Swords in the Moon [Concluded]

[Wishazu]

Thanks mate .

[FactionHeir]

Surely this would be a good reason for pro-town roles to switch invisibility off? If PMing is innocent - it should as you say to be provable - unless you have something to hide/need to make something up.

Care to explain why a bit earlier in the thread you switched invisibility off and called on everyone else to follow suit and now say the exact opposite?

[AggonyDuck]

Wishazu, my rating is 25.

Mine is 2.

[CountArach]

Is it possible you could let me know what the highest rating you have received? I just want to know how mine compares against the top score.

I'm not revealing to anyone for any reason - I see no reason to make that information public.

I think Count Arach accidently posted some one's battle rating. I just remembered now. Either that, or it was a typing mistake or something.

Found the post but has been edited. I will just assume it was a typing mistake. There was a number next to 'A Very Super Market'.

The "3" that was next to A Very Super Market was the number of posts he had in the thread, based on the list of people I was editing from.

[Gregoshi]

Does nobody else not think this is at least a tiny bit suspicious?

Men are always worried about how they compare to other men. "Yes Dear, you are THE BEST." It's another burden we women have to bare, but it does get old after awhile.

[ajaxfetish]

It's now 22:30 in Bulgaria and as I promised I will no longer delay it. Btw, after a short consideration the possibility of ajaxfetish to share something with me in private is very very low. I have no intention to wait more.
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The story of the samurai

So... I did not listen to Gregoshi's advice and stayed awake. I walked in the silent corridors of the palace scrutinising for the smallest sign of activity. The Gods helped me that night I hope since I suddenly saw strange activity in the room of ajaxfetish. No doubt, this samurai who was very inactive showed unexpected energy in writing his correspondence at night. With whom? This is a mystery. But he became one of my suspects.
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OOC Elucidation

Wednesday between 23:30-0:30. In other words: I saw ajaxfetish PMing. At least 3 times in a very short period of time (I went to bed then since it was quite late). Switching from Swords of the Moon to Pming and back and I wonder what it means. And his name appeared in the Andres' profile page. I think this is enough reason to challenge him. I put my life at a stake.

This is posted with the knowledge and permission of Takeda Shingen, therefore the possibility this person to be pro-town is very, very low.

First of all, sorry for not getting back to you sooner, Stephen Asen. I've been at work, and then with family all day. (my parents are visiting town for my sister's birthday, which was yesterday, and we spent this afternoon at Red Butte Garden's, which had a free day in celebration of Arbor Day, in case anyone cared) You should now have a PM in your inbox, and I sent it to CountArach as well, as you requested.

I'm not sure how the guild tracks pm-ing. Does it show you as pm-ing when you're reading pm's? How about if you're switching between composing a pm and reading the thread for necessary information? I ask because I sent only 2 pm's in the time Stephen Asen is referencing (which was afternoon for me, shortly after I get home from work and the main time I have available for this game). I certainly didn't send pm's "at least 3 times." I will happily share their substance, since everyone is curious and I didn't bother setting myself to invisible.

The first was sent to CountArach, and contained my battle rating, as LittleGrizzly suggested. Unfortunately, I had somehow overlooked or misunderstood the part where Andres said we couldn't share our role in private, so I included that as well. In hopes of rectifying that, I will belatedly make public that I am a veteran samurai. Sorry for that slip.

The second was sent to Andres, and will require a little explanation. In CapoII I played a townie, and had little success getting involved in any night action groups. I felt a little bored, so one night I sent a message to Seamus saying that my night action was watching "I Love Lucy" reruns. He thought it was funny and wrote it into the night write-up, though he altered it to fit the game's timeframe. When I got my role for this game, it came with no night actions, which I worried would bore me again during night phases, so I decided to try something similar. I asked Andres' permission, and then CountArach's as my master, to court the daughter of the local castellan during the course of the game. My hope was that Andres' would mention something of it in the nightly write-ups and give everyone something absurd and random to wonder about. Unfortunately (at least for me), he hasn't seen fit to include anything about it, but I sent him a night 2 action of meeting with the girl's father to obtain his leave, and a night 3 action of serenading the girl to the able accompaniment of my biwa (this was the pm Stephen Asen would have noticed). And unless I die, I plan to continue submitting roleplay but nongameplay night pm's to Andres and moving the relationship forward.

