Swords in the Moon [Concluded]

[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.