Mafia #26: Roadside Picnic the Game

Hey folks.. I'm not lurking or hiding and hae never UD'd (Swayde). I had an extremely busy day (which I stated yesterday), am sun burned, tired, and slightly buzzed. My thoughts may be in random order, but they are not random.

I'm still not sure about Ogre or CL... someone mentioned the Stalkers choosing the lesser of two losses and I think that could be true. Not so much a planned "sacrifice", but a late choice after the Rb thing didn't work out. I'm just not quite sure who may have been "saved".

JM- I think you're scum. Jpappy made a better case on you than I could and from me it would look like an OMGUS, but it is what it is. You haven't added anything whatsoever to the town and jumped at the chance to vote for me.

bkw- I think you're scum too. I see you defending JM and Enya while posting very calculated inaccuracies. Yes, they can be explained away. You should go into politics, they are still not true. BTW- the word tHrow has an H in it.

Jensons- I can definitely see the case on, but I'm seeing others more guilty right now.

In case I hae a vote on Ice (I usually try to)... I retract my vote to throw Ice into the zone and vote to trow bkw1982 into the zone. I'd vote for you JM, but I have more confidence in you hanging yourself.

I still think Bk's walking a thin line, but I'm almost positive of JM's guilt... Just a note in case I end up gone.
 
I'd like to be able to trust Plantling as a known innocent but thats not possible at this moment.

Bkw gave his reasons why he thinks Plantling is innocent, I don't think Bkw is innocent, and this forces me to question Plantling.




If CL is innocent then you're 100% innocent. If Cl guilty ur still 100% innocent.

What coulda happend:There was a tie between Cl and Grace, and if it ended with CL being lynched and being guilty an arguement could have been made that you tried to save CL by voting grace. That's to big a risk to take just to try and look innocent. I dont think it's a risk a mafia would take.

What actually happend: Grace was lynched and mafia. you put the final vote to tie Grace and CL. No matter what CL status you thought he was innocent and saved him. Why tie the vote unless to save CL cause u think he's innocent. I think only an innocent would do that.

That's why you're a known innocent.

If CL is a stalker and Plant is a stalker and she had to choose between the 2 she would keep Corys experience over Graces newbiness.

Also in your what coulda happened scenario if CL was lynched and found guilty why would the arguement be made that Plant was saving Grace? Can't the same arguement be made about Cory? We don't know his status. For you to say Plantling is a known innocent you'd also have to assume that Cory is also.But I haven't see you mention that.

I'd have to look back but I believe Plantling mentioned not knowing what the vote tally was at the time of her vote.

Umm, if you'll go back and read my posts you'll see I posted my concerns about Grace pretty early and even after I voted Ogre. CL did not and still does not appear Mafia to me. And honestly, I was in a rush to go cook dinner so did not realize CL had that many votes.

Here she says she had no idea how many votes Cory had at the time of her vote.

I'm not saying Plantling is a Stalker. I'm not getting that feeling from her but I can't see any reason to claim she is a known innocent unless Bkw knows that for a fact.
 
I'd like to be able to trust Plantling as a known innocent but thats not possible at this moment.

Bkw gave his reasons why he thinks Plantling is innocent, I don't think Bkw is innocent, and this forces me to question Plantling.

If CL is a stalker and Plant is a stalker and she had to choose between the 2 she would keep Corys experience over Graces newbiness.

Also in your what coulda happened scenario if CL was lynched and found guilty why would the arguement be made that Plant was saving Grace? Can't the same arguement be made about Cory? We don't know his status. For you to say Plantling is a known innocent you'd also have to assume that Cory is also.But I haven't see you mention that.

I'd have to look back but I believe Plantling mentioned not knowing what the vote tally was at the time of her vote.



Here she says she had no idea how many votes Cory had at the time of her vote.

I'm not saying Plantling is a Stalker. I'm not getting that feeling from her but I can't see any reason to claim she is a known innocent unless Bkw knows that for a fact.

Gracecat: Swayde(45) RB(263) Jl(268) Cl(277) plant(303)

Cory: Coler; Bethkira(214) Ogre(218) Hooked(223) Jpappy(259)

Ogre:
Ice(131) CL(145) JL(147) Bkw(154) plant(159) HN(163)LG(164)Gracecat(196) Enya(217)

Rbishop: Bkw(118) Jensons(195), Bkw(212) Ice(224)

Hooked: Judge(226)

Jensons: Ice(265) Lady G(294)



If CL is innocent then you're 100% innocent. If Cl guilty ur still 100% innocent.

What coulda happend:There was a tie between Cl and Grace, and if it ended with CL being lynched and being guilty an arguement could have been made that you tried to save CL by voting grace. That's to big a risk to take just to try and look innocent. I dont think it's a risk a mafia would take.

What actually happend: Grace was lynched and mafia. you put the final vote to tie Grace and CL. No matter what CL status you thought he was innocent and saved him. Why tie the vote unless to save CL cause u think he's innocent. I think only an innocent would do that.

That's why you're a known innocent.

