HAIKU MAFIA: The Cutting Word [Concluded]

[Diamondeye]

This game is inspired by a former mini-mafia game to run on the site. The idea is that the players may only express themselves in the forms of haiku poems, that is, non-rhyming verses of 5-7-5 mora (roughly, "syllables") - examples to come, and more may be found in the thread of the precursor game. On this point, this game will differ from the former game in some respects: You are allowed to post several "verses" in one post, as opposed to the artifical "one verse per post"-rule in the former game (to prevent cluttering; this game will also have more than double the amount of players, so it will be a necessity).
Also: Only the syllabic form of haiku is required by the players; other characteristics of haiku such as the kigo and kireji are not required (although inclusion is of course impressive :wink:).
Finally, votes and unvotes may be made outside the poems if needed.

Don't sign up for the game if you do not plan on following the required form; a single accidental offence (misjudging the syllabic construction of a word, per example) can happen, but ignorance of the format will result in a Wrath of God punishment if done on purpose.

The game will have a single mafia faction, and several other "special" roles. They will not differ a lot from normal mafia roles, but be prepared for some minor quirks underway.

The structure of the game will be traditional day/night phases, and the "events of the night" writeup that launches each day will describe the happenings in haiku form - but other parts of the writeups will probably be in standard prose. An example - and illustration of a haiku for those waiting for one - would be that if mafia role "Talon" murders a vanilla townie (Diamondeye), who is being tracked by special role "Hawk":

Diamondeye walks
under the moonlit night sky,
being watched by two

Yet seeing no one,
he is struck by the Talon,
and the moon is gone.

In darkness above,
A Hawk loses sight of him.
But it smells his blood.

This means that, comparing several writeups, readers of the thread will be able to make out the role names of those who are active at night - perhaps even try and link them to a function.

With all that out of the way, for this game, I am looking for around 15 players. Of course, it'd be aesthetically pleasing to have exactly 17 players - so if there are that many signups (or more), the limit is 17.

Signups (11):
God Emperor - lynched day 2, safeguard
Sprig
ByzantineKnight - killed night 2
Captain Blackadder
Landlubber - killed night 1
Zack AskThePizzaGuy
Renata
Classical_Hero - lynched day 3
ArpeggiateTHIS
Tratorix - lynched day 1
Joooray

[God Emperor]

Can I be In, to
write seventeen syllables
and make a haiku?

[Askthepizzaguy]

Nomi Sunrider
Is too busy fighting Sith
Make me a reserve?

[Sprig]

It would make my day
to be part of this cool game
Therefore count me in

[ByzantineKnight]

The art of the word
And the ring of the verse call
I will answer them

[Captain Blackadder]

Please sign me up now
Wish to play this game a lot
Captain Blackadder

[landlubber]

Great idea, DE.
Sounds like a fun game to play.
So, I'm signing up.

[Zack]

Clever I am not
Words, I have not too many
Refrigerator

[Diamondeye]

Zack, I hate your sig.
And it's "refridgerator",
But you're still welcome.

[Zack]

Zack, I hate your sig.

Ah, you clicked the link
Now you have to play, you see
I need replacements

[Askthepizzaguy]

Zack, I hate your sig.
And it's "refridgerator",
But you're still welcome.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerator

But you're still welcome, not-quite-Diamondspeller. :wink:

[Renata]

Leaves float on the wind
Geese fly south in shifting vees
I am rather in.

[Diamondeye]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerator

But you're still welcome, not-quite-Diamondspeller. :wink:

I am old-manner'd.
My spelling would bore Milton,
it's that obsolete.

[Sprig]

Not enough players
The sun cried, tears of dew fell
Sign up, stop the rain

[classical_hero]

Why do I have to
follow the rules for this game
if I want to be in?

[Diamondeye]

Why do I have to
follow the rules for this game
if I want to be in?

Because I say so.
And if you don't, WOG.
It's all in the rules :beam:

To all: more players!
We need to double signups
- go find more fodder!

[ArpeggiateTHIS]

I'll count myself in
I just got killed in Star Wars
Vociferously

[Askthepizzaguy]

Bump!

More players please!

[Captain Blackadder]

Bump!

More players please!

You unsuccessful
At the art that is Haiku
You anger the Gods

[Askthepizzaguy]

Have you invited people to this game, DE?

[Diamondeye]

Have you invited people to this game, DE?

I haven't actively sent out PMs to people, but I've had a link in my signature for some time. I really didn't think it'd be this hard finding 15 people when we've got a game of 60 going..!

come on people, where are you guys?

[Askthepizzaguy]

Actively send out PMs to people, especially dead folks in other games.

Invites do a better job recruiting folks. Not everyone checks to look for other games.

[Zack]

I'm sorry fellas
I really hate to say it
I have to drop out

[Askthepizzaguy]

Then I will be in
I'll help out our awesome host;
but much, I can't post.

[Sprig]

it is sad to see
that people do not want to
join me in some fun

[Diamondeye]

This game will start in 48 hours no matter the amount of signups.

The idea of a Haiku mafia is too good to be ruined by lack of activity. I will try and balance the game to the best of my host skills, but I apologize if it'll turn out imbalanced due to the odd amount of players. Yet I'm sure wel'll have loads of fun, guys :beam:

[Sprig]

DiamondEye the host
Truely better than the rest
Excluding Pizza

[Askthepizzaguy]

2 mafia scums
7 innocent townies
balanced game, that is

[Sprig]

2 mafia scums
7 innocent townies
balanced game, that is

Mafia should get
seven kills per night only
if i am scummy

[Tratorix]

I will join this game
Even though I am bad at
This whole haiku thing

:sweatdrop:

[Diamondeye]

Thank you Tratorix.
We now have ten players here.
24 Hours left.

[Joooray]

Not sure if I will
be able to hold this up
still for glory I'm in.

:sweatdrop:

[Diamondeye]

still for glo-ry I'm in.

:stare:
:sweatdrop: indeed :tongue:

No, don't worry, I'm just being a stickler. Glad you're in :wink:

[Joooray]

:stare:
:sweatdrop: indeed :tongue:

No, don't worry, I'm just being a stickler. Glad you're in :wink:

Yeah, maybe I should be out again. At least I will have a reason for lurking in this game since it will take me ages to respond. :shame:

No, I will do my best, just have to get faster in counting syllables, and correcter for that matter. :wink:

[Sprig]

Yeah, maybe I should be out again. At least I will have a reason for lurking in this game since it will take me ages to respond. :shame:

No, I will do my best, just have to get faster in counting syllables, and correcter for that matter. :wink:

if all else fails just
type a sentance as normal
and make a new line.

[ArpeggiateTHIS]

You could always try
goo-gl-ing the number of
syllables maybe?

[Joooray]

if all else fails just
type a sentance as normal
and make a new line.

I ac-tu-ally did
that but counting the syllable was
the hard part for me.

Maybe this (http://www.haikuwithteeth.com/) will help
still it's hard and takes time
to adjust, but fun.