You can ask CountArach for confirmation on the pms I sent to him (both the battle rating one and the one, well 2 actually as he needed a reminder, about the courtship). It is up to him whether he will come to the defense of his humble servant.

Sorry for any confusion this may have caused, and I consider Stephen Asen absolved of his until-recently unexplained challenge.


Ajax

[Beskar]

Page 36 Tally List

Fatality: [The one who is going to get lynched.]

shlin28 20 CountArach, LittleGrizzly, Beskar, GeneralHankerchief, YLC, Sasaki Kojiro, Seamus Fermanagh, ajaxfetish, AggonyDuck, Death is yonder, Kagemusha, TinCow, KukriKhan, Beefy187, Glenn, Dutch_guy, Yaropolk, Reenk Roink, Haudegen, glyphz

YLC 4 El Diablo, White eyes, Ichigo, Peasant Phill

TinCow 3 Chimpyang, Husar, Tristan de Castelreng

Taka 2 Seamus Fermanagh, Captain Blackadder
Stephen Asen 2 woad&fangs, Louis VI the Fat

ajaxfetish 1 FactionHeir
Beskar 1 Crazed Rabbit
Haudegen 1 Wishazu
LittleGrizzly 1 Rhyfelwyr
GeneralHankerchief 1 Yoyoma1910


Abstain 3 Caius, taka, shlin28



Mortal Kombat: [Duels.]

GeneralHankerchief Vs Rhyfelwyr
Stephen Asen Vs ajaxfetish
El Diablo Vs YLC
YLC Vs TinCow
Chimpyang Vs Louis VI the Fat
White_eyes:D Vs YLC
Beefy182 Vs GeneralHankerchief
Glenn Vs YLC
Yoyoma1910 Vs Louis VI the Fat



Finger of Suspicion [Incidents this day phase]
Shlin28
Public Threats against Pevers
TinCow
LittleGrizzly
Reenk
Beskar (note)
Stephen Asen x3
Chimpyang
Dutch-Guy
AggonyDuck


The Usual Suspects: [A section for those who keep cropping up from previous rounds.]

shlin28 A
Stephen Asen C
Beskar C
Sasaki Kojiro D
YLC D
Haudegen D
LittleGrizzly D

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

The rank system for the Usual Suspects:
Rank S Special Recommend Lynch ASAP.
Rank A Strong High Possibility Mafia-role.
Rank B Popular Popular on the list.
Rank C Mild Common name on the list.
Rank D Weak Just cropped up once or twice.
Rank E Not Listed Not worth listing.

Ranks are decided upon position on the table and how many weeks. This is a trial of last two weeks and current scoring.

[Kagemusha]

One of the benefits of Rule #1 is that you don't have to make up reasons to accuse me. A duel is going to be fought whether I challenged someone or not--ergo my challenges don't reduce the number of town. Such a strategy has minimal gain for a mafioso. The risk of dying in a duel does not mean much to a townie. Finally, what do you have to say about this--



Hmm? You just picked me because of rule #1--so say so.

Have you forgotten that i explained to you the previous day what raised my suspicions towards you. You threw two challenges with very light or even non existent proof of the other persons scummyness. You can explain to yourself that the reason im monitoring you is that because your status among mafia players. The real reason is that i find your actions strange to your playing style, not your normal style like you suggest yourself.

[Prince Cobra]

First of all, sorry for not getting back to you sooner, Stephen Asen. I've been at work, and then with family all day. (my parents are visiting town for my sister's birthday, which was yesterday, and we spent this afternoon at Red Butte Garden's, which had a free day in celebration of Arbor Day, in case anyone cared) You should now have a PM in your inbox, and I sent it to CountArach as well, as you requested.

I'm not sure how the guild tracks pm-ing. Does it show you as pm-ing when you're reading pm's? How about if you're switching between composing a pm and reading the thread for necessary information? I ask because I sent only 2 pm's in the time Stephen Asen is referencing (which was afternoon for me, shortly after I get home from work and the main time I have available for this game). I certainly didn't send pm's "at least 3 times." I will happily share their substance, since everyone is curious and I didn't bother setting myself to invisible.

