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

[kpaca]

My apologies for my delay in returning my fellow goodfellows, but I was forced to leave in order to prepare my records for some forthcoming examinations.

I must say that I am appalled at the desires for a policy lynch, as such a thing is not in any way conductive to pro-town motives. It's actually a good way for scum to slip in a quick one.

However, I may be a fan of lynching vezokpiraka. My previous experience with him confirms the fact that he is quite odd in his mannerisms, so I'm not exactly put off by that. However, vezok, IF YOU DO NOT STOP RPing I WILL VOTE YOU. Additionally, I am not at all a fan of his "reasons" for voting Krob. It is completely off base and vezoks abilities to actually gauge a reaction are less than zero, and I'm pretty sure he knows that.

I must also say that I'm not at all a fan of strangercoug, but would like to let my feelings on that matter mature a bit more before moving forward with such a thing.

At the moment I'm fine not voting at all, at least for a little while.

[StrangerCoug]

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

What right have you to instruct us to vote when you waited until the previous page to vote, and even then failed to give an adequate explanation? This is not a guessing game, we need not have votes forced on us and made to figure out why. Behold that kr0b posted several hypotheses as to the possibilities and answered them all. Are his answers immaculate? They are not. Nevertheless, your request is out of place when you barely comply yourself.

UNVOTE: Twistedspoon
VOTE: vezokpiraka

[Apokalyptika]

Sir vezok, this is not acceptable. Such a call to action as you made is a transparent attempt to appear to contribute, while in actuality you accomplish nothing. I would appreciate seeing thoughts on more people in this game, as well as entertaining more of a dialogue with kr0b (which you should be eager to do, as you claim suspicion of him). There is no reason why a gentleman should refrain from following leads and presenting reads, so I shall

Uvote

and

Vote: Sir Vezok

.

[DemonHybrid]

I apologize for the absense, it seems that I have taken an impromptu away homebound, for my poor mother and father have not seen the likes of me in a fortnight or two. I have been observing this situation for the past few hours and I must say a few things in regards to current matters.

Mr. Apokalyptika has questioned why I thought the pursuing of something as dastardly as a policy lynch had been scummy. In such a phase like RVS, I believe that the information gained from an action, or the appearance of such an action, can be quite valuable to the hunting of rapscallions. I discourage any resistance of any sort to the former, and I don't find such statements to have a truthful quality.

I notice that Mr. Vez O. Piraka has recently gained a slew of votes for his death, apparently for stating that the day is stalling a monstrous sort while not contributing information, leading to a contradictory aura. I do not believe that this is the case, for I have played many a game with Mr. Piraka in the past, and while he shows on the surface to be containing no involvement in the matter, the trick is to measure the genuineness of the information that he has nevertheless given. O yes, there's the ticket!

While it does seem almost contradictory, I do believe that the meaning behind his messages (or potential lack thereof) is the most important and must be viewed as such, while other factors are just noise. I will not be joining this bandwagon unless more evidence that his role has motivation of a devious sort comes to fruition.

[vezokpiraka]

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.

The problem is that you were so determined to get reasons from imaginality and defended against point of his.

It was just one vote. One. Townies don't get so defensive because of that. Scum do. I don't know how to explain it. It just happens.

[kpaca]

You have now downgraded Krob from "over reacting" to "getting defensive". Hopefully if the trend continues we can just classify him as "asking for reasons".

You are far off base laddy.

[kr0b]

Hmm, but at the time of this, which I am assuming you mean after the first vote on me, it was amongst a small cluster of suspicion on me which I don't feel was for valid reasons. You then waited to post your reason which was one line of half-assed investigation.

Sorry for not talking like a gentleman, quite busy at the moment with Uni work

[Caboose]

Finally, I have a large block of time to catch up with this game. I see a flurry of vezok votes; let's see what's happened in my absense.

Sir Caboose, why did my suggestion as regards Sir Vezok cause such mirth?

Because if you're waiting for vezok to become useful, you might as well be waiting for hell to freeze over. He plays like a survivor, regardless of role.

Sir Apokalpytica's sudden Longing vote appears to have very little merit to me. From what I understand, it looks like Apokalyptica thinks that pushing for a policy ejection is a scumtell. Is that correct? And if so, why is wanting a policy lynch (especially on a character such as vezokpiraka) a scumtell?

