Newbie 2074 | Game Over

[Nahdia]

Vote Count 1.01

Now playing... The Mountain Goats

JamesTheNames (1):

Leaven

, JamesTheNames

Dannflor (1):

StrangeMatter

Ythan (1):

Leaven

cowsloveSushirolls (1):

ClarkBar

ClarkBar (0):

JamesTheNames

Not Voting (5):

Salsabil Faria,

StrangeMatter

,

JamesTheNames

,

Leaven

, allezallezallez, cowsloveSushirolls,

ClarkBar

, Dannflor, Ythan

Deadline is in

(expired on 2021-08-01 09:30:00)

, at which point we will default to no elimination.

With nine players alive, it takes

five

to reach majority.

Note:

allezallezallez replaced EchoV, who did not pick up their role PM.
Please note that I am generally unavailable from ~3pm to ~1am EDT Monday to Friday (bleeding into Saturday).

[JamesTheNames]

The pizza comment unfortunately.

Sure, not liking pizza is an insane take, but there was no backlash. What is the value of the self-vote?

Just getting the fluff posts out of the way.

[cowsloveSushirolls]

best ice cream flavor is praline but you absolutely cannot go wrong with banana. shoutout to strangematter
i joined this playerlist because there were three (3) people i wanted to play with, pretend that its yourself hehehe
self voting is cool and good. if you wanted a reaction: AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
note to self: tell my roleblocker scumbuddy to cut that out very soon
it's my mother's birthday so im just going to dump words into posts in this format until it isn't her birthday, that just be da art of mobileposting
VOTE: EchoV

[JamesTheNames]

UNVOTE: JamesTheNames
VOTE: Salsabil Faria

[cowsloveSushirolls]

VOTE: cowsloveSushirolls

I don't think cows loving sushi is super plausible.

if you were a cow, you WOULDN'T use all 4 of your stomach chambers to enjoy good sushi? every other cow would, the fact is on wikipedia

[cowsloveSushirolls]

whoops, echo is Not Here
UNVOTE: EchoV
VOTE: allezallezallez

[JamesTheNames]

VOTE: cowsloveSushirolls

I don't think cows loving sushi is super plausible.

if you were a cow, you WOULDN'T use all 4 of your stomach chambers to enjoy good sushi? every other cow would, the fact is on wikipedia

Are cows not herbivores?
How are cows used by the mafia?
As drug myoooooles.

[cowsloveSushirolls]

Are cows not herbivores?

mafia cows are omnivores

:skillfully changes name to cowslovedSushirolls:

[Dannflor]

VOTE: SalsabilFaria

[JamesTheNames]

VOTE: SalsabilFaria

This is sus. My vote has been copied.

[Salsabil Faria]

Anyways, what’s everyone’s favorite flavor of ice cream?

VOTE: StrangeMatter

[Salsabil Faria]

Just going to get the backlash to the comment out the way:
UNVOTE: ClarkBar
VOTE: JamesTheNames

UNVOTE: StrangeMatter

VOTE: JamesTheNames

[Salsabil Faria]

whoops, echo is Not Here
UNVOTE: EchoV
VOTE: allezallezallez

[Salsabil Faria]

VOTE: SalsabilFaria

VOTE: SalsabilFaria

This is sus. My vote has been copied.

[Salsabil Faria]

[Nahdia]

allezallezallez replaced EchoV, who did not pick up their role PM.

Nevermind on this. Now seeking replacement for EchoV.

[StrangeMatter]

Just going to get the backlash to the comment out the way:
UNVOTE: ClarkBar
VOTE: JamesTheNames

UNVOTE: StrangeMatter

VOTE: JamesTheNames

I'd like you to say more about the topic other than just showing "this is a really bad move, and this is the reason I'm going to vote him."

[JamesTheNames]

VOTE: SalsabilFaria

VOTE: SalsabilFaria

This is sus. My vote has been copied.

I replaced into a game in your slot, 2064 like 2 months ago. It was fun. We won.

[StrangeMatter]

VOTE: Salsabil Faria

[Ythan]

Hello friends.

[JamesTheNames]

Hi.

[Nahdia]

Val89 replaces EchoV.

[Val89]

Hello all,

Happy to have been able to slip into another Nahdia newbie game. I do like these games particularly because they attract a certain type of player. I've yet to venture outside the newbie queue, so I am not sure if this happens in other queues, but I've found if I go back and look very carefully at the players who eventually flip mafia, I have found they leave a very subtle clue in their very early posts that they have in fact rolled scum. I'm not sure of the psychology myself, but I guess it's a kind of taunt, perhaps? A sort of "look at me, I'm so smart I can TELL you I'm scum and you still can't catch me", maybe?

In any case, I've started the habit of looking very closely at the early posts in my newbie games, seeing if I can pick up one; and guess what? I think I have one in this game. Let me present:

vanilla with a little caramel is my go to

This pinged me straight away. Like, what? If you are adding caramel to something, it's no longer vanilla, is it? Then I remembered - a long time ago my uncle taught me how to solve the cryptic crossword, of the variety you might find in the The Times or other UK broadsheets. This reads a little bit like one of those - "go to" being an anagram indicator, maybe? It's not standard, and I don't recall seeing a clue with that exact one, but I guess if you are in a rush and you have to make the surface spot on in order to make it fit the exact RQS question that has been offered to you you might have to be a bit loose with the construction. "With a little x", however, is absolutely standard. Seen it loads of times. You take a 'little' of the word X, ie: not the complete word, and add it to your anagram fodder, in this case: 'vanilla'. Let's do that, and let us see if we get a solution: (vanillacara)* =

Aaran Cavill

. First attempt. Easy.

Now, for any of you that didn't follow Second division English football around the turn of the millenium (although I doubt there are many in this player list that wouldn't recognise at least a few of the big name stars, like Mr Cavill), he was a midfielder for Northampton Town FC around 2001 to 2004ish. Can you guess what colour home strip Northampton Town play in? You are probably way ahead of me even if you aren't a fan of Association Football - it's Red, of course. ClarkBar is mafia.

Think about it. Think of all the coincidences that would have to align for that to be a simple accident. The construction is weird. It happens to be an almost perfect fit for a cryptic crossword clue. Solving it brings up a single unique solution that very neatly ties it to a red role PM? Could I be talking out my arse? I think that's highly unlikely. I think ClarkBar must have done that deliberately, and I'm only sorry I spoiled it this early. I do want to take a moment to express my respect for the cleverness of the construction there, Clark, and I almost feel guilty for voting you because of it.

Almost.

VOTE: ClarkBar

I also want to point out that it's been a good 40 minutes since Nahdia announced I was replacing into this game, and me and JamesTheNames still haven't death-tunneled each other in all that time. I think that has to be regarded with suspicion also, but clearly ClarkBar is obviously the lim for today, and we can look at James tomorrow if he still isn't convinced I am scum by then.

[StrangeMatter]

This is the most over the top RVS vote I have ever seen, and I’m all for it.

[Leaven]

Loving Salsa's entrance. Underwhelmed with Ythan's, so my vote is staying there. Val89 makes everyone accounted for.

If you are adding caramel to something, it's no longer vanilla, is it?

Since we're discussing semantics, Caramel ice cream is distinctly different than vanilla with caramel. I would assume vanilla with caramel refers to vanilla with caramel topping, although it is a bit ambiguous and could be mistaken for vanilla with a caramel swirl.