A Bridge Zhou Far - Three Stars Rising | NORTH BANK [Concluded]

[Subotan]

Now that you've found yourself on the the North Side of the river, you may wish to lynch someone; as there may be Whites amongst your ranks still. As mentioned before, no communication is allowed between you and the others.


North Side Alive: 9/9
autolycus
wideeyed
AVSM
M3YUZ
Nictel
Split
ATPG
landlubber
Romanic

South Side Alive: 14/40

ACIN
Captain Blackadder
Cute Wolf
Death is yonder
Double A
GeneralHankerchief
Jolt
Joooray
miotas
Renata
Seamus Fermanagh
Sigurd
Yaseikhaan
YLC

Lynched players 6/40

Azathoth
Beefy187
shlin28
Niklas
Pinman
TheFlax

Killed Players 9/40

Winston Hughes
Sasaki Kojiro
taka
Beskar
Chaotix
Psychonaut
johnhughthom
Secura
CDF
aThis

Devoured by Rats - 2

Thermal Mercury
Wishazu

[landlubber]

So, Comrades, what next?

[Askthepizzaguy]

In my opinion we should refrain from lynching anyone until we rejoin the group. We should direct all our efforts to rejoining the main group.

If there have been infiltrators caught with us on this side, then they may have the advantage, and may be able to more easily destroy us by the vote. We also don't have that many people remaining to do night actions, so we need every man to do their duty at night without exception.

AVSM
M3YUZ
Split

These folks might be inactive. It is frankly amazing they haven't been WOGged yet. The rest of us should do protective actions on autolycus.

wideeyed
Nictel
ATPG
landlubber
Romanic

These folks should protect Auto.

Do you have any powers to investigate, Auto?

[Askthepizzaguy]

Speaking of Autolycus


Which side of the bridge is he even on, Subotan? You have him listed as both.

[Subotan]

Whoops, North.

[Subotan]

Splitpersonality should have internet access back soon, and I shall try to contact AVSM and M3YUZ IRL to get them to vote today.

[Subotan]

Since I was incredibly busy today, I don;t have time to write a second write-up (Especially considering nothing happened...), and I'll post what I said in that thread over here:

I have been incredibly busy today, and after deadline announcement, I had once again to leave my computer, hence the shamefully late & short update.. Tomorrow, I will once again be stretched for time, with only a 2 and a half hour slot available for me between playing Tuba in my band. Unless anyone has any terrible objections, the deadline for this night phase will be 12:00 GMT+1 on SUNDAY, to account for a lie-in which I shall sorely need the day after tomorrow.

[Romanic]

Brilliant idea to use a flamethrower on a rope bridge!

So now we're stuck on this side of the river, with allegedly GH's best lynch candidates. I may agree to no lynch today, but we will have to do something tomorrow if we start losing people.

[wideyedwanderer]

Brilliant idea to use a flamethrower on a rope bridge!

So now we're stuck on this side of the river, with allegedly GH's best lynch candidates. I may agree to no lynch today, but we will have to do something tomorrow if we start losing people.

I would think that with only 9 people here on this side of the river that any killer would have to be stupid to kill now. The killer runs a much higher risk of being caught with fewer people.

Who are these "best lynch candidates?" Before we split from the rest of the group I believe comrade Renata had suspicions of Askthepizzaguy.

[DELETE_THIS]

So what do we do now? Yes concentrate on the assault, but with what?

[Subotan]

It was a dark miserable morning, and autolycus had been enduring a long, distressing sleep. He woke to the rain filtering in through the tears in his tent’s fabric, and he wasted no time in getting up and prepare to assemble the rest of PEXDET on the North Bank. He shouted out to the other tents that it was time to wake up, and eventually, they one by one, crawled out of their tents and staggered towards the meeting point. The survivors told the others of the shocking events of last night

“I had an awful sleep last night, how about you?”

