Micro 675: Heroes of the Storm uPick - Game Over!

[Seiko x Naomi]

this has got to be some sort of sick joke.

[Seiko x Naomi]

I was near 100% lynching Persi would have ended the game. I frankly am going to have words for him in postgame for thinking some of the shit he did were somehow OK things to do as town, but that's beside the point.

I need to actually step back and think.

I'm probably going to do a full reread, but just as one quick point, the last thing notty and I tried to convene on yesterday before he was overwhelmed with RL were the Dunn/Syr interactions, and from what I remember I didn't find his points all that compelling - one thing I'm probably going to look out for when I get to them is rereading bork's posts and seeing if I can directly parse anything out of them instead.

this just completely sucks because one of you apparently thinks you can get me to misvote today, so clearly I'm missing something huge in my assessment of the game somewhere, regardless of whether it's Syr relying on our read on him or TOB hoping that I flip out on Syr (that or one of you thinks you can lynch me, which, lololol if that's the case).

[The Oxford Bubbles]

I was near 100% lynching Persi would have ended the game.

Why did you think this after he was clear about his intention to self-hammer?

~ Raven

[Seiko x Naomi]

I was near 100% lynching Persi would have ended the game.

Why did you think this after he was clear about his intention to self-hammer?

~ Raven

I didn't really care about all of the stuff he was saying about self-hammering; as far as I was concerned it was just yet another cheap scum ploy that people would look at and think "o, no way this comes from scum" and not want to vote him (this falls into a similar sort of thing as a lot of what I thought he was attempting to pull and had got away with D1, i.e. claiming DV as a "confirmed town" role to get people to back off and attempting to put out some half-assed reads right at the end so that people would flip out and second guess themselves at the last minute).

obviously it was wrong, but, /shrug. I can walk you through my read there in more depth if you have anything you want to ask me about.

where are your reads currently at?

[The Oxford Bubbles]

I didn't really care about all of the stuff he was saying about self-hammering; as far as I was concerned it was just yet another cheap scum ploy that people would look at and think "o, no way this comes from scum" and not want to vote him

What made you think he wouldn't follow through?

where are your reads currently at?

I've been scum-reading Syryana from the start of the game. But I can't understand why you're still alive. I don't understand how you can say you were so sure about Persivul. There's a disconnect between how we're seeing the game there, and I need to understand why that is.

~ Raven

[Seiko x Naomi]

I didn't really care about all of the stuff he was saying about self-hammering; as far as I was concerned it was just yet another cheap scum ploy that people would look at and think "o, no way this comes from scum" and not want to vote him

What made you think he wouldn't follow through?

shit like that is the easiest sort of shit to back out of as scum, and I'm not exactly sure why you disagree; he was under literally no obligation to follow through with it. I figured he'd probably just show up and say something along the lines of "thought about it more and I don't want to self hammer, let's just lynch Syr". you can't exactly push him for "backing out of saying he'd selfhammer", because selfhammering is completely stupid even for town-him, so it's very easy for scum to make that sort of empty promise without really having any repercussion if they feel it'll make them look town.

do you follow?

I've been scum-reading Syryana from the start of the game. But I can't understand why you're still alive. I don't understand how you can say you were so sure about Persivul. There's a disconnect between how we're seeing the game there, and I need to understand why that is.

I wasn't expecting to be alive either, so your guess is as good as mine. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

my current working assumption is that scum thinks I'll be more likely to misvote today than AJ would have been, and that they figured he was as town as I was in terms of being unlynchable so no real utility in one kill over the other. that's a part of why I don't really feel good about this game atm, since if that *is* what is going on here it means whichever of you is scum feels confident in tricking me one way or the other.

[Seiko x Naomi]

plus not to mention Persi's play in general was just shit and (as I said before) that idea of "fake people out by acting like I'll self hammer" matched a lot of how I was reading his play D1 (this being him basically just trying to trick people into getting weirded out on the lynch on him one way or the other). again, if you want me to elaborate more on how I was reading him feel free to ask.