[Sprig]

I ac-tu-ally did
that but counting the syllable was
the hard part for me.

Maybe this (http://www.haikuwithteeth.com/) will help
still it's hard and takes time
to adjust, but fun.

So I see :)

[ByzantineKnight]

if all else fails just
type a sentance as normal
and make a new line.

This is how I make
My haiku, how did you ever
find out my secret

[classical_hero]

Not sure if I will
be able to hold this up
for glory I'm in.

:sweatdrop:
Fixed it for you.

[Diamondeye]

The Game is starting!

Far from civilization, in a small, beautiful institution built on the side of a mountain, surrounded by gardens, glades, mountain roads and small, trickling rivers houses a dozen people. Eleven students in the art of haiku-writing, and their sensei, Diamondeye-san. For almost seven years, these people have lived together in isolation, the students receiving the most enlightening tutelage and their creative identities slowly unfolding themselves like the shy flower in the shade, slowly unfolding their true talents. Truly, their learning years are coming to an end, for when the sun rises tomorrow, the sensei will write those of them he finds worthy their diplomas, decorating them as the most proficient masters in that requiring art of haiku. Yet in the moonlight, two of the students sit outside, nerveous each for their own reasons, but of the same mind. One of them cooly expectant, the other nerveously clutching a penknife used for cutting their pens sharp; the only weapon within miles' reach.

The sensei sits in a meditative pose, facing the wall opposite his door. Yet he hears their footsteps. "So, you reveal yourselves. And you reveal about yourselves. I see that you are both afraid, though for different reasons. One of you is breathing very loudly."
The mentioned student bares his teeth, still clutching the penknife. He advances a pace, but the sensei keeps talking in calm tones. "Yet why are you here, then, my best student? Surely, you have nothing to fear compared to this... animal?"
The other figure, still in the doorway, merely shakes his head. "None of them deserves the honor. It should be mine alone."
The sensei slowly turns towards his assailants. "I see that this art that I have studied truly evokes the emotions of man - and beast. Your final test, then: What shall my epitaph be?"

The student at the doorway gasps for the break of a second before speaking.
"Thus the world rewards
he who gives it all he knows.
Diamondeye-san."

The penknife made brief work of the throat of the old sensei, and the animal-like killer fled into the night. The other student stood as if pondering something, staring at the expended sensei, before turning to leave.

It is now day 1!
This day will last about 34 hours - every succeeding round will last for roughly 24 hours.
Remember to keep your posts in haiku-format (5-7-5), and your votes in the proper format (votes are allowed outside the 5-7-5 structure).
Role PMs are being sent out during the next couple of minutes. I suggest refraining from posting until then.
The list of alive players is to be found in the first post of this thread!

THE GAME HAS NOW STARTED

[Diamondeye]

ROLE PMs HAVE BEEN SENT OUT!
If you have any questions (about your role, or the game), feel free to PM them to me! Do not post them in the thread unless you can do so abiding by the 5-7-5 rule. Past this point, such offending posts are to be avoided.
Enjoy the game!

[God Emperor]

It is time to vote
Bringing a scum to justice
and end his evil way

Sprig is just like spring
Yet it is not spring, it's fall
A dead poet's death

Vote: Sprig

[ArpeggiateTHIS]

Askthepizzaguy
Too many syllables there
So I will vote him

Vote: ATPG

[ByzantineKnight]

You are talented
too talented for my taste
Vote: God Emperor

[Joooray]

So I see :)

I used another
site for counting there which can
not count either, man.

You are the one to
talk with a name like this, Vote:
ArpeggiateTHIS

[Diamondeye]

Clarification:
No role PM means townie,
vanilla. Also:


It is time to vote
Bringing a scum to justice
and end his e-vil way

:stare:

[Tratorix]

Some of these names are
Hard to fit in a haiku
So I will Vote: Sprig

[Askthepizzaguy]

Askthepizzaguy
Too many syllables there
So I will vote him

Vote: ATPG

ArpeggiateTHIS
Same number of syllables. :rolleyes:
O M G U S.

Vote: ArpeggiateTHIS

[landlubber]

Random votes I will cast,
They don't require much thought.
Vote: classical_hero.

[ArpeggiateTHIS]

ArpeggiateTHIS
Same number of syllables. :rolleyes:

D'oh! How could I not
Notice syllable numbers
How foolish of me

[Askthepizzaguy]

Random votes I will cast,
They don't require much thought.
Vote: classical_hero.

I shall unvote thee
Apreggiate, and vote for
the thoughtless voter

unvote, vote: landlubber

[classical_hero]

Random votes I will cast,
They don't require much thought.
Vote: classical_hero.
What are you doing?
Using my name for voting
You are mafia

vote:landlubber

[Renata]

Even more thoughtless
I am -- who is in this game?
Tratorix looks good.

vote: Tratorix

[Diamondeye]

There is two hours left
until day one is over for votes.
Here is the tally:

God Emperor: Sprig
ArpeggiateTHIS: AskThePizzaGuy
ByzantineKnight: God Emperor
Joooray: ArpeggiateTHIS
Tratorix: Sprig
AskThePizzaGuy: Landlubber
Landlubber: Classical_Hero
Classical_Hero: Landlubber
Renata: Tratorix

---

Landlubber: 2
Sprig: 2
AskThePizzaGuy: 1
God Emperor: 1
ArpeggiateTHIS: 1
Classical Hero: 1
Tratorix: 1

A tie will result
in me having to consult
the dread R N G.

[Sprig]

Lamenting my death
Struck down by the evil sith
I now live again

With justice I deem
I cast my vote to the one
that offends my sense

Vote: Tratorix

[Askthepizzaguy]

Hail to thee, friend sprig
Why do you not vote like this
And vote Landlubber?

[Diamondeye]

Isolated in the mountainside lodge, far from any kind of justice system, the students have to make their own rules. And as it quickly shows, they have taken to the hard discipline that their sensei bestowed upon them, for while they were not too agreed on who should face punishment, they were all agreed that the punishment should be hard; as it was proper for he who slew a true artist. One of the students, ArpeggiateTHIS, said:
"We cannot leave room
for hesitation or frown.
We must strike true, now."
And the others simply nodded. As such, they each voiced their suspicions, and in the end, three of them stood back as the only ones who had recieved more than a single vote against them; sprig, landlubber and Tratorix.
The three of them stood in stoic silence, glaring at each other. Everyone else watched, tense with anticipation.
In the end, Tratorix was the first to lower his gaze. The two others looked at each other and nodded. They would both live through the night. Tratorix, on the other hand, was dragged by strong hands, his stoic mask again present, yet it was a fruitless gesture of resolution; without flinching, he was drowned by his head being held underwater in the pond of the establishment.

The dead Tratorix
was innocent after all.
The day had ended.

He was a master
of the art of haiku, yet
he was nothing else.

It is now night! Morning comes in roughly 23 hours!
People with night orders, send them to me!