“Oh yeah, it was abysmal. Rain, thunder, and lightning, I couldn't tell if we were under attack or not!”

“Me too. But I had a dream last night!”

“Really? Wow, what about?”

“I don’t remember much, but it was really calm and serene. I was lying back on a beach in Hainan, sipping a rice wine cocktail and just enjoying the better things in life...”

It so happened that not one single member of PEXDET had been killed that night; on the North Bank anyway. autolycus was absolutely stunned

“So, we all survived? Wow, that’s fantastic!”

The Comrades grinned at their apparent leader

What good news for us. Either all the Imperialists are dead, or they’re all trapped on the South Bank. All thanks to my leadership, I might add” said the Chairman, with a puffed out chest.

The Communists looked at each other quizzically, but they shrugged it off, and continued their trudge along the road in the heavy rain, with maybe a spot of Revolutionary zeal.

North Side Alive: 9/9
autolycus
wideeyed
AVSM
M3YUZ
Nictel
Split
ATPG
landlubber
Romanic

South Side Alive: ?

Lynched players 7/40

Azathoth
Beefy187
shlin28
Niklas
Pinman
TheFlax

Killed Players 9/40

Winston Hughes
Sasaki Kojiro
taka
Beskar
Chaotix
Psychonaut
johnhughthom
Secura
CDF
aThis

Devoured by Rats - 2

Thermal Mercury
Wishazu

Once again, apologies for the terrible delay, and for the cliché introductory phrase. This phase shall end in approximately 23 hours at 22:00 GMT+1

[Askthepizzaguy]

vote: M3YUZ

To check his pulse.

[autolycus]

Well, that worked out quite well, if I do say so myself. It is regrettable that our comrades on the Southern Bank are trapped with all of the capitalist and imperialist scum. I made some mistakes with respect to protection scheme last night, but I will rectify them tonight, so that when we reunite with the others, we will at least be close to having strong cliques to aid them in rooting out our enemies.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Well, that worked out quite well, if I do say so myself. It is regrettable that our comrades on the Southern Bank are trapped with all of the capitalist and imperialist scum. I made some mistakes with respect to protection scheme last night, but I will rectify them tonight, so that when we reunite with the others, we will at least be close to having strong cliques to aid them in rooting out our enemies.

What happened? The order I got, and my designated group's actions didn't match up.

[autolycus]

A friend of mine was getting married this weekend, so I was rushed and accidentally included one of the six other actives in both protection groups and one in neither.

[Subotan]

Due to unforeseeable occurrences in the South Bank thread, I have been required to extend this day phase by 24 hours. And No Lynch/Abstain are not allowed this phase.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Okay well unless you guys are cool with M3YUZ dying because he's inactive, I'd prod you to entertain some more productive suggestions.

I'd consider a M3YUZ lynch the equivalent of a No Lynch at this point because we aren't losing anyone, really.

[Splitpersonality]

I am unsure as to whether or not he is mafia per se, but he is an inactive (lol I'm a hypocrite).

:/

[Askthepizzaguy]

I am unsure as to whether or not he is mafia per se, but he is an inactive (lol I'm a hypocrite).

:/

It's good to have you back. I thought I would have to get rid of all these danged "communists" all by myself, Colonel.



edit: There's no salute smiley. Why?

edit edit: I am forced to use a CFC smiley face. Are you happy, The .ORG?

[autolycus]

We seem to be short on food, so one must be sacrificed for the greater good (OOC: Why else would we start lynching when no one died). I think this is the best way that vote:M3YUZ can serve PEXDET.

[Subotan]

autolycus once again assembled the soldiers on the North Side of the Nuqi River to find that, once again, nobody had died during the night.

"I'm really happy. We're either incredibly lucky" announced autolycus to the sprightly Communists "Or we've got an incredibly cowardly mafia faction. Either way, it's good for all of us, and least in the short term. But we're still going to lynch someone today, because that's what the Chairman would want. "

With the rain still lashing down around them, the North Side survivors packed up their tents and equipment, and trod along the muddy paths towards the Wenti Bridge. They expected to reach by the end of the day, and they were confident that the following day, that they could mount an attack against the Kuomintang Fortress, provided there was one there.

