04-25-2006, 06:24 PM | #1651 |
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I didn't suspect hoops really
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04-25-2006, 06:28 PM | #1653 |
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There's like nobody participating, which makes this quite sad. I really don't know about hoops. I think we should go for Anxiety or path, but what the hell do I know at this point. I've had too much beer at this point to be of any use. Sorry everyone if hoops is a scientist. I'm leaving my vote there. See you in the morning.
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04-25-2006, 06:29 PM | #1654 | |
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Day 2:1 was Saldana vs Barkeep (5-4) vote
Day 2:2 was Dubb getting scanned over a late push for Raiders. You are correct, I was referencing Day 3 there. So if I was the Night 2 convert, then that seems like the strangest night to convert me. I put out a very long post (#1454) that I'm not going to quote entirely here on who I thought made sense to convert on a given night. On that night, the Things were desperate for a conversion after having lost two of their members. I'm almost positive that night would have been an UTR guy (that subset of the post below): Quote:
On Day 3 I wasn't at all trying to sit it out, I was just arguing that the two-for-one deal that both sides seemed to be posting sounded like wishful thinking. And I repeatedly tried to get some kind of focus on "vote one without the other" arguments, but had no luck moving the vote. |
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The fact your quote mentions all the under the radar guys as the best targets only reassures my statements: Quote:
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04-25-2006, 06:35 PM | #1656 |
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Unvote Blade
As much as I'd suspected him up until this point, I have to go with Coffee clearing him. Not sure who my vote will go with now though. |
04-25-2006, 06:37 PM | #1657 |
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Blade, if I'm a Thing then why don't I have people rushing to my defense? There should be a flock of them at my disposal, enough to offset a 3-2 deficit. I'll give you the short answer - because I'm not a Thing. And I hope that you will think about this if I'm still holding the most votes with 30 minutes left, 10 minutes left, and on down to the buzzer.
In terms of you not buying my argument for you earlier today as being my thinking on why I had not been converted ... other than the fact that you aren't moving your vote because of it, it doesn't really matter a ton to me whether or not you buy the argument. I'll explain. What I have posted represents my thoughts at the time and the thirteen other players all have the opportunity to evaluate it on their own. You don't buy it? OK, and you have spoken with your vote. I'll argue my defense, but I won't go counter-point/counter-point from now until the deadline going down that path because it distracts both of us (well, certainly me) and others from going after a Thing. |
04-25-2006, 06:41 PM | #1658 | |
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04-25-2006, 06:42 PM | #1659 |
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I hate it when I keep refreshing without realizing the thread has moved on to a new page.
I'm straddling the fence between hoops and Barkeep right now. If Blade and CW are working together, they are doing a great job. I have to believe that the bodyguard and/or witness have been keeping an eye on him, so I tend to believe they are probably both clean right now. |
04-25-2006, 06:43 PM | #1660 |
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That last post just reminded me of an idea that I wanted to explore today - the late movement on the vote last night.
Who was involved with that? 3 contenders for votes: Dubb, Jeeber, Anxiety Dubb - cleared by blood test Jeeber - likely cleared by use of Duke role Anxiety - hmmm Who was switching votes last night? Coffee Warlord - cleared as seer one day earlier Anxiety - obviously interested party, never cleared Me - I know I wasn't a Thing, but draw your own conclusions mckerney - not a cleared party in any way Blade - bystander promising to move votes if needed |
04-25-2006, 06:48 PM | #1661 | |
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04-25-2006, 06:48 PM | #1662 |
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Blade, in non-WW matters today was terrific. I was locked up this afternoon on a conference call where we locked up a big new client. I'm going to be busy doing work for them pretty much all of next month and potentially a ton for the remainder of the year.