The first was sent to CountArach, and contained my battle rating, as LittleGrizzly suggested. Unfortunately, I had somehow overlooked or misunderstood the part where Andres said we couldn't share our role in private, so I included that as well. In hopes of rectifying that, I will belatedly make public that I am a veteran samurai. Sorry for that slip.

The second was sent to Andres, and will require a little explanation. In CapoII I played a townie, and had little success getting involved in any night action groups. I felt a little bored, so one night I sent a message to Seamus saying that my night action was watching "I Love Lucy" reruns. He thought it was funny and wrote it into the night write-up, though he altered it to fit the game's timeframe. When I got my role for this game, it came with no night actions, which I worried would bore me again during night phases, so I decided to try something similar. I asked Andres' permission, and then CountArach's as my master, to court the daughter of the local castellan during the course of the game. My hope was that Andres' would mention something of it in the nightly write-ups and give everyone something absurd and random to wonder about. Unfortunately (at least for me), he hasn't seen fit to include anything about it, but I sent him a night 2 action of meeting with the girl's father to obtain his leave, and a night 3 action of serenading the girl to the able accompaniment of my biwa (this was the pm Stephen Asen would have noticed). And unless I die, I plan to continue submitting roleplay but nongameplay night pm's to Andres and moving the relationship forward.

You can ask CountArach for confirmation on the pms I sent to him (both the battle rating one and the one, well 2 actually as he needed a reminder, about the courtship). It is up to him whether he will come to the defense of his humble servant.

Sorry for any confusion this may have caused, and I consider Stephen Asen absolved of his until-recently unexplained challenge.


Ajax

So basically, your are in the hands of Count Arach. Arach, what is the time on the Pm of ajaxfetish,master?
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You switched swiftly three times in a short period to the Swords of the Moon and Pming (reading Pm or writing and whatever you like) and after that you started watching other threads.

OOC: Where is the Guild Clock????!!!!???

[Chimpyang]

Care to explain why a bit earlier in the thread you switched invisibility off and called on everyone else to follow suit and now say the exact opposite?

How is that the complete opposite? I am still calling for people to switch invisibility off as it is the aniti town roles that have the most to lose from it. I'm sorry, but hoping to pin me to something from you has gotten a bit desperate now.

[Prince Cobra]

Vote:Abstain

Although utterly disappointed by the lack of honour in shlin's behaviour.

Edit: The die is cast and the challenge won't be withdrawn

[Andres]

Voting concluded. Stand by for execution.

[Csargo]

Beskar (note)

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

[Beskar]

Andres has got me all excited, I can't wait to see the method of execution.

[Andres]

~~~ Swords in the Moon ~~~

Day 3 - Conclusion.

Hour of the Cock

Snow was falling out of the sky. A strong wind played with the white kimono of the condemned. His eyes were wide opened and he seemed to stare at the sky, a peaceful and happy expression on his face. The snow in his eyes didn’t hurt him.

In this time of the year, there weren’t many birds seen flying, but a brave little redbreast landed near the condemned. In a way, it was a beautiful scene: man and bird, together in harmony. It seemed as if the little redbreast was there to offer the soul of the condemned man a ride to the afterlife.

The bird suddenly jumped up and flew away, higher and higher and higher. Carrying the soul of the condemned?

Both samurai standing near the body of the man who was known as Ichimaru Yoshiko (shlin28) were touched by the beauty of the moment. They lifted the body and carried it over to the already prepared woodpile.

The Tiger nodded towards the body of a man who died honorably and went inside.

Another body was being carried to the woodpile. It was Nakajima Kaito (Xehh II). He had been sitting at the same spot for three days and three nights now. Earlier that day, a samurai had noticed that Nakajima hadn't been meditating like everybody else thought. Apparently, he had fallen asleep and was now frozen to dead.

While the woodpile was being lit, most samurai went to sleep, while the more unfortunate ones prepared for guard duty.