North Side Alive: 8/9
autolycus
wideeyed
AVSM
Nictel
Split
ATPG
landlubber
Romanic

South Side Alive - ?

Lynched players 6/40

Azathoth
Beefy187
shlin28
Niklas
Pinman
TheFlax
M3YUZ

Killed Players 9/40

Winston Hughes
Sasaki Kojiro
taka
Beskar
Chaotix
Psychonaut
johnhughthom
Secura
CDF
aThis

Devoured by Rats - 2

Thermal Mercury
Wishazu

Deadline is in 36 hours, at 22:00 GMT +1.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Okay. Did everyone send in correct orders this time? Obviously AVSM did not, but.... Anything else firm to report, Autolycus?

AVSM could be a default lynch because he's not protecting anyone at all, and he's not voting. If you want to do a "No Lynch" that's the one to lynch. However, just from scanning this thread alone:

So, Comrades, what next?

No new contributions.

I'm a little uneasy about lynching. Just because we have so little numbers and no conclusive evidence.

Echoing one of my own sentiments. No new contributions.

Well, I suppose this is the best course of action...
Vote: M3YUZ

Following the leader, no new contributions.

What's scummier than someone who doesn't protect, doesn't vote, and doesn't discuss? Someone who does, but adds absolutely nothing to our efforts.



vote: landlubber





edit: My 15,000th post.....

[landlubber]

Happy 15000th!
Now, back to the game.
If I was mafia, why wouldn't I kill, yet be active in the thread? The mafia may not be killing just because it would be easy to weed them out, but, truthfully, I highly doubt that.
I've cooperated with everyone else the rest of the town the entire game. I don't see how lynching me would be better than lynching an inactive, but sure, you can give it a try and lynch another townie.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Happy 15000th!

Thank you.

If I was mafia, why wouldn't I kill, yet be active in the thread?

You tell me.

The mafia may not be killing just because it would be easy to weed them out

You just told me.

, but, truthfully, I highly doubt that.

What reason have you to doubt it? If it is both possible and wise, then it is most likely the case. Do you have evidence that disputes that?

I've cooperated with everyone else the rest of the town the entire game.

If the traitors and infiltrators among us never cooperated, would it not be easier to spot them?

I don't see how lynching me would be better than lynching an inactive, but sure, you can give it a try and lynch another townie.

In my opinion, we can just lynch AVSM and be down by not much. If he's not voting or protecting at night then he's not going to be much use but cover for the enemy. However, he's also unlikely to be the enemy, because if he were he would be trying harder to show himself as helpful and contributory.

In my analysis, someone who is just following orders and continues to do so, and does nothing but follow the leader lynch-wise, is doing his best not to gain the attention of the town communists and look useful at the same time. If we are looking for likely candidates for the enemy, that's a logical place to start. Do you have a different suggestion? Feel free to make one. I'd be curious to hear who your suspects are, presently.

[Romanic]

I'm back in this game now.

Last night I didn't send any order, so I wasn't protecting anyone. Didn't matter anyway.

My thoughts about our situation: GeneralHankerchief allegedly put his best suspects on the rope bridge, but it turns out that none of us is (apparently) able to kill at night, nor is the KMT officer around to convert us.

Possibilities are:

1) We're all good communists.
2) We have "powerless" enemies in our ranks, unable to kill/convert, but they could be active. Scanners or who knows what.... Maybe converted KMTs have no power at all.
3) We have a killer, but he chose not to kill, to remain hidden.

I see #3 as a good possibility because we have many inactive members, and it could be easy to pick up who the killer is if he was killing.

