I'm all ears.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 06, 2022, 05:12:07 pm
Remember, friends, never skip working out for more than a month, it sucks when you want to get back into it.

I'm not sure we were ever in RVS this game Fal. The conditions, the reason, you're puffing things up but one could just relegate it to rvs shenanigans. I don't think town has a reason to do so though, so what are the cases you see being made from this?

Why are you voting for anybody for being scum when you're a claimed third party?
Because he's Tric. And because he's used to playing Town / wants to get in our good graces. I don't think that's out of character.

Why did you answer this question I directed to TricMagic? I am much more interested in TricMagic's answer to the question than yours.


I'll poke at the game some more and this as well a little bit later.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 06, 2022, 05:25:59 pm
In this case, while I won't be disappointed if you get lynched, seeing what Jim and hector (and to a lesser extent Knightwing, but I'm pretty sure he's town) do and say now that you're at l-1 is the real interesting part.
Well, I won't argue with you there. Except for the disappointment part.

Anyways, I have some rereading to do. Shouldn't take too long, it's not like we're over ten pages yet.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: hector13 on September 06, 2022, 05:58:33 pm
*fannies about with quotes which is not a pleasant experience with a phone*

Dubious posts here and here. [links not present as I had to c+p from the thread] In these, FoU claims we were in RVS still, threatens to vote players retaliatively for poor justification (cognitive dissonance here?), or for presenting evidence on them without voting (ditto?). It basically looks like attempts to drive off pressure.

It’s this kind of thing that makes me think you’re scum. FoU is actually inviting pressure by asking players to vote for him if they have a strong case, otherwise it is hugely suspicious, because building a strong case and only inviting others to take it up is really bad, as is the other side of that coin, voting someone for poor reasoning. Sure, voting people for voting you is no bueno, but examining cases against you for strengths and weaknesses is fine, and half the town is currently on his wagon.

RVS also isn’t an absolute thing; some players can still be in RVS when others are chasing down things they find interesting, and FoU - we at least agree on this - hasn’t done a great deal as yet. That’s about the only good thing I can see from him being at L-1, because he has to actually do something now.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 06, 2022, 06:24:23 pm
Fallacy, I could’ve sworn you were invited people to vote you just two pages ago, why the switch up?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 06, 2022, 06:31:15 pm
Unvote in case of knightwings.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 06, 2022, 06:45:32 pm
Am I wrong? One second, I could’ve sworn that Fal said to vote them, lemme quote it.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: NJW2000 on September 06, 2022, 06:47:25 pm
It’s this kind of thing that makes me think you’re scum. FoU is actually inviting pressure by asking players to vote for him if they have a strong case, otherwise it is hugely suspicious, because building a strong case and only inviting others to take it up is really bad, as is the other side of that coin, voting someone for poor reasoning. Sure, voting people for voting you is no bueno, but examining cases against you for strengths and weaknesses is fine, and half the town is currently on his wagon.

RVS also isn’t an absolute thing; some players can still be in RVS when others are chasing down things they find interesting, and FoU - we at least agree on this - hasn’t done a great deal as yet. That’s about the only good thing I can see from him being at L-1, because he has to actually do something now.
Ho hum. Do you think it would be likely for some players to have strong cases, while others are still in RVS?

Because otherwise, FoU is simply telling people they can't vote for him.

 * * *

I may be guilty of this sort of thing too, but if you're town, I think you're starting to get a little blinkered in this defence of FoU. One doesn't "invite pressure" by asking players to vote one on the basis of a strong case. It's just something you'd obviously expect players to do, provided they had a strong case and weren't congenital idiots.

Unvote in case of knightwings.
You should probably put this in red, if you want it to happen.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 06, 2022, 06:49:28 pm
I… guess I’m just stupid? Because I could’ve swore they said something about not committing to voting him, which was basically a invite to vote him, but I can’t find it soooo…..
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: NJW2000 on September 06, 2022, 06:55:54 pm
They said we were in RVS, so people should be voting people, including them, yes. Or something, I'm willing to yield the point if I got that wrong.

That said, please DO NOT VOTE THEM. It would be an unexpected hammer, and lead to us losing helpful information. You would have some explaining to do D2, especially if they flip town.



Going to bed so will be off for a bit. No useful insights into Max or Toony thus far.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 06, 2022, 07:04:25 pm
Fallacy, I could’ve sworn you were invited people to vote you just two pages ago, why the switch up?
I appreciate well-reasoned votes. I don't appreciate bandwagoning. There's a difference between good votes and bad votes.



Alright, here's the deal.

hector13 is town for being the sole person willing to just plain give me the benefit of the doubt.

Knightwing64 is town for doing a reasonable amount of engagement with the gameplay with the intent of finding scum - I'd have more stringent standards for a more experienced player, but this is both good enough play and not showing any shifty signs.

Jim Groovester is town or ignorable for Day 1. He's basically committed himself to be examined at a later date based on his interactions with TricMagic and the night game. He hasn't done anything that merits suspicion, but he has put himself out there. It's a mix of town vibes and wait and see vibes. Okay, and he also gives me the benefit of the doubt, which is good.

TricMagic is a third party (88%) or doing a big brain play with Jim Groovester (12%). I'm not okay with him winning via his actual wincon, but if we can convert him to town that'd be nice. Would Jim go for something as audacious as pairing his fakeclaim with Tric's fakeclaim, and would he be able to get Tric to go along with that? I don't know. I'm fine ignoring that conspiracy theory for now.

I firmly believe there is at least one scum among the remaining three players. I'm not so sure both about the existence of two scum and two scum voting me, but it is at least possible.

As much as my initial vote was on him, I don't believe Maximum Spin is scum - unvote.

Toonyman and NJW2000 are the scumteam.

Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 06, 2022, 07:06:50 pm
I'm willing to vote NJW today. Unvote to avoid hammers and so I can catch up with thread.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 06, 2022, 07:11:13 pm
NJW for being wrong about players, again.
NJW2000 - town?
Hector13 - suspicious
FallacyofUrist - suspicious
I can't believe I agree with a D1 NJW case.

FallacyofUrist. I think FoU is up to no good and do like NJW more currently.
I'm willing to vote NJW today. Unvote to avoid hammers and so I can catch up with thread.

... This is the most unreasoned and most indecisive flip flopping I have seen in a while.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 06, 2022, 07:18:09 pm
I've made my intentions clear I want to vote you or NJW today.

Also point of advice, pointing out my human nature only makes me stronger.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 06, 2022, 07:18:42 pm
Fal, what's with the flippin colors?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 06, 2022, 07:19:42 pm
Okay, I was thinking of making a giant wall of text, analyzing literally everything Toony and NJW have put out, and generally aiming to induce despair, but honestly, that seems more like a useful scum tactic to file away for later - just making enough giant mega posts that everyone gives up.

... though it's also a bit mean.

Sorry about BYOR16 or whichever one it was.



Let's do this a bit differently.

I'll put my conclusions right here in front, and you can soak them in.

ToonyMan has nothing.

NJW2000 is weaker than he has any right to be.

ToonyMan is distancing from NJW2000.



Fal, what's with the flippin colors?

It's... literally just post organization. Green to mark someone as a town read, orange for third party, grey for neutral, and red for scum. (Though I use the color 'crimson' to not trip up any vote counters.)
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 06, 2022, 07:21:55 pm
Don't see my unvote as an act of mercy. I still extremely want to vote you today Fallacy for being scummy. I'm mainly unvoting so I can read the thread and get a word in without quicky mcgee dropping hammer.

I'll gladly hammer you with confidence.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 06, 2022, 07:24:44 pm
FoU, full role-claim if you haven't yet.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 06, 2022, 07:26:55 pm
... Look at it this way Fal. Either Toony is scum looking to recruit me as an ally tonight, or you're scum and I get town-converted.

Don't really have a stake in this vote in such case. An voting me doesn't really do anything. If you think NQT is scum, vote Toony. I'll then disable NQT tonight, Max will befriend me, and I'll be out of everyone's hair. And NQT won't have their role abilities the next day/night cycle, so an investigative role could prove useful.

On the other hand, can just trust Toony, get converted, and then play towards that wincon.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 06, 2022, 07:27:45 pm
Probably a bit late in the day to be posting, but eh. Sillyness.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 06, 2022, 07:31:44 pm
NJW2000 is weaker than he has any right to be.

NJW2000 displays strong cohesion and investigation, then breaks down the moment he tries to justify a case on me.

Let's make a comparison.

Tric: Question for you here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8404190#msg8404190). Want this very explicitly answered.
Huh. No point putting this off, I guess.

TricMagic.

There's something very dubious going on here. Players do not stick around once their wincon is reached. They leave the game. You can check this in the OP, and with the mod.

You're lying to us.

Why?

Versus!

The case I'm voting FoU on is:

Basically uninteresting first few posts, featuring stuff like a meaningless and abandoned prod at Knightwing, stupid questions (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8404203#msg8404203), actual nothing (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8404199#msg8404199), a bunch of mostly uncontested townreads, etc. Nearly activelurking in quite a spicy early D1.

Dubious posts here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8404424#msg8404424) and here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8404428#msg8404428). In these, FoU claims we were in RVS still, threatens to vote players retaliatively for poor justification (cognitive dissonance here?), or for presenting evidence on them without voting (ditto?). It basically looks like attempts to drive off pressure.

The Max vote is... meta-based. Also not based on something I actually think is true of Max, but people's impressions differ, so NAI.

Also for me, a bit of POE, I guess... Mostly sure of Jim and Knightwing, and don't want to elim Hector just yet because some stuff he said has town energy. Possibly Max and Toony are scum wagoning on some weird garden path I've wandered down, but that would probably look as bad for them as for me, if not worse?

And maybe, just maybe, FoU's first post was a bit odd.

Ninja: Fallacy now going to do some scumhunting, apparently. I'm all ears.

Read the posts NJW quoted through links. The first ones fit the first hours of the game well enough - there's usually some humor before things get serious. I'm not accepting that as a scum tell. The followups don't seem to logically lead to the conclusions NJW is drawing.

But most importantly, look at the comparative attitudes shown. The aggression shown in the first vote versus the conspiracy-theorizing in the second.



Don't see my unvote as an act of mercy. I still extremely want to vote you today Fallacy for being scummy. I'm mainly unvoting so I can read the thread and get a word in without quicky mcgee dropping hammer.

I'll gladly hammer you with confidence.
What is actually scummy about me? My sense of humor? The set of posts I already justified by noting that it was 1 AM at the time and I was doing preliminary musing? You have no case. I don't even mean a weak case, you literally have no case.

FoU, full role-claim if you haven't yet.
No. It's not even relevant right now. I should have my night action confirmed Day 2.

You have nothing.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 06, 2022, 07:34:37 pm
But most importantly, look at the comparative attitudes shown. The aggression shown in the first vote versus the conspiracy-theorizing in the second.
Well, conspiracy theorizing is part of it, but the stronger issue is the comparative lack of energy and the unsureness projected. I don't understand how someone capable of putting forth the first attack is stuck doing this as the second one, unless they're scum trying to force an execution.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 06, 2022, 07:39:32 pm
You won't have a night action to confirm when you're dead.

Full

claim

FoU
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 06, 2022, 07:41:56 pm
Basically uninteresting first few posts, featuring stuff like a meaningless and abandoned prod at Knightwing, stupid questions (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8404203#msg8404203), actual nothing (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8404199#msg8404199), a bunch of mostly uncontested townreads, etc. Nearly activelurking in quite a spicy early D1.

Dubious posts here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8404424#msg8404424) and here (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8404428#msg8404428). In these, FoU claims we were in RVS still, threatens to vote players retaliatively for poor justification (cognitive dissonance here?), or for presenting evidence on them without voting (ditto?). It basically looks like attempts to drive off pressure.

FallacyofUrist is a goofball so him not having a conventionally strong playstyle doesn't condemn him from my perspective.

I agree with you about him making those dubious posts you highlight as attempts to drive off pressure, but I don't really see that as something scummy. I recall a recent game where a player accused me of being scummy because I wasn't even trying to get shot, like that was something I was supposed to do as town. This reminds me a bit of that situation.

Also for me, a bit of POE, I guess... Mostly sure of Jim and Knightwing, and don't want to elim Hector just yet because some stuff he said has town energy. Possibly Max and Toony are scum wagoning on some weird garden path I've wandered down, but that would probably look as bad for them as for me, if not worse?

Fair enough on him being part of your POE. This is actually the point I find most convincing.

First of all, I don't think Maximum Spin makes this vote as town. 'keep my opinions to myself' and 'my nature is to be bold' seem mutually exclusive, frankly speaking. This just doesn't fit Spin's normal behavior. Spin typically hangs back Day 1 - and here he is making a near lethal play based on gut feeling. That isn't a pressure vote, that's scum saying 'jump this guy already, you know you want to'.

Aside from that point, now that I'm back home, from work as mentioned earlier, I can act on the methodologies I described last night. That is to say, who's voting me for the laziest and least justified reasons.

I really don't like this vote. That you drop it later makes me like it even less.

As much as my initial vote was on him, I don't believe Maximum Spin is scum - unvote.

why did you fucking cast it then you fucking goofball

you have the opportunity and ability to do sensible things so why arent you you fucking goofball

I was very tempted to hammer you for your Maximum Spin vote since it looked like a do nothing about to die scum protest but I decided to see if you'd deliver something that might change my mind. I'm not sure I made the right decision.



Not done yet.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 06, 2022, 07:43:56 pm
Fal, mechanically solving your 'innocence' is just stalling. If I'm to be converted to town, you'd be relying on me and toony in the first place to clear your innocence. And if toony is town, where does your suspicion fall?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 06, 2022, 07:48:30 pm
But somehow, ToonyMan's behavior is even weaker, even scummier.

I meant it when I said he has nothing.

... This is the most unreasoned and most indecisive flip flopping I have seen in a while.
I believe I've already documented the flip-flopping, but frankly, that's not even the main reason for my vote. Just a supporting factor.

I can't believe I agree with a D1 NJW case.

FallacyofUrist. I think FoU is up to no good and do like NJW more currently.

Toony just... doesn't post anything to go along with this. I am, somehow, 'up to no good', without any supporting documentation.

Is he doing it because he agrees with NJW? If so, he certainly doesn't bother to say it.

What about the FoU thing is odd though? I might not be seeing anything due to being quite distracted this day, but it didn’t raise any red flags.
FoU has two sentences back-to-back, both questions, that involve a number. First 10 and then 4.

The way FoU asks these questions is unnatural and warrants suspicion.
To see their reaction? Why else would I do it?
You could argue such odd phrases are signaling. It lines up too well, your playful prodding of Hector looks like signaling. I don't believe you buddying up with Hector makes Hector mafia, but I don't like your behavior there.

I want to vote you or NJW today.

Prior to the vote post, we get these feeble attempts at justification. I am, apparently, acting suspicious. I might be signaling. Still can't make up his mind about NJW.

And then after the vote, nothing more until we get the unvote, and the 'still willing to vote NJW', why he says that detail in particular, I can't fathom.

You won't have a night action to confirm when you're dead.

Full

claim

FoU
Nah.

You're assuming I'll be dead, which I won't be. I have full confidence in my ability to get you executed. You have nothing.

I will full claim Day 2.

Toony is acting like he has a case, when in truth either he doesn't, or he's copying NJW's case without saying he's copying NJW's case and trying to look like he considers him a possible scum target without ever justifying that.

It is so shifty.



Fal, mechanically solving your 'innocence' is just stalling. If I'm to be converted to town, you'd be relying on me and toony in the first place to clear your innocence. And if toony is town, where does your suspicion fall?
I have no idea what you are talking about. Please explain further, or preferably help me get ToonyMan executed. He is not town.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 06, 2022, 07:48:41 pm
Some musing in the meantime:

One of the reasons I like NJW over FoU is because I agree with NJW's assertions that Knightwing and Jim feel town while Hector has a "town energy" to him. I can feel exactly what he means when he says that, like resonance you know? That doesn't mean we're right, but if we're having a similar mindset then maybe we're the same alignment too.

NJW also backed down when I defend Tric from him. I don't think that marks NJW as town, but it shows he's willing to believe in Tric and to some extent me and Jim since we both have ways to deal with Tric tonight.

