smithcommajohn
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/vote Helvete... for now.
Does anyone else find this endorsement damning?
smith said:Cheese was green to me, but with thorough questioning of my allegiance to Sinny is looking less so over time.
smith said:Cheese has become quite a bit more active, and the joke PM thing does seem like a feeble attempt at comradery (no offense, Cheese).
Sinny said:Cheese was my highest scum read after Mineund.. Minuend turned out to be Seer, evidently.
Cheese was reluctant to vote when she/he clearly should have been voting.
Was 'on the fence alot' about his/her suspects.
Was overly defensive when I encouraged him/her to participate more.
Continued to 'pull a Jenny'.
And is now making joke PM's.
It's tentative. You're my number 2, so be happy for now.Wait, smithcommajohn's already voting Helvete? Why?
Why is puffs being missed? I know I'm suspect now but can anyone explain why he's assumed town? Maybe I've missed something.
As for me, I work evenings midweek and then sleep usually so I tried to post a little last night when I could. I know its shorter day cycles so it impacts the game more but its impossible to be here all the time.
Some thoughts on my sus and what I tried to explain early in the game: mafia know everything, they call the shots, their job is just to blend in with the town and convince them to kill off fellow town. They're calculated, playing off towns thoughts and emotions and using it against them. Town are unknowing and inconsistent and oftentimes illogical, mafia twists this around and frame innocents for it, they make them look scummy to others.
It's possible (from your perspective) that qt was trying to tell me I looked scummy and not to act that way. But it's very obvious and risky as scum. