Alright, here's why I'm going to vote for RC.
Speaking of which, here's where I start to get suspicious:
Buddying, ReaperCharlie-style
ReaperCharlie #34 wrote:I just want to say that
just once
, I would like to see furcolow NOT lynched on Day 1.
He is often a valuable asset to the town if left alive. Not to mention an unlikely nightkill.
Sooooo as a personal request I would like you guys to unvote him. It's just his style.
ReaperCharlie#54 wrote:xvart wrote:Noises/Ward List 1.01...
Sexy.
I will comment later on why I want Furcolow alive.
ReaperCharlie #282 wrote:sottyrulez wrote:Too much Benmage and Fate back and forth.
Vote: Magna
Love this post. HAHA. But vote Seacore, we'll win a lot easier with him gone.
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hitogoroshi wrote:Ben: Making them lose an action, lose a res. kit, confirming you as town (unless they decide not to perform the ritual) AND letting us lynch someone else today - that's a pretty sweet deal for the low, low price of one insanity. Seems to me that the biggest reason to oppose that is "I actually used Craft Fetish and not Stalk." Savvy?
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
somebody hand this man a dozen roses.
I'm looking at you, fate
ReaperCharlie #298 wrote:#187 by Magna is pretty awesome.
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100% right on the money. furc keeps pointing out a lot of stuff that people are stupid to have missed.
furc is by far the most pro-town player in the game at this point despite any suspicion i may have expressed earlier.
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k i take it back, rewq's 230 is pretty awesome.
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k i take it back again, kunks 244 basically crushes rewq's 230. lulz
Furcolow (@ spy) wrote:just because your brolite and calling me a brofessional does not mean that you are bro-town
LMAO. best post of the game so far.
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are u trying to get a brolliance with me/rc?
im so up for that
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Other members of the alliance are Fate and Andrius. (and Vas, since Andy wouldn't join without him).
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Andrius wrote:Hey to [..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ..., ] Lord Voldemort
*tips hat*
#275 is WIN. but maybe, he's just excited...
*checks the fridge for some salmon*
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btw, awesome avatar Baby Spice <3 avatar avatars.
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Plum (@ Magna) wrote:You seem to have a fetish regarding Furc (pun intended, sorry, but the point stands).
ohhhhh ho ho HO! *devilish laugh*
in addition to the cut of your jib, i likes the sound of your town(ish posting).
ReaperCharlie #345 wrote:also: having Magna was quite helpful as well, his gambit at the end was SWEEEEET; we about shat our pants at how well he pulled it off. Nobody Special never saw it coming. I felt so bad for him dude. HAHAHA <3 magna
ReaperCharlie #517 wrote:
7. WHAT SUSPICION ON HITOROGOSHI? I HAVE REPEATEDLY SAID THAT HE IS AWESOME AND PRO-TOWN AND HAVE AGREED WITH NEARLY EVERY POST HE'S MADE! Oh wait... you must be talking about
my post #302
... OH WAIT I F@#%&ING EBWOP'D IT LIKE 5 SECONDS LATER IN THE VERY NEXT POST.
ReaperCharlie #571 wrote:AV's 568 is pure win.
I could sheep that.
ReaperCharlie #631 wrote:Plum. For the record, I always liked you. (well, a little bit).
ReaperCharlie #651 wrote:xvart wrote:Noises/Ward List 1.03
Mmmm, spicy and delicious.
ReaperCharlie #671 wrote:/likes VP Baltar
(Response to Feysal's #767):
ReaperCharlie #768 wrote:^the above post is awesome and pro-town and I approve.
ReaperCharlie #792 wrote:This paragraph in #779 is beautiful. And overall I get the awesometown feel from most if not all of #779.
Furc, hito, plum, say hello to AWESOMEALLIANCE member #5... welcome to the group, SSBF.
(SSBF's replacement post):
ReaperCharlie #992 wrote:Also, that sucks that you're replacing out. Stay in PLEASE if you can.
You are one of the best townies I know and I NEED YOU.
ReaperCharlie #1048 wrote:nopointinactingup wrote:At page 22...
Love this guy. This post drips town.
He appears to be a good pick for the Alliance.
ReaperCharlie #1079 wrote:5. I think SSBF's point against Triglav was awesome, and I also hate Lost Butterfly's schizophrenia. That's not a contradiction, so shove it up your @$$.