It's less clear with Max, NJW seems to be keeping in the back of his mind that me or Max could be playing him, and that's a justifiable paranoia.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 06, 2022, 07:50:59 pm
Some musing in the meantime:

One of the reasons I like NJW over FoU is because I agree with NJW's assertions that Knightwing and Jim feel town while Hector has a "town energy" to him. I can feel exactly what he means when he says that, like resonance you know? That doesn't mean we're right, but if we're having a similar mindset then maybe we're the same alignment too.
I totally agree. You two have the same energy. Shifty weakness and trying to create cases that don't really exist. Scum.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 06, 2022, 07:52:38 pm
But somehow, ToonyMan's behavior is even weaker, even scummier.

Why not NJW2000 if he's also part of the scum team? hector13 is voting NJW2000 so if you pivoted to NJW2000 your odds of getting a non-you lynch significantly improve.

Also stop ignoring my questions or I will hammer you for pissing me off.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 06, 2022, 07:53:03 pm
You won't have a night action to confirm when you're dead.

Full

claim

FoU
Nah.
Then die. I will be voting you after I'm done posting tonight.

I want to be an amicable person. I don't want to miss anything. If you have no desire to cooperate on death's door then you have something to hide and are scum. Please understand this concept.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 06, 2022, 07:56:32 pm
You haven't been paying attention fal? Toony apparently has a random way to convert TP to town, apparently. I have a global attract. You do the math.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 06, 2022, 08:02:08 pm
You haven't been paying attention fal? Toony apparently has a random way to convert TP to town, apparently. I have a global attract. You do the math.
If I was scum and choosing between using an ability like that and the mafiakill, I would just use the mafiakill, then claim I was roleblocked the next Day. Or I would just lie about having an ability like that. It's not enough to justify not executing him.

Then die. I will be voting you after I'm done posting tonight.

I want to be an amicable person. I don't want to miss anything. If you have no desire to cooperate on death's door then you have something to hide and are scum. Please understand this concept.
Until the very last minute, votes can change. I fully believe my fullclaim will not make any difference in who votes me and who doesn't vote me. I will not claim. It benefits scum more than it does town, in this circumstance, which will be demonstrably visible once I claim it Day 2.

But somehow, ToonyMan's behavior is even weaker, even scummier.

Why not NJW2000 if he's also part of the scum team? hector13 is voting NJW2000 so if you pivoted to NJW2000 your odds of getting a non-you lynch significantly improve.
I believe ToonyMan is marginally scummier than NJW, and I'll act according to that belief. NJW has a really terrible case, and ToonyMan has no case. There's a slight improvement between 'really terrible' and 'none'.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 06, 2022, 08:04:35 pm
You haven't been paying attention fal? Toony apparently has a random way to convert TP to town, apparently. I have a global attract. You do the math.
If I was scum and choosing between using an ability like that and the mafiakill, I would just use the mafiakill, then claim I was roleblocked the next Day. Or I would just lie about having an ability like that. It's not enough to justify not executing him.


Global Attract
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: FallacyofUrist on September 06, 2022, 08:10:25 pm
Global Attract
As long as there is any possibility the ability might fail, the scum can just claim they used it and it failed and kill instead. And there are some weird as heck abilities the generator can generate. The scum can just lie. Remember last game - Beginner BYOR 3 - where Roden and Spin just lied, Spin saying he got the message sent to Roden, and made the town go crazy about a hypothetical bus driver / mass redirector that never actually existed? Scum can do that.

I'm doubtful now that the conversion actually exists.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 06, 2022, 08:12:42 pm
But somehow, ToonyMan's behavior is even weaker, even scummier.

Why not NJW2000 if he's also part of the scum team? hector13 is voting NJW2000 so if you pivoted to NJW2000 your odds of getting a non-you lynch significantly improve.
I believe ToonyMan is marginally scummier than NJW, and I'll act according to that belief. NJW has a really terrible case, and ToonyMan has no case. There's a slight improvement between 'really terrible' and 'none'.

I don't think you're going to get ToonyMan, but you might get NJW2000.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 06, 2022, 08:13:30 pm
... Max, if Fal somehow survives to end of day and Toony dies and flips town, I'm hitting Fal tonight. Please send a friend request.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 06, 2022, 08:14:53 pm
... Max, if Fal somehow survives to end of day and Toony dies and flips town, I'm hitting Fal tonight. Please send a friend request.

You need to reread the thread for who and how the befriending is going to happen. As I recall Maximum Spin has not claimed being able to befriend people.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 06, 2022, 08:18:46 pm
... Max, if Fal somehow survives to end of day and Toony dies and flips town, I'm hitting Fal tonight. Please send a friend request.
Jim targets whoever targets NJW. There's a 75% chance Jim befriends whoever targets NJW and a 25% chance they get infected and die the following day or something. I wouldn't worry about being possibly infected as if I'm able to convert you then you'll still win with town.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: TricMagic on September 06, 2022, 08:19:45 pm
Apparently. Sorry Jim. I'm going to bed now, Unvote.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 06, 2022, 08:25:13 pm
I should probably say explicitly that the longer you're in game after being provided a clear path to victory the more I suspect and want to lynch you.

So make sure you know exactly what you need to do, because if you're still around on Day 2 because you made a mistake I am going to laugh, and then I'm going to argue that you are a great Day 2 lynch.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1
Post by: notquitethere on September 06, 2022, 09:26:22 pm
Among the testers, much conversation ensues about relative attractiveness and who is friends with whom; all the while the elf civilisations in Dwarf Universe continue to expand and conquer.

The day will end 8th September 2022, 10AM BST, unless majority is voting for any player or No Lynch. Hammer at 5.

Vote Count
- Maximum Spin
- ToonyMan - FallacyofUrist [1]
- TricMagic
- KnightWing64
- NJW2000 - Hector13 [1]
- Jim Groovester
- FallacyofUrist - NJW2000, TricMagic, Maximum Spin [3]
- Hector13
- No Launch

Please put any votes and unvotes in bold and red, otherwise I won't count them.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 - With Friends Like These Who Needs Quality Assurance
Post by: hector13 on September 06, 2022, 09:52:49 pm
Okay, I guess FoU did… something.

I’ve been following the thread but not keeping track if that makes sense, I had a tiring day, so… tomorrow I’ll post thoughts.

Also, I don’t have a double vote (that I’m aware of) so NQT needs to fix that vote count.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 Begins! - Dwarf Fortress? Elf Fortress more like!
Post by: ToonyMan on September 06, 2022, 09:56:01 pm
Ambiance (https://youtu.be/CXwLKW2NpyA)



words
This post makes Hector very town to me if FoU is town. It's like Lidku defending Knightwing in Armed Forces.

Oh, I'm not certain about the mally thing, I made that pretty clear. I'm going after FoU because they look like scum.
At this point I'm starting to believe FoU is trying to get themselves lynched so that mafia isn't.

Ugggggh, FallacyofUrist. I blame you if we're wrong.
I would normally say it's pretty scummy to go "uuugh okay I'll vote this person", but I think you've done this before as town.

There is merit in the arguments against him (E.G., FoU has townread maybe two players and hasn't scumread anybody yet) but hector13 planted a seed of doubt in my mind and it's making me doubt that lynching FallacyofUrist catches scum here.

Somebody convince me.
It's harder for me to convince you when FoU is figuratively writing "KILL ME" on their forehead so far.

I think their vote on Max could have been convincing if they didn't drop it.

Spoiler: Unrelated (click to show/hide)

Jim Groovester
Maximum Spin
What the fuck is this FoU? Why are you coloring people's names weird? This is 100% intentional and you're being a troll.

I appreciate the reads list otherwise.

You won't have a night action to confirm when you're dead.
Full
claim
FoU
Nah.
You're assuming I'll be dead, which I won't be. I have full confidence in my ability to get you executed. You have nothing.
I will full claim Day 2.
Toony is acting like he has a case, when in truth either he doesn't, or he's copying NJW's case without saying he's copying NJW's case and trying to look like he considers him a possible scum target without ever justifying that.
It is so shifty.
Bite me. I fully support NJW's case and agree with it more than anything you've said.

FoU, you're in a unique position as the only player with extreme heat this day. Nobody else has felt L-1 pressure and I've think you've failed spectacularly in every way. If you're town you're a failure as town. I'm not supporting a vote on me. I could reasonably support a vote for NJW. I could maybe even support a vote for Max or Hector, but I am in fact content with your vote currently because:

1. After NJW pointed it out, I don't like your first post.
2. I didn't like your responses to my questions afterwards.
3. I agree with NJW's case on you.

I believe you are correct that there is at least one scum inside Toony/Max/NJW if you are town. Please help me find them if you're town instead of closing yourself off to me like an idiot. Get it together.



Scenarios:

1. FoU is mally:

They probably are just trying to draw the lynch at this point and obfuscate as much as possible. This could be why they aren't claiming and are coloring people's names strangely even after being under scrutiny.
They shouldn't know who the mafia is normally so I think trying to learn the mafia off of them is probably pointless.
NJW is likely town as it's insanely ballsy to figure out who your mally is and then just out them.
Hector is probably town.
Tric is a third-party befriender.
I think anyone else could be mafia still.
If they out themselves I could try to convert them to town. I'm up to do that.

2. FoU is mafia:

They don't want to claim because it reveals their ability and they can't come up with a convincing lie.
NJW's case is weaker, their first post makes less sense as mafia but I still agree it's scummy.
NJW is town or insanely ballsy to out and bus their partner...yeah definitely town here.
Jim is probably town.
Knightwing is probably town.
Tric is third-party befriender.
Max or Hector is probably mafia here if the game continues.

3. FoU is town:

They aren't claiming because of some fundamental difference in opinion, frustrating.
Hector seems really town here.
Jim seems really town.
Knightwing is probably town.
Tric is still third-party befriender here.
Mafia are probably inside Max/NJW.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 - With Friends Like These Who Needs Quality Assurance
Post by: ToonyMan on September 06, 2022, 10:14:49 pm
Then die. I will be voting you after I'm done posting tonight.

I want to be an amicable person. I don't want to miss anything. If you have no desire to cooperate on death's door then you have something to hide and are scum. Please understand this concept.
Until the very last minute, votes can change. I fully believe my fullclaim will not make any difference in who votes me and who doesn't vote me. I will not claim. It benefits scum more than it does town, in this circumstance, which will be demonstrably visible once I claim it Day 2.
Good luck then.

FallacyofUrist

I'm doubtful now that the conversion actually exists.
Hey, at least I claimed having one.

I wasn't going to claim having the psych right away, but I wanted to back up why I felt Tric was telling the truth. Does that sound like a natural thought process? Because it is. If you're still alive to respond to this post I want you to apologize for your behavior and fucking claim and cooperate instead of crossing your arms and going "hmpf, I've got my secrets" while ONE TRIGGER FINGER FROM DYING.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 - With Friends Like These Who Needs Quality Assurance
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 06, 2022, 10:31:48 pm
FallacyofUrist stubbornly voting ToonyMan instead of trying to go for a NJW2000 lynch that FoU might get is ?????????????????? and more or less convinces me that FoU isn't actually trying to survive the D1 lynch.

Tempted to hammer here but I'm playing Noita right now and I'm content to be passive about it for a little while.

Akshully I'll say it's an opportunity to see what hector13 says about FoU since he's been a vocal defender of FoU.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 - With Friends Like These Who Needs Quality Assurance
Post by: hector13 on September 06, 2022, 11:21:29 pm
There may be some inklings of regret about that now. I’m not sure why FoU is going after Toony when his PoE includes a player (NJW) that other people have indicated they might vote for, and that I think I have a pretty good case on, and I’m his strongest townread. I mean, maybe the sheer ignorance of it all is a towntell? *clutches at straws*

My day has basically been that I was scumreading NJW, who was building a “case” on FoU, so I was reading FoU as town by association. Given my vociferous defense of FoU, I felt pretty confident NJW was scum. Now that FoU seems to be actively trying to get someone to hammer him, I’m a lot less confident in both those reads. I still think NJW is the more likely to be scum - I still think his case on FoU prior to FoU’s current musings is horrible - but… I don’t want to be in the hole FoU has dug for himself.

I’m now only pretty confident that FoU and NJW are not on the same team. As I say, my preference is to get rid of NJW, but I think either flip tells us a lot about the other player.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 - With Friends Like These Who Needs Quality Assurance
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 06, 2022, 11:26:06 pm
FallacyofUrist.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 - With Friends Like These Who Needs Quality Assurance
Post by: notquitethere on September 07, 2022, 02:10:06 am
Vote Count
- Maximum Spin
- ToonyMan - FallacyofUrist [1]
- TricMagic
- KnightWing64
- NJW2000 - Hector13 [1]
- Jim Groovester
- FallacyofUrist - NJW2000, TricMagic, Maximum Spin, ToonyMan, JimGroovester [5]
- Hector13
- No Launch

The unprofessional behaviour came to a head when they cornered FallacyofUrist, an enigmatic bug hunter known for developing new testing tools, and collectively voted to ban him from the company. He left in disgrace, but on his account they found no evidence of any pro-elf sympathies.

FallacyOfUrist has been launched.

Spoiler: Orange Evolveist (click to show/hide)

Night One has begun. You have 24 hours to send your actions, until 9am BST If you don't want to act, please tell me.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1
Post by: notquitethere on September 08, 2022, 12:47:06 am
TricMagic had always insisted he wasn't a team player so no one was surprised when his test account was frozen and his pay suspended. What was a surprise was discovering clear Dwarf Supremacy materials on his hard drive.

TricMagic has been killed.

Spoiler: Omega Townstruck (click to show/hide)

DAY TWO

Spoiler: Current Source Code (click to show/hide)

The day will end 11th September 2022, 7AM BST, unless majority is voting for any player or No Lynch. Hammer at 4.

Alive
- Maximum Spin
- ToonyMan
- KnightWing64
- NJW2000
- Jim Groovester
- Hector13
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 08, 2022, 12:52:07 am
So, uh, I accidentally gave everyone prizes. Really interested to know how that turns out.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 08, 2022, 12:54:12 am
So, uh, I accidentally gave everyone prizes. Really interested to know how that turns out.
Oh, wait, I read it wrong. I probably only gave one person a prize. Please come forward immediately.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 08, 2022, 12:59:28 am
I didn't receive anything last night. Tric almost certainly used their global attract so it's likely they got your gift Max?

Tric also seems to have been converted by me before eating the mafiakill. Your sacrifice will not be in vain Tric. I promise to try my best so you can win with town.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 08, 2022, 01:02:32 am
I didn't receive anything last night. Tric almost certainly used their global attract so it's likely they got your gift Max?
I don't think so. It happened automatically at the very beginning of the day, because of my action last night. I didn't find out about it until the end of the night, and it was not expected.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 08, 2022, 01:03:07 am
It's really late for me so I'll have more to say tomorrow after some sleep...
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 08, 2022, 01:04:43 am
I didn't receive anything last night. Tric almost certainly used their global attract so it's likely they got your gift Max?
I don't think so. It happened automatically at the very beginning of the day, because of my action last night. I didn't find out about it until the end of the night, and it was not expected.
Oh okay, I understand. Yes whoever got this prize then please claim.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 08, 2022, 01:30:57 am
I got a prize.

It's a pretty neat prize.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 08, 2022, 01:32:54 am
I got a prize.

It's a pretty neat prize.
Can you please tell me the fifth word in the prize?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 08, 2022, 01:35:18 am
Let me explain a little. There's a potential interaction with the thing that happened to me that could make the game really annoying. It isn't gamebreaking, it's just incredibly annoying for everyone, especially notquitethere. I have confirmed something with notquitethere that makes me think this hasn't happened, but I'd like to be sure.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 08, 2022, 01:35:57 am
'first'

Uhhh hopefully I'm counting from the right spot and what NQT sent you matches what he sent me.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 08, 2022, 01:39:02 am
'first'

Uhhh hopefully I'm counting from the right spot and what NQT sent you matches what he sent me.
Ohhh, lucky dip then. And the horrible thing didn't happen to you.

Uh, I really hope you're not mafia now, though.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 08, 2022, 01:43:47 am
As far as I know I'm still town.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 08, 2022, 01:46:18 am
As far as I know I'm still town.
I didn't mean that it would change. As far as I know that can't happen. It's just that if you have been mafia all along, obviously you getting that ability would be very bad for town. I'd like to think you wouldn't openly tell me you got it as mafia, though...
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 08, 2022, 02:40:31 am
Ehr mah gehrd super secret nonsense I can’t be bothered dealing with at 2am after an hour’s sleep punctured with baby screams.

There’s a super important sportsball match tomorrow morning that I’ll be watching, so I’ll be posting in ~12 hours or so properly. Probably a bit longer depending on how much y’all post in the interim.

