Open 231: My Name is Earl (Game Over)

[AurorusVox]

I can definitely agree with XS on that point. TheButtonmen hadn't done much of use at all, and though the Colonel's play looks pro-town in terms of his vote, there could be a scum-sided explanation for it.

[don_johnson]

xs: what makes you think i'm going to give you "decent" content? you know who i am, right?

AV: please expand on this "scum-sided" explanation.

[XScorpion]

what makes you think i'm going to give you "decent" content? you know who i am, right?

Then why do you deserve to live?
More don votes plz.

[AurorusVox]

Some of this I've already said before so I'm just going to quote parts from that post...

I posit that if Col. was scum, he had to keep his initial vote on Beefster out of necessity; just assuming for a moment that he was scum, he could have voted initially with what he thought was a harmless vote on his scumbuddy for the purposes of distancing. Alas, then he went V/LA.

Would it not have looked suspect if Col. had unvoted on the primary wagon before going V/LA?

He even said in his post "this is a good wagon, no reason to spoil it". Do you think that he would have had to come up with a very good reason to remove this vote? What reason could he have used? He was going V/LA so he couldn't really take the time to compile a good case against someone else. Okay, the vote has to stay for now, but maybe when he comes back he can take it off...

Oh, wait, no.

Since he returned from V/LA he admitted he couldn't get into the game.

It would have looked even more suspicious if he "couldn't get into the game" and yet found a good reason to unvote upon his return. Again, he was unable to take his vote off of Beefster. It could be argued that if he was scum, that he kept this vote there out of necessity.

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I mean, I did initially read Colonel as townie during D1, mainly due to his consistent voting of Beefster. But TheButtonmen really hurt my read of that slot because he contributed next to nothing. So I've looked for angles from which the Colonel could be scum - and that's my angle. I'm not saying I believe in it wholeheartedly, but I do think it's something worth consideration.

[nocase]

and here comes scorpie pushing the policy lynch. whoop, whoop!

[Budja]

The Lynch Choices Today: Aurorus, d3x, XScorpion.

If you are not voting for one of these people, get your act together.
@nocase, would you be willing to switch to Aurorus to get a lynch?

[nocase]

fine.

unvote. vote: aurorusvox.

vox, you are at l-1. claim, please.

[don_johnson]

vote: aurorusvox

sorry. but i just can't resist. after the whole "well, he may be scum, but i don't think so, but its worth looking into, even though i myself won't be looking into it..."

so yeah. i'm in hotwater if this guy flips town, but considering i haven't read the thread yet, a good reread in the morning would be imperative.

cheers!

[XScorpion]

Geeze Don, what's with you and quickhammering before people can claim? Last game you did it in, you were scum too...

[don_johnson]

excellent deduction sherlock. especially before a flip. maybe you should read some of my town games if you're going to cry "meta". poor form. but then again. you were this scummy in bird 7 and you were town.

what a quandary. too bad i'm untouchable in this one.

[XScorpion]

Is there a reason you hammered before vox could claim or are you really just that bloodthirsty?

[Budja]

It would have been better to wait but whats done is done.

[don_johnson]

his wishy washy approach to his suspicion of me reminded me of how he played when he was my scum partner.

but i just love to hammer. especially when people aren't expecting it. i don't play games for any other reason than to have fun. and hammering uncontrollably is just plain fun.

budja knows what i'm talkin' bout.

[AurorusVox]

T_T Can I claim in twilight? VT YOU BASTARDS, VT!

DJ how's the temperature of that water looking?

[nocase]

does this mean we get to lynch scum tomorrow?

[Scott Brosius]

FINAL DAY 2 Vote Count #17

AurorusVox (5) - Rhinox, Budja, ConfidAnon, nocase, don_johnson
Budja (0) -
ConfidAnon (0) -
d3x (0) -
don_johnson (1) - XScorpion
nocase (0) -
Rhinox (0) -
XScorpion (2) - AurorusVox, d3x

Not Voting (0)-

AurorusVox, Townie, has been lynched!

Night activites are due August 3 by 11am EDT

[Scott Brosius]

The citizens of Camden County wake up and go for a morning jog along the river. One citizen suffers from terrible karma and breaks his ankle during the jog. They go to the doctor's office and see ConfidAnon slumped over his chair, lifeless.

ConfidAnon, Town Doctor, killed Night 2!

It is now Day Three. With 6 alive, it takes 4 to lynch. Deadline is August 16, at 11am EDT.

Vote Count #18

Budja (0) -
d3x (0) -
don_johnson (0)-
nocase (0) -
Rhinox (0) -
XScorpion (0) -

Not Voting (6)- Budja, d3x, don_johnson, nocase, Rhinox, XScorpion

[nocase]

well, i thought he was cop. now that the doc can't tell us who he saved and we have no clears can we please get on with a semi-intelligent lynch? thanks in advance.

vote: xscorpion.

[don_johnson]

hm.just looked at the set-up and realized there is only one scum left. i would like to actually read this game before i vote today, however. xscorp did catch my eye. but he always does...

[Budja]

Massclaim time.
Scum are almost certainly in this grouping {d3x, xscorpian, maybe don}.
I'd like these three to claim.

[XScorpion]

Claim: Townie.

So...you guys think that scum had absolutely nothing with AV getting lynched yesterday?
Lol.

Vote: Don_Johnson

[Rhinox]

well,

i thought he was cop

. now that the doc can't tell us who he saved and we have no clears can we please get on with a semi-intelligent lynch? thanks in advance.

Me too, and I assumed he was the protected kill.

Actually though, Confid did give us some clues about who he did or did not protect. For example, he starts D2 firing a vote at nocase. Nocase was not the protected kill. Obviously, AV, d3x, or xscorp were not protected either. We know Confid was not protected. That leaves me, Budja, or don_buttonman as the potential protected N1 kill. Nothing in Confid's posts makes me think either budja or don_button were protected, so thats all I can conclude.

Nonetheless, I believe the scum is in a group of d3x or xscorp.

I think the plan for today is either mass claim or no lynch.

Reason for no lynch: can increase lynch odds. 6 players and 1 scum means we get 2 lynches the rest of the game. 1/6 at hitting scum today. If we're wrong, four alive tomorrow usually means no-lynching to get 1/3 odds for lylo. No lynch today eliminates a player by nk to give us 1/5 odds tomorrow, and 1/3 odds for lylo.

If we no lynch, we should not mass claim for tomorrow. I would expect the nk after a no-lynch to be either myself or budja, or maybe even nocase. Since my lynch choice for today will not be random and I do not currently expect budja or nocase to move into a potential lynch consideration by the end of the game, I do not feel a no lynch will increase the odds of lynching scum from my POV. But, maybe others would feel like their odds of lynching scum would increase if the player pool became smaller, which is the only reason I brought this up - the potential to clear someone. I just don't expect that the player who gets cleared will help me to find the scum.

That being said, I'm with budja - my vote is for mass claim, and my preferred order is both of d3x and xscorp in any order, followed by don, nocase, and budja in any order, with myself last. If others demand it, I'm willing to claim any time after d3x and xscorp.

[Rhinox]

EBWOP: "If we no lynch, we should not mass claim for tomorrow." should have been, "we should save massclaim for tomorrow" or "we should not massclaim until tomorrow" - mindmeld of two ways of saying the same thing ended up saying something completely different o_O

[nocase]

and I assumed he was the protected kill.

yeah.

i'm for the mass claim. i was going to propose it when i logged on. no-lynching is for pansies.

[d3x]

Howdy peoples. I'm back and catching up.