Mafia 61: The Gunslinger - Game Thread

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Agi
TRS
Zaffy


Share some insight with us please. You guys are making my trigger finger itch.
 
Yeah it would be nice to hear something from those three and Lab as well. Several of them appeared from the ethers last night to give me a bit of a kicking when I was being grilled and then disappeared again when the questions turned back towards them.
 
I broke this up a bit so I could address individual issues.

Ok. So here's Dawg's first post...



The majority of the post has been clarified but I missed the bolded part.

Hmmm, where have I heard that reasoning before? Oh yeah, Annie tried to do the same thing to me and Kash. The whole "you weren't chosen therefore you're mafia" rhetoric is scummmmy.

So now that Kash has admitted that she would like to take Ice out of a game at some point do you intend to change your view on my statements?


Also notice that I've been taken notice of, presumably beacuase of what Dawg thought I said. Again, it was cleared up...almost immediately after this post.





So now this is Dawgs list. Two things strike me as odd.

1) Dawg had yet to say anything about either Zaffy or Z or Annie
2) I'm still on the list...I thought everything had been clarified?

You expected me to take you off my list because of your post confirming that you were only speaking hypothetically?

Dawg, your second assertion is correct.

I think Ice taking out a low poster is a good idea if nothing else comes up. I said I wouldn't want to choose a low poster as gunslinger.

I don't think so. It doesn't usually work that way. You are still on my list because you are scummy. You and Kash both have the same comments in your posts and are both IMO distancing yourselves from Annie. I will adress this a bit later.



Ok, so now here's the reasoning. Notice that Dawg has yet to point to anything anyone has said. His list is based on the theory that Mad split up the town into newer and older players...neat idea but this is neither evidenced by anything Mad has said nor does it explain why you then picked who you did. Annie and Zaffy stand out most? How so? Then he throws all three of the remaining vets onto the list without saying anything else. I presume though that Kash was chosen using Annies reasoning but I am confused as to why then me and Z were chosen. I cant even describe how weird and baffling this method is to choosing suspects.

My list is evidenced by the fact that Annie turned up scum and was clearly on my list. My list was not solely based on how teams were selected but also by who seemed scummiest at that point in time. There are other newer players who were not on my list because they didn't seem as scummy to me as Annie. Are you still asking me why Annie stands out the most? I think my point was proven when Ice took them out.

Dawg, I consider you to be an excellent case maker yet you couldnt even pull one post to explain why people made your list other than they are newer, or a vet, and they stand out more.



Same list but without Annie. Its also odd that Dawg, who has Kash as a top suspect, has yet to dig any deeper into the conversation than this list.

C'mon JPap, enough dramatics here. It was day 1 and my best hunches at who was evil based on their gameplay were given. If you don't like my picks that tells me I'm right and that's why you don't like them. I think you and Kash are scrambling at this point because you seem to be on a lot of lists. Presumably on the innocents lists.



So now it's my turn...Here's JPap's list. Notice he mentions Annie "not sure but has me concerned" typical mafia speak when referencing their own temmates in a list. Then he has Lab, Razz, Zaffy & JB. This is one of the worst lists I have seen posted. You don't have myself, Kash or Z listed? Surely ony of us must look scummy to you at this point? Yours is one of tha garbage lists that I believe Ice was referring to previously.

My list would be:

Annie- not sure if mafia, but has me concerned. I think he's a great hit choice, personally.
Lab- that post about wanting to be gunslinger was off. Could be one to choose Ice.
Razz- a no show so far but is viewing
Zaffy/JB- either one fits the mold I laid out of who may have chosen Ice. Neither has done anything notoriously scummy but it strikes me odd that JB and I have been on the same page for the most part. I might just be paranoid but I'm interested in what he has to say next after posting "more later."

Now here's Kash's "list"...Notice the bolded paragraph. This is the same non-committal mafia flip flop on Annie that JPap has in his list. If Annie is shot you look good but you don't really come out and point the finger and say shoot.

