A Gentleman's Game of Guile, Subterfuge, and Intrigue (Fin)

[kr0b]

I merely believe that some of us were in complete awe at the theme of the game, and so rather than contributing with gameplay, they contributed with whimsical nonsense that really meant very little for those of us that have long since departed the days where we could sit up and discuss the heat of the sun's surface (such poppycock (OOC: I think that's the first mention of poppycock! ))

For example my good friend, I look at vezokpiraka and wonder where the substance is in his postings? Rather than contributing to the game he has thrown us off with his own little joking posts.

And whilst this is a mere prediction for the game ahead, I can see the theme of the game being used as a shield in posting, a way in which our villains can hide behind their own words and use instead those of our esteemed ancestors.

I am looking at vezok for his unsubstantial postings and to a lesser extent imaginality for the insistence that my use of the word

PERHAPS

is the most villainous action of the day, and I am also awaiting kpaca to offer us more than following suit. Aside from that, I also wonder why Twisted felt the need to add that he is suspicious of myself, without so much offering a reason why. I am aware this may just be an act of following imaginality's lead, although for that topic I will need more than just "i would join kr0b's bandwagon but...".

[TheLonging]

TheLonging continues to draw suspicion to himself by insisting on adherence to this daft policy; at least others have made tentative steps towards a body of evidence against him. Bearing no malice towards Sir kpaca, I must still note that thus far he has spoken less of serious subjects than Sir vezok. However, I see nobody measuring his neck for a hempen necktie.

Have I not presented good enough evidence for vezok being a wonderful policy lynch? I pointed out, along with others, how he doesn't contribute to town in nearly every single other gathering of gentlemen, and how he's a woeful detriment to town. As for his posts #2 and #6, they only state one read each and contribute nothing else. Everything else IS fluff.

(I'm sick so I don't feel like trying to stay in character )

[imaginality]

Whilst this post is, for the most part, of sound reasoning, I find the fact you would seriously try to point out my

sarcastic

use of the word 'perhaps' to be somewhat a decent reason to point your gnarled finger at me to be a farce. Absolute balderdash! Merely trying to solidify your reasons for voting for me.

[bNon-committal[/b] though? Let's look at everyone, shall we good sir? And shall we ponder the committed nature of everybody else's posts throughout this game in accordance to the pre-determined theme?

Were you being sarcastic or well-manneredly non-commital in your use of 'perhaps', sir?

imaginality for the insistence that my use of the word PERHAPS is the most villainous action of the day

Come now, man! Surely you do not mean this in all seriousness? It is a manifest misrespresentation, when I wrote your name on my ballot before you uttered the word.

[kr0b]

However when going back to try your darndest to legitimize your case against me, you used this word to try and paint me as non-committal. How is this for non-committal, good sire? VOTE: imaginality

[vezokpiraka]

TheLonging continues to draw suspicion to himself by insisting on adherence to this daft policy; at least others have made tentative steps towards a body of evidence against him. Bearing no malice towards Sir kpaca, I must still note that thus far he has spoken less of serious subjects than Sir vezok. However, I see nobody measuring his neck for a hempen necktie.

Have I not presented good enough evidence for vezok being a wonderful policy lynch? I pointed out, along with others, how he doesn't contribute to town in nearly every single other gathering of gentlemen, and how he's a woeful detriment to town. As for his posts #2 and #6, they only state one read each and contribute nothing else. Everything else IS fluff.

(I'm sick so I don't feel like trying to stay in character )

Why d'you cons'er dat I won' provide contn't.

Dat image guy is not a rogue in my head right now. Kr0b lo'ks lik' a bad fella'.

vote Kr0b

Reasons later.

[kr0b]

No. Reasons now.

[TheLonging]

Why d'you cons'er dat I won' provide contn't.

Because you're vezok?

[Wraith]

Votecount 1.2

Sir Hoppster

(1)

:

Twistedspoon, Esq.,

Caboose

,

Apokalyptika

StrangerCoug

(0)

:

imaginality

Twistedspoon, Esq.

(2)

:

Sir Hoppster

, Sir Hoppster, StrangerCoug

imaginality

(1)

:

StrangerCoug

, kr0b

vezokpiraka

(1)

:

TheLonging,

Sir Hoppster

,

imaginality

Apokalyptika

(1)

:

DemonHybrid

kr0b

(2)

:

imaginality, vezokpiraka

TheLonging

(1)

:

Apokalyptika

Not Voting

(4)

:

Feysal, inHimShallBe, kpaca, Caboose

With 13 remaining it shall require

7

to lynch the knave.