I don’t think anything has substantially changed in my opinion from D1 yet, but I am so goddamn tired.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 08, 2022, 04:32:29 am
( posting then reading peoples posts, of course Tric, the one I tried to befriend would die 0.0)


Ah, Jim. That’s no good you know? Staying mostly silent and then hammering somebody who turns out to be town?

That’s not a good look.

How that I think about it, Fallacy did say to be wary of people who were against him but didn’t vote him, which fits you perfectly til l the last second.

Add that to being uncharacteristically silent, and I believe you to be mafia or a third party, both of which we can’t have around.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: NJW2000 on September 08, 2022, 05:00:31 am
There are potential bastard flips in this game. At least one actual one, if Max is to be believed.

FoU wanted to die.

Anyone else seeing what I'm seeing?



Bare-bones night stuff:

Tric's alignment changed. Tric was befriended either by Jim or Knightwing.

Knightwing claims to have befriended Tric. Jim promised to do the weird thing that would 75% of the time result in him befriending Tric, provided Tric targeted me, which he probably did... I think I was disabled.

Weirdness here. Why the kill on Tric? Did Tric use the attract instead? Overdetermination?

Jim confirms Max's night action. Both claim Jim now has a powerful ability.



Knightwing. Why did you befriend the player that would leave the game once they were befriended? You could have actually confirmed your alignment with someone. Why didn't you?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 08, 2022, 05:04:35 am
Oh. Well, I kinda…. forgot that. I chose Tric because I that if he got it, he would defend my innocence the most.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 08, 2022, 05:13:40 am
( posting then reading peoples posts, of course Tric, the one I tried to befriend would die 0.0)


Ah, Jim. That’s no good you know? Staying mostly silent and then hammering somebody who turns out to be town?

That’s not a good look.

How that I think about it, Fallacy did say to be wary of people who were against him but didn’t vote him, which fits you perfectly til l the last second.

Add that to being uncharacteristically silent, and I believe you to be mafia or a third party, both of which we can’t have around.

:|

Is that the best you got?

There are potential bastard flips in this game. At least one actual one, if Max is to be believed.

FoU wanted to die.

Anyone else seeing what I'm seeing?



Bare-bones night stuff:

Tric's alignment changed. Tric was befriended either by Jim or Knightwing.

Knightwing claims to have befriended Tric. Jim promised to do the weird thing that would 75% of the time result in him befriending Tric, provided Tric targeted me, which he probably did... I think I was disabled.

Weirdness here. Why the kill on Tric? Did Tric use the attract instead? Overdetermination?

Jim confirms Max's night action. Both claim Jim now has a powerful ability.



Knightwing. Why did you befriend the player that would leave the game once they were befriended? You could have actually confirmed your alignment with someone. Why didn't you?

:|

In the same post you theorize that FoU's flip was a bastard flip while also saying Tric's alignment changed from being befriended when he would just leave the game as third-party instead.

You have to argue that he ALSO had a possible bastard flip or that someone converted him to town.

In addition, mafia don't kill Tric here ever. He very likely used his global attract he was gushing about.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 08, 2022, 05:26:15 am
Oh.


Sry.

Also, wdym is that All I got, I thought that was a smart and reasonable accusation to make of Jim?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 08, 2022, 05:38:26 am
Oh.


Sry.

Also, wdym is that All I got, I thought that was a smart and reasonable accusation to make of Jim?
It's possible but I'm not convinced.

Can you give thoughts on each player?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: NJW2000 on September 08, 2022, 05:38:50 am
Toony: Right... sorry, not too sharp in the mornings, was confusing befriends and conversions. So you converted Tric, he presumably used the attract?

Huh... and he didn't leave the game. If befriends happening before kills and conversions, Knightwing looks VERY bad here. I'll look into that.

I'm not going to theorise about bastard flips that much here, it's an edge case, but not one with much explanatory power just yet.



Knightwing: why not someone with more sway over town? Tric doesn't usually persuade people, you must have seen that by now.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 08, 2022, 05:49:06 am
I show more skill and now people want reasonable decisions 0.0


I dunno, I just tried to befriend Tric because I thought he would defend me the hardest, I didn’t even remember that he got to leave once he got befriended or whatever.


I mean, you can vote me, but you will all miss my handsome face when I’m gone.

I would say a cool anime quote but I’m in a parking lot and My head hurts
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: NJW2000 on September 08, 2022, 06:35:42 am
Ok, asking for clarification on this, but I'm pretty sure NQT just confirmed wincons are checked at the end of the night - thus after any recruitment.

Weird, but something we can work with.

I show more skill and now people want reasonable decisions 0.0
[MALDING INTENSIFIES]

Your play is better this game though.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 08, 2022, 10:30:11 am
Toony: Right... sorry, not too sharp in the mornings, was confusing befriends and conversions. So you converted Tric, he presumably used the attract?

Huh... and he didn't leave the game. If befriends happening before kills and conversions, Knightwing looks VERY bad here. I'll look into that.

I'm not going to theorise about bastard flips that much here, it's an edge case, but not one with much explanatory power just yet.



Knightwing: why not someone with more sway over town? Tric doesn't usually persuade people, you must have seen that by now.
I don't believe FoU's flip is fake. I don't agree with their behavior (or coloring players weird), but their stubbornness looks like annoyed town on a reread and their reads list feels genuine. I'm disappointed but also confident they were town.

I think it's pretty simple what happened here.

Tric attracted every player.
Knightwing befriended Tric.
I converted Tric to town.
Mafia tried to kill a player, it got redirected to Tric.
Tric doesn't win as TP because wincons aren't checked until after conversions apparently.

I think KW is telling the truth about their action here.

I'm mildly suspicious that KW and Jim both have befriender abilities, but it's not strong reasoning.

I have no idea what's going on with Max and the prize Jim got.

NJW continues to spew paranoia.

How many mafia are left? Two mafia means we're already mylo, but that feels wrong. I feel like this has to be a one mafia setup with probably a second third-party.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: NJW2000 on September 08, 2022, 10:38:19 am
You really think FoU wanted to live? There was zero chance of eliminating you, four or five people ready to flip me, and he thought I was insanely and obviously scummy.

His play sometimes looks stubborn and weak, but is he really THAT pigheaded?

 I am slightly reassured about KW for obvious reasons.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 08, 2022, 10:48:37 am
FoU doesn't have a lot of town experience. I think it caused them to make mistakes like voting me over NJW or not claiming at L-1. I don't really think he was trying to kill himself willingly, that's just dumb even as a mally and I like to exaggerate when annoyed myself.

FoU's progression from building a case on NJW and me to voting me looked natural and not staged to crucify themselves. Why bother if you're trying to die?

His ability to evolve a third of the players would have been more beneficial for town than mafia so I'm not sure he'd even want to use it as non-town. This goes against their statement where FoU said they'd prove their ability on D2. Unless you want to argue their entire flip is fake like Max has claimed.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: NJW2000 on September 08, 2022, 11:02:13 am
Could be an entirely fake flip… if not, as scum, he’d still have a mafiakill and a chance to evolve or protect his partner, though I don’t know what from.


The past half dozen games here have been telling players to trust their daygame, assume bastard and counterintuitive modding rather than reliable inspects/flips and second guessable mods. This is a procgen mafia, so I wouldn’t expect everything to make intuitive sense. But people are still people, and FoU doesn’t seem like town trying to get results.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 08, 2022, 11:54:05 am
Could be an entirely fake flip… if not, as scum, he’d still have a mafiakill and a chance to evolve or protect his partner, though I don’t know what from.


The past half dozen games here have been telling players to trust their daygame, assume bastard and counterintuitive modding rather than reliable inspects/flips and second guessable mods. This is a procgen mafia, so I wouldn’t expect everything to make intuitive sense. But people are still people, and FoU doesn’t seem like town trying to get results.
Says the guy who was mechanically trying to catch Knightwing.

FoU's evolve hits a random third of the players by the way. They would have no control over who got it, and there's more town than mafia.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 08, 2022, 12:53:39 pm
I don't believe Fallacy's flip is fake, but I cannot currently explain why. Just trust me that there's a good reason.

Knightwing, while your accusation of Jim isn't totally unreasonable (although I still townread Jim more than halfway), I can't support lynching Jim unless you believe he is solo scum.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 08, 2022, 02:31:27 pm
Let me add this.

Jim, according to the source generator, what you saw is the only way the last several words of that can happen. Infer everything accordingly.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 08, 2022, 02:35:10 pm
Right, preliminary thoughts are that KnightWing, Toony, Max, and Tric’s actions have all been accounted for, leaving the only people to do the kill as me, NJW, and Jim.

Targeting Tric because of his attract, I learned nothing particularly interesting.

NJW appears to be claiming to have been disabled.

Jim, as yet unknown action.

Slightly bothered by KW and Jim’s claims to be a befriender, though mostly KW’s targeting of Tric since a) Tric is removed from the game on befriending which doesn’t really benefit town and b) Toony claimed what is now a pretty much confirmed ability to convert TP to town c) Tric’s most reasonable choices were to target NJW and trigger Jim’s claimed befriend/infect or the attract, both of which take him out the game, or global attract to be converted to town but also very likely, now confirmed, draw the kill.

This would lead me to believe if the scum team is only one member, KW is a contender, but not first choice for it. However, in the Xylbot list the friendly neighbour is always town so… something probably not worth worrying about?

I was ruminating during the night time of the game, and was worried that Toony was playing NJW a bit regarding their support for FoU’s weirdness on D1, but given how the night played out and Toony’s claimed “convert” to town, I’m pretty sure he’s town. It seems vanishingly unlikely scum would have the ability to convert an unaligned role into what would be an atagonist faction to them though, so Toony is town.

I’d rather not assume there isn’t two scum, given the potential MYLO consequences, but… I’m still pretty convinced that NJW is scum, based on what I had issue with D1 and the somewhat bizarre arguments being presented on D2, like FoU’s flip being false. FoU did bring up that people should claim any bizarro abilities like that, after all.

You really think FoU wanted to live? There was zero chance of eliminating you, four or five people ready to flip me, and he thought I was insanely and obviously scummy.

His play sometimes looks stubborn and weak, but is he really THAT pigheaded?

You remember that quote from FoU I used to illustrate my distaste for third parties claiming to be a boon to town? That’s FoU in a nutshell. Further in that game he was wholly convinced that his ability to sell actions to the town as a third party was a boon to the town he basically claimed being third-party in his first post in that game.

So yeah, FoU reads as frustrated town, possibly panicking to get out of a hole. His reads list was alright, illustrating his PoE of what he thought the scum team was, he just decided to focus on the player he felt he could make a better case on. I’ve done that before, in slightly different circumstances of a cop claim of scum on someone else.

Further, you are insanely and obviously scum :p

To be perfectly honest your play so far on D2 looks like you’re trying to deflect suspicion onto other players or argue that the information we have from D1 is not useful because the D1 elimination flip was false.

If the D1 elimination flip was a wash, and N1 wasn’t informative due to Tric’s global attract, what do we do?

PPE: and Max is being enigmatic. As usual.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 08, 2022, 02:47:09 pm
PPE: and Max is being enigmatic. As usual.
I honestly want to explain fully, but it now involves information about Jim. If it was just claiming my own stuff I'd prefer to explain what happened so everyone's informed, but since Jim was so cagey about what he gained when he claimed it, I don't really want to mess it up for him.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 08, 2022, 02:50:03 pm
Jim is a suspect though, at least as it pertains to his currently unknown night action.

I mean, thinking about it, KW isn’t clear necessarily because their action can’t be confirmed, but… I think it’s still more likely to be among me, Jim, and NJW.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 08, 2022, 02:57:10 pm
Jim is a suspect though, at least as it pertains to his currently unknown night action.
I agree, that's why I want to hear back from him. If he doesn't cooperate, I'll just spill his secrets. :P
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 08, 2022, 03:02:34 pm
Jim is a suspect though, at least as it pertains to his currently unknown night action.
I agree, that's why I want to hear back from him. If he doesn't cooperate, I'll just spill his secrets. :P
Fair enough.

Though considering that I should be clear about something:

NJW: what makes you think you were disabled during the night, and what action were you performing?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: NJW2000 on September 08, 2022, 03:22:34 pm

NJW appears to be claiming to have been disabled.
Kindly don't put words in my mouth. I don't know if I've been disabled, I'm trying to figure it out. I won't have been if Tric used the attract, which he seems to have.

If you'd like to help with this and aren't too busy, try casting a vote and asking for a votecount. Any, arbitrary one, that should tell us something about whether or not I was disabled. This is a clue about my role, but I'm not giving all the information away.

This would lead me to believe if the scum team is only one member, KW is a contender, but not first choice for it. However, in the Xylbot list the friendly neighbour is always town so… something probably not worth worrying about?
You understand the roles this game come from a procedural generator that assembles abilities at random, not the Xylbot? Because if not, I'm going to get a little frustrated.

A defense of Knightwing this nonsensical rings alarm bells.

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FoU did bring up that people should claim any bizarro abilities like that, after all.
I'm suggesting that FoU may not have actually been town.

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If the D1 elimination flip was a wash, and N1 wasn’t informative due to Tric’s global attract, what do we do?
well, how to put it...

For srs though, the day game is more important than the night game. The longer we can avoid the game devolving into “I did this and you did that and someone else blocked them” a la the most recent begBYOR the better, but that’s just me.
Oh yes, we'd actually ****ing scumhunt.


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Further, you are insanely and obviously scum :p
THEN PRESENT A CASE ON ME.

Don't post tedious and contorted textwalls devoted to defending FoU. Don't repeat over and over that I'm obviously scum, the way FoU did. Don't go on endlessly about games that happened half a decade ago.

Just write out some reasons you think I'm scum, so that other players can see them. And if I'm insanely and obviously scum, people will vote me. Which should be something you want, if you're town.




Right now, I think FoU and Hector's behaviour yesterday looks astonishingly like a scum gambit to clear Hector via FoU's fake flip. Hard-defending a townie gets one town-read, but the flip needs to occur for Hector to actually be trusted. This is why FoU shows no genuine desire to live, despite claiming I am insanely scummy. Naturally, he goes after a much harder player to eliminate D1, and a stronger player than myself, i.e. Toonyman. Also good for getting Toony out of the way rather than myself on D2. Which explains Hector's certainty that I'm scum, but strange reticence in presenting a case on me and voting for me.

Max... thinks this isn't the case, because of something role-related. I don't really know what that could be, but if it's certain, it means I'm wrong about this.

Max: how sure are you FoU's alignment flipped correctly?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 08, 2022, 03:32:42 pm
Max: how sure are you FoU's alignment flipped correctly?
Almost completely. If it didn't, some member of town is withholding that information for no reason.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 08, 2022, 04:28:03 pm
It was NQT talking about adding Xylbot-inspired roles in the pre-game that got me thinking it was based off that list, my mistake.

I’m also not defending KW there, considering I’m throwing shade on KW..? You tell me not to put words in your mouth? Kindly do the same. This is not the only example of misrepresentation in your post:

I presented a case about you yesterday in that wall of text post “defending” FoU, in case you skipped over it. The wall of text was not devoted to defending FoU, it was devoted to illustrating that I didn’t see FoU’s play as scummy, and why you were scum as a consequence with additional supporting evidence. I even suggested Jim and Max as potential partners!

You also specifically asked if FoU was that pigheaded and stubborn, and the game I keep referencing provides an excellent example of such. Related: you were going to go over some of Max’s scum games, which at least implies you think we can derive value from looking at player’s meta, like FoU’s stubborn/pigheadedness and my hatred of third-parties from MafiaKart, so why are you trying to suggest references to other games is of no value?

Did you look at any of Max’s games, btw?

You are trying to suggest FoU may not have been town despite strong evidence to the contrary in a flip, based on Max’s claim that Max’s flip will be inaccurate. You’re doing that because Toony has said if FoU flips town you are probably scum, and I said in the second last post of the day that you and FoU are not on the same team.

!WIFOM bit!

Your argument I was chainsaw defending FoU for the town-cred also doesn’t make sense. A great deal of the argument against it is WIFOM, but just assume that in a power heavy game like this, I am not for high risk, low reward plays like chainsaw defending my partner on D1, linking us for the rest of the game and putting both of us front and center for any investigate abilities if we both happen to survive D1, and I don’t think I have a strong enough scum game in general to survive as lone scum after losing my partner D1, never mind in a power heavy game.

!End of WIFOM bit!

Anyway, you seem to be suggesting that FoU was building cases against Toony in an effort to remove them from the game, but making those cases deliberately weak so he gets lynched and I get town-cred from a fake flip? Those seem mutually exclusive, but I’ll give you the opportunity to clarify.