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8. Furcolow, don't let them pull the wool over your eyes bro. Especially after I saved you from the wolves!!! (blatant AtE, <3)
ReaperCharlie #1103 wrote:Town:
Furcolow, hitorogoshi, ME DUH, SSBF/nopoint, Plum, and I'm seesawing on Furpants Tom.
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Plenty of these are fairly innocuous on their own. It's more the frequency and consistency of his "I agree, you're great" posts that I think is the issue. For example, it's fine to complement xvart on posting his first list; but why is he the only player to positively comment on it twice? He seems to like Hito for backing up his defence of furc (which begins before furc is "mod-cleared", for the record); but the consistent buddying on SSBF and Plum are less clear. He turns on Hito briefly, when he thinks Hito might pick up a pro-town graverobbing gig, but quickly re-establishes hito as a pro-townie, despite never removing the FoS. He compliments and then reverses position on xvart, Magna, and AV when they disagree with him on Seacore. And possibly Baltar, although I'm not sure if he's joking there or not.
However, his posts after #1103 are dramatically different. No more compliments, no more "you're rad, I'm rad, let's team up", he switches over to pure attack mode, apart from a half-arsed "protect Furc after my death" in #1225. Correct me if I'm wrong, Magna, but I'm pretty sure this is what you're referring to as his change of meta.
Bravado & Credibility Questing
I'm not going to go through this in the same fashion; but the constant "I'm a townie, I'm awesome" theme in ReaperCharlie is concerning. Why does a townie care so much whether people think he's a townie or not? Maybe that's just how he plays; but there's more:
ReaperCharlie #6 wrote:
I HEARD NOISE.
ReaperCharlie #26 wrote:
Negative. I searched for a Resuscitation Kit.
ReaperCharlie is the very first person to claim noise/no-noise; and the first person to claim equipment. In both cases, he does so before the town decides this is a good idea. At the time, I dismissed this - I thought it was a bit dumb to lead the field with that kind of information - especially when his particular combination - noise + medkit - means that the cult probably has the fetish it needs to kill him, has a good reason to try, and will suceed automatically if he attempts to use his kit. Dumb, definitely; but what becomes apparent to me later is that this is the start of a determined search for credibility.
ReaperCharlie #245 wrote:Fate/Benmage is interesting. Out of the two, I'm pretty sure Benmage is scum.
Either that, or they both are. The distancing from both sides seems pretty obvgay.
Vote: Benmage
for now. Let's see what happens in the rest of my read.
ReaperCharlie wrote:Seacore's post #120 is quite juicy and was begging me to sink my teeth into it:
Seacore wrote:Is there a way to filter Benmage and Fate out from all the other posts?
trying to play the annoyed townie.
Seacore wrote:In other news, anybody who things I'm cult
with Fate just because I disbelieve Benmage has perfect meta
is a moron.
SEACORE IS SCUM. CULT. WHATEVER. HE NEEDS TO GO.
Unvote; Vote SEACORE.
A wagon! Let's go! This is the first post in which ReaperCharlie addresses Seacore; and it's, frankly, rubbish. 250 posts into the game, Seacore busily engaging in verbal fisticuffs with a couple of players that RC has tagged as cult exactly 9 posts previously, and this is the argument?
The rest of the Seacore case is ludicrously poorly executed; but for me, it's the absolute lack of clarity about where such a strong cult read begins that really tips it.
ReaperCharlie wrote:
Makes sense. But this post gives me the willies. Bad willies.
It sounds like hito is fishing, trying to say "lets pick a really TOWN townie... wink wink ME derp"
But he doesn't actually SAY it outright, meaning he's waiting for somebody else to suggest that he do it.
Which is exactly what I thought when I read it:
- Why don't we just have you do it, Hito?
- OH WAIT. WHY DIDNT YOU JUST SUGGEST YOURSELF? HMMMM
- OMFG THIS MOFO MIGHT JUST BE REALLY SMART SCUM. sooo
Very Reluctant FoS (which will probably earn me a few tomatoes in the face): hitorogoshi
Well, maybe. Except that Hito is right at the top-top-top of your buddying tree, next to the unimpeachable Furcolow. So, why do you...
ReaperCharlie wrote:And now, of course, I MYSELF volunteer to be the one to rob the graves.
Oooooh, right. No dice, pardner.
As noted, I think this wagon came from a strange place; and I distrust the motives of a few of the early joiners; but I do think that RC's behaviour today has been more consistently suspicious than any other single player.
Vote: ReaperCharlie