Lynching someone in this case does not seem good, or we need to lynch an inactive. Anyone else is a bad decision unless we can come up with a good candidate, but the discussion around here is dead (my fault also).

vote: AVSM

[Askthepizzaguy]

I'm back in this game now

You've been back for longer than this, nearly three hours. Why are you avoiding this thread?

Last night I didn't send any order, so I wasn't protecting anyone. Didn't matter anyway.

It could have mattered.

My thoughts about our situation: GeneralHankerchief allegedly put his best suspects on the rope bridge, but it turns out that none of us is (apparently) able to kill at night, nor is the KMT officer around to convert us.

Why are you only focusing on the KMT officer?

Possibilities are:

1) We're all good communists.
2) We have "powerless" enemies in our ranks, unable to kill/convert, but they could be active. Scanners or who knows what.... Maybe converted KMTs have no power at all.
3) We have a killer, but he chose not to kill, to remain hidden.

I see #3 as a good possibility because we have many inactive members, and it could be easy to pick up who the killer is if he was killing.

This smells suspiciously like stating the obvious, a nervous habit many people with a guilty conscience employ.

Lynching someone in this case does not seem good, or we need to lynch an inactive.

If there are suspects on this side of the bridge, and we can narrow them down just from our own personal perspective, plus autolycus' roleblock, plus the fact that auto has been scanned (iirc), plus the inactivity/absence of certain players, then we need to narrow it down. That way, when we rejoin the others, it will be much more obvious who among us could be guilty.

Anyone else is a bad decision unless we can come up with a good candidate, but the discussion around here is dead (my fault also).

Hence why I am pressuring people. I need a good lead, and presently I see two.

[Romanic]

You've been back for longer than this, nearly three hours. Why are you avoiding this thread?

Is this a serious question?

Why are you only focusing on the KMT officer?

Hmm. I'm not focusing on the KMT offiicer. So far we heard about enemies able to kill us, and the KMT officer able to convert us. Every other enemy was included in "none of us is (apparently) able to kill".

This smells suspiciously like stating the obvious, a nervous habit many people with a guilty conscience employ.

The only thing on my conscience is my inactivity in the last few days.

[Subotan]

The Communists still felt obliged to lynch someone for some reason in the fierce thunderstorm, even though they had spent three days without a single kill.

"We have to fight Fire with Fire, boys." announced autolycus with a stern severity "Even when fire has already been attempted" referring to the quaking Romanic and his bridge-jumping exploits.

"I'm a good Communist. Really! I don't know why you're all ganging up on me..."

askthepizzaguy approached Romanic and laid a hand on his shoulder: "We do have a good reason. Just Because." , before drawing his butcher's knife. Romanic stepped back, clearly panicked

"Now now now there's no need to go psychopath on me. I ;m sure we can come to a convienient arrangement where we-"

Just at that moment, a huge lightning bolt blasted the tree Romanic was standing under. Although the thunderbolt left Romanic frazzled, he was otherwise unarmed. But the tree was charred to a crisp, and it's brittle roots has become blackened and twisted, and they gave way. The tree crumbled and collapsed, right on top of the screaming Romanic, who was crushed by the falling lumber.

askthepizzaguy tutted, but the others seemed quite glad that ATPG didn't go as psychopathic as Romanic had feared.

North Side Alive: 7/9
autolycus
wideeyed
AVSM
Nictel
Split
ATPG
landlubber
Romanic

South Side Alive - ?

Lynched players 6/40

Azathoth
Beefy187
shlin28
Niklas
Pinman
TheFlax
M3YUZ
Romanic

Killed Players 9/40

Winston Hughes
Sasaki Kojiro
taka
Beskar
Chaotix
Psychonaut
johnhughthom
Secura
CDF
aThis

Devoured by Rats - 2

Thermal Mercury
Wishazu

Deadline is in 20 hours, at 22:00 GMT +1.

[autolycus]

Do we have to make any decisions regarding the coming assault on the bridge?

[Subotan]

Nope, I shall arrange all of that myself.