One thing I want to make sure I understand - I'm likely to be a Thing because I would convert UTR players, but when I put out theories on people being converted I would list UTR players? That seems very counter-intuitive as I would expect a Thing to try and protect their own. OK, going off the late vote stuff from yesterday, I don't understand why the Things would be involved with it late if they didn't have some vested interest in it. That leaves me with Blade, mckerney, and Anxiety as the most likely candidates. Anxiety is involved in the vote total and in the moved votes. He sticks out in that above list, as does Blade as a passer-by. There to protect his guy if needed, wanting to post in the thread because he doesn't want to draw attention for lurking. I'll take my shot at an UTR player today, even though self-preservation dictates that I should vote for someone who already has votes. VOTE ANXIETY |
04-25-2006, 06:49 PM | #1663 | |
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04-25-2006, 06:52 PM | #1664 | |
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Remember the thing defending villagers so he looks good? They know who to defend and who to vote for to look good. Dubb touched on this before his exit, when he stated that as a thing he had the best voting record as he knew who to vote for to look good. In the sense of you defending villagers constantly, you constantly stating you suspect UTR guys looks genious when we finally test one and he comes up bad. You would be viewed as right all along and the best villager. History has taught us the players who look the cleanest are often the ones most dirty.
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04-25-2006, 06:54 PM | #1665 | |
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Well, I'll go along with you then. VOTE COFFEE You did vote Coffee, right?
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04-25-2006, 06:54 PM | #1666 |
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It is impossible to argue when you will position either response A or response B as proof that I'm a Thing.
If I choose the correct option, then it is because I'm a Thing and I know the landscape. If I choose the incorrect option, then it is because I'm a Thing and I'm trying to weaken the cause. |
04-25-2006, 06:55 PM | #1667 | |
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04-25-2006, 06:55 PM | #1668 | |
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04-25-2006, 06:56 PM | #1669 |
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Votes as of Post #1666:
Barkeep - Anxiety (1610), JeeberD (1613) Coffee - Cronin (1607), Path (1665) Hoopsguy - Raiders (1632), Blade (1634), Coffee (1635) Anxiety - Hoopsguy (1662) Not voted: Tanglewood, Dubb, Swaggs, Barkeep, WVUFAN, mckerney |
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04-25-2006, 06:58 PM | #1671 |
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Blade, I recognize the paradigm but there is no one who really considers A and B as equally wrong as much as you do when you post. I'm not sure you actually believe it, but your posts leave that impression.
I definitely have feelings on a "right/wrong" answer when I ask in-game questions and I'm usually pretty up front about it. Of course, I do reserve the right to re-evaluate as more info becomes available. |
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This is not true. Every game I've played it's been very easy to identify the bad guys through their votes, combined with other information. By the time you have about 4 votes, it becomes obvious who is a wolf. Because of the conversion factor, it's less useful in this game. |
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04-25-2006, 07:00 PM | #1673 |
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OK, have to actually drive home to be around for the vote tonight. I've said my piece, put out my thoughts on where I would like to see the vote end up tonight. Traffic permitting, I'll be back for the last 30 minutes to see how this shakes out.
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04-25-2006, 07:00 PM | #1674 | |
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I voted for CW, but I'll be around at the deadline, and am willing to move my vote if it will get one of you tested. |
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04-25-2006, 07:01 PM | #1675 |
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Well so much for baseball. I mean why have practice when it's sunny outside? Jeez that was a bad call they made as right after they cancel it becomes sunny. Anyhow I'm here now. I scanned through today and see that you conspicuously lascivious half-wits have turned your gaze to me. Me and hoops. Now i've been asking myself why the fuck haven't I been converted? Are the Shitfaces opposed to profanity or something? But it kind of makes sense if they converted Hoops as a shitface early on. He's been a defender of me. I've been pretty fucking vocal about other people and hoops would like that UTR effect. He's a pretty fucking tempting target.