I’m reticent to vote because it might be MYLO, and I don’t know what abilities the scum may have. I also scumread you strongly, and have not been afraid to say that. Consequently, I’m also reticent to do as you demand :p
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: NJW2000 on September 08, 2022, 04:43:31 pm
You were saying we didn't need to worry about KW because of the Xylbot stuff. Hence defending him.

I'm not taking evidence from a game five years ago as anything, and I don't rely that strongly on meta.

I looked at Max's games because he's been scum once or twice recently, and I find him hard to read in general... I didn't find anything of use.

I don't think FoU's flip incriminates me. If they wanted to play that way, so be it.

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Anyway, you seem to be suggesting that FoU was building cases against Toony in an effort to remove them from the game, but making those cases deliberately weak so he gets lynched and I get town-cred from a fake flip? Those seem mutually exclusive, but I’ll give you the opportunity to clarify.
The idea was that more attention would be paid to his claims after his death.

Anyhow, Max seems to be pretty sure that that isn't the case.



Ok... regarding the voting thing, I can't even tell whether or not I succeeded last night if you don't vote for someone, or tell me whether or not you were voteblocked today.

If you're not going to do that, you're denying town information about the night.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 08, 2022, 05:05:53 pm
I claimed what I would do on N1 on D1. I baked for NJW2000. I asked NQT what would happen if a hypothetical player named MicTragic with a global attract used his power on N1, and the end result of what NQT told me is that I befriended (75% chance) or infected (25% chance) MicTragic.

TricMagic dying means that the only person who could have confirmed my action is dead.

( posting then reading peoples posts, of course Tric, the one I tried to befriend would die 0.0)


Ah, Jim. That’s no good you know? Staying mostly silent and then hammering somebody who turns out to be town?

That’s not a good look.

How that I think about it, Fallacy did say to be wary of people who were against him but didn’t vote him, which fits you perfectly til l the last second.

Add that to being uncharacteristically silent, and I believe you to be mafia or a third party, both of which we can’t have around.

Why does everybody try to say I'm too quiet every single game?

I have not been silent. Also go reread Day 1 and tell me that I out of the blue hammer FoU without communicating my opinions about him several times well in advance of the hammer. FoU was low on my list for pretty much all of Day 1. I had doubts about him being scum but then he defended himself terribly so I hammered him, and I even explained why I was going to hammer before actually doing it.

Also, if you think I'm scum, vote me.

Also, wdym is that All I got, I thought that was a smart and reasonable accusation to make of Jim?

Why does this make me feel like your case against me is an artificial construction and not your genuine opinion?

I show more skill and now people want reasonable decisions 0.0

Man isn't people having EXPECTATIONS of you just the worst thing in the world

Let me add this.

Jim, according to the source generator, what you saw is the only way the last several words of that can happen. Infer everything accordingly.

You made me go look at the role generator. If I'm reading it right I don't think you are correct. Pure death millers are possible.

It's possible that FallacyofUrist's flip is inaccurate but I don't think it is although I don't have anything to base that off of other than feeeeeeel. It doesn't feeeeeeeeel like it's inaccurate.

PPE: and Max is being enigmatic. As usual.
I honestly want to explain fully, but it now involves information about Jim. If it was just claiming my own stuff I'd prefer to explain what happened so everyone's informed, but since Jim was so cagey about what he gained when he claimed it, I don't really want to mess it up for him.

I mean I don't really give that much of a shit so if you want to explain go ahead.

There's definite utility in what you gave me remaining unclaimed however but it might not ever be relevant. I'm not going to claim it for that reason but I'm not going to be horribly bothered if you do claim it.

You really think FoU wanted to live? There was zero chance of eliminating you, four or five people ready to flip me, and he thought I was insanely and obviously scummy.

His play sometimes looks stubborn and weak, but is he really THAT pigheaded?

 I am slightly reassured about KW for obvious reasons.

I think I can recall a few instances where town FoU did similar goofball plays that got him lynched but I can't remember the games and I'm too lazy to go find him.

FoU's Day 1 in this game is pretty in-character for him.

Right now, I think FoU and Hector's behaviour yesterday looks astonishingly like a scum gambit to clear Hector via FoU's fake flip. Hard-defending a townie gets one town-read, but the flip needs to occur for Hector to actually be trusted. This is why FoU shows no genuine desire to live, despite claiming I am insanely scummy. Naturally, he goes after a much harder player to eliminate D1, and a stronger player than myself, i.e. Toonyman. Also good for getting Toony out of the way rather than myself on D2. Which explains Hector's certainty that I'm scum, but strange reticence in presenting a case on me and voting for me.

Is that the theory you're going for?

I'd love to see you cast a vote if you're confident.

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hector13 continuing to make a lot of sense

Even if FoU was secretly mafia I really don't see a hector13/FoU team being possible.



I'm going to go run off and do stuff but just so people know where I'm at today I think I push for either NJW2000 or a no lynch.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 08, 2022, 05:08:36 pm
I think people can use context clues to have figured out you weren’t giving me an extra vote :p consequently, I’m denying the rest of the town nothing. Equally so, before your claim, I had no idea what you were going to claim having done, and consequently can’t vouch for it.

So yeah, I did not receive any messages about being vote blocked, or losing a vote.

Again, reticent to actually do what my scumread demands. Power heavy game, remember? FoU had a day action, don’t know who else has one or what it does. Put it this way, I’ll hammer you if you get to that point, okay?

I’m not defending KW. As things stand, analysis around the NK is useful for looking for scum. Toony didn’t perform the kill unless by convert he meant “make Tric flip town after I kill them”, Max has claimed giving Jim a prize, which Jim has backed up. These are the only two confirmed actions.

Consequently, me, you, Jim and KW could have performed the kill. We know I like you as scum, then it’s probably Jim edging it ahead of KW for the second spot, as things stand.

So yeah. KW is not being defended, but deferred. We might be at one scum, in which case I am convinced it’s you. If there’s a mally, eliminating you will still end the game before they become a problem. If there’s two scum, you’re one of them, and we have a (hopefully) unmolested night to find your partner.

PPE: Jim posted. I’ll read it and respond if necessary.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1
Post by: notquitethere on September 08, 2022, 05:14:25 pm
While the work environment had become a little strained after the recent loss of several prominent colleagues, no one was feeling so acrimonious to seriously point any fingers.

Vote Count
- Maximum Spin
- ToonyMan
- KnightWing64
- NJW2000
- Jim Groovester
- Hector13

The day will end 11th September 2022, 7AM BST, unless majority is voting for any player or No Lynch. Hammer at 4.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 08, 2022, 05:20:42 pm
Let me add this.

Jim, according to the source generator, what you saw is the only way the last several words of that can happen. Infer everything accordingly.

You made me go look at the role generator. If I'm reading it right I don't think you are correct. Pure death millers are possible.
Oh, you're right, I missed the "true roleflip but fake alignment" entry. I was only looking at the "completely fake roleflip" possibilities.

NJW2000: I was wrong before. Fallacy might have had an ability to flip as town which would not appear on roleflip.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 08, 2022, 05:22:05 pm
While the work environment had become a little strained after the recent loss of several prominent colleagues, no one was feeling so acrimonious to seriously point any fingers.

I’ve been holding my pointing arm with my other arm ‘cause it’s so tired from all the pointing!

You know, just not willing to actually commit to it yet ‘cause NJW is scaring me.



*watches the ball on Jim’s side of the net be knocked gently back over to MaxSpin’s*

PPE: *Mad stares at the ball, then at me, then back at the ball*

Just one of you claim already, jeez.

Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 08, 2022, 05:23:35 pm
Ah that would be funnier without the autocorrect.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 08, 2022, 05:41:43 pm
It might seem artificially constructed because it kinda was? I guess, a little bit?


You hammering Fallacy when he was talking talking and giving information annoyed me, especially once he was revealed as town. But I couldn’t call you out on it as the day had ended


So like any reasonable person I vented my frustrations by making a paragraph about why I thought you were scum on note and copy and pasting said paragraph when the day started.

Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: NJW2000 on September 08, 2022, 05:51:17 pm
I think people can use context clues to have figured out you weren’t giving me an extra vote :p consequently, I’m denying the rest of the town nothing. Equally so, before your claim, I had no idea what you were going to claim having done, and consequently can’t vouch for it.

So yeah, I did not receive any messages about being vote blocked, or losing a vote.
I should have voteblocked you for the day. You should have been informed by NQT.

Either someone roleblocked me or you are lying.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 08, 2022, 05:52:14 pm
Was it a night action?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: NJW2000 on September 08, 2022, 05:53:54 pm
Yes. Voteblock during following dayphase.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 08, 2022, 05:54:43 pm
Would you be affected by Tric’s global attract?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 08, 2022, 05:56:26 pm
It might seem artificially constructed because it kinda was? I guess, a little bit?


You hammering Fallacy when he was talking talking and giving information annoyed me, especially once he was revealed as town. But I couldn’t call you out on it as the day had ended


So like any reasonable person I vented my frustrations by making a paragraph about why I thought you were scum on note and copy and pasting said paragraph when the day started.



It was hours between FallacyofUrist's final post and me hammering him. It was also an hour or so after saying I was thinking about hammering to when I actually hammered. So it was certainly not in the middle of him talking and giving information.

What do you make of ToonyMan casting his vote in the same time frame as I did? Why do I get to be the target of your frustrations here?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 08, 2022, 06:01:48 pm
Because you were the last vote that got him hammered? What are you talking about?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: NJW2000 on September 08, 2022, 06:05:20 pm
Would you be affected by Tric’s global attract?
...shit, yep. And that almost definitely happened.

Welp. Past midnight here, I'm getting stuff confused.

Ok, that's nothing then. I'll take another look at the game tomorrow.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 08, 2022, 06:48:12 pm
So basically,
my action is indirectly confirmed by Jim
ToonyMan's action is most likely confirmed by Tric's flip
everyone else can prove nothing.

Wow, that's really unhelpful.

I'm not convinced a scum Jim would admit to getting my gift, much less forthrightly let me know what it was. Moreover, if he IS scum, the gift pretty much means town loses, unless there's some kind of vigilante in the setup. I'll apologize in advance for that, but I don't think it's the case.

Knightwing looks like town Knightwing to me. He's doing a very good job, especially compared to last time. I'm not saying he's cleared, but he looks good from my perspective, definitely not a top lynch candidate.

As for the last two...
I don't see why a scum hector13 would defend a town Fallacy like that. The idea of a fake flip, then, is theoretically possible, but I just can't justify placing a vote based on that in what might be MYLO. I'd really be happiest if we could get some inspect results on him, though.

And that leaves NJW2000. NJW's case on Fallacy started out really silly. Although Fallacy's behavior pretty much won a bunch of us over on it, I still think that the original push was... well, insane. That ten-four thing was just categorical paranoia. And now, on day 2... NJW is still pushing the same conspiracy theory, with an extra bonus fake flip to make it unfalsifiable. I can't deny, as I said last entry, that his theory is possible, but I don't see myself voting anyone but NJW2000 today unless something really unexpected happens.

Finally: I'm not sure whether I'm comfortable with a no lynch. In theory it might be the right move today... but I can only ever remember it being used by scum to get out of getting lynched. I don't trust it, even though I relatively do trust Jim. If we really can't convince ourselves that someone is scum, I guess I'll agree to it, but for now I don't like it.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 08, 2022, 07:20:04 pm
Been out for today, but now I'm here.

If there's two mafia then me or Max could still be partners with someone who killed Tric for us, but I think we could say it's very unlikely either of us killed Tric. If Max is in cahoots with Jim then we probably just lose anyway. I don't think it's likely.

My instinct tells me that Max and Jim are town.

I still feel good about Hector, more than Max/Jim.

I still feel good about Knightwing, although not as much as Hector.

I don't like NJW.

I think either Jim or NJW killed Tric.

If I had to make a list right now it would be something like:

Hector - top townie
Knightwing - are we really all wrong that this is town!Knightwing? I don't think so, it'd have to be with Max or something.
Max - probably didn't kill Tric
Jim - may have killed Tric, I don't really see them as scum
NJW - may have killed Tric, I see them as scum

Let me read more of the thread now...
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 08, 2022, 07:22:22 pm
The "NJW is mafia" scenario for me implies that he's solo mafia, but that also feels weak for this setup to just have 1 mafia and 1 TP that isn't mally. The lack of knowledge on number of mafia and third-party makes this really challenging.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 08, 2022, 07:36:40 pm
More thoughts while reading:

Does mafia have a partner in this game? I think that's unlikely as a D2 mylo from one mislynch is harsh.

Does mafia have a third party helper? Maybe, I feel that would balance this setup more and give my random conversion more targets to hit.

Is mafia just by themselves? This feels really hard for mafia and unlikely unless they were given at least some power.

Do I think NJW is mafia? Yes, but is he by himself or with someone? I think NJW is most likely with KW in this case, although I would always vote NJW first. I just don't see Hector or Jim or Max being with NJW.

If NJW is town, then we lose right? Mafia are probably inside Max/Jim here. I don't think it's likely.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 08, 2022, 07:53:22 pm
Right now, I think FoU and Hector's behaviour yesterday looks astonishingly like a scum gambit to clear Hector via FoU's fake flip. Hard-defending a townie gets one town-read, but the flip needs to occur for Hector to actually be trusted. This is why FoU shows no genuine desire to live, despite claiming I am insanely scummy. Naturally, he goes after a much harder player to eliminate D1, and a stronger player than myself, i.e. Toonyman. Also good for getting Toony out of the way rather than myself on D2. Which explains Hector's certainty that I'm scum, but strange reticence in presenting a case on me and voting for me.
(https://i.imgur.com/zVstxbi.jpg)
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 08, 2022, 09:27:47 pm
Because you were the last vote that got him hammered? What are you talking about?

Yes, I did hammer FoU, but it took four other people to get there.

Again, what about the other FoU voters?

Finally: I'm not sure whether I'm comfortable with a no lynch. In theory it might be the right move today... but I can only ever remember it being used by scum to get out of getting lynched. I don't trust it, even though I relatively do trust Jim. If we really can't convince ourselves that someone is scum, I guess I'll agree to it, but for now I don't like it.

I probably don't change my opinion about wanting to lynch NJW2000 if we no lynch today, but there's an opportunity to confirm a few people didn't perform nightkills if we no lynch.

The question is how risky is it to no lynch? Even though everybody has a role they all seem to be monkey's paw roles of dubious utility and value. If it were a BYOR, absolutely no way would I go for a no lynch, but it feeeeeeels like less of a risk this game.

You're right that if there was no clear choice for today a no lynch would make a lot more sense.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 08, 2022, 09:43:59 pm
The question is how risky is it to no lynch? Even though everybody has a role they all seem to be monkey's paw roles of dubious utility and value. If it were a BYOR, absolutely no way would I go for a no lynch, but it feeeeeeels like less of a risk this game.
Well, I might as well be open about this: my role leads me strongly to prefer getting on with things. It didn't break the game today, but it might tomorrow. Like, for example, what if NJW2000 got what you got? Well, that could still happen and there's nothing anyone can do about it yet. For all I know, it could easily get worse than that.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 08, 2022, 09:52:44 pm
You present a compelling counterargument.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 08, 2022, 10:19:00 pm
*sigh*

From your interactions I s’pose we can make some assumptions:

Assumption 1: Max gifted a powerful role to Jim.

Assumption 2: This role is not good for us if in hostile hands.

Assumption 3: Max will gift again, possibly outwith his control?

Does that about sum it up?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 08, 2022, 10:30:58 pm
*sigh*

From your interactions I s’pose we can make some assumptions:

Assumption 1: Max gifted a powerful role to Jim.

Assumption 2: This role is not good for us if in hostile hands.

Assumption 3: Max will gift again, possibly outwith his control?

Does that about sum it up?
Yes, detective.
And don't worry: even if it wasn't possibly MYLO, lynching me wouldn't even help.

This ability, while hilarious, has the potential to seriously mess up the game, hence my early solicitude for finding out what it had done.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 08, 2022, 10:37:14 pm
Alright then. *more sighs*

I think it’s fair to say that we currently have a majority willing to eliminate NJW, and we have plenty of time to discuss the merits of whether to do that or no lynch.

I’d also like to give NJW an opportunity to dig a deeper hole defend themselves, so yeah.

I can put on the record I’d prefer to eliminate NJW over nobody. Even if there are two, I guess reducing their chances of getting Max’s gift is a good idea.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 08, 2022, 11:13:03 pm
Does anybody want to defend NJW? Knightwing?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: NJW2000 on September 09, 2022, 04:12:41 am
I guess this is the point where I offer some kind of defence.

