Rampage Out of Space

[Laurentus]

I'm not following your line of thought here. Could you unpack it?

You're sitting at a 50% chance of being properly scanned as Town, and HK has gone from "Laurentus and Vro are Town" to "let's tinfoil Lau" a bit, which could easily be explained by simply being the SK and realising he's been boxed in, and trying to stir some shit in an attempt to escape said box, but it can also be explained by being actual Town and suddenly distrusting the guy pushing the PoE, in this case me.

[Laurentus]

You're sitting at a 50% chance of being properly scanned as Town, and HK has gone from "Laurentus and Vro are Town" to "let's tinfoil Lau" a bit, which could easily be explained by simply being the SK and realising he's been boxed in, and trying to stir some shit in an attempt to escape said box, but it can also be explained by being actual Town and suddenly distrusting the guy pushing the PoE, in this case me.

To further elaborate, Winston, the reason my PoE would be wrong is if I've let the SK or a Wolf slip into my don't-chops. And I'm thinking that would most likely be you.

[Laurentus]

Well, @hollowkatt, if you're not scum or the SK, then where has my PoE gone wrong?

[hollowkatt]

Well, @hollowkatt, if you're not scum or the SK, then where has my PoE gone wrong?

What is your POE right now? You've mentioned pretty much everyone that isn't you, csargo, and vro as possible bad guys. So dolby, winston, myself, borg right?

I'd say a poe of winston, dolby, borg isn't bad at all. That's functionally the poe I started the day with. Your posts thus far are making me question you, and if I question you likely I swap you and winston and see how that feels.

[Winston Hughes]

hk and borg feel like scum trying to catch up with a situation that's going south for them

and it's a valiant effort

just not very believable

[hollowkatt]

hk and borg feel like scum trying to catch up with a situation that's going south for them

and it's a valiant effort

just not very believable

I am shocked and offended my good sir.

[Winston Hughes]

I am shocked and offended my good sir.

we can still be friends

at least until we've chopped your scumbuddy Borg

[Winston Hughes]

Thinking about the whole set-up, I don't believe Monty put a town tracker in it, and I suspect that the Infiltrator and the Wolf were the roles that needed pzelda's check to be backed up by another player to get a guilty result.

What the boss bionic can do, I have no idea, and feel disinclined to speculate.

[Winston Hughes]

To further elaborate, Winston, the reason my PoE would be wrong is if I've let the SK or a Wolf slip into my don't-chops. And I'm thinking that would most likely be you.

Of course.

And, although from a winning-the-game perspective, it would be better if that investigation had fully cleared me, from a me-enjoying-myself perspective this is very much preferable.

[Winston Hughes]

You're sitting at a 50% chance of being properly scanned as Town, and HK has gone from "Laurentus and Vro are Town" to "let's tinfoil Lau" a bit, which could easily be explained by simply being the SK and realising he's been boxed in, and trying to stir some shit in an attempt to escape said box, but it can also be explained by being actual Town and suddenly distrusting the guy pushing the PoE, in this case me.

I mean, from my perspective, it can only be the former.

But, okay, I understand your thought process now.

And, to be clear, I am never pushing the Paranoia line today as an actual thing. If somehow you really are scum here, you totally deserve this win.

[Laurentus]

I mean, from my perspective, it can only be the former.

But, okay, I understand your thought process now.

And, to be clear, I am never pushing the Paranoia line today as an actual thing. If somehow you really are scum here, you totally deserve this win.

Wait, so you now think that HK is the SK? What happened to your read of Dolby as SK?

[Winston Hughes]

Wait, so you now think that HK is the SK? What happened to your read of Dolby as SK?

I meant between the choices you presented.

[Winston Hughes]

And, to be clear, I'm not reading Dolby as the sk.

I'm just working from that hypothesis currently.

[Winston Hughes]

To unpack that a bit...

Dolby and Borg are the obvious pairing. They've been buddying hard for all to see.

HK and Dolby are antagonists. They've been slapping each other about.

HK and Borg have not been anything notable that I can recall, and so appear less likely to be buddies than D/B and more likely than H/D, based solely on surface appearances.

But isn't that exactly where the real buddies are more likely to end up in this situation, neither wanting to make the connection too obvious nor pushing each other too hard towards the firing line?

This is why my hypothesis has Dolby as the sk, at least until I've gotten into the reading.

[Laurentus]

What motive would Dolby and Borg possibly have had to appear so buddy-buddy, other than just being buddy-buddy because they're just Wolves.

[Winston Hughes]

What motive would Dolby and Borg possibly have had to appear so buddy-buddy, other than just being buddy-buddy because they're just Wolves.

I think they have a meta-game relationship going on. Something about cop claims and paragons of towniness.

[Winston Hughes]

What motive would Dolby and Borg possibly have had to appear so buddy-buddy, other than just being buddy-buddy because they're just Wolves.

Another answer is that from each of their perspectives (regardless of which is scum and which is sk), the relationship was working for them.

It might very well have led to suspicion about why the other was playing along, but so long as it was helping their own cause there would seem little reason to disturb things.

[Laurentus]

I detest WIFOM on principle.

[Winston Hughes]

I detest WIFOM on principle.

I embrace it as an inescapable part of this ridiculous, maddening, and horribly addictive game.

Although that is a major reason why I only play twice a year these days.

[Winston Hughes]

Does that make sense?