That said I still want to test the fuckers that we know jackshit about and have never the hell been cleared. I think there were good reasons for it yesterday and there are good reasons for it today so I'm gonna go ahead and Vote Anxiety |
04-25-2006, 07:03 PM | #1676 | |
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Thats where i find trouble with you. It has seemed, in not just your votes but all of your comments, that so far you have been nothing but right. You have doubted the attacks on the villagers and called for testing on UTR players all game. Now, at this juncture, we have tested almost all of the talkative players and they are coming up clean. Thats leaves us with the UTR players being the likely bad guys. Your pre-eminince(right usage?) of this leaves me questioning if you didnt have knowledge the rest of us didnt have. Like who all the things are/were...does that make any sense?
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Yeah Blade that makse some excellent fucking sense, I'll give you that. I have to think about just how right Hoops has been since you are so fucking right that it's easy to be right when you hold all the cards.
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I think we will only be able to make sense of voting records after the game. If we were to play this same ruleset again I think we'd see more use with voting records since we'd have some idea of how shitfaces would do it.
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Ok thinking for myself, though repeating a question which has been asked already: Blade what scenario can you construct which allows CW to still be working for our side? Others are welcome to answer as well. (If this has had a good answer I apologize but I didn't read the thread of what happened today as carefully as I often do)
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04-25-2006, 07:21 PM | #1684 | |
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Blade, I do have to say that even though I'm kind of thinking that you very well could be a thing, you've been a pleasure to have in this game so far. Credit where due and all that.
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This is where I'm having the problem. How can you not convert the seer?
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Its an odds game, and i honestly expected CW to be bad by now. I still somewhat do. Despite saying he clears me, and this will sound like the hoops thing, after clearing me he has done nothing but agree and follow the momentum. And if he was a thing he knows who is clear and who he can says is clear. I honestly dont expect the seer this game to ever tell us he found a bad guy unless its an endgame scenario for the things. I cant imagine they will leave him out there testing. Do i trust he is still clean, no...but i feel i have higher odds with hoops then CW TODAY
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04-25-2006, 07:28 PM | #1689 |
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I am going to go ahead and Vote Barkeep right now.
One, because I think both he or hoops are playing a great game, by being out front without drawing much suspicion. Maybe both of them are Things, considering they were the two leading vote getters and neither voted for the other. And, two, I am looking to see how the remaining non-voters react to a tie between these two. I'm taking off for a bit, but will try to be back before the deadline. |
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Anyhow I asked for a scenario and you provided it. Just not sure it's a good one. And since I would like to have some impact on today's vote rather then just making a statement Unvote Anxiety |
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Basically, assuming as a thing id wait a day then convert, as the bodyguard i would wait a day then defend. Yes, you run the risk of them having brass balls, but since they seem to be playing it smart and under the radar right now i dont see them risking the big conversion attack night 3. Heres the counter key, schmidty has told us the night went by peacefully both night, and i assume if the bodyguard detered things we would hear something. So either they already converted him or they are taking targets they know the bodyguard is not protecting why he plays chess with no one over CW.
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04-25-2006, 07:35 PM | #1693 |
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So then come hell or high water tomorrow you vote for CW?
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Since CW has the ability to finger a Thing I think they have no choice but to try and convert him. Even if it doesn't work, you have to make the effort. I was on his side the day of his reveal, but I can't believe he's still human.
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As for if we miss today, i dont want to say for sure. If hes not bad yet, saying no matter what hes my vote tomorrow should tell the things to go and convert someone else while we waste a day. The things use the fact we dont know what their going to do in the future to their advantage. I say we give them a dose of their own medicine and address any issues about tomorrow AFTER they make their move tonight
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You're right, it's an odds game and who knows what the right pick is. For me, I feel I have higher odds with CW today than hoops. Who knows what the hell I'll think tomorrow. I'm out in a few minutes to head home, not sure I'll be back before lynch but I'm gonna try.
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Ill be back later, maybe before the deadline, maybe(most likely) not...hope you guys get a thing, whoever you test. Best of luck!
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OK, traffic was good and I've got an hour of action before the deadline.
Barkeep, fwiw I don't think that Blade is a Thing. He is currently making a bad vote, but I don't think he has been converted this game. |
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