Mafia 52: Killer Comes A Courtin' (The Play)

[Agassizii]

This sequence seems suspicious to me.

1. Agassizii shows up, makes one post, (presumably reads 9 pages), then doesn't follow that up with post after all.
2. Jpappy calls this "interesting."
3. MC suggested it does raise suspicion.

Is that interesting? Not really. Is that suspicious? No, I don't believe so. Not only is this Agassizii first mafia game here... it's a newly registered member to the site who doesn't know any of us (presumably). Perhap's this is someone familiar with mafia games elsewhere... there's no way of knowing that. Perhaps, they've been a lurker at the site for a long while before registering... can't guess much on that either. So the only impression I get from this (after discounting both of those) is I don't feel it particularly interesting OR suspicious that a new member AND a new player would take one look at the first 9 pages and not feel compelled to post again right away.

For MC to take a truly non-commital/unremarkable thing like Jpapp's comment and raise it up a notch from interesting to suspicious is..... well, suspicious. MC is trying too hard, IMO.



Quoting this not as anything significant, just noting that Coler's very high post count was well compressed into a very narrow period of time just before nightfall #3 when he already knew that game was won by the mafia.


I'm fairly suspcious about Luvbugs hoping to place a defacto scum association on me. Not because I think she was actually trying to get people after me.. but because she was trying to drum up interest against someone (anyone) instead of seeing if anyone actually DOES something suspicious first.


Nope.. it's not a 50-50 split in this game. It's either more like 75-25 or maybe 66-33. MC isn't trying to actually root out scum... he seems to be trying to throw out a LOT of noise that makes him appear to be helping the town when he's really just adding to our general confusion instead.



Luvbugz protests too much about mafia (really, the mafia?) trying to use her pizza comment against her. She did get everyone to glance at her because of it... but seriously, who's actually gone after her about it? Some valid questions were raised by several people.. but no one has bothered making that much of it. So... for Luvbugz to use this reason to justify voting MC doesn't seem to measure up to what she claims this to be. Ice (who voted Coler) and DD (who hasn't voted yet) both raised more of a thing over this than MC (who voted Dopehand) did. I think Luvbugz is looking for a safe place to throw her vote, more hoping to appear innocent for her own reasons than to actually help us ID the scum with just over 3 hours left to go before nightfall.

While I am leaning toward Luvbugz as well at this point, based on what I've pointed out here plus what Ice did, as well....

I vote to lynch MostlyCichlids.

MC seems to be working real hard to cast suspicion all over the place. So for now, he gets my vote. But I may also switch to Luvbugz after a while as I continue to keep tabs on this to see what develops (if anything).

I am gonna agree with this. MC does seem to be trying to make much noise and get others put in the spotlight. If it is not split 50-50 then he is most likley putting more innocents in the spotlight then mafias.

I vote to lynch MostlyCichlids!

Sorry that I have not been around much. I have been getting more hours at work lately and I'm taking whatever hours I can get.

 

[IceH2O]

I agree with the bolded statement above. In the rules it states that there are no UD's so the lurkers need to be flushed out. Hence my initial vote for a non poster. BUT it has been the case more times than not that the non/low posters were townies so this is shaky ground.

I think the plan of action needs to be play the game tracking down mafia while keeping track of the number of non participants. The SK can take out the non participants later in the game if needed and they want to be on the towns side. Or by keeping track of no shows we can vote them off in a few days kind of in the middle of the game. By then we hopefully have some leads.

 

[Coler]

Coler while those things might be true again I say this is a completely different strategy game then most.

I see you trying to lead the town away from being able to pull evidence. If there is no trail we have no leads.

As stated above having non participants near games end is a nice cover for the mafia.

There will be plenty of info out there. I'm not trying to lead the town away from anything - this was largely generating from my very valid comment that sticking one on non-participating players especially early in the game is a scum tell.

 

[Coler]

I think the plan of action needs to be play the game tracking down mafia while keeping track of the number of non participants. The SK can take out the non participants later in the game if needed and they want to be on the towns side. Or by keeping track of no shows we can vote them off in a few days kind of in the middle of the game. By then we hopefully have some leads.

I broadly agree.

Note, that the fact that there are not UD's does prevent instant quick mafia wins in the manner of the last game (three nights ?). This actually is of some assistance.

 

[noodles62]

I think the plan of action needs to be play the game tracking down mafia while keeping track of the number of non participants. The SK can take out the non participants later in the game if needed and they want to be on the towns side. Or by keeping track of no shows we can vote them off in a few days kind of in the middle of the game. By then we hopefully have some leads.

makes sense. easy enough to track with the post count.

 

[Coler]

Coler, you are starting to make me uneasy, and not because I am at the top of your list. Not sure what it is yet.....instinct? intuition? dunno.....

Heheh. 'uneasy' is such a scum-tell word to use.

Anyway I said all my suspects were basically so weak as ought be considered random Noodles. Y'all continue being 'uneasy' though if you feel you have a reason to be.

 

[Coler]

Question for Ice; you don't by any chance get a sense of Noodles cosying up to you a bit do you ? I'm not suggesting you're on a team - the opposite in fact.

 

[IceH2O]

There will be plenty of info out there. I'm not trying to lead the town away from anything - this was largely generating from my very valid comment that sticking one on non-participating players especially early in the game is a scum tell.

I had to go back and re read the post that got this all started and I guess I interpreted it wrong. I see what you mean now and as you see by my past comments on the subject we are thinking along the same lines.


I retract my vote on Coler

Question for Ice; you don't by any chance get a sense of Noodles cosying up to you a bit do you ? I'm not suggesting you're on a team - the opposite in fact.

Wouldn't be the 1st time would it?

 

[rich311k]

I always find myself leaning towards the big talkers. Every time or just about every time that is wrong.

We really have nothing but a slightly suspicious sequence over the pizza joke. Not much to go on but that is what we have. i will think on it a bit and be back with my vote shortly.

 

[noodles62]

Heheh. 'uneasy' is such a scum-tell word to use.

Anyway I said all my suspects were basically so weak as ought be considered random Noodles. Y'all continue being 'uneasy' though if you feel you have a reason to be.

LOL - I will do my best to choose my words from the townie dictionary next time.

Question for Ice; you don't by any chance get a sense of Noodles cosying up to you a bit do you ? I'm not suggesting you're on a team - the opposite in fact.

Cozy?! You are grasping at straws arent you? Trying to gain alliance with the one who voted against you? Just because I agree with some comments that Ice has made - which make perfect sense if you are the side of the town - does not make me get all cozy...nor does it mean I am declaring him innocent. He is far too good of a player for me to be so trusting.