Well, we don't have to vote today like in a normal game.. but if I had to (as I've said) it would be a pretty random one. If I could name actual suspects....... I would have. I'm really undecided about who to believe is being forthright with their posts (other than Ice who needs to hold his cards close to his chest until he's ready to take his shot).

The closest thing I have to a suspect is Annie, as I posted earlier. And his last post hasn't changed that.... that was nothing but a load of crap. No one in this game is seriously going to "vote" for the same people regardless of which team they're playing for. So Annie is doing nothing but covering his arse.... and IMO that equates to taking a scummy position. On the other hand, Annie has a real bad habit of acting like scum even when he's innocent. I found that out first-hand when we were communicating vigilantes together (in a previous game). Would Annie get my vote today if voting was required? I don't know.

Now, if you want me to elaborate a bit more about the Zsand/Jpappy and Dawg/Jbradt split, I will. But that's nowhere near placing a vote or naming either of them as suspects. For the most part, Dawg and JB "seem" to be in general agreement with each other while both Zsand and Jpappy "seem" to agree with the general observations I have so far. But as I pointed out earlier, that apparent alliance is probably contrived for appearances sake. I don't trust any of the 4 names solidly enough to count them on the town side and I don't have anything specific enough to point either of them out yet as likely mafia. I've no doubt, however, that at least one of them are on the scum side this round.

So JPap, how's that? I have no problem with Ice shooting me other than we will be losing Ice at that point in time. The one benefit would be that seconds after the shot is confirmed by Mad I'll take either you or Kash out of the game. I've said that before and I know that's why you are comming after me. Don't forget though. Ice's shot won't take me out of the game ;)
 
Funny how this early list from Kash looks eerily similar to yours JPap.

This is a good point, Ice. And since we figure the mafia picked you as the first gunslinger because they feel you're dangerous to them.... you'd likely make the mafia very happy if you target somebody else YOU consider dangerous when taking your shot. For that reason, I'd rather see you shoot someone not on the list you just gave us... that leaves these names then as promising suspects for at least one mafia position on their team.

Agassizii
Annie
Lab_Rat
RazzleFish

Even if it's a miss and we lose you in the game as a result, at least you're not putting another good mafia hunter into the next risky gunslinger position so soon.

My list would be:

Annie- not sure if mafia, but has me concerned. I think he's a great hit choice, personally.
Lab- that post about wanting to be gunslinger was off. Could be one to choose Ice.
Razz- a no show so far but is viewing
Zaffy/JB- either one fits the mold I laid out of who may have chosen Ice. Neither has done anything notoriously scummy but it strikes me odd that JB and I have been on the same page for the most part. I might just be paranoid but I'm interested in what he has to say next after posting "more later."




Agi
TRS
Zaffy


Share some insight with us please. You guys are making my trigger finger itch.

I would hate to think these 3 are sitting back not helping the Town and waiting for Myself, Kash and JPap to take each other out.
 
I would lean towards shooting kash. That "if I turn out innocent" raised a eyebrow for me. What also worries me about kash is that she wants someone not that experienced in at gunslinger (if they are innocent) which would make it easier for mafia to lower the numbers. JB I am not sure about, which worries me.

In turn, I am leaning towards dawg as innocent, and AGI as mafia. I feel someone told him to shut it (like always). Razz also bothers me to this point, trying to lay low under the radar. I also think jpap is innocent.
 
Back to posting again. I didn't get through the thread last night as I intended, so I'm still doing that this morning. And I've taken a quick look now to see what's happened here since last night.... not all that much from what I see, other than the mafia is feeling some pressure after losing Annie.

Ice (and others) have been wanting something definitive from me... here it is. So now I'll go back and pull the posts and give my reasons.

Mafia: Annie, JB, Dawg, (need to identify 1 more).
Suspicious: Agass, Razzle, TRS, Zaffy.
Not mafia: Ice, Lab Rat, Jpappy, Zsand, Kashta.