[Diamondeye]

I have all orders
Yet you will have to wait an hour
I am doing something.

[Diamondeye]

Night 1 ends: The murders strike again

A still night disturbed
by the footsteps of a man:
Murderous intent.

His nostrils expand
in anger, as the purist
advances, deadly.

His target picked out,
the unsuspecting, asleep;
landlubber, it was.

The killer advanced,
bringing down his blade, wrathful
at the poor poet.

Then, he marched away,
"He deserved no better, fool."
He smiled to himself.

It is now day 2!
Landlubber was a vanilla townie!
Night falls in roughly 23 hours!

[Askthepizzaguy]

classical_hero
Are you a hero, or are
you mafia scum?

Vote: Classical_hero

[ByzantineKnight]

I still do not trust
God Emperor for reasons
I cannot haiku

Vote: God Emperor

[God Emperor]

This night kill was strange
Removing a quiet man
such as landlubber

Are the mafia
unaware of his lurking,
and made a mistake?

Winter is nearing
with cold winds and icy shards
but we must stay strong

let's shake our fires
in the burden'd air of hell*
and bring forth justice

Vote: ArpeggiateTHIS


* from William blakes , the marriage of heaven and hell; "Rintrah roars & shakes his fires in the burden'd air;"

[Sprig]

I still do not trust
God Emperor for reasons
I cannot haiku


show to us yourself
As being far to clever
You cannot Haiku?

I am sure that if
you tried, elaborate the
reasons you can do.

[Sprig]

Vote: ByzantineKnight

[Captain Blackadder]

People who cannot
Haiku need to have a vote
brutal blind docile


VOte Byzantine Knight

[Tratorix]

I believe Sprig to be
Innocent due to his vote
For a three way tie

I also cast my
Cold Finger of Suspicion
On God Emperor

Two rounds without a
Reason for his vote seems worth
A close inspection

Haiku makes it quite
Hard to articulate my
Reasoning and thoughts

[God Emperor]

Tratorix would you,
be so kind and read my posts
before claiming such

first day no reason
second day I vote arpg
with this reasoning

"This night kill was strange
Removing a quiet man
such as landlubber"

"Are the mafia
unaware of his lurking,
and made a mistake?"

Arpeg might not know
landlubber that well, and made
a mistake last night

I am in fact, the
only one who has given
reason when I vote

[ArpeggiateTHIS]

Tratorix would you,
be so kind and read my posts
before claiming such

first day no reason
second day I vote arpg
with this reasoning

"This night kill was strange
Removing a quiet man
such as landlubber"

"Are the mafia
unaware of his lurking,
and made a mistake?"

Arpeg might not know
landlubber that well, and made
a mistake last night

I am in fact, the
only one who has given
reason when I vote

I'll give you my vote
And here is my reasoning
In a nice haiku

You're trying too hard
To root out what I've not done
And your reason sucks

Now say what you will
It may be OMGUS
But care I do not

Vote:God Emperor

[Askthepizzaguy]

No one is voting
For my classical hero.
Hit too close to home?

[classical_hero]

classical_hero
Are you a hero, or are
you mafia scum?

Vote: Classical_hero
Vote for landlubber
It was retaliation
For Voting for me

I will vote for Sprig
Since he has violated
the rules of the game

vote:Sprig

[Askthepizzaguy]

Vote for landlubber
It was retaliation
For Voting for me

I will vote for Sprig
Since he has violated
the rules of the game

vote:Sprig

Ah, so your vote was
not because you thought he was
guilty, you scum bag?

Finger; suspicion
you back down from my challenge
you are nervous, mate?

[ByzantineKnight]

An explanation?
Haiku is hard, however
I will do my best

First, God Emperor
You were the first to post, first!
Not absolute proof

I waited to post
Not because I did not see
The game had started

I was waiting for
A PM from DiamondEye
To find my role here

I did not recieve
A PM to my sorrow
"Forgot me?" I thought

So a PM sent
To DiamondEye resolved my
Questions very quickly

He posted in here
He said: "no PM townie"
And then it hit me

Who posted quickly?
God Emperor? was first. Second?
ArpeggiateTHIS!

Second Day right now
GE votes AT, visa versa.
Scummy? I think so!

Common practice to
Distance oneself from allies
On the second day

Lynch me if you please
But then lynch some guilty men
GE and AT

[Askthepizzaguy]

My brain does hurt now.
Thanks, knight of the Byzantines.
But C_H is scum.

[God Emperor]

I will help you friend
and follow your lead and wish
Voting the Hero


Unvote; Vote: Classical Hero

[Tratorix]

I say lynch GE
He posts many words but says
Only a little

[Joooray]

I have only litt-
le time and I like BK's
reasoning and though

I like God Emper-
or, I will have to Vote: God
Emperor, still sad.

[Tratorix]

I have only litt-
le time and I like BK's
reasoning and though

I like God Emper-
or, I will have to Vote: God
Emperor, still sad.

Pretty sure haiku doesn't work that way. :laugh4:

[Sprig]

I appreciate
The effort put in by the knight
To explain himself

Worth recinding vote
Questions classical Hero
where did I rule break

If you are asking
about my vote, edit the post
I did not want to.

If it is something
else please highlight for me and
the rest of us here.

Unvote: ByzantineKnight

[God Emperor]

So the case is that
I post too much and that I
voted for arpeg

Classical hero
evades confrontation
and is worth a shot

my death will hurt us
but perhaps it will make you
follow good cases

I will unvote if
I see votes on arpeg, or
Classical Hero

Unvote; Vote: God Emperor

[Diamondeye]

Day 2 has ended!

The poet students gathered once again, their strength resolved by the most criminal of happenings in the dark of night; They would answer the foul play of those who sought to steal from them everything, life by life, and today, they had cast their suspicion on God Emperor; It would seem that some of the students thought that he was quite too vocal about who should face justice; and yet it seemed that he would now be the one who faced it himself. When the sun set on the small gathering, he threw his hands into the air in surrender. "Fine, fine, I understand. If it cannot be otherwise. Follow me," and they followed him to the pond. Before they could take hold of him, he took out a folded sheet of paper and placed it in the dry safety. "The last written words of a true poet," he said, with what many of the others took as an egotistic tone. His head was held underwater for long before he stopped moving. One of the others took the sheet, jokingly first, but he quickly gaped in wonder. "Listen..."

"Dear God Emperor,
I hope this letter finds you
intact, yes, and quickly.

There are those students
who are misled and selfish
and will hurt others

You must promise me;
keep all my students alive.
Be their safeguard, son."

The reading student stammered. "It's in the hand of the late sensei."
Dumbstruck and demoralized, they all retired for the night, now without their best man watching over them.
God Emperor was the innocent safeguard!

It is now night 2!
People, send me night orders!
Day comes in roughly 24 hours!

[Askthepizzaguy]

I say lynch GE
He posts many words but says
Only a little

I say that the scum
traitor among us all is
known as Tratorix.