...and it appears that Sir vezok has indeed lived up to my low expectations. I'm a little baffled as to the reasons behind the recent votes for him. Yes, he is voting for a person whom I believe to be town for a laughable reason, but that's what I expected from him from the beginning.

Why does the Spoon of Duke state his desire to join the kr0b wagon and then not do anything to advance his alimentary read on Hoppster?

[imaginality]

My point in post 127, lost somewhat in the broken tag, was that the knave kr0b defended his "Perhaps" both as being sarcastic

and

for being non-commital. For the record, I read it as non-commital rather than sarcastic, and non-commital in a way which is not necessarily down to the theme of our gathering (though I do accept that as a possibility). But I find his defending it on both grounds rather than as one or the other to be questionable. That said, neither this point about his defense of 'perhaps', nor the original use of 'perhaps', are my main concerns about kr0b. Despite his attempt to paint them as such.

At this juncture I would also like to draw my learned companions' attentions to the nature of kr0b's recent posts. In the last few posts he appears to limiting his exertions to attacking his attackers rather than actively hunting for scoundrels. Given the relatively early stage of the pressure on him, this is the mark of a scallywag and rapscallion, concerned to save his own hide, rather than an upstanding citizen who remains calm in the knowledge that he has nothing to hide.

Other notes: I agree with Sirs DemonHybrid and Caboose about Mr Piraka. I feel his intent to hunt villains is genuine.

On a more villainous note, in post 150 kpaca shows an unnatural fondness for sitting on fences, and I feel he would make a fine choice for whom to expel from our gathering.

[Twistedspoon]

yeah, I like this vote

one who sits on fences receives many splinters
and backpeddaling can cause cramp too

VOTE: kpaca

[StrangerCoug]

Good heavens, Twistedspoon, did you forget what you learned in elementary school grammar?

[Twistedspoon]

confound myself, I do apologise old chum

[kpaca]

I wasn't aware that due diligence and carefulness were a scum tell. Should I just rush into wagons and crash around and place my vote unsubstantiated? We're only on page 7!

Plus, I'm astounded that you would classify this as fence sitting. I have made very clear that I think vezok is somewhat scummy, as is strangercoug, however I do not feel strongly enough on either of these to warrant a vote this early. I do not think Krob is scum, but you could figure that out by reading.

[Hoppster]

Twistedspoon, I would much appreciate it if you answered these outstanding points which you appear to have swept under the rug in an act of senility or wickedness.

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

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?

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.

I am also most amused how Twistedspoon has finally found something worth following over his gut read of myself. What makes this suddenly more important when you were perfectly happy to keep your vote on me despite being suspicious of kr0b, I must ask

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.

vezok, I am (most logically, if I may say so myself) inferring from the above quotation (which I most correctly am attributing to your self) that you must have had a reason for voting kr0b and thinking him not a good fellow

before

the results of your so-called 'test' (ho-ho!). I have taken the liberty of adding boldened emphasis to show my line of reasoning - you said he was

still

scum, what made him scum before, I must ask?

Also, if I may ask, what is your take on Twistedspoon?

[Wraith]

Another counting of the ballots cast will commence later this night.

[Twistedspoon]

I must say that I am

appalled

at the desires for a policy lynch,

However, I may be a fan of lynching vezokpiraka.

My previous experience....

If that's not why you policy lynch, then I don't know what is

I like this wagon

join me

[Feysal]

I hereby humbly acknowledge my prod. In retrospect, I probably should have expected I'd get busy during the week leading up to May 1st, the greatest celebration of the year for Finnish technology students, even some former ones such as myself. That celebration is over now however, and I can resume posting as normal.

I will be reading what I missed and rereading what led up to that tomorrow after I've had some proper sleep. Fortunately I don't seem to have fallen too far behind.

[Wraith]

I will not give out prods this week due to the plausible excuse of college examinations. Come Saturday, however, I expect a resurgence of activity.

[inHimshallibe]

I'm going to quickly abandon the gentleman talk for a short while because I have to hurry.

I'm going to ask all of you; why do you not have a vote on vezok? If you don't support the policy lynch, why? And don't give me the "He might be a PR" crap. Vezok is posting fluff in every single post he's making now. I'm going to assume that if you have a crappy reasoning for not lynching vezok, that vezok is scum with you. I'm serious. This has worked for me before in other games with policy lynches on irc and offsite.