Well, I had weird early suspicions of FoU, but, unlike most people here, actually presented a case I was voting him on, and a pretty reasonable one: useless early posts followed by attempts to defend himself from pressure in an inconsistent and unreasonable manner.

Toony simply stated he agreed with my case. Other people voting FoU did even less.

This may be WIFOM, but this is also not my scum game. I push either things I think I can get away with pushing, but I don’t control the lynch from the get-go or even genuinely try to, unless I’m saving a partner.

I’m not particularly happy with my play today, and I can see why people would be inclined to Elim me. I’d say most other people have given a pretty mediocre showing too, though, so this would be a little frustrating.

I’ll take a look at the game again in a while, but busy today. Will post whatever insights I have.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: NJW2000 on September 09, 2022, 12:30:38 pm
Reading through, I genuinely don’t see anyone else pushing the game along. I have almost no idea how to read if people just pick over the night, speculate about third parties, and agree with the consensus. I know we found out we were playing a non-procedurally generated game, but yikes.

I had to be the one calling out KW and tric for weird plays, just to check if there was anything dubious other than the obvious “that’s just them”. That’s not something people usually struggle with.

Hector has FELT townie to me despite FoU’s suicidal tendencies and some dubious third party speculations because they’re actually doing a bit of playing, even if it was defending FoU and hard-focusing on me. And I guess I’m not getting them elim’d today, or at all, so I’ll look elsewhere.

Toonyman probably town due to convert, suspect KW town due to claim, so looking at Jim and Max. Jim’s claim feels astonishingly audacious for scum… Max could be giving monkey’s paws though.

Jim: is whatever Max have you necessarily town sided if given to town?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 01:06:14 pm
Do you think Jim is more likely to have killed Tric than Hector then?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 09, 2022, 01:17:35 pm
It is good for the team it is given to but much more useful for the scum team than town.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 09, 2022, 02:04:24 pm
Jim: is whatever Max have you necessarily town sided if given to town?
It certainly is, but since I can't control it and gained the ability to give the gifts randomly anyway, I admit it doesn't say much about my alignment.

Given the following things I have stated openly:
Because role flips are the single greatest information source we have, closely followed by player behavior in thread.
Well, all right. My flip will be completely fake. That is to say, completely random.
The question is how risky is it to no lynch? Even though everybody has a role they all seem to be monkey's paw roles of dubious utility and value. If it were a BYOR, absolutely no way would I go for a no lynch, but it feeeeeeels like less of a risk this game.
Well, I might as well be open about this: my role leads me strongly to prefer getting on with things. It didn't break the game today, but it might tomorrow. Like, for example, what if NJW2000 got what you got? Well, that could still happen and there's nothing anyone can do about it yet. For all I know, it could easily get worse than that.
And don't worry: even if it wasn't possibly MYLO, lynching me wouldn't even help.
I can't help but think you're intentionally trying to pick the least town-beneficial target possible. Especially after you've already argued that the last player you had lynched might have been secret mafia who flipped falsely.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 09, 2022, 02:15:19 pm
Yeah it kinda feels you’re just looking for ways out and hoping to get traction.

You tried to tenuously link FoU and I with the “10-4” argument on D1, and then said that despite that I had a “town energy”. You then seemed to double down on the tenuous link between myself and FoU by suggesting that because Max had admitted to having a fake flip that FoU would have one too, and when people said that argument was bad kinda moved back to seeing me as town, but simultaneously seem to think I’m the best elimination if I’m reading that correctly (that you’re not going to be able to get me eliminated) which is a bit confusing.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: NJW2000 on September 09, 2022, 02:30:16 pm
@Max: I don't particularly think I'll get to choose the elimination today, or even the later days if I flip, so in any case it's fairly academic.

Also eliminating you wouldn't hurt as much as losing a power role, either  :P , if you can't stop the power.
Though I'm mostly stating that because it's funny.
Do you actually think you might be eliminated today?

Do you think Jim is more likely to have killed Tric than Hector then?

Well, I'm uncertain.

I did find it hard to interpret Hector's and FoU's behaviour yesterday - the last time I saw a town player so unwilling to save themselves, it was Roden failing to push the elim onto Toony in one of the MVMs, under a great deal more duress due to a screwup of my own. Nonetheless, hector pings me as town, and nobody else seems at all interested in voting him... people's opinions seem to have changed after the hard defence of FoU.

I'm trying to work out if Jim could be scum with an infect based on me, and lying about the 75% befriend? This seems like a risky gambit, as he'd get away with it at most once before people call bullshit... might have to be done with a partner? I don't think Jim's role clears him.

It is good for the team it is given to but much more useful for the scum team than town.
Thanks.

Yeah it kinda feels you’re just looking for ways out and hoping to get traction.

You tried to tenuously link FoU and I with the “10-4” argument on D1, and then said that despite that I had a “town energy”. You then seemed to double down on the tenuous link between myself and FoU by suggesting that because Max had admitted to having a fake flip that FoU would have one too, and when people said that argument was bad kinda moved back to seeing me as town, but simultaneously seem to think I’m the best elimination if I’m reading that correctly (that you’re not going to be able to get me eliminated) which is a bit confusing.
I'd rather not die, yeah, it wouldn't help town if I did. But I'm just giving my thoughts on the game, in case it helps people, there doesn't seem to be any appetite for a different elim. If anything, stating my thought processes might show that I'm town so we can no-lynch, but even that looks pretty unlikely. I don't think town are going to find scum today.

I'm flip-flopping because I genuinely don't know who's town or who's scum. Jim, Toony and Max have not come under any pressure, so I'm practically unable to get any kind of read on them. I'm trying to find something, but it's very difficult, because people are barely playing. You vibe as town, but the interpretation that makes most intellectual sense has you as scum, and I don't know what to trust.

This is exactly like the thing with FoU yesterday. I'm like 55% sure he was actually town at the moment, in which case people are doing exactly the same stuff as D1: not presenting cases, or pressuring anyone but the likeliest elimination. If he was town, I f'd up, but at least I did something.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 02:32:00 pm
To put words in a mafia!NJW's mouth: I think in that scenario mafia!NJW wanted to go after me or Max D2, however we're the two players with the clearest outs as we're the least likely to have killed Tric. This leaves NJW with Hector, Knightwing, and Jim as the possible Tric killer. First he tries to see if Knightwing (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8405025#msg8405025) is the killer mechanically, but it doesn't check out. Second he believes Hector (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8405143#msg8405143) was working with FoU in a mind-numbing theory. Third now it's Jim (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8405431#msg8405431) and Max maybe working together or maybe it's Max giving Jim a monkey's paw like item.

I think NJW going after Jim makes the most amount of sense here. They could try to argue Hector or Knightwing too, but I haven't been convinced by either case.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 02:34:28 pm
I'm flip-flopping because I genuinely don't know who's town or who's scum. Jim, Toony and Max have not come under any pressure, so I'm practically unable to get any kind of read on them. I'm trying to find something, but it's very difficult, because people are barely playing. You vibe as town, but the interpretation that makes most intellectual sense has you as scum, and I don't know what to trust.

This is exactly like the thing with FoU yesterday. I'm like 55% sure he was actually town at the moment, in which case people are doing exactly the same stuff as D1: not presenting cases, or pressuring anyone but the likeliest elimination. If he was town, I f'd up, but at least I did something.

How does a no-lynch sound for today?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: NJW2000 on September 09, 2022, 02:39:20 pm
Right now the alternative appears to be me dying. I'd have to think about this, but I'm pretty sure a no-elim would be better, unless my elim is just something that has to be got out of the way.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 02:39:37 pm
@NJW:
I don't understand why you didn't argue that a mafia!Hector would defend FoU to simply look good instead of adding that FoU was partners with Hector and would flip town. Why go for the more outrageous argument over the more reasonable one?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 02:41:01 pm
Also this seems pretty hypocritical coming from me, but I could try to point out why I feel FoU really is just town based on their later D1 posts.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: NJW2000 on September 09, 2022, 02:41:58 pm
@NJW:
I don't understand why you didn't argue that a mafia!Hector would defend FoU to simply look good instead of adding that FoU was partners with Hector and would flip town. Why go for the more outrageous argument over the more reasonable one?
Because FoU wanting to die is main reason I think Hector mafia.

Otherwise, he looks ok.

Off to dinner now... back in a bit.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 09, 2022, 02:45:04 pm
Do you actually think you might be eliminated today?
No.

there doesn't seem to be any appetite for a different elim.
There does seem to be a serious problem for you, which is that most of us have different second choices. I think your strongest alternative target might be Knightwing, who hasn't engaged much and whom many of us - Toony, Jim, and I, at least, I think - are no longer sure we can read as well as we thought. But if you townread Knightwing, that obviously isn't what you want to try.
Toony says hector is his strongest townread. Toony is my strongest townread. Jim and I both have role-related reason to know that neither of us are a viable lynch target unless you are confident that one of us is solo scum (not to mention that, if we were the scumteam together as you sometimes seem to imply, the game would just about already be lost). There's not a lot of room to get a consensus on anyone else here.


Also this seems pretty hypocritical coming from me, but I could try to point out why I feel FoU really is just town based on their later D1 posts.
I really think so too. Honestly, I hate to say this after the lynch already happened and essentially foist the blame on other people, but... I probably would've unvoted if I'd been awake to do it. I get why you and Jim felt the way you did at the time, but I would have been really on the fence.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 04:51:48 pm
@NJW:
I don't understand why you didn't argue that a mafia!Hector would defend FoU to simply look good instead of adding that FoU was partners with Hector and would flip town. Why go for the more outrageous argument over the more reasonable one?
Because FoU wanting to die is main reason I think Hector mafia.

Otherwise, he looks ok.

Off to dinner now... back in a bit.
Okay, let's try something different.

What do you think of FoU coloring half of Jim's name grey and the "in" part of Max's name crimson in their reads?

Spoiler: Reference (click to show/hide)

Could this be a mally!FoU signaling that they think Max is the mafia? Why color the rest of Jim grey then? I never got a response from FoU, but they deliberately did this for some reason. It's the only thing I don't understand why a town!FoU would do. Since you believe FoU was mafia or third-party can you explain what you think they were doing here?

I have no idea how Max gave Jim a gift at the start of this day so maybe I should mess around with the source code to see what roles I can get.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: NJW2000 on September 09, 2022, 05:02:41 pm
-
I mean, godfather-scum!fallacy could have done this to make me dig an even deeper hole of conspiracy nonsense, but honestly, I think grey means null and Fallacy shows uncertain reads by colouring sections of the name differently, for some reason best known to themselves.

Unless you actually buy a secret mally communication theory, which even I didn't really after RVS, I wouldn't worry about it.

Huh. Max did remind me:

Toony: Did you ever follow up on this post (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8405024#msg8405024)? Didn't need an answer to feel good about Knightwing?



Max: I'm not going to ask you to tell us everything, but there's something about your gift-giving I'd like explained.

You wrote this early D2,
I didn't receive anything last night. Tric almost certainly used their global attract so it's likely they got your gift Max?
I don't think so. It happened automatically at the very beginning of the day, because of my action last night. I didn't find out about it until the end of the night, and it was not expected.

Then gave the following:
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Suggesting the gifting ability is an auto you can't even turn off, not even by dying.

These don't really check out... could you explain?

Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 09, 2022, 05:04:07 pm
Town!FoU was ordering his reads list with the colours. Green was town, grey presumably unknowns and/or leans, since there also colours, and orange for third party.

It’s a weird way to do it sure, but I guess FoU thought it might better represent his feelings on the players than just saying it?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 09, 2022, 05:08:55 pm
That… is a fair point against Max, actually.

*checks*

Like… yeah, he seemed awfully surprised at the start of the day he was giving gifts, but it happened because of an action he had, which doesn’t add up. Max doesn’t strike me as the type to not figure out how something works before using it.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 09, 2022, 05:11:42 pm
Max: I'm not going to ask you to tell us everything, but there's something about your gift-giving I'd like explained.

You wrote this early D2,[...]

Then gave the following:[...] Suggesting the gifting ability is an auto you can't even turn off, not even by dying.

These don't really check out... could you explain?
Sure.
One of my starting abilities is kind of like an active developer. I used that ability n1, and gained a new ability that automatically hands out randomly-selected gifts to random people during the day. Then, at the beginning of d2 (moments after I got it), this activated.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 05:53:07 pm
Toony: Did you ever follow up on this post (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8405024#msg8405024)? Didn't need an answer to feel good about Knightwing?
Knightwing ignores me all the fucking time, even as town.

Town!FoU was ordering his reads list with the colours. Green was town, grey presumably unknowns and/or leans, since there also colours, and orange for third party.

It’s a weird way to do it sure, but I guess FoU thought it might better represent his feelings on the players than just saying it?
That makes a lot of sense. I understand the logic now.

Max: I'm not going to ask you to tell us everything, but there's something about your gift-giving I'd like explained.

You wrote this early D2,[...]

Then gave the following:[...] Suggesting the gifting ability is an auto you can't even turn off, not even by dying.

These don't really check out... could you explain?
Sure.
One of my starting abilities is kind of like an active developer. I used that ability n1, and gained a new ability that automatically hands out randomly-selected gifts to random people during the day. Then, at the beginning of d2 (moments after I got it), this activated.
Can we just full-claim at this point? I want to lynch today and I'm more comfortable when everybody puts their cards on the table during a maybe mylo situation.

I'm Forensics Purpleic, during the night I can target a random player and convert them to a normal townie if they're third-party.

That's it.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 09, 2022, 06:07:31 pm
I am a Crazy Bumbler. I learn role names with my inspect.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: NJW2000 on September 09, 2022, 06:20:24 pm
Purple Changecop.

I can negate a player each night - block and voteblock during the following day phase.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 09, 2022, 06:54:05 pm
Unless I'm stupid my role has very narrow utility. I'm a super befriendist and I can feed everyone who targets NJW2000, which has a 75%/25% chance of me befriending or infecting the target.

On Day 2 I got an additional ability that I will avoid claiming.

@NJW:
I don't understand why you didn't argue that a mafia!Hector would defend FoU to simply look good instead of adding that FoU was partners with Hector and would flip town. Why go for the more outrageous argument over the more reasonable one?
Because FoU wanting to die is main reason I think Hector mafia.

Otherwise, he looks ok.

I'm probably missing posts where you elaborate on this, but that is a large leap to make regarding hector13 based on FallacyofUrist's end of day behavior.



I'd like to see more of Knightwing64 to see if he continues pressing his weird angle on me. Him showing up and doing anything at all was okay, but it's feeling a bit like fire and forget. Also just sort of waiting to see what moves NJW2000 and Knightwing64 make since I think I roughly know where ToonyMan, Maximum Spin, and hector13 stand.

If we lynch NJW2000 today and he's scum and the game isn't over, I think I go for Knightwing64 next. If NJW2000 is town, I think I look into Maximum Spin/ToonyMan, assuming we make it to Day 3. I think there are very few teams I put hector13 on.

Anyways do you guys want any beer? I bought a lot for social occasions expecting other people to drink it as well but it didn't really pan out the way I expected and don't really want to get through all of it myself.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 09, 2022, 06:58:31 pm
Anyways do you guys want any beer? I bought a lot for social occasions expecting other people to drink it as well but it didn't really pan out the way I expected and don't really want to get through all of it myself.

What about you, spectator chat? You guys want any beer?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 09, 2022, 06:59:44 pm
Are you gonna like... mail it out?

I don't drink, sorry.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 07:06:02 pm
PM me your address and I'll drive over.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 07:07:14 pm
I am a Crazy Bumbler. I learn role names with my inspect.
That is terrible.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 09, 2022, 07:08:11 pm
PM me your address and I'll drive over.

Bit of an imposition on Jim ‘cause you clearly wouldn’t drive back after drinking would you? :p

I’m going to a beer fest next week so I’ll probably be good on alcohol for a while.

I am a Crazy Bumbler. I learn role names with my inspect.
That is terrible.
Tell me about it.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 07:10:41 pm
For players who haven't claimed your role name yet, don't. Hector needs targets to confirm he can inspect role names.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 09, 2022, 07:13:50 pm
It’s random so… possibly not an ideal strategy.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 07:19:11 pm
It’s random so… possibly not an ideal strategy.
Oh

right

Same as mine.