[Renata]

That would be the one
Who was lynched yesterday, yes?
Shame, ATPG.

[Askthepizzaguy]

That would be the one
Who was lynched yesterday, yes?
Shame, ATPG.

Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb
Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb
Dummy Dumb is me.

[Tratorix]

I say that the scum
traitor among us all is
known as Tratorix.

:oops:

:laugh4:

[classical_hero]

The rules have stated
A haiku must be written
So Sprig broke the rules

So when you voted
You did not follow the rules
There was no haiku

I was certain that
All posts needed a haiku
Am I mistaken?

[Captain Blackadder]

You are correct yes
It is true we need haiku
Posts Require it

[Diamondeye]

The rules have stated
A haiku must be written
So Sprig broke the rules

So when you voted
You did not follow the rules
There was no haiku

I was certain that
All posts needed a haiku
Am I mistaken?

You are correct here,
yet it's a sort of "grey zone"
so I'll let it slip.

[Askthepizzaguy]

:oops:

:laugh4:

My head is elsewhere....
Would be good if there was a
list of dead players.

[Diamondeye]

My head is elsewhere....
Would be good if there was a
list of dead players.

I thought like you do
and converted the OP
you can see it there.

[Sprig]

I posted haiku
Without my intended vote
What should have i done

Better I once thought
To make a new post without
editing the old.

Forgive me i think
for sure, making a haiku
is so difficult

[Diamondeye]

Night 2 has ended!

From the dark shadows
stepped forth the purist, again.
He was out to kill.

With his knife in hand
he closed in on a sleeper
- Byzantine Knight died!

Byzantine Knight was a vanilla townie!

It is now day 3!
Night falls in roughly 24 hours!

[Askthepizzaguy]

I need a hero
holding out for a hero
till the morning light

and he's gotta be
guilty and he's gotta be
hung because he's scum.

Vote: Classical_hero

[Subotan]

An exile returns
To observe this tournament
And grant it good luck

[ArpeggiateTHIS]

There is a low-layer
Participating in this
And he must speak up

Vote: Captain Blackadder

[ArpeggiateTHIS]

It appears that I have
Made a double post error
Totally my bad.

[Askthepizzaguy]

There is a low-layer
Participating in this
And he must speak up

Vote: Captain Blackadder

He's an easy mark
You vote for him and he won't
even argue back

He is not acting
at all unusually
so why vote for him?

[Sprig]

I am inclined
To agree with the pizza
Lets vote for Classics

Vote : Classical_Hero

[Askthepizzaguy]

I am inclined
To agree with the pizza
Lets vote for Classics

Vote : Classical_Hero

The first of your lines
is missing a syllable.
A bad haiku, Sprig!

[Captain Blackadder]

There is a low-layer
Participating in this
And he must speak up

Vote: Captain Blackadder

I missed day one
No role came my way that day
I will talk more now

[ArpeggiateTHIS]

He's an easy mark
You vote for him and he won't
even argue back

He is not acting
at all unusually
so why vote for him?

Just thought he stood out
What do you have against the
Classical Hero?

Seems sprig has jumped
Upon an easy bandwagon
Seems quite suspicious

[Sprig]

The first of your lines
is missing a syllable.
A bad haiku, Sprig!



eh, is not the d
A seperate syllable.
in N.Z. it is

[Sprig]

Seems sprig has jumped
Upon an easy bandwagon
Seems quite suspicious

Two Vote Bandwagon
who ever heard of a thing
Mina, All aboard

encourage I would
to place your vote on those
suspicious to you

[Askthepizzaguy]

eh, is not the d
A seperate syllable.
in N.Z. it is

Uhm.... I don't think so....
Even in the New Zealand...
Check Webster online:


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inclined

[Askthepizzaguy]

Just thought he stood out
What do you have against the
Classical Hero?

How did he stand out?
And, read my previous posts
for case on C_H.



EDIT:


look at this my friends
C_H and Arpeggiate
Both want Sprig man dead.

And, Arpeg dislikes;
Sprig and I vote C_H
he complains loudly.

Is there a linkage?
are they both scumbags my friends?
I am not. You, Sprig?

[Sprig]

Uhm.... I don't think so....
Even in the New Zealand...
Check Webster online:


http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inclined

What does webster know
Sprig’s England better than most :embarassed:
You all should trust me.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I don't know, friend Sprig,
doesn't matter. What about
Arpeg and C_H?

They look related
in voting intentions and
defending themselves.

I feel they are our
two mafia scumbags, boys...
nail them to a tree!

[Sprig]

look at this my friends
C_H and Arpeggiate
Both want Sprig man dead.

And, Arpeg dislikes;
Sprig and I vote C_H
he complains loudly.

Is there a linkage?
are they both scumbags my friends?
I am not. You, Sprig?

Quiet is Renata
Far too Quiet, though is here.
She is not voting

Captian Blackadder
Not take too long to respond
the accusation

Another is one
Called joooray, left to lurk is
not wise, so i'm told

the're many Options
But classical hero is
the best one of them

[Askthepizzaguy]

Quiet is Renata
Far too Quiet, though is here.
She is not voting

Captian Blackadder
Not take too long to respond
the accusation

Another is one
Called joooray, left to lurk is
not wise, so i'm told

the're many Options
But classical hero is
the best one of them

Renata, Captain,
Joooray with three O's in name,
they could be guilty.

No doubt about it.
But the reasons you do cite,
flawed they are, as tells.

Renata, quiet
often as townie as well
busy IRL

Captain Blackadder
a victim of poor timing
is he really scum?

Joooray always lurks
expect more activity
from him you should not.

These are how they are
as town or as mafia;
can't be used as tells...

Unless they do it
more often as mafia
than as townies, friend.

:bow:

[Sprig]

in a mafia
game at cfc i lynch
one scum with my vote.

just the one single
solitary lonely vote
very sad i was

not voting irks me
it makes things hard for the town.
so i'm tough on it.

Analysis of
player behavior leave to
Askthepizzaguy

It is not something
I can do so well, only
in thread I look at.

Happy with your view.
Classical lynch should provide
info on Arpeg

[Renata]

Seven left I think
Blackadder is not around
Lynch or lose, perhaps

Askthepizzaguy
Has a plan. He always does.
Is he too certain?

Sprig votes on day one
Saves landlubber. On that night,
landlubber drops dead.

Is there motive there?
I think so. If landlubber lives,
Perhaps Sprig gets lynched.

I'm not sure about
CH and Arpeg. It needs
a good look. For now,

vote: Sprig

[Renata]

Second thoughts, rather.
My instincts are somewhere else.
I think that I must --

unvote, vote: Askthepizzaguy

Convince me, Pizza
That this is not the sweet smell
Of bull excrement.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Second thoughts, rather.
My instincts are somewhere else.
I think that I must --

unvote, vote: Askthepizzaguy

Convince me, Pizza
That this is not the sweet smell
Of bull excrement.

