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VOTE: DAMONICUS
VOTE: Damonicus
Hey look! I learned how to make my vote red like everrrryone elses!
"Shoot," another harshly whispered, and on command, the arrow was released. It sailed through the air, down towards the man who seemed to be standing oddly in the middle of the street observing nothing in particular. In a rather bizarre display, the arrow seemed to vanish as it shot through Kaeus and embedded itself in the wall behind him.
Pretty safe to assume Kaeus isn't mafia, why would they kill one of their own?
But if the mafia did slip up and Ilyon is trying to cover, we have two prime suspects. I say we lynch one and see. But I am open to suggestions and other logic.
Vote: Aarbrok
I approve of being right and winning. Notice how I haven't voted until now? I'm just trying to be a responsible citizen and offer some options. Lynch me if you want, you'll regret it. Just remember who pointed the finger at me my fellow citizens when I fall! Then I can both win AND be right!
Though I'll take being right in the meanwhile.
Vote: Demarcus
Only one round passed and I'm guessing people are still being cautious. There's not really much evidence pointing one direction or the other so far. Though, typically speaking the most vocal people tend to be civilians. Being outspoken got me killed in like the third round on the old forums; mafia members tend to be the quieter ones. Still, Zun makes a pretty compelling argument.
I kind of want to follow Kaeus's lead because I really doubt he's the mafia. Beeing protected by the civilians generally means you're one of the good guys.
Does anyone else have any input to share?
Assuming you're innocent, you really are a horrible civilian. "Baiting to get lynched" or whatever only helps the mafia and in every conceivable way, too. You'd waste a round for us while letting them pick off people at the night rounds. Try to find out who is the mafia and make good arguments to have them lynched instead of arbitrarily going 'this person is bad, kill them, this person is also bad, kill them too'. Right now, you're only making the game more confusing.
I still vote for Aarbrok
Also, random numbers ocurr in clusters. If memory serves, Zun was mafia last game. Therefore, I expect from a non-pseudo RNG that he would pull another mafia ticket!
Vote: Zun.
Here's my final post on the matter. I'm making my case, and letting the cards fall as they will. My sincerest apologies to Alexina for being a bad civilian, and by confusing things, hopefully this will clear it up a bit.
Lets look at what we know for a fact. Damonicus was lynched by Valenae, Zun, Lianca, Ilyon, Damonicus and myself. When I voted I didn't realize that I was the 6th, I thought I was the 7th. Just stating a fact known to me alone, sorry about that Damonicus buddy.
A lot of the voting in the first round didn't make a lot of sense as to how it got started, to be honest, but that's alright. Zun voted third. That's a pretty safe number, in the eyes of the mafia, because they know that civilians will be suspicious of the first vote. But third? Now you're just bandwagoning and are innocent as can be.
Zun doesn't want to make the first vote, because people who vote first look suspicious, as Kaeus so eloquently pointed out. But we have Ilyon trying to backpedal and say "Your logic is flawed, the mafia are not that dumb!" As I stated in an earlier post, it's anybody's guess here. But, if they're not going to make such an easy-to-catch mistake, how do we know they aren't going to purposefully make that mistake, knowing that you think that it's an easy to catch mistaken, and by gosh they wouldn't make that mistake! It's very dangerous to assume to know exactly what play the enemy WON'T use. You need to consider the possibilities.
So, Zun sees an opening when Aarbs, whom I am giving the benefit of the weaker case against here, nominates me simply on the basis that I've said anything at all. Again, I've pointed out I have never pointed the finger before this previous vote, in any game of mafia! I bandwagon, if anything else! So now I will be punished for attempting to play the game. Harsh learning curve noted. So, we have a vote on absolutely no logic or evidence whatsoever. And yet, Zun admits I have "more than a lick of logic", which is more than Aarbs has. A bit hypocritical, if you ask me. To recap, I have a vote initiated against me because I 1) said something, and 2) Aarb incorrectly thinks that I "always" (when in fact it is never) do the finger pointing. Great.
Alexina has made some incredibly valid points. Communication in a mafia game is great! There was almost nothing in the previous one, which made it fairly boring, especially for those that don't have anything to do at night. She points out that Civvies tend to be more vocal? Why? Because we have nothing to do at night. Nada. Nilch. Squat. I twiddle my thumbs for half the game. I would be more suspect of the people who say next to nothing to back up their claims because they're trying to fly under the radar. I figured as soon as I opened my trap I'd be inviting some votes against me, and logic to me would dictate that more times than not they would be in the mafia because now they have the tiniest sliver of anything to knock off another civilian without a lick of suspicion being thrown their way until afterwards. But if that's what it takes, great. We've identified several very prime suspects that way.
Also, do you know how some people are always certain roles in these types of games? This is just me reiterating how true random numbers come in clusters. Zun will no doubt argue that everyone had equal probability and each event is independent, but we all know deep down that whenever we play these types of games there are a few people who seem to always be on a certain side. Anyone who plays Battlestar Galactica (the board game) with any frequency likely knows what I'm talking. A non-pseudo random number generator was used to determine roles, and any observant person is going to expect clustering. Zun was mafia last game. That definitely tips this round of voting's supicion, in my book, far enough in his favor to confirm my gut feeling that he's a toaster. I mean mafia.
It's too late for those that have tipped their hands, and to the rest of the civilians, you're welcome for something far more substantial than has been offered by anyone but Alexina and obviously Kaeus (being protected and all). Hopefully this post will be referred to once I'm gone -- I do enjoy being proven right. I'll count two of the three (Zun, Aarbs, Ilyon) being mafia as a stunning success. Pretty sure about Zun though.
Vote as you will. And so I can put it in pretty colors...
Vote: Zun
Just look at the reasoning here:
Look, I'm not saying that these people necessarily are mafia. We just have too little to go on at the moment. But bandwagoning for the sake of bandwagoning is exactly what the mafia wants, right? Right now, everyone are just voting without really adding any substance to the thread, which means next round comes around and there's nothing to really look at and say 'hrm, these guys are doing weird stuff, what if they're mafia'.
I mean, now I'm starting to get vocal too so I guess there's some chances I'll get lynched next round or whatnot.
It's not hard to believe that you're being voted for because people just think you're Mafia. And in my case, that's what's going on. Mafia might be backing me up. I might be wrong. But argue that, prove that you're trust worthy. Because so far? You haven't.
I'll vote for Demarcus.
Demarcus has been lynched.He was a Civilian.
It is now night.