I guess we can't guarantee a confirmation check then.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 09, 2022, 07:39:39 pm
Not on me anyway. If everyone claims their name I can at least say if someone is lying or not.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 08:00:05 pm
Not on me anyway. If everyone claims their name I can at least say if someone is lying or not.
There's no reason to lie about your name even if you're mafia. We probably shouldn't have said our names but I didn't realize, oh well. Nobody else say their names at least.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 09, 2022, 08:32:46 pm
I have been interrupted by things around me like six times while trying to write this, sorry.

Anyway, unless Knightwing comes out with something really unexpected, I think I have categorically the most powerful role in the game.

I'm [redacted after ToonyMan's post].
During the night, I can choose to "quest", which makes me untargetable and gives me a chance of gaining new abilities. I also started with three other abilities. One is terrible, the other two are both good. Last night, I gained an ability that uncontrollably gives randomly-selected copies of my abilities to a random half of players during the day. I also got one of my own gifts at the beginning of the day, so I now have six abilities, but two of them are the same - the gift is just a copy of my worst ability, which tells me things that don't exist. By the way, there are no suicide bombers in the game. Tomorrow I guess I will know two more things that don't exist.

My terrible ability, as I've already stated, shows me a role with abilities nobody has. You can see the template for it in the "cheat(auto)" ability under "rare". My quest ability is also under "rare", as is the gift ability I gained. My other two abilities are a passive protective and a passive evasion, and I will not be claiming them, except to say that Jim got a copy of one, so he knows what it is.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 09, 2022, 08:50:08 pm
Toony: Did you ever follow up on this post (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8405024#msg8405024)? Didn't need an answer to feel good about Knightwing?
Knightwing ignores me all the fucking time, even as town.

Town!FoU was ordering his reads list with the colours. Green was town, grey presumably unknowns and/or leans, since there also colours, and orange for third party.

It’s a weird way to do it sure, but I guess FoU thought it might better represent his feelings on the players than just saying it?
That makes a lot of sense. I understand the logic now.

Max: I'm not going to ask you to tell us everything, but there's something about your gift-giving I'd like explained.

You wrote this early D2,[...]

Then gave the following:[...] Suggesting the gifting ability is an auto you can't even turn off, not even by dying.

These don't really check out... could you explain?
Sure.
One of my starting abilities is kind of like an active developer. I used that ability n1, and gained a new ability that automatically hands out randomly-selected gifts to random people during the day. Then, at the beginning of d2 (moments after I got it), this activated.
Can we just full-claim at this point? I want to lynch today and I'm more comfortable when everybody puts their cards on the table during a maybe mylo situation.

I'm Forensics Purpleic, during the night I can target a random player and convert them to a normal townie if they're third-party.

That's it.

Hey! I can’t be bothered to respond to everything everybody asks of me, my attention span is too short, my ADHD won’t allow it.

My role also causes frames to fail 75 percent of the time, so…. Sweet?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 08:52:59 pm
Can you give a full-claim without saying your role name Knightwing?

Also...you responded to my quote without even bothering to answer the question still.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 09, 2022, 08:59:50 pm
Role claim: All frames have a 50% chance of targeting a random player instead.

During the night you can befriend another player. Action: befriend



I was way off the mark about the framing thing, oof


To answer ur question, I’m about to go to bed so I don’t wanna make a whole list but I feel good? about hector?

If they are telling the truth anyway




Also I want beerssss
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 09:09:51 pm
busted role
You started this game with quest and three autos? Wtf

Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 09, 2022, 09:11:08 pm
busted role
You started this game with quest and three autos? Wtf
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 09, 2022, 09:13:09 pm
The generator is actually capable of making unboundedly large roles. I think I would advise notquitethere to try limiting the potential swinginess. My role and hector's completely trash role, for example, shouldn't really coexist.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 09:19:01 pm
The generator is actually capable of making unboundedly large roles. I think I would advise notquitethere to try limiting the potential swinginess. My role and hector's completely trash role, for example, shouldn't really coexist.

I just got this one testing the generator for ideas:
Quote
Lone Doubleivor: You are an identical twin with you yourself, but your twin doesn't know about you. A random half of actions targeting one of you will target the other instead. During the night you can eavesdrop a random player. Action: eavesdrop

I think everyone is telling the truth about their roles so far, although some may be omitting parts.

I can confirm that a role like Max is claiming is definitely possible in the generator.

Here's an example of a long one:
Quote
Police Frameist: During the night you can frame another player. Action: frame

During the day you can befriend a random player. Action: befriend

Upon dying for the first time, you will revive without flipping, and with a newly generated role, and, if third-party, you will become a town-ally

You have the following one-shot ability: you can copy a random third of the players (one use). Action: copy

During the night you can consume a random player. Action: consume
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 09, 2022, 09:24:33 pm
I just got this one testing the generator for ideas:
Quote
Lone Doubleivor: You are an identical twin with you yourself, but your twin doesn't know about you. A random half of actions targeting one of you will target the other instead. During the night you can eavesdrop a random player. Action: eavesdrop
That is a really good name for that, though.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 09, 2022, 09:25:31 pm
I’m not getting envious about roles or anything, real or imagined.

It’s not like I’d just as well be a VT.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 09, 2022, 09:28:18 pm
PM me your address and I'll drive over.

Hell yeah. You can crash on my couch and we can lift weights and drink beer and watch shitty anime.

Hey! I can’t be bothered to respond to everything everybody asks of me, my attention span is too short, my ADHD won’t allow it.

whydoyousignupforgamesofmafiaifyoucantbebotheredtoplayinthem

Are you going to vote anybody during Day 2?

The generator is actually capable of making unboundedly large roles. I think I would advise notquitethere to try limiting the potential swinginess. My role and hector's completely trash role, for example, shouldn't really coexist.

Nay, the roles of unbounded uselessness make this game type fun.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 09, 2022, 09:34:02 pm
Says someone that doesn’t have one of the roses of unbounded uselessness. :p
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 09, 2022, 09:36:15 pm
So look, what are we doing today? I could lynch either of two people. You can probably figure out who I mean.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 09, 2022, 09:39:56 pm
I too can be bothered to play, I just can’t be bothered to stay in the forum all the time, I swear it’s like you guys have nothing else to do
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 09, 2022, 09:40:59 pm
Are you going to vote anybody during Day 2?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 09, 2022, 09:45:57 pm
Are you going to vote anybody during Day 2?

Maybe? I don’t know about pushing a vote right now, but if nobody else has has anything to say….
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 09, 2022, 09:47:33 pm
You seemed to have issue with Jim earlier. Do you still have issue with Jim? If not, why not? If so, why so?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 09, 2022, 09:55:05 pm
Well, I was annoyed at Jim because he hammered, but then Toony said it wasn’t very probable or whatever
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 09, 2022, 09:55:53 pm
Well, I was annoyed at Jim because he hammered, but then Toony said it wasn’t very probable or whatever
Do you usually believe everything Toony tells you? What if Toony and Jim are the scumteam? :P
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 09, 2022, 09:57:41 pm
You’re allowed to think for yourself you know. Hammering doesn’t necessarily mean someone is bad, and Jim intimated he was going to for a while before he did it.

Anyway, I think, unless KW wants to grill some more, that we’ve talked out the day. We seem to favour NJW for the elimination, everyone has claimed, and frankly this is getting boring.

NJW
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 10:31:44 pm
Well, I was annoyed at Jim because he hammered, but then Toony said it wasn’t very probable or whatever
I would probably be voting Jim if NJW didn't exist. Or Max.

I think it's pretty unlikely you or Max killed Tric, but Max works on a two person mafia team.

Hector could have killed Tric but I think they're town.

My real hesitation to vote NJW is because I don't see him being with anybody. Even you Knightwing, I can't really see that either right now after thinking about it, because he was trying to catch you out at the start of D2 after you claimed. I mean this is easy street if it's solo mafia, but I also don't believe this setup is solo mafia with just Tric as third-party.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 10:32:53 pm
So look, what are we doing today? I could lynch either of two people. You can probably figure out who I mean.
I don't really think KW is mafia here though.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: ToonyMan on September 09, 2022, 10:39:34 pm
Anyway, I think, unless KW wants to grill some more, that we’ve talked out the day. We seem to favour NJW for the elimination, everyone has claimed, and frankly this is getting boring.

NJW
I want to enjoy my weekend. Then I'll vote NJW.

I also was too busy tonight to explain why I think FoU is definitely town and I want to do that before day end.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 09, 2022, 10:44:04 pm
So look, what are we doing today? I could lynch either of two people. You can probably figure out who I mean.
I don't really think KW is mafia here though.
Haha, I feel like I should be surprised, but I did SAY it, right?

Yeah, I wouldn't strongly say he's mafia at all, but he's clearly being unhelpful. So I guess I should go with my other choice, because I agree with hector that this is getting boring. NJW.
My real hesitation to vote NJW is because I don't see him being with anybody. Even you Knightwing, I can't really see that either right now after thinking about it, because he was trying to catch you out at the start of D2 after you claimed. I mean this is easy street if it's solo mafia, but I also don't believe this setup is solo mafia with just Tric as third-party.
It does seem like there must be a mally, but I don't know who it is. Hell, maybe it WAS Fallacy, although I don't really think so. It would be pretty funny if NJW bussed his mally d1 for town cred, not knowing that he had a death godfather ability too... but that would be absolutely ridiculous even for a proc gen game. It's probably just KW or Jim, or from my perspective, even you (and me from yours). Or hector. That's all possible choices, so it must be one of them. If NJW is the real scum, it doesn't matter. I don't really think he's the mally, since he seems to be trying NOT to draw heat.

KW is the only one who's been unwilling to vote NJW at all, so I guess I think he's the mally, but he's doing a very good job if he is.

I want to enjoy my weekend. Then I'll vote NJW.

I also was too busy tonight to explain why I think FoU is definitely town and I want to do that before day end.
Ugggh, fine, but try to be quick about it. unvote FOR NOW.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: hector13 on September 09, 2022, 10:57:55 pm
Och, such a tease, Max.

Anyway, I think, unless KW wants to grill some more, that we’ve talked out the day. We seem to favour NJW for the elimination, everyone has claimed, and frankly this is getting boring.

NJW
I want to enjoy my weekend. Then I'll vote NJW.

I also was too busy tonight to explain why I think FoU is definitely town and I want to do that before day end.

I mean, if his flip didn’t convince you… :p

I’m not seeing the point of telling us how FoU is definitely town, especially after the flip. I don’t really have reason to doubt it, and I don’t think even the main proponent of the fake flip theory is sticking by it either.

It’s fair that NJW isn’t really linked with anyone in terms of a team though. 2/3 of the town have unconfirmable actions, and regardless of whether or not NJW performed the NK, pretty much the only person he can’t be on a team with is me,  but that’s a bit WIFOM-y coming from me.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1
Post by: notquitethere on September 10, 2022, 02:20:47 am
As the weekend drew round, the testers were stuck in semi-mandatory overtime and it was making them grouchy. The elf-loving traitors messing with the game code were still no closer in sight..

Vote Count
- Maximum Spin
- ToonyMan
- KnightWing64
- NJW2000 - Hector13 [1]
- Jim Groovester
- Hector13
- No Launch

The day will end 11th September 2022, 7AM BST, unless majority is voting for any player or No Lynch. Hammer at 4.

Reminder: ties are resolved randomly.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: NJW2000 on September 10, 2022, 03:49:39 am
No Elimination

If there's only one scum, we'll be fine with five players. If there are two mafia, we're in mylo, especially after a fullclaim like that. I can't risk being miselim'd.

I'd consider asking people to actually post a case summarising why they think I'm the most likely person to be scum, but given the near-total lack of scumhunting this game, I'm not sure why I'd bother.



Going to be busy today, so advice in case I flip while afk and the mafia doesn't win instantly:

 - Don't rule out the possibility of someone hard-defending town as scum... it's actually a pretty well known strategy, to the point that I've done it.
 - Don't assume Toony is 100% cleared by the convert, although it does look very good for him.
 - Try having an elimination where people actually build and post cases. Analyses based on behaviour. Then look at what people post, and see who you think is scum.
 - If Max gives away what I suspect they can, it's not necessarily a good idea to claim having it immediately. Don't really know about this though.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Lost Friends
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 10, 2022, 08:35:10 am
So look, what are we doing today? I could lynch either of two people. You can probably figure out who I mean.
I don't really think KW is mafia here though.
Haha, I feel like I should be surprised, but I did SAY it, right?

Yeah, I wouldn't strongly say he's mafia at all, but he's clearly being unhelpful. So I guess I should go with my other choice, because I agree with hector that this is getting boring. NJW.
My real hesitation to vote NJW is because I don't see him being with anybody. Even you Knightwing, I can't really see that either right now after thinking about it, because he was trying to catch you out at the start of D2 after you claimed. I mean this is easy street if it's solo mafia, but I also don't believe this setup is solo mafia with just Tric as third-party.
It does seem like there must be a mally, but I don't know who it is. Hell, maybe it WAS Fallacy, although I don't really think so. It would be pretty funny if NJW bussed his mally d1 for town cred, not knowing that he had a death godfather ability too... but that would be absolutely ridiculous even for a proc gen game. It's probably just KW or Jim, or from my perspective, even you (and me from yours). Or hector. That's all possible choices, so it must be one of them. If NJW is the real scum, it doesn't matter. I don't really think he's the mally, since he seems to be trying NOT to draw heat.

KW is the only one who's been unwilling to vote NJW at all, so I guess I think he's the mally, but he's doing a very good job if he is.

I want to enjoy my weekend. Then I'll vote NJW.

I also was too busy tonight to explain why I think FoU is definitely town and I want to do that before day end.
Ugggh, fine, but try to be quick about it. unvote FOR NOW.

I’m not unwilling? When did I ever say that? I said I would if nobody else had anything to say?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: hector13 on September 10, 2022, 10:07:23 am
One thing to note about a no elimination is that NJW has claimed a vote blocking ability. Even if NJW is town, and they use it wrong, the town’s ability to win is reduced significantly, especially in the case of two scum.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 10, 2022, 01:46:06 pm
NJW2000 because waiting blows.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: NJW2000 on September 10, 2022, 05:24:32 pm
One thing to note about a no elimination is that NJW has claimed a vote blocking ability. Even if NJW is town, and they use it wrong, the town’s ability to win is reduced significantly, especially in the case of two scum.
I mean, if I use it wrong with two scum, town loses. But then again, if I vote wrong and there's two scum tomorrow, town loses. So not a particularly compelling notion.

With one scum, it's significantly less of an issue. But I'm willing to promise not to use it - to be honest, I have almost no idea who I'd use it on, so don't think the block is very likely to do much.



NJW2000 because waiting blows.
Says it all, really.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: ToonyMan on September 10, 2022, 05:39:23 pm
I have almost no idea who I'd use it on, so don't think the block is very likely to do much.
Let's say you're town, you get voted off today, and the game continues to D3. Who is the single mafia here?

I'm going to try to get my posts out tonight now that I'm home. This way if the game continues and I die tonight there'll be something for people to read.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: NJW2000 on September 10, 2022, 06:10:21 pm
I am genuinely deeply unsure. You, Max and Jim have for D1 and D2 been presenting minimal cases, barely pressuring anyone, picking over mechanical information instead of considering people's daygame, and following a broad and obvious consensus with little evidence of thinking it through. Naturally, you can't all be scum, but I'm hard pressed to say which of the three of you looks worst, especially as I can't really read Max.

Hector has been saying dubious things based on dubious arguments from time to time, but he does seem marginally more invested in the game. I think this is town!Knightwing, otherwise KW's scum game has finally clicked a little, at least to the point of not self-destructing.

Going to bed shortly. People can freely hammer if they are on; I don't have anything left to say.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 10, 2022, 06:11:56 pm
I'll hold off for ToonyMan to say he's done, and I don't see Knightwing hammering here even if ToonyMan votes for some reason, so don't worry about that.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: ToonyMan on September 10, 2022, 06:59:58 pm
I'm writing a big post.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 10, 2022, 07:03:41 pm
Yeah I’m not voting yet, I like to hear whatever someone has to say before I actually vote them, given how many times I’ve voted someone on impulse and them being town.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 10, 2022, 10:43:41 pm
I'm writing a big post.

Must be a huge post.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: hector13 on September 10, 2022, 10:46:13 pm
I'm writing a big post.

Must be a huge post.

I’ve been wanting to make a joke about long novels for so long but I also don’t know if Toony is okay, because apparently my thought process is “oh hey Toony must be taking a lot of care and atten- oh gosh he’s fallen and hurt himself and has been rushed to hospital.”
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: ToonyMan on September 10, 2022, 11:02:27 pm
I'm writing a big post.