No, I won't bother.
"instincts" are incapable
of real debate.

You are just dead wrong
It is not that surprising
when you use "instinct".

Same reason others
get lynched early in other
mafia type games.

No real reasons,
no real facts to debate,
Nothing to argue.

Innocent person
dies, and people wonder why?
Well I do know why.

It's because instinct
is no substitute for good
old scum hunting skills.

You REALLY think that
Sprig would let himself die from
a tied-up lynch vote?

I urge you to look
at what you are saying first
before you vote, Ren.

[Askthepizzaguy]

One more time for all:
Case on classical hero
Wanted Sprig-man dead

Backed down from Pizza
does not want to fight with me
as in other games

Games where he was scum.
He prefers to hide and lurk
away from my reach.

See: TWC game
Star Wars: Regurgitated
Where he was Empire.

There he compliments me
when I say things he does like
otherwise he hides.

I sense great fear, yes...
Fear leads to the dark side, friends.
so lynch this scum bag.



Seven left I think
Blackadder is not around
Lynch or lose, perhaps

Seven left you think
But with only one murder
Is NOT lynch or lose.... :inquisitive:

[classical_hero]

I need a hero
holding out for a hero
till the morning light

and he's gotta be
guilty and he's gotta be
hung because he's scum.

Vote: Classical_hero
Askthepizzaguy
I'm an innocent townie
not scum as you say

So far four have died
two have been murdered by scum
others have been lynched

God Emperor and
tratorix have both been lynched
They were innocent

So Landlubber, Sprig
and tratorix were equal
with votes on first day

So why is sprig alive?
Landlubber and tratorix
are now in the grave

Did he get lucky?
Does that make him the mafia?
I just do not know.

Who is this purist?
Someone who likes to murder
We must fin him now

Askthepizaguy
I voted for sprig since he
Didn't write a haiku

Since you have asked me
I have nothing to worry
I will vote for you.

Vote:ATPG

[Askthepizzaguy]

Askthepizzaguy
I'm an innocent townie
not scum as you say

So far four have died
two have been murdered by scum
others have been lynched

God Emperor and
tratorix have both been lynched
They were innocent

So Landlubber, Sprig
and tratorix were equal
with votes on first day

So why is sprig alive?
Landlubber and tratorix
are now in the grave

According to host,
Random was the selection
.....why focus on this?


A tie will result
in me having to consult
the dread R N G.

Sprig had a chance to
save himself but he did not
WHY WOULD SCUM DO THAT?



Did he get lucky?
Does that make him the mafia?
I just do not know.

Bull bull bull bull bull
Fake Fake Fake Fake Fake Fake Fake
And MORE bull, C_H.


Who is this purist?
Someone who likes to murder
We must fin him now

Askthepizaguy
I voted for sprig since he
Didn't write a haiku

Since you have asked me
I have nothing to worry
I will vote for you.

Vote:ATPG

:laugh4:

You are such a scum.
If I am lynched town will lose.
"Pizzaguy was right".




Joooray, Blackadder
Now it is up to you, friends.
Save or Destroy town.

[Captain Blackadder]

Classical Hero
Is the more scummy one
Why vote for accuse?

Askthepizzaguy
Makes a excellent appeal
You vote bad haiku

Vote Classical Hero

[ArpeggiateTHIS]

look at this my friends
C_H and Arpeggiate
Both want Sprig man dead.

And, Arpeg dislikes;
Sprig and I vote C_H
he complains loudly.

Is there a linkage?
are they both scumbags my friends?
I am not. You, Sprig?

I really have not
Been too hot during this round
Forgive my antics

You say I complain
About classical hero?
I did no such thing

All I asked was that
You elaborate on votes
Nothing more than that

On the other hand
You and Sprig are quite chummy
What's the deal there then?

Either you're scum chums
Or you know something we dont
You should spill the beans

Unvote; Vote: Classical Hero

I'll follow your votes
But we warned that if he's town
You're next in my sights

[Renata]

You REALLY think that
Sprig would let himself die from
a tied-up lynch vote?

No, you are correct.
I had forgotten, that Sprig
was also in that tie.


I urge you to look
at what you are saying first
before you vote, Ren.

Always a wise choice.
I bear the shame, like the fire
Of a thousand suns.

[Renata]

Seven left you think
But with only one murder
Is NOT lynch or lose.... :inquisitive:

Hence why I mention
the missing Cap' Blackadder.
No townie third vote.

That's guessing he is
In fact townie. One "purist".
Why *two* scum, Pizza?

[classical_hero]

Askthepizzaguy
is scum and will proven
when I have been lynched

The town is wasting
votes on innocent townies
helping out the scum

Listen to reason
better later than never
change your vote off me

You are doing the
work of Askthepizzaguy
by having me lynched

[Joooray]

Pizza might be right
questioning the allegiance
of classical, but

I must say I am
more weary of Sprig and piz-
za trying so hard

to make each other
look townie, so I will fol-
low my bad feeling

there and will say with-
out much further ado Vote:
Askthepizzaguy.

[Diamondeye]

I have a message:
The deadline is in six hours
exactly, acute.

But I may not be
there on the minute today
voting closes then

22:30 CET (6 hrs from this post), voting closes.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Pizza might be right
questioning the allegiance
of classical, but

I must say I am
more weary of Sprig and piz-
za trying so hard

to make each other
look townie, so I will fol-
low my bad feeling

there and will say with-
out much further ado Vote:
Askthepizzaguy.

Ouch. Et tu, Joooray?
Either mafia you are,
or very confused.

"Weary of Pizza
trying so hard to make the
other look townie?"

W-T-H, Joooray.
Would you at LEAST respond to
the following fact:

If Sprig is scumbag
He allows himself to be
killed randomly, right?

Why would he do this?
Would anyone please use their
logic and EXPLAIN?

Or do you not care?
Just trying to lynch pizza
Because you don't care?

Very well. Don't know
why I even bother, folks.
Talks to a brick wall.

[Askthepizzaguy]

No, you are correct.
I had forgotten, that Sprig
was also in that tie.

Always a wise choice.
I bear the shame, like the fire
Of a thousand suns.

So correct I am
still you wish for pizza's death;
naked ambition.

What a fool I am
I am trying to convince
mafia scumbags...


FoS: Joooray
Finger also: Renata
one of these are scum.

[Renata]

unvote, vote Classical Hero

I am slow this game,
Not quite all there, I'm afraid.
I cross my fingers.

[Diamondeye]

Day 3 has ended!
The students gathered once more, now in desperate resolution as the numbers of the fallen were ever increasing; Most of them were more vocal than the previous day, and the votes flew throughout the day, but in the end, the one known as classical_hero was condemned to death. He protested loudly all the way to the pond, and even after being submerged, and quickly used up his breath. His death brought little consolation, though, and no progress; they had again killed in vain and struck an innocent down. Thus demoralized, they returned each to their own chambers, in darkened moods. Among them, a sardonic smile lined the face of the purist. Already, he knew who to strike down in the dark of night.