If you decide to give me that gun, Ice, you can see now who I'm going to point it at. Or you could take a shot at either JB or Dawg to find out yourself if I'm right or wrong. Either way, I'm on record now with a specific call on all but 4 people from the player list.
 
Here's one thing that's been bothering me, Kash.


You ask Ice to elaborate his ideas so you can build on them when you get "stuck with the stupid gun". I have to question anyone asking the GS to blatantly out their thoughts when the merits of keeping those thoughts closely kept have been stated. But I can see the logic in an innocent wanting to know. Though it seems odd that elsewhere you go far enough to say that you're no longer intimidated by Ice. This would lead me to believe his input wouldn't be as important as you seem to make it here.


Ice's reply to Kash's questioning.


Kash's response to Ice's answer is where my problem really lies. I would expect Kash to want to talk more about the ideas put forth, or reasons for believing things, etc. I would expect her to be looking for these things, but she just seems to accept it. It just seems... odd. Granted, I haven't played a ton of games with Kash...

Obviously, none of this really means anything, but it's what's bothering me at the moment. I have to wonder though about people who are trying to draw information out of the GS, as opposed to giving the information and perspective we can gather.

I'll be back with more along these lines.

You ask Ice to elaborate his ideas...

No JB... I did not ask Ice to elaborate. I asked him to cover the bases with a single, direct question. Ice intended to shoot me and talked about the "what if's"... if I was mafia. But Ice hadn't said anything about the possibility that I might be innocent. I wanted to make sure he looked at both sides of that coin before he shot me... and leave me with something to go on before he fired the gun at me.

I expected Ice to shoot me and that meant it'd be up to me to figure out what to do without benefit of picking his brain anymore after that. Ice had just posted who he would shoot next if I was mafia. What Ice didn't address was what he would recommend to me before dying... if he was wrong about me... if I was innocent.

We can't communicate directly outside the thread, so I asked him directly in the thread to tell me whatever he wanted to. And however he decided to answer that question out in the open was up to him. Ice isn't stupid.. he's not going to reveal anything he doesn't want to post openly. It was entirely his choice to decide whether to suggest something like.... "focus on such and such..." or "look at the big picture instead of details..." or "go after [player 1] and [player 2]" or anything else he could think of that would be useful to me if those were his last words before dying.

Under the circumstances... I had no other choice but to ask that question. Ice could also have opted to not answer it and leave me to figure this out for myself.

Ice posted his answer as he saw fit and I accepted it without further question. I would love to ask him a hundred other questions, but because this has to be done here... I had no intention of pressing him to explain further.

you're no longer intimidated by Ice...

That's correct. Ice doesn't scare me anymore as an opponent. There was a time while I was still new to this game when a lot of players scared the bejeesus out of me... Ice, Mad, JL, Coler, Dawg.. and a few others. I've since learned enough as I kept playing game after game to hold my own against anyone when they're mafia and I'm innocent or when they're innocent and I'm mafia. Sometimes I do very well... other times, I mess it all up and get myself killed.

WTF has THAT got to do with asking Ice for advice or accepting his answer at face value???

We're on the same side. Ice may not know this yet, but I do.
 
Agassizii - No idea. Not helping, not hurting as far as I know.
Dawg - The suspicious thing about him is that nothing stands out, Normally he's a bigger player I think.
JB - Big help against annie on night one, a hero. See below.
Jpap - I could go either way on Jpap right now.
Kash - Shes clever, gotta watch her. Leaning town right now though.
Lab_Rat - Nothing jumps out, fewer posts than me?
RazzleFish - I dunno the deal with Razzle. Could go either way.
TRS - Not a big poster, playing his cards close, but he always does.
Z - Weird timing on a post imo, might be tinfoil, might be swamp gas from venus, might be scum. I could see shooting him.

I wonder about a Zsand and JB link, Zsand is pretty sure that JB is vanilla. He makes some good points. But if the scum team knew Annie was making a target of himself JB's post is a great distancing tool with Zsands support even better.

My mafia team is Zsand, JB, Anyone, Annie.
 
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