[Apokalyptika]

Sir Longing, let me make myself abundantly clear.

By presenting your argument against Sir Vezok as a matter of policy, you escape blame if it turns out you have misjudged him. This cowardly ducking of responsibility is what I would expect from a common rogue.

Sir Vezok, I must say that I see no fathomable reason that your logic should be hidden from the company. Out with it, man!

[TheLonging]

he hasn't presented content all game, he's dodging helping (you saw that he hasn't provided reasons) and is posting fluff.

It's no longer policy.

[Apokalyptika]

But, sir, your very last post read

Why d'you cons'er dat I won' provide contn't.

Because you're vezok?

Which implies that you still hold the policy valid.

I am pleased that you have taken a firm stance, however. I now await Sir Vezok's next contribution to these proceedings.

[Hoppster]

TheLonging - how many games have you played with vezok?

Real post coming tomorrow. Apologies for the delay, but my shoelaces appear to be untied and I must cater to this nuisance for the time being.

[Twistedspoon]

Real post coming tomorrow.

Come now, Sir Hoppster

Are you not aware that tommorow is the Royal Wedding of the century?

Surely you will be travelling to London to pay Homage to the Monarch lineage :p

[TheLonging]

Hoppster, as I can recall, 2. One WAY long ago, another more recent (the game I liked earlier). I lost track of which games I was in so it might be more.

[vezokpiraka]

First, two unsettled matters:

Twistedspoon has singularly failed to address my question in post 59.

Spoiler: post 59

Thus I believed the reasoning to be random

Even despite this?

This vote is not one that I have cast in a random manner.

As for Apokalyptika's question: I thank you for clarifying your point further, in post 68. I now understand your reason for questioning my earlier post and regard the principle of your suspicion as reasonable, but its practical application in this instance to be excessive. To whit:

Spoiler: post 68

The reading material you gentleman have seen fit to share with us certainly elucidates the potential agonies we may all suffer if we allow vezokpiraka to remain part of our gathering.

Unvote; vote: vezokpiraka

Is Twistedspoon villainous in your eyes, Hoppster, for his preference for discussing celestial matters and other such frippery rather than actively scumhunting?

If so, I would caution that the hour is still early and others amongst us (e.g. StrangerCoug) have been no more committed to genuinely scumhunting as yet.

Or is there another reason for suspicion to be cast on Twistedspoon in particular?

The sentence I have here emphasized is the main focus of my suspicion. Not only do you make rash assumptions regarding the intentions of Sir Hoppster (there is a saying regarding the forming of assumptions, but it is far too crass to mention here) but you also specifically invoke the name of another, namely StrangerCoug. This strikes me as being a tad too emphatic for refuting the basis of a case that, at that time, had not been fully explained by Sir Hoppster.

I agree that putting words into another's mouth is generally a faux pas on occasions such as this. However the 'If' with which I began said paragraph should make it clear I was not assuming, but rather enquiring. I did not see myself as refuting Sir Hoppster's case, but rather seeking to confirm its nature, and check that it was sufficiently weighty to further discuss. And the 'e.g.' in the bolded sentence should make it clear that StrangerCoug's name was not 'specifically invoked' but 'invoked by way of example'.

Now, on to other concerns:

1. kr0b's mere echoing of Apokalyptika's point, in post 69, and his fluff post 71, have alarmed me to a stern degree. He is high on my list of rogues and rapscallions at this point.

2. Feysal's entrance pleases me, as does DemonHybrid. My belly rumbles in warning at inHimshallibe's first posts, but I am unsure why.

3. While vezokpiraka's manner of talking is crude, TheLonging is stretching a point when he says:

Vezok is posting fluff in every single post he's making now.

His iso#2 and iso#6 contain useful material. While still of a low proportion, I am inclined to

Unvote

and

Vote: kr0b

4.

If it really is the year 2011, how did the Duke of Spoon not recognize Sir vezokpiraka's use of the vernacular at the beginning of the game?

The Duke of Spoon had already been at the brandy, I suspect.