Classical Hero was a vanilla townie!
It is now night 3!
Please send night orders to me by PM!
Day comes in roughly 24 hours!

[Askthepizzaguy]

Well I had my shot.
Sadly my aim was not true.
Now, I have blown it.

I shall be lynched too
tomorrow, which will fail
as I, too, am town.

:shame:

[Joooray]

W-T-H, Joooray.
Would you at LEAST respond to
the following fact:

If Sprig is scumbag
He allows himself to be
killed randomly, right?

Why would he do this?
Would anyone please use their
logic and EXPLAIN?

I am not convinced
that this makes Sprig innocent.
Yes, risky it is

indeed, but on the
other hand I at least would
have called for his head

the next day if he
had broken the tie in his
favour and killed a

townie this way. Would
not you have, too? You not con-
sidering this was

part of my suspi-
cion about you and Sprig in
cohort together.

[Askthepizzaguy]

part of my suspi-
cion about you and Sprig in
cohort together.

This makes no sense friend.
I didn't bother to help
Sprig during the tie.

I could have spared him.
Last round, he didn't need help.
Why would I defend?

Instead I focused
on trying to lynch someone
and explain my case.

You are not thinking.
the "connection" between us:
Imaginary.

A very poor case.
Whatever, doesn't matter.
Pizza: demonized.

Scumbags get their wish
Not gonna bother next round
defense is ignored.

[Diamondeye]

Night 3 is over!

The cunning purist
smiles devilishly and grim
moving through the night

He has set his eyes
on the prize of the poet school:
A girl; The beauty.

Renata is dead,
look at the poor girl, blooded,
broken and murdered.

Renata was the pro-town beauty!

It is now day 4!
Due to the death of Renata, nobody will be lynched today as the day is spent in mourning!

The five remaining students stood, depressed and mourning around the body of the beautiful Renata, the only girl to ever attend the haiku academy. None could remove their eyes from the still image of the beauty; It was as if the spark of life sparkled just beneath her skin, but it was cold and stiff to the touch, and the wound on her neck could not be ignored; someone had murdered her in cold blood. The students looked up at each other with dead eyes, and it seemed as if time itselfpassed with no notice. Finally, their apathy was conquered by physical weariness, and they realized that the sun had just set; they had wasted an entire day in lament.

Day 4 has ended! It is now night 4!

This night, two poets met
The Purist and the Jealeous
and joined ways again.

"AskThePizzaGuy,"
one sneered. "Finally got you!"
The knife spoke from then.

AskThePizzaGuy was a vanilla townie!

It is now day 5!
The last four students gathered, looking at each other nerveously. The wicked grin that passed between two of them was easily visible. Panicking, ArpeggiateTHIS took a step backwards. "No! This... This is impossible. Why all this blood? Why all this death?"
He felt someone clench his arms behind his back, baring his breast. Forth stepped Sprig; his face was a mask of calculated calm, and his pale fingers clenched a deadly penknife. "None of you deserves it. Look at your amateurish poetry. YOU ARE NOT WORTHY! I had to... I had to kill them, Arpeg. Whenever one of them said a faulty poem, I carefully noticed the offence. And I repaid it in full with this knife, every night, one at a time. And now, you."
Before ArpeggiateTHIS could answer, Sprig violently thrusted the penknife into him time and again, again, again, just below the ribcage. The poor victim, still retained by Sprig's partner, sputtered a low whimper, blood running from his mouth, mixing with spit and froth as his body spasmed and collapsed on the floortiles.
The two murderers turned and looked at the last remaining student, Captain Blackadder. "Now, you," Sprig noticed. The Captain backed nerveously. "No, no... Please say this is just a bad dream! I want to wake up!"
Sprig smiled his devilish smile and threw the penknife to his partner, Joooray. "Get him," he said, turning his back and already on his way to his chamber. The beastlike Joooray quickly overpowered the innocent captain, and Sprig shrugged as he went inside, trying to ignore the noise.

The mafia have won the game!
Congratulations to Sprig (the Purist) and Joooray (the Jealeous)!
And thanks to everyone for playing! Postgame discussion may now begin!

[ArpeggiateTHIS]

(Am I allowed to break haiku now that I'm dead?)

I knew Sprig had something to hide, and Pizza fell for it! Hah, that was good.
As for Jooray, I can't believe I bought his early-on inactivity story. Sounded so legit.

Great game DE, and I have a (slightly odd) request. If you ever get the chance, could you start up the seven man scrimmage series again? I missed out on the fun last time, and reading them was hilarious (especially the jester game).

EDIT: And why did I have to die such a gruesome death? Stab-happy Sprig.

[ByzantineKnight]

well that was quick

[Renata]

Congrats to the mafia for a very good game. And sorry to the town -- I was *trying* to lay low ... oh well.

[God Emperor]

quick indeed. one more round would be preferable. but then again, we didn't have a full team of 17 people to begin with. Is there a quicktopic?

[ByzantineKnight]

and yes :) congrats to the mafia, well played :bow:

[Tratorix]

Even if we had another round, ATPG would have been lynched and the mafia would have won anyway. Congrats to the mafia, especially Sprig whose, um, interesting strategy of not saving himself from a tie vote certainly threw me off the trail.

[God Emperor]

Even if we had another round, ATPG would have been lynched and the mafia would have won anyway. Congrats to the mafia, especially Sprig whose, um, interesting strategy of not saving himself from a tie vote certainly threw me off the trail.

That's not certain. but yes I agree that odds were favoring the mafia. They didn't attract much suspicion . But things can always change in a mafia game :p

[Diamondeye]

Congrats to the mafia for a very good game. And sorry to the town -- I was *trying* to lay low ... oh well.

It wasn't really your fault (okay, but not in that sense); The mafia had to kill someone who had made a wrong haiku if anyone had done so during the day before.
Hence why ATPG got to live to the end. They were aching to kill him but he was simply in the clear with his haiku :tongue:


quick indeed. one more round would be preferable. but then again, we didn't have a full team of 17 people to begin with. Is there a quicktopic?

There is (and it's in haiku!). I'll let Sprig and Joooray decide if they want to share the link.
I will post PMs later.

[Diamondeye]

That's not certain. but yes I agree that odds were favoring the mafia. They didn't attract much suspicion . But things can always change in a mafia game :p

I disagree. They were limited in kill choices but had an extra vote (once) to compensate. Against 9 townies where one was a doctor and one was an unlynchable princess. Quite fair odds in my optics, you just hit the brick wall hard this last round.

[God Emperor]

You misunderstand. I say that it would appear that the mafia would have won even if we had another day to work with. :) , It was a response to Tratorix's post

[Joooray]

I knew Sprig had something to hide, and Pizza fell for it! Hah, that was good.
As for Jooray, I can't believe I bought his early-on inactivity story. Sounded so legit.