Ice are you skimming again? please show me where i said "Also in your what coulda happened scenario if CL was lynched and found guilty why would the arguement be made that Plant was saving Grace?"

I believe the correct quote was "There was a tie between Cl and Grace, and if it ended with CL being lynched and being guilty an arguement could have been made that you tried to save CL by voting grace"
 
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I am going to try and respond to some things while we wait for Z's nightfall. If I didn't respond to something, I will try to if you direct me to the post # or quote it for me.

Lady G:


Jensons OMGUS vote on Ice looks pretty bad. Knowing we've got a substantial lead and having a RL crisis kick in I'd likely PM the mod and bow out of the game rather than toss out an OMGUS vote that could potentially help bump off a fellow innocent. So that has raised my suspicion of Jensons quite a bit. Seems more like a scummy way of doing things than pro-town. And if she was communicating innocent I'd think she would have at least worked with her teammates to get a meaningful vote in. (Jensons) Very sorry to hear about your grandfather and hope he gets well!)

This, LG is where a PM was mentioned in regards to me.


Are you flat out asking the Dr to protect you here Jensons??

As far as your vote for Ice you said in the vote itself it was a OMGUS vote, how could you expect people NOT to react to that, you have played this game plenty and know how that can be a very anti-town move. Now that people are reacting to your vote, you say you have a case....why did you not make your case when you voted him instead of just saying OMGUS???

Who said you were PMing outside the game?? I looked back, and in less I missed it..the only refrence to PMs was made by RB, and it had nothing to do with you, it was about Grace.

And yes, I was asking the Doc for protection, though at this point it would be better placed on Swayde, who is the most innocent looking of all right now.

I did not have time to make a case. I was tired and in a hurry. RL can be a witch, and I have had more fall onto my plate this week than I could possibly explain here, including a Child Protecive Services call and then my Grampa. Anyone who twists that to make a player look bad (G and Swayde included here) is suspicious imo because I was attempting to keep myself in the game and help keep the townie- stalker ratio in favor of the town. I may have overreacted to being acused of "scummy play" (sorry 'bout that Swayde:o) but I was doing what I thought was in the best interest of the town.

On to Ice:

I voted Ice partly as an OMGUS, and partly for valid reasons. By gunning for me he is trying to rid the town of another townie. This is bad. I also ahd concerns about his sudden change towards me. I went from "oh, jensons is playing" to "Jensons is posting evil words and is a Stalker." I found this strange. I voted for him, avoiding an UD. I couldn't very well vote for myself (I assume the "stong lead" that Swayde mentions above), as that is against the rules. Not the best reason, but there it is.

Does anyone think we should try to keep the votes close between Jensons and LG? There are 16 players playing and 3 haven't voted yet. Enya and Coler I think won't and that leaves JM as the tie breaker. Be interesting to see which way she goes.

If all 14 vote and we have a 7-6 situation will the last player make it 7-7 or 8-6?

All a moot point if Coler or Enya vote beforehand as it couldn't end up tied if 1 votes and the other doesn't unless JM doesn't either.

And this, after Swayde has outd LadyG, is odd....

jensons-I see the case for you being a Stalker, the early innocent banner waving really bothers me, I did it in my second game and i was mafia then.

K, well, I don't see me being a stalker, but I HAVE played enough not to wave the "Innocent" sign wihtout a really good reason early on. Doing it this early, and not truly being innocent, is silly. Hope I'm not that far gone....

I retract my vote to toss Beth into the zone. I vote to toss Lady G into the zone because I happen to know she is a stalker. I know this because I was given a small disk allowing me to investigate one person. I am an innocent. I think I've done my best for the town so far, and been as helpful as possible. I believe that getting this information out there into the general population is the best course for the town. I encourage all my fellow citizens to help me get rid of this stalker. If I should perish in the still of the night, remember this information taken from the disk I received.

I believe you and changed my vote, but I really, really hope that I am right to do so....... You were pretty certain about me...

Z: I do wish that we had had a full rules posting at the beginning to know when the Alien Tech would be used (investigations related to it, deaths related etc) this is the second time that it has not fallen at night, as per the normal mafia games..... it is worrisome.....

I think there's probably enough information on people to go by for now to risk making the votes so close. I am inclined to believe Jensons is innocent now btw.

Thank you.....sorry if I came off rude or even mean......really sorry....

RB has better reasoning than I could come up with for Ice/LG is posts on pg 45.....


The whole Jenson-G thing is odd. I want to believe that they are both stalkers and decided to do some risky distancing, but it will be hard to look at Jensons as innocent (pending the night's results)...I truly hope we are not being played.

Why? If LadyG is Stalker, then why would I be?

Ogre: I am worried that you flipped on me....I am now inclined to thinking you are possibly a Stalker.....sorry....


OK, none of my comments are valuable if you truly do not trust me. This game would be too easy if we could all be trusted, but I have posted everything that goes through my head, and it may have not come out as I would have liked.