Must be a huge post.
I've spent a lot of time reading the thread too so that takes up a lot of time.

Also Leafsnail wanted to watch stuff (https://youtu.be/r_N5-XS_XOU?t=6575) while I was doing this so that didn't help.

I'm not really proud of this compared to Roguelike Mafia or something. I would say confidence level is 60%.



*ahem* (https://youtu.be/yI5dMY_2V-A)

I've been looking at player's posts from D1 to get a good idea how I feel about them.

I'm skipping posts when I have nothing to say about them.

I'm assuming Tric isn't lying about who they said they were, which I think is a given at this point.

(https://i.imgur.com/FiU373t.jpg)

Spoiler: Knightwing (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: NJW (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Hector (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Tric (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Max (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: FallacyofUrist (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Jim (click to show/hide)

Blergh. So just reading D1 again I have some points:

1. Hector is town. I don't believe mafia!Hector impassionately attacks NJW over FoU.
2. NJW and Hector talk a lot about the setup. NJW tries to spin it that Hector is mafia that wants to talk about third-parties instead (which people like Jim agree with), but I don't really see that.
3. Max's pressure on FoU is weaksauce and I don't like how they disagree with Tric using their global attract on D1 when they have a quest ability they'd be able to use anyway. This seems extremely selfless of Max to care about what the rest of town would be able to do.
4. I like Jim. :)
5. FoU is town.

I feel like mafia is NJW + Knightwing here.

If that's incorrect, then I think it would have to be Knightwing or Jim + Max.

Italics would be a player that is maybe supporting the main player.

I don't really see anything else. Maybe I'm blind.



I am genuinely deeply unsure. You, Max and Jim have for D1 and D2 been presenting minimal cases, barely pressuring anyone, picking over mechanical information instead of considering people's daygame, and following a broad and obvious consensus with little evidence of thinking it through. Naturally, you can't all be scum, but I'm hard pressed to say which of the three of you looks worst, especially as I can't really read Max.
I'll give you a hint: If you didn't kill Tric then Jim or Knightwing did. Hector could have too, but I don't agree with that.

Why aren't you trying to push a vote on another player?

Hector has been saying dubious things based on dubious arguments from time to time, but he does seem marginally more invested in the game. I think this is town!Knightwing, otherwise KW's scum game has finally clicked a little, at least to the point of not self-destructing.
So then that leaves Jim for you.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: ToonyMan on September 10, 2022, 11:37:09 pm
I don't really have a full post for D2, but here's some thoughts I'm having for the current day:

I'm not 100% sold on NJW being mafia still, however I don't really see any strong reasoning not to vote them and just want to have something to point back to if we're wrong.

I don't strongly believe this is a two-mafia setup and don't think it's mylo anyway. I do think there's two non-town players left currently.

NJW has said a lot of hypocritical stuff this game, but they looked super confused at the start of D2 which doesn't really make sense to me if they're mafia. They first say they think they were disabled (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8405019#msg8405019) and then later say they voteblocked Hector (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8405203#msg8405203) and are confused why this isn't the case. It's like the idea of Tric using their global attract went right over their head. Are they purposely playing dumb here?

I say this specifically because mafia would not have tried to kill Tric, so they would obviously fucking know they got redirected to Tric instead thanks to the global attract. So either NJW isn't mafia or they're acting dumb to look town. It's kind of convincing.

I would like to stick up for NJW more like this, but their theory on Hector not only being mafia, but also planning some insane bus with FoU really drives me crazy. Like sure I can see NJW wanting to argue that Hector is mafia. Hector could have killed Tric after all. Hector seemed quite sure that Tric used their global attract. Hector was right about FoU being town. These are all things mafia would be sure of. But NJW wants to be his odd-ass self and I just don't understand the Hector-FoU case he's trying instead.

My reads
Hector: town or mafia, more likely town
Jim : town or mafia, more likely town
Max : probably town
Knightwing : town or mafia or third-party, I don't know
NJW : mafia?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: ToonyMan on September 10, 2022, 11:54:46 pm
I'm tired. Why is a day deadline at like 2am on a Sunday?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 11, 2022, 12:31:08 am
Does a super befriendist mean it can't be redirected or blocked?

Nay. The abilities in my original role (prior to receiving the gift from Maximum Spin) are exactly what I claimed. I don't know what makes a befriendist super.

4. I like Jim. :)

:)

I would like to stick up for NJW more like this, but their theory on Hector not only being mafia, but also planning some insane bus with FoU really drives me crazy. Like sure I can see NJW wanting to argue that Hector is mafia. Hector could have killed Tric after all. Hector seemed quite sure that Tric used their global attract. Hector was right about FoU being town. These are all things mafia would be sure of. But NJW wants to be his odd-ass self and I just don't understand the Hector-FoU case he's trying instead.

If NJW2000 made a case on Day 2 that made sense I probably might have a more favorable read of him and might direct my attention more towards you and Maximum Spin but arguing that FoU was actually a death miller and that hector13's defense of FoU was not genuine and instead actually suggests that hector13 is FoU's partner is also way too out there for me. I have to severely contradict my understanding of the game a lot for that to make plausible.

Would scum NJW2000 push pure nonsense arguments? Having been the target of one of these pure nonsense arguments in Armed Forces Mafia, the answer is yes.

NJW has said a lot of hypocritical stuff this game, but they looked super confused at the start of D2 which doesn't really make sense to me if they're mafia. They first say they think they were disabled (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8405019#msg8405019) and then later say they voteblocked Hector (http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=180245.msg8405203#msg8405203) and are confused why this isn't the case. It's like the idea of Tric using their global attract went right over their head. Are they purposely playing dumb here?

I say this specifically because mafia would not have tried to kill Tric, so they would obviously fucking know they got redirected to Tric instead thanks to the global attract. So either NJW isn't mafia or they're acting dumb to look town. It's kind of convincing.

The confusion could be genuine if NJW2000's claim is legitimate and he performed claimed action as claimed and had to spend a few more computational cycles than usual to eventually come to the right conclusion about what happened during N1. If he's scum he would have to have a partner who actually performed the kill, however.

I'm tired. Why is a day deadline at like 2am on a Sunday?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: ToonyMan on September 11, 2022, 12:37:24 am
Bleeeh. I can't make myself vote before going to bed.

I'm going to say NJW was trying to play dumb, because they were completely aware of Tric's global attract on D1 and made reference to it. No way they wouldn't think Tric used it. NJW initially thinks Tric used their disable on him...for some reason?? I don't get it.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: hector13 on September 11, 2022, 12:47:20 am
Pretty sure Tric said they would use the disable on NJW if FoU flipped town at some point on D1.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: ToonyMan on September 11, 2022, 12:51:16 am
Pretty sure Tric said they would use the disable on NJW if FoU flipped town at some point on D1.
Hmm yeah, that sounds right. Did NJW just assume Tric would target him to follow the "get befriended by Jim" plan?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 2 - Weekend Pays
Post by: hector13 on September 11, 2022, 12:58:14 am
Pretty sure Tric said they would use the disable on NJW if FoU flipped town at some point on D1.
Hmm yeah, that sounds right. Did NJW just assume Tric would target him to follow the "get befriended by Jim" plan?
I mean that was Tric’a wincon at the time, NJW possibly thought Tric would play to it.

Not sure how he didn’t notice the various indicators that Tric had used his attract though, most notable of which is he flipped town.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 - With Friends Like These Who Needs Quality Assurance
Post by: notquitethere on September 11, 2022, 03:13:01 am
Vote Count
- Maximum Spin
- ToonyMan -
- KnightWing64
- NJW2000 - Hector13, Jim Groovester [2]
- Jim Groovester
- Hector13
- No Launch - NJW2000 [1]

The code was still borked and the testers were no closer to finding the miscreants injecting elf-supremacy into the Dwarf Universe generators. Increasingly frustrated by his poor bug testing, NJW2000 was put forward for a performance review. He was summarily dismissed, but there was no indication that he was a saboteur.

NJW2000 has been launched.

Spoiler: Purple Changecop (click to show/hide)

Night Two has begun. You have 24 hours to send your actions, until 9am BST If you don't want to act, please tell me.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1
Post by: notquitethere on September 11, 2022, 09:03:22 am
Toony came into the office to find his computer confiscated. He was forced to hand in his company T-shirt, lanyard and rubber dwarf hammer. Was he guilty of any misconduct? Almost certainly not, but out of a job he was.

Toony has been killed.

Spoiler: Forensics Purpleic (click to show/hide)

DAY THREE

Spoiler: Current Source Code (click to show/hide)

The day will end 14th September 2022, 3PM BST, unless majority is voting for any player or No Lynch. Hammer at 3. Ties at end of day are decided randomly

Alive
- Maximum Spin
- KnightWing64
- Jim Groovester
- Hector13

Reminder: so long as more than one team can still win, the game continues.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Night 2 - Hammerings Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Post by: hector13 on September 11, 2022, 10:20:26 am
*narrows eyes*

Right. Toony’s D1 analysis put KW on the block, but he also has a claimed befriend. Can anyone confirm this?

Can anyone confirm Jim’s befriend?

Can anyone confirm receiving a gift from Max?

My action was tremendously useful.

I learned my own role name.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Night 2 - Hammerings Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2022, 11:08:57 am
AGAIN

ARE YOU SERIOUS

BOTH BEFRIEND TARGETS DIED

Also, This kinda reaffirms my suspicion of Jim, he claims befriend, I don’t think there would be two befrienders in a game, both of the people he voted for ended up town, so unless somebody actually claims to have gotten a confirmed Jim town befriend message, I know where my vote is going.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Night 2 - Hammerings Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2022, 11:11:59 am
Also also, Toony said that the mafia is either em, or Jim plus Max, and max hasn’t been posting a lot. And now that I think more on it, I’m more confident about my theory. I believe hector is town. Jim or max are mafia/third party.

Jim
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 11, 2022, 01:37:05 pm
I attempted to bake for NJW2000 but with him being dead it probably didn't do anything. I also received another gift; I can learn the role PM of any role that has no abilities in common with any other role, but not who has it. I guess it's useful for catching fakeclaims I guess.

If it's 2v2 then unless any of you have something up your sleeves the scum team can tie the vote and there isn't much we can do to stop that from happening.

Ties at end of day are decided randomly

Actually that's incredibly dangerous for the scum team so even if it is 2v2 they still have to play.

If it's 2v2 then I'm looking at a hector13/Knightwing64, hector13/Maximum Spin, or a Maximum Spin/Knightwing64 team and each of them are plausible but neither of them leap out to me as likelier than the others.

If it's solo scum then it could easily be any of hector13, Knightwing64, or Maximum Spin, although of the three Knightwing64 pops out to me as the more likely choice. hector13 could still be solo scum and his defense of FoU on Day 1 could easily be solo scum work since he has no team to give away and therefore can act in a much townier manner than if he had a team. I think here Maximum Spin is less likely to be solo scum since he has a confirmable N1 action. (The action being: no gifts were given out on D1, he did something N1, D2 and D3 gifts are given out).

AGAIN

ARE YOU SERIOUS

BOTH BEFRIEND TARGETS DIED

Why did you pick ToonyMan to befriend?

Also, This kinda reaffirms my suspicion of Jim, he claims befriend, I don’t think there would be two befrienders in a game, both of the people he voted for ended up town, so unless somebody actually claims to have gotten a confirmed Jim town befriend message, I know where my vote is going.

WIFOM.

Also also, Toony said that the mafia is either em, or Jim plus Max, and max hasn’t been posting a lot. And now that I think more on it, I’m more confident about my theory. I believe hector is town. Jim or max are mafia/third party.

Jim

Day's just started but Knightwing64's got it all figured out.

I feel like if I shot Knightwing64 purely based on feel right here it would be the right choice and that if I reread the game (which I'm going to go do) I'll probably still end up voting Knightwing64.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 11, 2022, 01:44:03 pm
It's definitely not me and Jim, Knightwing, and if it were, there wouldn't be any possibility for town to win anymore... Jim and I can both eat a lynch and not even care, so we'd have enough time to pick off all of town. Therefore, since the game isn't over, that's not it.

I attempted to bake for NJW2000 but with him being dead it probably didn't do anything. I also received another gift; I can learn the role PM of any role that has no abilities in common with any other role, but not who has it. I guess it's useful for catching fakeclaims I guess.
That's my "worst power", yes. It's now the most likely one to get handed out because I have two of it. Relatedly, there are no 'copies' or 'pries' in the game.
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If it's 2v2 then I'm looking at a hector13/Knightwing64, hector13/Maximum Spin, or a Maximum Spin/Knightwing64 team and each of them are plausible but neither of them leap out to me as likelier than the others.

If it's solo scum then it could easily be any of hector13, Knightwing64, or Maximum Spin, although of the three Knightwing64 pops out to me as the more likely choice. hector13 could still be solo scum and his defense of FoU on Day 1 could easily be solo scum work since he has no team to give away and therefore can act in a much townier manner than if he had a team. I think here Maximum Spin is less likely to be solo scum since he has a confirmable N1 action. (The action being: no gifts were given out on D1, he did something N1, D2 and D3 gifts are given out).
I think this analysis is sound, especially the part where it's not me.
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Day's just started but Knightwing64's got it all figured out.

I feel like if I shot Knightwing64 purely based on feel right here it would be the right choice and that if I reread the game (which I'm going to go do) I'll probably still end up voting Knightwing64.
I'm still as open to this as I said I was yesterday. Moreso, since the other one of the two didn't pan out.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 11, 2022, 02:05:22 pm
Oh shit, I got so distracted by Jim's post that I forgot to say this important thing, though.

I believe I was the mafiakill target, not ToonyMan. My "middle" ability that I hadn't claimed makes me twins with ToonyMan. You can see this entry under "passive evasion" in the generator.

I didn't receive one of my own gifts so I have to assume there's another one floating around. I quested last night; I didn't receive a new power (there's only a 1-in-3 chance) but I would have been untargetable.

This also implies that, if Knightwing really did befriend ToonyMan, it should have hit me and he should have been told his action failed. Knightwing, were you?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2022, 02:13:53 pm
No? I sent, “befriend Toony” and no other communication happened. Do you guys usually get a success message if your stuff works? Because both of my targets died the same night. I chose Toony because he suspected me and if he knew I was town, and I knew he was town, that would narrow it down a lot. But he’s dead.


I have the worst luck This round
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 11, 2022, 02:15:47 pm
No? I sent, “befriend Toony” and no other communication happened. Do you guys usually get a success message if your stuff works? Because both of my targets died the same night. I chose Toony because he suspected me and if he knew I was town, and I knew he was town, that would narrow it down a lot. But he’s dead.


I have the worst luck This round
To be completely fair, I don't know that you should have been told, I just assumed. I certainly didn't hear anything about your alignment, though.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: hector13 on September 11, 2022, 02:22:16 pm
I received an ability in the night about being a twin with Toony soooo… unless Jim was lying about what he received D2, Max’s claim is certainly possible.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2022, 02:22:54 pm
I dunno why happened then; I could’ve gotten role blocked or something? I dunno, I’m super confused. I targeted Toony to befriend, and Toony is now dead. Sooo
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: hector13 on September 11, 2022, 02:28:07 pm
Well, the ability says targeting Toony would redirect to the twin, which during N2 was Max. Max seems to be claiming to have been untargetable, so your action wasn’t successful.

Basically the twin thing looks to be a passive redirect. Targeting Max would hit Toony; targeting Toony would hit Max.

It also says Toony is/was unaware of this.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 11, 2022, 02:41:35 pm
Does ToonyMan have to be alive for the twin interaction to happen?

The game is going to get very weird if he doesn't.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 11, 2022, 02:47:29 pm
Does ToonyMan have to be alive for the twin interaction to happen?

The game is going to get very weird if he doesn't.
I have no idea! I did ask what would happen, back when I first got the gifting ability, if anyone else got it, though; notquitethere said that actions targetting ToonyMan would be distributed randomly among those that had the ability.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: hector13 on September 11, 2022, 02:58:14 pm
So yeah. Max can’t be solo scum since the OP says if an action requires a target it can’t be self-targeting, unless specified otherwise.

I think I only choose between Jim and KW today?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: hector13 on September 11, 2022, 03:00:25 pm
I’ll read Jim’s stuff in a bit, everybody in my immediate vicinity apparently requires me to do things for them without delay.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2022, 03:40:21 pm
I swear to all that is holy, I am the towniest of all the townies
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: hector13 on September 11, 2022, 04:18:18 pm
You’ve also claimed to have visited both players that died during the night so… not saying you killed them, but you could’ve killed them.