When I come back I'll go answer you guys and not just skim page 4.

Sir Longing, I never voted Sir V. Piraka out of some sense of patience. I've yet to see the good sir posit particularly worse thinking than the other combatants.

I contest that at this stage of the affair, the ball behind the policy lynch is not rolling along as you may have planned. It is of utmost import we do not quibble and prevaricate around the bush, as it were, and then approach a deadline eviction merely on policy. I will redeem the time I've lost through the weekend quite thoroughly today, and hope to see Sir Longing spurring our dialogue in a fashion disparate from that of Sir V. Piraka.

[Hoppster]

Twistedspoon, if you would be so kind to answer me completely.

[Wraith]

Votecount 1.3

Sir Hoppster

(0)

:

Twistedspoon, Esq.

,

Caboose

,

Apokalyptika

StrangerCoug

(0)

:

imaginality

Twistedspoon, Esq.

(1)

:

Sir Hoppster

, Sir Hoppster,

StrangerCoug

imaginality

(1)

:

StrangerCoug

, kr0b

vezokpiraka

(3)

:

TheLonging,

Sir Hoppster

,

imaginality

, StrangerCoug, Apokalyptika

Apokalyptika

(1)

:

DemonHybrid

kr0b

(2)

:

imaginality, vezokpiraka

TheLonging

(0)

:

Apokalyptika

kpaca

(1)

:

Twistedspoon, Esq.

Not Voting

(4)

:

Feysal, inHimShallBe, kpaca, Caboose

With 13 remaining it shall require

7

to lynch the knave.

PS: STEAK HAVE A PILLORY

[Apokalyptika]

I must say that I am

appalled

at the desires for a policy lynch,

However, I may be a fan of lynching vezokpiraka.

My previous experience....

If that's not why you policy lynch, then I don't know what is

I like this wagon

join me

Far be it from me to interfere with a discussion between two gentlemen, but the whole quote was

However, I may be a fan of lynching vezokpiraka. My previous experience with him confirms the fact that he is quite odd in his mannerisms, so I'm not exactly put off by that. However, vezok, IF YOU DO NOT STOP RPing I WILL VOTE YOU. Additionally, I am not at all a fan of his "reasons" for voting Krob. It is completely off base and vezoks abilities to actually gauge a reaction are less than zero, and I'm pretty sure he knows that.

As you see, he cites previous experience as a reason against policy lynching. Tell me, o Duke of Spoon, why did you feel the need to misrepresent Sir kpaca in such a dastardly manner?

Also, I may be V/LA for the next couple of days.

[Twistedspoon]

I wasn't misrepresenting him

he says he is against a policy lynch

and then says he'd be for lynching vezok due to past experience

when a policy lynch is ENTIRELY for the reason of past experience.. What else is a policy lynch for?

uh old bean

[Twistedspoon]

answers in bold

Twistedspoon, I would much appreciate it if you answered these outstanding points which you appear to have swept under the rug in an act of senility or wickedness.

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

What nonsense is this also?

well there was nothing beyond randomness for your vote. You said something about a top hat. 'twas random

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

Why does this have no merit?

Why pecuilar? It was your vote? Why should I have to comment on each of your vote changes?

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.

I am also most amused how Twistedspoon has finally found something worth following over his gut read of myself. What makes this suddenly more important when you were perfectly happy to keep your vote on me despite being suspicious of kr0b, I must ask

Kpaca I have a gut read of scum on too, and it is smaller than the one I have for you. However I didn't like kpaca's last post so voted for him

[Apokalyptika]

However, I may be a fan of lynching vezokpiraka.

My previous experience with him confirms the fact that he is quite odd in his mannerisms, so I'm not exactly put off by that.

However, vezok, IF YOU DO NOT STOP RPing I WILL VOTE YOU. Additionally, I am not at all a fan of his "reasons" for voting Krob. It is completely off base and vezoks abilities to actually gauge a reaction are less than zero, and I'm pretty sure he knows that.

I must also say that I'm not at all a fan of strangercoug, but would like to let my feelings on that matter mature a bit more before moving forward with such a thing.

At the moment I'm fine not voting at all, at least for a little while.