captain8track

Unvote: molestargazer I first voted for Mole because I scanned through the first few pages of this thread, and saw all his spilled ink across the screen. Frankly, I thought "where there's smoke, there's fire." And when you don't understand the rules of the game, that's about all you have to go on. It's still my first game. But I understand it marginally better now. I understand that the druggies know who the scum are. And that they want to kill the mafia because then they'll get the NK. I also understand that you're never going to get real "evidence" here. All you're going to get is finger-pointing. "He posted this, so he must be scum." So there's going to be an element of uncertainty. That's unavoidable. I voted for Mole because I thought he was the first to lead discussion to try and lynch someone. I thought that was a sign he knew who the scum was, and that therefore he too was scum. Frankly, though, his first serious vote ("RVS is over...") still seems flippant. No rationale is provided there. Who seemed to cast the first serious vote? Probably still Mole. He did claim "RVS is over," indicating he took it seriously. But the absence of rationale there seems to show that he did it to try and feel Falzis out through his reaction- not something you'd need to do if you were certain. The next "serious" vote seems to be Falzis- firing back at Mole. What else is there to go on? I keep coming back to Falzis quote from early on in the thread: I think the drug dealers have something to ride on with the random voting stage. They can vote "randomly" but in reality are voting for Mafia and hopefully create a trend of votes. So as of now any "random" vote could actually be not random at all. Hopefully this will give us hints as to who are druggies and scummies. At that point, he was laying low and hadn't cast any votes yet. After things picked up, he's been driving conversation ever since. Earlier I wrote that I was leaning between Mole and Falzis. I still am. But now I'm leaning towards Falzis. Vote: Falzis

The two I'm focused on now are Molestargazer and Falzis. Of course, it's because they've been driving the conversation. The logic employed by both of them seems convoluted and filled with gaps. That could be unintentional, but I think it is likely a deliberate attempt to mislead. Then again, as experienced players it makes sense that they drive the game forward with conversation. They're trying to get this thing off the ground. So the question would become: why aren't all the other experienced players (CanucksDynasty, KevinH, perhaps Narsis?) participating as much? Perhaps they are laying low, content to let the attention focus elsewhere? Perhaps they are quiet because there isn't enough information yet upon which to base meaningful inferences? It would seem that, no matter how far along this game progresses, it is still at heart an exercise in the WIFOM dilemma. Meaning that there IS no time when there's enough information to make meaningful inferences; therefore, those not contributing now would appear to be scum trying to evade detection. Right now, though, I'm confident in selecting between either Molestargazer or Falzis. And with my vote already set on one of the two, I'm content to let it remain. (vote not changed)

Nope. Getting the hang of it. Thanks for the links everybody. unvote: curufinwe Not random vote, but pretty close to it- Vote: molestargazer Just a hunch so far. Short version: methinks you doth protest too much. Not exactly iron-clad reasoning. This may be revisited.

What the?! But I haven't even posted here! I've given you literally NOTHING to base that decision on. Why would you do that? Unless... unless you're looking for a scapegoat. Unless you're seeking to sow discord and chaos amongst the ranks, dividing the populous so you can conquer them with ease. Yes... that's exactly what you'd want to do. Vote: Curufinwe

I'm in.