This is most interesting. I am the subject of a vote, it appears, but for what reason that is not to be seen on others? That I cannot tell. I echoed a point? Perhaps I simply agreed. And if one is t regard Post #71 as a fluff post, then one must also consider both of kpaca's posts' "fluff posts". Perhaps a special exception is made for myself, or perhaps Imaginality is simply brushing over and not considering the legitimacy of kpaca's posts because the young gentleman has only just arrived to the proceedings. Either way, I find it most peculiar to see Imaginality picking and choosing which posts he perceives as "fluff". Maybe the good sir needs to lay off of his whiskey.

And maybe kpaca needs to contribute more to this function, t'would be outlandishly noble, of course, if our friend kpaca's is willing to help find these rapscallions, rather than tag along and echo sentiments made by other esteemed guests, (namely the esteemed guests who seem to have more than a word or two to say).[/quote]


This post.

Kr0b freaked out because of a vote and asked for reasons. Townies don't do that. I didn't give reasons because I wanted to see his reaction. He is still scum.

Wii-hoo. Aye sai' dat with'ut mes'ing up.

[kr0b]

good gosh Vezok, scraping the bottom of the barrel for a reason I see. Apparently according to our friend here gentlemen of good virtue merely sit and allow themselves to be voted upon without any good reasoning. That's utter pish-posh, sir, any townie, scummer or anyone would want to know the reasons behind why they have been voted for. I would link you to another current game running in which I asked for reasons when people started voting for me left, right and center but despite my death, the game continues.

I find it most fascinating that you wanted to wait to see my reaction when you placed your vote onto me, and when you did, however from three words, "No. Reason now.", you deduced that I "freaked out" and had shown myself as scum.

[Hoppster]

I am looking at vezok for his unsubstantial postings

What nonsense is this?

I do believe that Feysal and kpaca have but one and two posts to their respective names.

good gosh Vezok, scraping the bottom of the barrel for a reason I see.

Are you not voting for Baron Imaginality for similar reasons?

After all, there was no non-random reason for Hoppster to do so anyways.

The Baron Imagainality's exploitations of linguistics would have me to follow his stagecoach on sir Kr0b were it not for my intestinal (gut) feelings on sir Hoppster.

What nonsense is this also?

I find it most peculiar that he completely ignored my vote change to vezok

Why does this have no merit?

And for what reason are you prioritising a hunch over actively hunting for these dastardly fiends?

[Twistedspoon]

why is it nonsensical to have a gut scum read on hoppster?

[Hoppster]

why is it nonsensical to have a gut scum read on hoppster?

That is not my objection. It is to your refusal to acknowledge my perfectly sound reasons for my non-random vote on yourself and also your refusal to hunt for these vile fellows over leaving your vote on me based on a hunch.

[inHimshallibe]

A return greeting, Sir Boose! Quite the assortment congregated at the lodge, you think?

I would be remiss to not mention my eager anticipation to hear more from Sir Feysal.

[inHimshallibe]

I'm going to ask all of you; why do you not have a vote on vezok?

It is of my complete understanding that vezokpiraka has declined to make useful contributions to out discussion; however, I wish to pursue somebody that I see as a bigger threat to the lodge. I am not afraid to change my mind, however, and if my lead on Twistedspoon expires, then I shall work to evict vezokpiraka.

My good chap, Sir Coug, I'm a bit wary of the hedges you are cultivating. Your suggestion that you would turn from Sir Twistedspoon directly to Sir V. Piraka seems especially nearsighted. What keeps you from this change at this stage of the game?

[TheLonging]

"Kr0b freaked out because of a vote and asked for reasons. Townies don't do that. I didn't give reasons because I wanted to see his reaction. He is still scum."

The reaction test excuse, haven't seen THAT before.

[StrangerCoug]

My good chap, Sir Coug, I'm a bit wary of the hedges you are cultivating. Your suggestion that you would turn from Sir Twistedspoon directly to Sir V. Piraka seems especially nearsighted. What keeps you from this change at this stage of the game?

I still am not aware of the reasoning behind Twistedspoon's reaction of vezokpiraka's wagon. He appears to be in defense of him, and I ask myself the same question you ask me. Both are acceptable for an eviction notice.

[Wraith]

DemonHybrid

,

Caboose

,

kpaca

, and

Feysal

have all received notices regarding lack of timely activity. Please keep in mind that only two to three of such notices will be sent to a player before they are replaced for inactivity.

[vezokpiraka]

Da game is stal'ing. Le's vote. Som'one.