~~~

Tally:

shlin28 : 21 (Beefy187, TinCow, atheotes, Kagemusha, Haudegen, Beskar, GeneralHankerchief, ajaxfetish, Glenn, YLC, , Kukrikhan, LittleGrizzly, Seamus Fermanagh, AggonyDuck, Yaropolk, glyphz, CountArach, Death is yonder, Dutch_guy, Reenk Roink, Sasaki Kojiro)

YLC: 4 (El Diablo, White_Eyes:D, Peasant Phill, Ichigo)
TinCow: 3 (Chimpyang, Tristan de Castelreng, Husar)
Stephen Assen: 2 (woad&fangs, Louis VI the Fat)
GeneralHankerchief : 1 (Yoyoma1910)
ajaxfetish: 1 (FactionHeir)
taka: 1 (Captain Blackadder)
Haudegen: 1 (Wishazu)
Beskar: 1 (Crazed Rabbit)
LittleGrizzly: 1 (Rhyfelwyr)

abstain: 4 (Caius, taka, shlin28, Stephen Asen)
Not voting: 9 (Quintus.JC, Gobbledygook, Banquo's Ghost, Psychonaut, TosaInu, Jolt, Xehh II, AVSM, Beaver)

~~~

Challenges:

1. GeneralHankerchief vs. Rhyfelwyr

2. Stephen Assen vs. ajaxfetish

3. El Diablo vs. YLC
4. YLC vs. TinCow

~~~

Alive (47):

TinCow
Quintus.JC
GeneralHankerchief
FactionHeir
Caius
Glenn
Beefy187
Ichigo
Warluster
White_Eyes:D
Sasaki Kojiro
Stephen Assen
Peasant Phill
Kukrikhan
Captain Blackadder
A Very Super Market
Louis VI the Fat
Gobbledygook
Psychonaut
LittleGrizzly
taka
Jolt
YLC
Reenk Roink
Rhyfelwyr
Beaver
AggonyDuck
El Diablo
Beskar
atheotes
Ibn-Khaldun
CountArach
Husar
Death is yonder
Tristan de Castelreng
Chimpyang
Yoyoma1910
TosaInu
Seamus Fermanagh
Banquo's Ghost
Crazed Rabbit
Haudegen
woad&fangs
ajaxfetish
glyphz
Dutch_guy
Yaropolk

Killed (11):
Khazaar
spL1tp3r50nal1ty
Lord Winter
The Spartan
Iskander III
Shinseikhaan
Olavi
Thermal Mercury
Chaotix27
pevergreen
Gregoshi

