Re: Kung Fu Mafia
Ok, here's my kill analysis, as promised. Sorry its a tad late, but finals week is a comin' round the corner. Please note some of this will be my interpretation of the posts. If you disagree, please discuss. If you feel that analyzing writeups is a waste of time, then so be it. I did this for those who felt it might help(myself included)
1st kill(Dutch Guy) Overall, was a pretty short kill and not much to go on. Only missing a couple of commas in minor places. The language style used isn't quite as common in the US, more common in Britain. Unfortunately, its nothing really glaringly British or Australian, it could still easily be someone from the US or elsewhere, so more analysis will be needed.
2nd kill(Chugg) Something struck me odd about this kill. The first thing was that it began with the word 'meanwhile'. This gives me an indication that it is quite likely that the same person wrote both kills. Looking through the rest, the few errors are in the exact same mold as the previous kill, missing a punctuation here and there. Overall, the write-up was fairly well done, with a variety of language and no grammatical errors, such as spelling. So far, assuming that indeed the same person wrote both kills, my guess is that our killer is perhaps in his mid twenties, graduated from college, but forgetting some of the finer details of writing. If I had to hazard a guess at nationality, I would probably say British, but that is far from affirmed at this point.
3rd kill(Andres) Overall, this was a solid case of writing, with the exception of a mistake regading to and too. The style of writing seems moderately eloquant. Perhaps the biggest hint here is a referance to metres. This is a strong indicator at someone outside of the US for this kill. To me, the biggest thing regarding that is the spelling of it. The spelling is in British style, so perhaps we have a Brit on our hands here. As a side note, I'm not sure how each country spells it, though my guess is that the US is the only one to spell it meter(just because we've got to be different, as always.
4th kill(Disco) Gah! There's practically nothing to this post. Doesn't really reveal much, though my guess is that this was written by someone who either very much dislikes writing, or isn't very skilled at it, as it seems to have been written with very little to no effort. As a note, I found it interesting that during the writeup, it would alternate between calling Disco his game name and calling him Disco. I'm taking this as a sign that the mafia likely doesn't need game names to kill. My guess would be that Sasaki probably subs in the game names on the writeups and leaves it at that, only on this one, he missed Disco's name a few times, perhaps.
5th kill(Redleg) Yet another very short writeup. My guess is that this was done by the same person who wrote up Disco's kill, very short. It doesn't go much into detail. In addition, it is done in the same style as Disco's kill, as a fake training session. A missed comma or two, not much to comment on grammar.
6th kill(GH) Written in the same style as Andres' kill, with the exception that this kill was done with a bow and arrow instead of kung fu. In both of the kills, the killer claimed a favor from the victim, and used it to aid in their deaths. We are beginning to see a theme in that the killers for the longer kills are being given some kind of identifier. For Chugg, it was the robed monk. For Andres, it was the hooded monk. Now, it is the masked monk. Once again, the grammar was solid, but comma's were yet again missing from places they should have been. There was one slight fragment when the killer spoke to GH, not really noticeable but still incorrect. Also, my guess is that this writeup was done by someone who has a fair amount of mafia experience. My reasoning for this was the portrayal of GH as "the eldest, wisest monk in the temple". My belief right now is that this person is probably from Europe, mid twenties and graduated from college. Their intelligent, but are beginning to forget some of the details of writing. I believe this to be the same person who killed Andres. My estimation is that they realized that having a high kung fu score could draw suspicion on them, and consequently went to a weapon to temper a high kung fu score.
7th kill(Roadkill) So far, this was the most well written piece. There were no errors that I could find within the writeup. Clever ending, as with GH's. The endings are so similar, in fact, that I think this was the same person. Yet another similarity, was the use of the bow to kill. One thing that really bothered me reading this was the use of "Hi!" It seemed rather inappropriate for the setting. Just didn't seem to fit the rest of the writeup. Now, I don't know how much people use 'Hi' in the rest of the world, but I know that it is frequently used here in the US. Any input from those who would know would be appreciated.
So, here's my summary so far. Night one kills were probably done by the same person. Likely, one mafioso couldn't PM Sasaki their night orders, so the person who wrote up one of the kills had to writeup another one and send it in for the partner. Based on style of post, its possible that this person had to writeup the two very short kills as well. They probably sent it to Sasaki as a backup and one mafioso hasn't been participating much, as the backups were used. I believe that the Andres, GH, and Roadkill kills were all done by a single person as well, due to consistencies in both style and grammar.
So, according to analysis and my interpretation of it, here are my character outlines for the mafia, with three total mafia.
Mafia one: Wrote up 1st two kills and possibly the redleg and disco kills as well. Probably somewhat experienced at mafia. Probably somewhere in the age range of 18 to 24. Interpreting a nationality is rather difficult at this point. Not enough info for an accurate guess at this point.
Mafia two: Either inactive or inexperienced at being mafia. May have written up Redleg and disco kills, or perhaps failed to pm sasaki and a backup was used in place. My guess right now: Warluster.
Mafia three: Likely a very experienced player. GH kill hints at least some experience at mafia. Similar kill themes for Andres, GH, and Roadkill, including a witty ending to GH and Roadkill deaths. Mostl likely isn't from US, hint coming from use of metres in Andres writeup. Likely British, but could be from elsewhere. Likely has a high kung fu score, and realized that a gigantic kung fu score would draw suspicion. Hence, use of the bow for the latter kills. Also, made similar use of a tree to the Buddha statue in the Roadkill/Andres writeups. People who might fit the bill: Orb, Hughtower, Coung Arach, and *possibly* Omanes. I think Omanes is the weakest candidate, with the others vying for top suspect.
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Originally Posted by greaterkhaan
Re: Kung Fu Mafia
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