Micro 831: Great Idea Mafia (Game Over)

[Bicephalous Bob]

I don't believe you.

I am an Innocent Child.

[Bicephalous Bob]

I'm starting to think I misjudged that situation

[Bicephalous Bob]

I wouldn't call compulsive child killer verifiable at all. And post 8 pretty antitown in mindset. I say we wagon shortaru.

Wait, do you really think he accidentally showed his true face for a moment?

It's possible that he's scum pretending to be town messing around, but I'm not feeling that either.

[Bicephalous Bob]

It's unlikely an IC is in the game, but if you're worried about that: shortaru, can you post

kill: shortaru

in-thread?

[Bicephalous Bob]

Gamma has a writing style. I don't remember gamma having a writing style. This feels genuinely paranoid, though:

I guess that logic works. Don’t think I’m gonna let that go forever, though, see? I’ll keep it in mind.

but idk

I'm leaning town on maru for discussing contentious stuff without having had the opportunity to read everything.
Taz and Simeon are the easy lynches
kitten seems alright for now

VOTE: jay

[Bicephalous Bob]

If you help me lynch him now and he flips red, I don't have to wonder if you're bussing.

Do you think I'm scum?

If you help me lynch him now and he flips red, I don't have to wonder if you're bussing.

Do you think I'm scum?

I'm batting around the possibility of distancing.

It's not like your push will put him in any danger of being lynched as it stands.

Why are you looking for associative tells without a flip? It's almost always a waste of time, but in this setup we don't even know if there are two scum on the same team.

[Bicephalous Bob]

Do you think this is indicative of shortaru having any knowledge he shouldn't have, as town?

I had no specific scum motivation in mind when I asked it. His reply hints at the scummy kind of self-consciousness, though. The fact that he didn't acknowledge the likely possibility of multiball in his reply also feels off.

[Bicephalous Bob]

The fact that he didn't acknowledge the likely possibility of multiball in his reply also feels off.

How would scum know whether the game is multiball or not?

It's not about knowledge. That's kitten's line of thought. I felt that you were more concerned about defending your behavior than about engaging with me in this post:

Why are you looking for associative tells without a flip? It's almost always a waste of time, but in this setup we don't even know if there are two scum on the same team.

I was preempting any whining about me voting with a scumread.

[Bicephalous Bob]

Oi what makes ya think my claim towny? And why are ya suspecting Tazaro?

The way you claimed it and the way you've reacted to people who were down on neg util. I'm not sure though because another scenario fits almost as well.

Tazaro is being pre-emptively defensive.

It doesn't feel like a scummy type of defensiveness to me. It seems more like he wants to explain himself than that he's scared of being lynched.

shortaru, are you good at appearing as town as scum? Roughly how often are you lynched as scum without guilties?

[Bicephalous Bob]

Taz's claim is probably too convenient.

Town is probably weak in this game, with two somewhat believable claimed neg utils. In any case, scum should hunt for scum with their nightkill in this setup (if you don't believe me, look at old runs and check the strategy of winning scum teams)

[Bicephalous Bob]

It turns out I was wrong about everything concerning Taz. Gamma is a weird nightkill for basically anyone, I think. It could be mylo now, so be careful with your votes.

Massclaim?

[Bicephalous Bob]

Changed my mind about how to handle this, because it doesn't look like anyone will ask.

fruit vendor here. I gave davesaz a fruit

Please describe your approach to choosing a target.

Additionally, can you describe the approach you would have taken as a Mafia fruit vendor?

[Bicephalous Bob]

I'd rather have a full massclaim than what we have now. Kitten, you can appoint the next person to claim.

[Bicephalous Bob]

maru, do you want me or dave to claim next?

[Bicephalous Bob]

I'm a treestump

the vote resets if I stump myself, but the deadline continues as normal, in case anyone finds a way to use this in a breaking strategy

[Bicephalous Bob]

I think/hope the remaining scum are in maru/simeon. Dave's concerns about the massclaim seemed genuine. If he doesn't want to claim, I'm cool with that. He's last in order anyway, so fakeclaiming would be pretty simple.

[Bicephalous Bob]

I liked Simeon's concerns about Maru being lynchbait. Micc is starting to irk me a bit.

Maru's weird investigation choice is somewhat explained by his V/LA. However, I think his preoccupation made him much more likely to kill Gamma than other players.

VOTE: Maru

[Bicephalous Bob]

Irk isn't really the right word. Micc's push on Maru feels off.

[Bicephalous Bob]

Why do you want to vote micc, simeon?

[Bicephalous Bob]

shouldn't use it unless you make me

also, I got fruit, I forgot

[Bicephalous Bob]

I was hoping for him to elaborate on the effects stumping has on town strategy at this point.

I know I'm town, so I'm not going to give any arguments in favor of stumping. From my point of view, there are only risks: the last scum may be a 1-shot dayvig or 1-shot unlynchable.

[Bicephalous Bob]

somebody say something

Hey bob, who's scum?

I will get back to you on this.

From my point of view, there are only risks: the last scum may be a 1-shot dayvig or 1-shot unlynchable.

Dave, what about this doesn't make sense to you?

[Bicephalous Bob]

If I am not in danger of being lynched, what should be the upsides of stumping from my point of view?