What? The game is over already, and there I was afraid to look at the threat, because I feared to be put under more pressure by pizza. :laugh4:
Yeah, Sprigs move day one was probably what made the game for us, as I said, it was a risky move, but I'm sure he would have been under a lot of pressure if he had broken the tie. I also could have saved Sprig there, because I had the ability to add a vote in private, but felt it wouldn't be a good idea to use it day one and thus putting a lot of attention on Sprig. We definitely took our chances there.
Also we were a bit limited because of having to choose as our kill target someone that made a mistake during the day, but maybe that also helped, because our kill pattern wasn't readable this way (e. g. I'd never kill landlubber night one). Ultimately it maybe won us the game though, as we would have killed pizza last night if we had free choice. :laugh4:
BTW: Here (http://www.quicktopic.com/45/H/LPHDkPUUhqP) is our quicktopic, in order to impress DE it is also mostly in Haiku.

And the inactivity story was totally legit, although as pizza says, I'm not the most outspoken person anyway and the Haiku thing limited that even more, as it always took me quite a while to actually post.

Finally, thanks a lot for the game DE, I had a blast. I'm sure I'm not the only one that took some time to write the Haiku which may have limited participation quite a bit. But I found it worth it, as it was a real nice variation and break from the normal routine.

[Sprig]

Will comment later tonight. I am stuck in a project managment course.

[Sprig]

Even if we had another round, ATPG would have been lynched and the mafia would have won anyway. Congrats to the mafia, especially Sprig whose, um, interesting strategy of not saving himself from a tie vote certainly threw me off the trail.

FYI - which innocent person does this? when I reflect back on it, if I was innocent I would have saved myself. I think most people would have as well? The reason that I voted for you to make the 3-way tie is that I thought my 33% chance of dieing was better odds than having to defend myself from the lynch the next day.

In that regards, voting for the tie was scummy.

I am glad we won as I was suspecting that I would have to sacrifice myself the following morning (as per QT).


I also think we are in a rather comfortable situation. But we should be weary of the things that might happen during the day phase. It's good we have 3 ways to approach the day tomorrow. But both in which pizza isn't lynched, have their drawbacks:
- My extra vote will only help if it's a close vote and for this at least one townie has to vote with us otherwise we can only achieve a tie and this will most likely expose our connection.
- You confessing can be easily interpreted as you trying to save someone, especially if I'm the one up for the lynch.

So we either get pizza lynched or you have to claim rather early and with what explanation?


Not sure if i need to send this but just in case.

Death to Renata though i wish it was someone else. Even in our lovely situation I would prefer to have killed ATPG.


but still, we can play around with the fact that it was renata not atpg or myself.

those alive after this will be

Sprig - M
Joooray - M
Captain Blackadder
ArpeggiateTHIS
AskThePizzaGuy

We just need on more Wrongful lynch.

I do wonder if tommorrow we should sacrifice myself? Once i am dead you should get another vote and be able to kill whoever you chooce.

Hmm if i think about it. We should win?

If we lynch Atpg we outnumber the innocents

If we can't we might be able to use your extra vote to get an innocent killed, if not it might be good to sacrifice myself. I can admit to being the purist.

Night 3 - Kill Renata
Day 4 - Lynch sprig
Night 4 - Kill ATPG

Day 3 - only 3 would remain, and you can lynch whoever you want with your two extra votes

My claim would have been along the lines of "I am the purist but i am not mafia - I am force to kill people that make mistakes in their haiku. If there is no mistakes then noone dies, etc..."

[Askthepizzaguy]

Good game guys. I blew it when I grabbed onto classical_hero and wouldn't let go. Had I instead chosen Joooray who I was sure was creeping up the scum meter for going after me (the case on me WAS ridiculous), we would have been fine.

[Tratorix]

FYI - which innocent person does this? when I reflect back on it, if I was innocent I would have saved myself. I think most people would have as well? The reason that I voted for you to make the 3-way tie is that I thought my 33% chance of dieing was better odds than having to defend myself from the lynch the next day.

In that regards, voting for the tie was scummy.

I am glad we won as I was suspecting that I would have to sacrifice myself the following morning (as per QT).



My thinking was that it would be preferable to paint yourself as scummy, which you could at least defend against. I've never been big on leaving things to chance, and you took a fairly big one. The payoff was definitely worth it though.

[Sprig]

Right, finished my meeting :D

Yay first .org Mafia win.

A big thank you to my partner Joooray and and of course another big thank you to the Host DiamondEye, who has hosted yet another enjoyable Mafia Game. :thumbsup:

[Sprig]

If Sprig is scumbag
He allows himself to be
killed randomly, right?

Why would he do this?
Would anyone please use their
logic and EXPLAIN?


To be fair, (you can ask Renata)
Logic tends to fly out the window
when I (and that Seon guy too) are involved.

[Joooray]

Good game guys. I blew it when I grabbed onto classical_hero and wouldn't let go. Had I instead chosen Joooray who I was sure was creeping up the scum meter for going after me (the case on me WAS ridiculous), we would have been fine.

I don't know, I liked it. :laugh4:
Yeah, it was me trying to look super innocent, I thought if I just joined the bandwagon and ignored the bad feeling about you and Sprig that was expressed by others, I might appear more scum, than by adding to the case against you, which had no chance of succeeding that day anyway. But I guess it was a bit much and might have gotten me lynched the next day, which was the only scenario in which we actually could have lost at that point. So, yeah, dodged a bullet there.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I don't know, I liked it. :laugh4:
Yeah, it was me trying to look super innocent, I thought if I just joined the bandwagon and ignored the bad feeling about you and Sprig that was expressed by others, I might appear more scum, than by adding to the case against you, which had no chance of succeeding that day anyway. But I guess it was a bit much and might have gotten me lynched the next day, which was the only scenario in which we actually could have lost at that point. So, yeah, dodged a bullet there.

The reason it wasn't a good case was because my behavior was demonstrably not what you said it was, and I was able to rally townies to my side and avoid being lynched.

Had the wagon been on someone besides classical, it would have been a bad move for you to go after me like that. The real error was mine, but the case you put up against me wasn't strong and I was able to deflect it. Like I said, I blame myself for not capitalizing like I should have.

[classical_hero]

Good game guys. I blew it when I grabbed onto classical_hero and wouldn't let go. Had I instead chosen Joooray who I was sure was creeping up the scum meter for going after me (the case on me WAS ridiculous), we would have been fine.
Well you did the dirty work for the mafia by getting the lynch onto me. I was correct in my suspicions of sprig and yet you did not listen to me. It was a shame we did not have enough people, since their might have been a chance for the town to get onto the mafia, but we did not have a chance. two killers for this small group is too many.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Well you did the dirty work for the mafia by getting the lynch onto me. I was correct in my suspicions of sprig and yet you did not listen to me. It was a shame we did not have enough people, since their might have been a chance for the town to get onto the mafia, but we did not have a chance. two killers for this small group is too many.

Townie MVP: Classical_hero

I admit, I screwed this one up.