[Syryana]

Hey Pie.

You there?

[Seiko x Naomi]

hai.

[Syryana]

Cool.

VOTE: TOB

[Seiko x Naomi]

claiming town.

[Syryana]

Townclaim received.

Let's win this fuckin game man

[The Oxford Bubbles]

That solves my dilemma. I was starting to question my read of you more, SxN, because I read Persivul's claim as completely serious. It seemed like you were taking too hard a stance. As if you wanted to look more confident of your actions than you were.
I'm sorry for not posting as often as I should have. I've been busy, and found it hard to get into the game. Please let me know if there's anything that needs addressing and I'll get to it as soon as possible. I'll make a case on Syryana as soon as I have time.

Vote: Syryana

~ Raven

[Seiko x Naomi]

hi

[Seiko x Naomi]

I was going to revisit things but I got called into work so I will be productive afterwards

[The Oxford Bubbles]

Forgive me if I don't have a lot to say. I've never been in this position before.
My main reason to scum-read Syryana up to this point has been that I felt they were pretending. Their play has been shallow. That's still true. It's something that's hard to describe though. The best I can do is say what I said on day 1 - they make a move, explain it, pull back, repeat. Skim their ISO when you have the time. Their play follows this pattern. It's not how a townperson plays. It's robotic. They're not scum-hunting. They're pretending to scum-hunt.

~ Raven

[The Oxford Bubbles]

You people really suck at reaction tests.

UNVOTE:
VOTE: Dunnstral

Bork, you can unshoo now.

reaction tests.

So when you get called out, it's a reaction test?

This interaction is the second thing I feel is worth looking at. Syryana made it clear they were reaction testing. They were never seriously invested in the push they made. Dunnstral should have known this.

~ Raven

[Seiko x Naomi]

hmm.

[Syryana]

Hey pie, if you want something specific from me to aid in your decisionmaking process, ask for it

Otherwise I'ma sit here with my thumb up my ass until said decision is made

[Seiko x Naomi]

I've been thinking about this game.

notty has informed me that he is back to not knowing if he'll be able to get around to this game, so he's relegated it back to me. I'm nowhere near as sure on this as I'd like to be, but at the same time I don't really think I'm capable of doing any better here and I don't want to lose myself in an endless sea of second guessing myself, so, I don't really see a reason to drag this out.

vote: TOB

TOB, if you're town, I'm sorry in advance. more than anything, I just don't think Syr's play looks like scum and I don't think his play over the course of the game looks like he's been attempting to long con me. I could go into more detail on this but really all it'd be would be me attempting to retroactively justify myself and both of us know how pointless that would be, but, know that if I'm wrong I take full responsbility for it. (this is also directed to bork, I know Syr was your primary read too.)

[Seiko x Naomi]

Syr, were you town?

[Foxbird]

Votecount 4.1 - FINAL!

The Oxford Bubbles

(2) - Syryana, Seiko x Naomi

(LYNCH!)

Not Voting

(1) - The Oxford Bubbles

(L-1!)

Not Voting

(0) - No one!

With

3

players eligible to vote, it’s

2

to lynch!

Day 3 will end in

(expired on 2017-02-27 19:55:26).

Mod Notes:

None!

[Foxbird]

The Oxford Bubbles have been lynched.

They were

Li Li

, and aligned with the

Town

.

Spoiler: Full Role PM

Li Li

World Wanderer

You are aligned with the

Town

.
You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

Fast Feet

Passive

If you are targeted by any abilities during any given night, you will be immune to all abilities during the following night.
This includes the Mafia factional kill.

[Foxbird]

A win condition has been achieved!

The scum team, consisting of

Dunnstral

and

Seiko x Naomi

, wins the game!

[Foxbird]

Here are all role PMs for your convienience.