~brandy
 
This makes no sense. What could you possibly have seen that would get you lynched moreso than saying you saw something, but won't share? I know you have played enough games to know that looks very anti-town. We won't be able to believe you if someone else points it out and you just go along with it and say "yep that's what I was talking about"...we'll be like "uh huh, sure"

Why even drop something like that out there? If you see something that you aren't ready to share, why not just keep it to yourself until you are ready?

Thats kinda what I am thinking...everyone is making observations in this type of game so how are we supposed to know what you are talking about Jmax?

Its almost like a "well I saw something, but I cant tell you now so keep me around until the right time comes" sort of thing...and I dont like it
 
**Grampa had heart surgery to re-position a shunt that was put in last year. They had changed his meds, and his heart was working too hard and things got icky. He is in recovery and is doing well. Thank you so much for all your thoughts and prayers. He's not out of the woods yet, but all is going well.**

I am going to try and respond to some things while we wait for Z's nightfall. If I didn't respond to something, I will try to if you direct me to the post # or quote it for me.

Lady G:




This, LG is where a PM was mentioned in regards to me.




And yes, I was asking the Doc for protection, though at this point it would be better placed on Swayde, who is the most innocent looking of all right now.

I did not have time to make a case. I was tired and in a hurry. RL can be a witch, and I have had more fall onto my plate this week than I could possibly explain here, including a Child Protecive Services call and then my Grampa. Anyone who twists that to make a player look bad (G and Swayde included here) is suspicious imo because I was attempting to keep myself in the game and help keep the townie- stalker ratio in favor of the town. I may have overreacted to being acused of "scummy play" (sorry 'bout that Swayde:o) but I was doing what I thought was in the best interest of the town.

On to Ice:

I voted Ice partly as an OMGUS, and partly for valid reasons. By gunning for me he is trying to rid the town of another townie. This is bad. I also ahd concerns about his sudden change towards me. I went from "oh, jensons is playing" to "Jensons is posting evil words and is a Stalker." I found this strange. I voted for him, avoiding an UD. I couldn't very well vote for myself (I assume the "stong lead" that Swayde mentions above), as that is against the rules. Not the best reason, but there it is.



And this, after Swayde has outd LadyG, is odd....



K, well, I don't see me being a stalker, but I HAVE played enough not to wave the "Innocent" sign wihtout a really good reason early on. Doing it this early, and not truly being innocent, is silly. Hope I'm not that far gone....



I believe you and changed my vote, but I really, really hope that I am right to do so....... You were pretty certain about me...

Z: I do wish that we had had a full rules posting at the beginning to know when the Alien Tech would be used (investigations related to it, deaths related etc) this is the second time that it has not fallen at night, as per the normal mafia games..... it is worrisome.....



Thank you.....sorry if I came off rude or even mean......really sorry....

RB has better reasoning than I could come up with for Ice/LG is posts on pg 45.....




Why? If LadyG is Stalker, then why would I be?

Ogre: I am worried that you flipped on me....I am now inclined to thinking you are possibly a Stalker.....sorry....


OK, none of my comments are valuable if you truly do not trust me. This game would be too easy if we could all be trusted, but I have posted everything that goes through my head, and it may have not come out as I would have liked.

~brandy

Jensons, I never said that if Lady G turns out stalker that you are. In fact I am thinking the opposite...thats why it has been hard for me to think that, because I was nealry sold on you being scum.

The thing that has really been bothering me about you play this game is that as when anyone goes after you, you believe they are a stalker: First Ice, and now Ogre. I mean, do you honestly think we can trust you? This ties back to the comment of mine about you acting like a known innocent. We cannot truly (100%)trust anyone at this point, even Swayde (nights results arent in)...I have never seen this type of play from you, or really anyone else before. Thats why it is troubling to me...
 
Jensons, I never said that if Lady G turns out stalker that you are. In fact I am thinking the opposite...thats why it has been hard for me to think that, because I was nealry sold on you being scum.

The thing that has really been bothering me about you play this game is that as when anyone goes after you, you believe they are a stalker: First Ice, and now Ogre. I mean, do you honestly think we can trust you? This ties back to the comment of mine about you acting like a known innocent. We cannot truly (100%)trust anyone at this point, even Swayde (nights results arent in)...I have never seen this type of play from you, or really anyone else before. Thats why it is troubling to me...

Thanks for the clarification there. I have been reading and my brain is a bit fried.

I think that this is the way I always play.....hte only time I didn't was when DD was coaching me as a baddy.....and then it was SOOOO hard not to respond to the accusations. lol, I think that maybe i am too soft to play this game well.....I have always been accused of being too argumentative about being innocent. I guess it is just the way I think: if I know I am innocent, then everyone who thinks otherwise is evil. I know that it is flawed logic, but I can't seem to help myself!

At this point, I am willing to bet that at least a few of the 5 Stalkers left jumped on the Jensons train, but I can't prove it, so it may not be worth mentioning at all.

If I changed my play at this point, it would make me even more suspect. I will try to be more clear about my thoughts on people, even if the thinking appears to be weak....


When is Z coming back? I'm impatient!!!!!

 
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