[Joooray]

The reason it wasn't a good case was because my behavior was demonstrably not what you said it was, and I was able to rally townies to my side and avoid being lynched.

Had the wagon been on someone besides classical, it would have been a bad move for you to go after me like that. The real error was mine, but the case you put up against me wasn't strong and I was able to deflect it. Like I said, I blame myself for not capitalizing like I should have.

Yeah, I've never been very good it making strong cases against others. But making a case out of little while knowing it is wrong is even harder.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Yeah, I've never been very good it making strong cases against others. But making a case out of little while knowing it is wrong is even harder.

As you probably know, roughly 50% of the actual cases I toss at mafia suspects while town are entirely contrived. I take a little bit of actual suspicious evidence and I combine it with other things which look suspicious but don't really conclude one way or another. I combine that with the usual emotional trickery and that usually sells it.

Even as townie you have to embellish and sell your case, otherwise it won't be popular. So one could say I do exactly what I do as townie when I am mafia... which is try to convince people based on a little bit of truth and a little bit of opinion and a lot of selling. That's why it is hard to tell when I am mafia or not (woe be upon me).

It always has to make sense as an accusation, though; if for example the case was I'm defending Sprig, then it has to hold up in the most dire example, which was his near-death experience. I didn't bat an eye. That's one of the reasons your case smelled wrong to me.

It was wrong enough to make me immediately suspect you; that's the kind of thing you have to avoid. If it is a lie you tell, you want to try to make it consistent for the entire game, no matter what it is. If at one point during the game it rings inconsistent, and someone remembers why, then you generally can get called out on it.

But Sprig's gambit fooled me. I don't like to take that kind of risk when I am mafia, and that's why it never registered. I started trying to look at the game from a Sprig is innocent viewpoint, and that's a bad foundation to work from.

Sprig let me implode, and that's a good strategy when mafia against me; get past my senses and then let me toss myself off a cliff.

[Renata]

Good game guys. I blew it when I grabbed onto classical_hero and wouldn't let go. Had I instead chosen Joooray who I was sure was creeping up the scum meter for going after me (the case on me WAS ridiculous), we would have been fine.

I wanted to vote Joooray by then, too, but my :daisy: role hampered me. If I was right, but couldn't push it through in time, my chances of being killed and thus ending the game would have gone way up. I can't believe that one extraneous "a" is the reason I was killed. Argh!

You're absolutely right, though. And even more so from my perspective. I really did get a bit of BS whiff from your posts (up until your obvious frustration over CH, which changed my mind). But that's a reason peculiar to me, and I knew my own alignment. CH's vote was also understandable. But Joooray's was not. Although he did very well with his reasoning otherwise (even about Sprig), that vote was pure opportunism.

Regardless, a very strong game from Sprig and Joooray.

[Renata]

Well you did the dirty work for the mafia by getting the lynch onto me. I was correct in my suspicions of sprig and yet you did not listen to me. It was a shame we did not have enough people, since their might have been a chance for the town to get onto the mafia, but we did not have a chance. two killers for this small group is too many.

I disagree; we (collectively) just got outplayed. It happens. Kudos for calling out Sprig.

[Askthepizzaguy]

I wanted to vote Joooray by then, too, but my :daisy: role hampered me. If I was right, but couldn't push it through in time, my chances of being killed and thus ending the game would have gone way up. I can't believe that one extraneous "a" is the reason I was killed. Argh!

You're absolutely right, though. And even more so from my perspective. I really did get a bit of BS whiff from your posts (up until your obvious frustration over CH, which changed my mind). But that's a reason peculiar to me, and I knew my own alignment. CH's vote was also understandable. But Joooray's was not. Although he did very well with his reasoning otherwise (even about Sprig), that vote was pure opportunism.

Regardless, a very strong game from Sprig and Joooray.

Good, then the obviousness of Joooray's guilt wasn't just my imagination; and I felt by the end it should have been clear I was being genuine to those who were paying close attention. I'm glad you made the right judgment there. You get points for noticing I wasn't scum in time.

I am having trouble telling classical as townie from classical as mafia. Game was too short and his posts were too few to get an accurate reading.

[Joooray]

It always has to make sense as an accusation, though; if for example the case was I'm defending Sprig, then it has to hold up in the most dire example, which was his near-death experience. I didn't bat an eye. That's one of the reasons your case smelled wrong to me.

Yeah, but I didn't save him there either, not even in private with my ability to add one vote. Isn't saving someone from the lynch the most obvious way of showing a connection. That's why your argument of not having saved Sprig at that point didn't stick with me.

Anyway, I have to put a some major work into my ability to play when I'm mafia. Here I apparently got lucky, but the Star Wars game over at the TWC was a disaster.

[classical_hero]

So Renata and ATPG, if we work together, we can do much damage against those who are mafia.

[Renata]

Heh. Unless I'm mafia, mwahahaha.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Heh. Unless I'm mafia, mwahahaha.

When Renata is mafia, I can accuse her all day long and be 100% right (as I have several times in the past) and people don't listen to me and she wins.

She is the Teflon Don, and totally immune to my charms powers.

[Joooray]

Renata has to teach me some of that, I become a nervous wreck as soon as pizza puts his attention towards me, which ultimately gets me lynched. :laugh4:

[Askthepizzaguy]

Renata has to teach me some of that, I become a nervous wreck as soon as pizza puts his attention towards me, which ultimately gets me lynched. :laugh4:

Meh, you're nearly as elusive as she is. I'll get you someday.

[Joooray]

Meh, you're nearly as elusive as she is. I'll get you someday.

Yeah, I'm elusive as in, I remain unnoticed to you for longer than others maybe. But as soon as you focus your attention on me it's very bad news. Look at the Star Wars game over at TWC. Sure it was Rebel Jeb that got me lynched in the end, but for me the downfall started when you started to accuse me for flinching during the night. Not sure if that was part of why Rebel Jeb blocked me, but it most certainly made me look might suspicious.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Yeah, I'm elusive as in, I remain unnoticed to you for longer than others maybe. But as soon as you focus your attention on me it's very bad news. Look at the Star Wars game over at TWC. Sure it was Rebel Jeb that got me lynched in the end, but for me the downfall started when you started to accuse me for flinching during the night. Not sure if that was part of why Rebel Jeb blocked me, but it most certainly made me look might suspicious.

I had actually forgotten about that, but yeah I baited you and you came out of hiding and I accused you of flinching, and called for a bounty hunter to take you out. When that didn't happen you were lynched the next day I think. I don't remember, though, that was when I was busy starting up this game and I was kind of phoning it in over there. I got more active at the end though, and that turned out.... okay.

[Sprig]

Joooray - you havn't answered my pm... :(

[Joooray]

Joooray - you havn't answered my pm... :(

Sorry, I was planning to and now I did. :wink:

[Sprig]

Sorry, I was planning to and now I did. :wink:

don't worry - i know it is tough fighting all those sith !!! nice battle btw :)