Fallen in battle (2):
Northnovas
Ignoramus

Lynched (3):
Askthepizzaguy
Sigurd
shlin28

WoG/Suicide (1):
Xehh II

~~~

It's now night. PM's please. Night will be an extended one and will end on Sunday 26th of April, 9.30 pm (that's within +/- 35h30 after this post). After this night, we'll be back on our regular 24 hour schedule.

[Beskar]

Woot, a WOG.

Also, this is a picture of Ichimaru from Google.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

He was better off gone.

[shlin28]

I got lynched because I told the truth? Yay!

[CountArach]

I can confirm Ajaxfetish's story about having to send me 2 PMs. I had forgotten about them under the complete flood of other PMs I have been receiving from people.

[Gregoshi]

You can explain to yourself that the reason im monitoring you is that because your status among mafia players. The real reason is that i find your actions strange to your playing style, not your normal style like you suggest yourself.

For vets, anything another vet does is suspect. TinCow (among several) is found suspicious because his actions follow a pattern of other games - a tiger cannot change its stripes apparently. Now Sasaki is found suspicious because his actions do not follow his regular playing style - or can a tiger change its stripes? You are too talkative. You are too quite. You are too helpful. You are too scummy. It seems to me provoking noobies may be worthwhile but doing so to a vet is pointless.

The only accusations I've found that had merit (right or wrong) were the cases against Stephen, Ajaxfetish and schlin and they were based on real detective work.

Of course, as I sit here composing this, my character is decomposing, so what do I know of mafia?

[KukriKhan]

LOL. I guess I've played about 6-7 mafia games, so though experienced, I'm way less a veteran than many. Sasaki Kojiro has played in all the games I've been in. I've seen him be aggressive, quiet, able to lie through his teeth, sneaky, analytical, and a lurker. In short, he masters the game mechanics, then plays the players, like a good poker-player. It's hard to find a good "tell" on him.

I've yet to successfully peg his role before the endgame. So, I have a hard time supporting the proposition that he's playing differently than usual - cuz he always does.

[White_eyes:D]

sometimes even in death you can help.....

Rule 3: No whining about losing, because if you were mafia you wouldnt be complaining. Rule 7:Dont trust anyone. Rule 8: When in doubt, fake some PMs. Rule 9: Always trust the person you most suspect. Rule 11: Claim real pms are fake, and fake pms are real. Then distract the town with a new lynch target. Rule 12: Convince people that you are innocent, even if you are.

Most is coufusing dribble.... but it does make some sense

Rule 13. Make sure said fake PMs are not made in a 5 minute time frame.

What Our Lord is currently dealing with....

[Prince Cobra]

I can confirm Ajaxfetish's story about having to send me 2 PMs. I had forgotten about them under the complete flood of other PMs I have been receiving from people.

Takeda-sama, could you look at the time and date of these messages?

[Kagemusha]

For vets, anything another vet does is suspect. TinCow (among several) is found suspicious because his actions follow a pattern of other games - a tiger cannot change its stripes apparently. Now Sasaki is found suspicious because his actions do not follow his regular playing style - or can a tiger change its stripes? You are too talkative. You are too quite. You are too helpful. You are too scummy. It seems to me provoking noobies may be worthwhile but doing so to a vet is pointless.

The only accusations I've found that had merit (right or wrong) were the cases against Stephen, Ajaxfetish and schlin and they were based on real detective work.

Of course, as I sit here composing this, my character is decomposing, so what do I know of mafia?

LOL. I guess I've played about 6-7 mafia games, so though experienced, I'm way less a veteran than many. Sasaki Kojiro has played in all the games I've been in. I've seen him be aggressive, quiet, able to lie through his teeth, sneaky, analytical, and a lurker. In short, he masters the game mechanics, then plays the players, like a good poker-player. It's hard to find a good "tell" on him.

I've yet to successfully peg his role before the endgame. So, I have a hard time supporting the proposition that he's playing differently than usual - cuz he always does.

Well i have also played with Sasaki ever since the first mafia hosted by GH. Though i havent played in half of a year, so i might be bit rusty. My personal style of playing is very much based on intuition about other players. Now do i think that we are likely to gather solid evidence against Sasaki, based on clear mistakes from him if he is mafia? My answer is no. I respect his capabilities enough to know that he can fool the town. Nevertheless, my intuition says that Sasakis behaviour is somehow off. Am i right with my hunch? That remains to be seen. If at this point i should name the mafia players based solely on intuition and scarce evidence wich supports (largely only inside my own head), that hunch.

I would bet that Sasaki, Tincow and Beskar are the ninjas and Stephen Asen and Duckie are the traitors. It will be fun to see if i did get any of them right when the game ends.

[Prince Cobra]

I would bet that Sasaki, Tincow and Beskar are the ninjas and Stephen Asen and Duckie are the traitors. It will be fun to see if i did get any of them right when the game ends.

Interesting assumption. I am indeed interested to hear your logic, Kagemusha-san.

[Beskar]

I would bet that Sasaki, Tincow and Beskar are the ninjas and Stephen Asen and Duckie are the traitors. It will be fun to see if i did get any of them right when the game ends.

Three of the names are FoS, and two I have voted on previously.

I am not lucky enough to be a Mafia-role. I could kill people then, or have some really cool pro-town role where I can kill my suspects... muahahaha

[Rhyfelwyr]

Should I pm my battle rating to CA since I'm in a duel?

[Prince Cobra]

Three of the names are FoS, and two I have voted on previously.

I am not lucky enough to be a Mafia-role. I could kill people then, or have some really cool pro-town role where I can kill my suspects... muahahaha

What is FoS?

[Wishazu]

FoS = Finger of Suspicion mate.

[Beskar]

I was tempted to say "Fool or Stupid" as a joke, but people might thought I was being serious.

[Prince Cobra]

I was tempted to say "Fool or Stupid" as a joke, but people might thought I was being serious.

I am indeed flattered by your high opinion of me.

And by the way, could you decide in which category I am? Traitor, Ninja or a fool? With a good arguments, please.