Spoiler: Dunnstral - Valla

Valla

Demon Hunter

You are aligned with the

Mafia

.
You win when your faction has become the majority of players alive, or when nothing can prevent this from happening.

Hatred

Passive

The first person you vote on any given day will become Hated the next day.
This will cause them to require one less vote to be lynched.
The target will be privately informed of their status, but not what or who caused it.
This does not function in LyLo.

Fakeclaim - Vanilla Townie

Hatred

Passive

You have deep hatred for the Mafia.
This ability does not actually do anything.

Spoiler: Seiko x Naomi - Sylvanas

Sylvanas

The Banshee Queen

You are aligned with the

Mafia

.
You win when your faction has become the majority of players alive, or when nothing can prevent this from happening.

Wailing Arrow

Active Ability (Night) - Blocking (targeted)

You may target a player to block all their active abilities for a night.

Fakeclaim - 1-shot Flavour Cop

Mind Control

Active Ability (Night) - Investigative (targeted)
1 Charge

You may investigate a player to find out what hero they are.
You will only receive their hero name, not any abilities they may possess.

Spoiler: Persivul - Kerrigan

Kerrigan

Queen of Blades

You are aligned with the

Town

.
You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

Summon Ultralisk

Active Ability (Night) - Support (self-targeting)
1 Charge

You can summon an Ultralisk that will be alive for two day phases.
It also dies when you die, or in LyLo.
This Ultralisk has a vote.
While it is alive, you may control its vote by using one of the following formats:
VOTE: ULTRALISK: Foxbird

Ultralisk Vote: Foxbird

Spoiler: The Oxford Bubbles - Li Li

Li Li

World Wanderer

You are aligned with the

Town

.
You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

Fast Feet

Passive

If you are targeted by any abilities during any given night, you will be immune to all abilities during the following night.
This includes the Mafia factional kill.

Spoiler: Syryana - Chromie

Chromie

Keeper of Time

You are aligned with the

Town

.
You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

Time Loop

Active Ability (Day/Twilight) - Support (non-targeted)
1 Charge

You may halt a lynch that has been hammered by privately messaging the moderator during twilight.
The day will proceed into night without anyone being lynched.
While this ability is only used privately, the fact that this ability was used will be public.
This ability cannot be used in LyLo.

If you do not wish to halt a lynch, do the moderator a favour and inform them early to make the game smoother.

Spoiler: Shadow_step - Medivh

Medivh

The Last Guardian

You are aligned with the

Town

.
You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

Force of Will

Active Ability (Night, Non-Consecutive) - Protective (targeted, no self-targeting)

You may target another player to protect them from all kills.
You can never use this ability on consecutive nights.

Spoiler: Charloux - Tyrael

Tyrael

Archangel of Justice

You are aligned with the

Town

.
You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

Archangel's Wrath

Passive

After you die, you may target a player.
The alignment of that player will be publicly revealed.

Spoiler: borkjerfkin - Lunara

Lunara

First Daughter of Cenarius

You are aligned with the

Town

.
You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

Summon Wisp

Active Ability (Night) - Investigative (targeted)

You may summon a wisp on a target player.
You will know what actions were performed on that player, but not who performed them.
The wisp persists for two nights, meaning you will always get results on your current target and the target from the previous night.

Your results will be sent to you in one of the following formats:
A killing/ protective/ investigative/ blocking/ support/ miscellaneous action was performed on [PLAYER].
No actions were performed on [PLAYER].
Your investigation on [PLAYER] yields no result.

Spoiler: Aj The Epic - Brightwing

Brightwing

Faerie Dragon

You are aligned with the

Town

.
You win when all threats to the Town have been eliminated.

Phase Shift

Active Ability (Night) - Miscellaneous (compulsive targeted, no self-targeting)

You have to target a player every night to visit.
If you do not choose a player, your target will be random.
This action does not have any other components.