I’m not in a much better boat though. It’s the same as D2, minus NJW: you, me, or Jim probably performed the kill.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2022, 04:19:52 pm
On the other hand, If I did have a kill action, why would I claim to have visited them when they turn up dead?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: hector13 on September 11, 2022, 04:26:57 pm
WIFOM, brah. You want us to think you didn’t perform the kill :p

Fact is you claim an action that can’t be confirmed, as have I, as has Jim. I… the ability I received leads me to believe Max at least didn’t perform the kill, but that doesn’t preclude them from being on a two scum team.

Basically my pool of suspects for D3 is, again, you and Jim.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2022, 04:34:58 pm
Well, I already suspected Jim, so that doesn’t do much for me. I’m pretty sure Nim claimed to have a befriend ability, anybody confirmed to have gotten a message?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 11, 2022, 05:22:48 pm
I reread the game but not super critically and only really focused on Maximum Spin, hector13, and Knightwing64. For the most part nothing I came across points to any of these players being teamed with each other. hector13 complaining to Maximum Spin about super secret unclaimed abilities on Day 2 comes the closest to being an unnatural team interaction, but I could just as easily see it as being genuine as well so it's a wash either way. Knightwing64 has interactions with Maximum Spin and hector13 but for the most part Knightwing64 just acts confused most of the time and there isn't really anything to read into there.

I don't have any objections to hector13's play on reread. Maximum Spin's justifications for his votes on FoU and NJW2000 feels a bit artificial and a little disingenuous given what we know now on Day 3 although a lot of this suspicion is motivated by being forced to suspect him due to the game not being over yet. Knightwing64 feels weakest of the three. I think Knightwing64 voting me is the first time Knightwing64 has actually voted during this game. Although this is marginally higher effort Knightwing64 than self-destructing Knightwing64 the actions he's taken so far feel more like checking off boxes than genuine. There's also just something about Knightwing64's reasoning for selecting his befriend targets that's been rubbing me the wrong way. Does it make sense for Knightwing64 to pick TricMagic and ToonyMan? ToonyMan on N2 makes sense at least. Knightwing64's town self-destructions are powered by a powerful need to be read as town but an inability for people to read him that way. Does he select TricMagic on N1 instead of somebody who could even more powerfully advocate for him, like a ToonyMan or a Maximum Spin? Is TricMagic really who he picks on N1?

After my reread of the game, I feel like the likely teams I'm facing are:

Knightwing64
Maximum Spin/hector13 but only because if it's not Knightwing64 then it's probably Maximum Spin but he'd have to have a partner and I don't think he teams up well with Knightwing64

And then after that all the remaining combinations are less and less probable.

In terms of testing the remaining possibilities, I think it starts with Knightwing64.

After that, if it's solo scum hector13, then he has to deal with Maximum Spin's revive and the revive Maximum Spin gave me so he's not in a great spot to win in the event of a Knightwing64 mislynch. If it's duo scum hector13/Maximum Spin then I lose the game and everybody wishes ToonyMan were here instead of me since he probably would've clutched it out. If it's somehow solo scum Maximum Spin then he kills hector13 in the night and then it's mostly down to a game of chance favoring Maximum Spin with coinflip lynches and whether Maximum Spin's ability gives me more revives or not.

Oh shit, I got so distracted by Jim's post that I forgot to say this important thing, though.

I believe I was the mafiakill target, not ToonyMan. My "middle" ability that I hadn't claimed makes me twins with ToonyMan. You can see this entry under "passive evasion" in the generator.

I didn't receive one of my own gifts so I have to assume there's another one floating around. I quested last night; I didn't receive a new power (there's only a 1-in-3 chance) but I would have been untargetable.

This also implies that, if Knightwing really did befriend ToonyMan, it should have hit me and he should have been told his action failed. Knightwing, were you?
I received an ability in the night about being a twin with Toony soooo… unless Jim was lying about what he received D2, Max’s claim is certainly possible.

Unless hector13 and Maximum Spin are on the same team and the twins thing is a lie Maximum Spin could not have performed the kill here. So I think I scratch off Maximum Spin as a potential target to vote today. Also he has revives so eliminating Maximum Spin will be difficult.

So yeah. Max can’t be solo scum since the OP says if an action requires a target it can’t be self-targeting, unless specified otherwise.

I think I only choose between Jim and KW today?

How many scum do you think there are left in the game? Is it a duo or solo scum?

On the other hand, If I did have a kill action, why would I claim to have visited them when they turn up dead?

Because if you claimed to target a living player then they should have gotten your alignment whispered into their ear and you'd have to explain why that didn't happen since you were busy nightkilling someone else.

Well, I already suspected Jim, so that doesn’t do much for me. I’m pretty sure Nim claimed to have a befriend ability, anybody confirmed to have gotten a message?

TricMagic is the only person who could have received my message but he died on the night he would have received it.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: hector13 on September 11, 2022, 05:52:05 pm
I honestly don’t know how many scum there are. According to the OP scum win when they are the only players left alive so it’s not impossible for a 2 on 2 to be what’s going on.

You and Max having claimed revives is also a little problematical. If either of you are scum, then it’s much harder for the town. If you’re both scum, town have probably lost. Considering the latter, it’s harder for me to believe you’re both on the same team, ‘cause you could just claim and get it over with.

So yeah. That makes me feel if there’s a team, it’s Jim/KW or Max/KW. Jim or KW could be solo scum though, so it’s not quite so simple. I mean if Jim is solo scum and we take out KW, I get NK’d and then it basically comes down to a dice roll that town would have to win twice. It would be funny, but probably anticlimactic.

If KW is solo scum, assuming he also doesn’t have a revive, town win on D4, even if Jim is mis-eliminated today because he revives.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 11, 2022, 06:11:17 pm
Hector, if it were Knightwing and I, there's no way I don't claim to have received Knightwing's alignment whisper. I literally just had the perfectly opportunity to do it in a way that doesn't even look like we planned it since he claims he targeted Toony. I would have just said that I DIDN'T quest.

Jim, I checked already, and getting more copies of the revive doesn't give you more revives because they all still say "first". It IS still possible for me to get an extra revive by questing, though, since it can also say "first two times".

Between the two of you, I townread Jim over hector. I'm happy to admit that I've been going off gut reads this whole time and not making "strong cases", and that those gut reads have been really unhelpful because all the surviving players seemed townie. That whole thing where people lay out a list of a player's posts and explain how each thing is town or scum just isn't easy for me, it's not really how I think. For example, at first I had written just here that I don't see why hector would kill ToonyMan, who townread him most of all, but then I remembered he would have had to try to kill me, so duh. Although, actually, I guess the person who would most want to kill me as scum would be Jim, since you already got your revive and don't want anyone else getting one, but I could also see Knightwing just wanting to get me out of the way and not thinking about the gift so much. I don't really know how scum hector would respond in that situation, but maybe he sees me clearly not wanting to vote out Jim and decides he has to get one or the other of us out of the way? Jim, I suppose, would also know I would revive, and would probably not choose me as the kill target unless he planned to lynch me the next day too, but I guess that could have been the plan originally that was sidetracked when Toony died instead. It's difficult to be sure.

Overall, I am still willing to vote for Knightwing, but I admit that it's partly because, if it IS one of you, let alone both, I feel like you deserve it at this point and I'd rather get on with it. :P
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2022, 06:12:42 pm
Damn.


Am I just naturally suspicious?

Maybe one day I’ll die from being mafia killed and not just voted out, I can already tell I’m being lynched. I’m not a very good debater on the internet, but when I turn out to be town, and the whole game you guys didn’t lynch a single mafia or third party member, I will laugh at you.



Now that I think about it, even if there is only one third party/mafia member each, that still means like half of us are anti town.



Might be why I’m being pushed, cough cough
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2022, 06:14:44 pm
It’s always Jim that does it, fucking Jimmy boy, the slim Jim, the Jim who misses a limb
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 11, 2022, 06:17:57 pm
It’s always Jim that does it, fucking Jimmy boy, the slim Jim, the Jim who misses a limb
Look, if you can convince me that it's Jim, I'll vote Jim. At the very least then it will be down to chance.

That does mean we'll need to vote him out again tomorrow, though.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 11, 2022, 06:19:13 pm
Oh yeah, that reminds me. Jim: Knightwing voted you at like the beginning of the day. If it were me and Hector, why has there still been a rest of the day? :P
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: hector13 on September 11, 2022, 06:28:07 pm
Nobody is even voting KW and they’re freaked over being eliminated. Is that genuine frustration, or scum getting panicky?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: hector13 on September 11, 2022, 06:28:54 pm
A genuine question to the other two players, I might add. I don’t know, KW posts a bit too little for me to read him well.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 11, 2022, 06:29:43 pm
Nobody is even voting KW and they’re freaked over being eliminated. Is that genuine frustration, or scum getting panicky?
I have no idea. He's done both before.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2022, 06:33:33 pm
It’s always Jim that does it, fucking Jimmy boy, the slim Jim, the Jim who misses a limb
Look, if you can convince me that it's Jim, I'll vote Jim. At the very least then it will be down to chance.

That does mean we'll need to vote him out again tomorrow, though.


REASONS FOR WHY JIM IS A SUSSY IMPOSTER

Claimed befriend action, no people actually confirming to have received a befriend message. (Neither have I, but at least I provided a somewhat believable explanation.)

Wants to vote me, a townie.

Both people he voted turned out to be town.

Hammered a townie D1.

Full of lies

Obviously suspicious

Trying way too hard to look non suspicious

Outed probable mafia partner after accusing me as a afterthought, probably trying to make it seem like, they aren’t working together. (I believe it to be a duo mafia game, Jim/Max to be exact.)

Only ability claimed is befriend, no people claiming to be befriended, probable kill ability which got used on a unknown which got attracted to Tric.



I thin Jim is lying about the twin thing to make me more suspicious, as if it is not true, it makes everything make sense. N1 I targeted Tric with befriend, who died. N2 I targeted Toony, who died. Jim claims to be a Twin with Toony, in which case he would’ve gotten the message, but I believe him to be lying about being a secret twin in order to get a easy last lynch off to win the game.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2022, 06:35:13 pm
Nobody is even voting KW and they’re freaked over being eliminated. Is that genuine frustration, or scum getting panicky?


I don’t want to loseeeeeeeeeeee again, I just want a town win for once in my life.


So, mostly frustration.


Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 11, 2022, 06:37:56 pm
Telling me that I'm scum with Jim is not convincing me to vote Jim.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2022, 06:39:30 pm
Telling me that I'm scum with Jim is not convincing me to vote Jim.

Ignore that part then. It would do a ways to convince me that you aren’t part of a scum team with Jim if you actually vote Jim.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: hector13 on September 11, 2022, 06:39:47 pm
I feel the same, though more about accusing Jim of claiming the twin when it was Max, and then me.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 11, 2022, 06:42:24 pm
If it is a Max/Jim duo, haven't we already won since we could just eat the lynch on me and move on to nightkilling you or hector13 and then win by votes on Day 4?
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2022, 06:44:17 pm
It depends. Maybe Max doesn’t have a kill. Or I’m wrong and it’s solo scum and is actually a third party/townie.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 11, 2022, 07:02:38 pm
Honestly, Knightwing, you're not doing a very good job but if it'll make you feel better, I'll vote with you for now. Jim.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: hector13 on September 11, 2022, 07:05:59 pm
Jim
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 11, 2022, 07:06:48 pm
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2022, 07:09:38 pm
Praying that I was right, that reaction gives me hope
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 3 - Office Emptying Fast
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 11, 2022, 07:10:16 pm
Oop, hammer. Going silent now.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Day 1 - With Friends Like These Who Needs Quality Assurance
Post by: notquitethere on September 12, 2022, 04:37:24 am
Vote Count
- Maximum Spin
- KnightWing64
- Jim Groovester - KnightWing64, Hector13, Maximum Spin [3]
- Hector13
- No Launch

A final fight broke out in the testing suite. Computers were thrown at one another, keyboards smashed, no unit tests got done at all. Finally Jim fled the scene, leaving behind some strange messages on his personal account. Dwarf Universe shipped two months later as Elf Universe...

JimGroovester has been launched.

Spoiler: Eaves Allbor (click to show/hide)

Jim has revived. The fate is sealed, autoing the game:

Night Three has begun.

KW is killed

Day Four has begun

Jim is launched.

Game Over, the Scum Team of Hector13 and Maximum Spin win

Spoiler: Initial Roles (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Final Roles (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Spoilspec and mafia chat discords. (https://discord.gg/sVvrUDke)
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 12, 2022, 05:13:10 am
…..


But

But

But

But




FUCK

I KNEW YOU GAVE IN WAY TOO EASY


At least I was right about Max.

But still, FUCKKKKK
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: notquitethere on September 12, 2022, 05:15:43 am
Haha, sometimes the reason players are suspicious of you and are twisting things is because they're actually scum.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 12, 2022, 05:15:54 am
*Knightwing64 will remember that.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 12, 2022, 05:16:31 am
Haha, sometimes the reason players are suspicious of you and are twisting things is because they're actually scum.


I knowwwww, which is why I was suspicious of Jimmmm
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: hector13 on September 12, 2022, 05:24:16 am
Spoiler (click to show/hide)
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: ToonyMan on September 12, 2022, 07:17:39 am
Yeah, fuck this game. Mylo on D2 again is awesome.

Gg hector
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: Maximum Spin on September 12, 2022, 07:30:00 am
Gg hector
Wow, cold.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: notquitethere on September 12, 2022, 07:31:12 am
It was actually MYLO on D3, due to the ties rule + powers. I think Town had great odds here but scum played an excellent day game.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: Knightwing64 on September 12, 2022, 08:11:23 am
Gg hector
Wow, cold.


Shush u traitor, I am now bitter and betrayed
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: webadict on September 12, 2022, 09:08:45 am
Gg hector
Wow, cold.
hector powerwolfed the team
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: Jim Groovester on September 12, 2022, 10:45:39 am
Urrrrrrrrrrrrgh, well played.

I want my Sunday back if you were just going to quick hammer me at the end anyway.

The only thing that really leaves me with a sour taste is the rule about ties being resolved randomly. Even if Knightwing64 and I had perfect decision making on Day 3 our path to victory relies on gambling, which conceptually sucks. I think I prefer losing in that situation rather than having a crapshoot with the scumteam over who gets to win.

Also not knowing how many scum there were at the start of the game.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: hector13 on September 12, 2022, 12:17:32 pm
Yeah that was a weird one. I make most of the same moves as town, but probably fight harder for FoU on D1.

NJW is right though, town kinda coasted D1 and 2. Combined with N1 being a wash from the attract, it made it a bit easier to just coast along with them.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: Egan_BW on September 12, 2022, 12:51:30 pm
Elves are cooler anyways.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: hector13 on September 12, 2022, 12:57:44 pm
Get out.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: Egan_BW on September 12, 2022, 12:58:42 pm
If you think dwarves are so great then you should have thrown.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: notquitethere on September 12, 2022, 01:23:14 pm
The only thing that really leaves me with a sour taste is the rule about ties being resolved randomly. Even if Knightwing64 and I had perfect decision making on Day 3 our path to victory relies on gambling, which conceptually sucks. I think I prefer losing in that situation rather than having a crapshoot with the scumteam over who gets to win.

Also not knowing how many scum there were at the start of the game.
Reasonable. I brought over the tie rule from the last proc gen, which I think I originally instated to keep the game competitive with a small player base (as it pushes for decisive votes) but, yes, randomness at LYLO is a bit off.

I think firmer rules on scum and third party composition is a good idea, so people know what the possibility space is.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: hector13 on September 12, 2022, 01:27:43 pm
The uncertainty did give me certain advantages in how to approach things.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: EuchreJack on September 12, 2022, 10:32:45 pm
So...Jim was a Jester

Thus town had lost by Day 3, and mod was a bastard to make them play it out.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: Lenglon on September 12, 2022, 10:51:26 pm
So...Jim was a Jester

Thus town had lost by Day 3, and mod was a bastard to make them play it out.
Upon dying for the first time, you will revive with a completely false (newly generated) roleflip with a random alignment.
Jim was town.
Title: Re: Proc Gen Mafia 4 - Game Over - Scum Win
Post by: notquitethere on September 13, 2022, 01:52:59 am
So...Jim was a Jester

Thus town had lost by Day 3, and mod was a bastard to make them play it out.
Absolutely not on both counts. It is as Lenglon says.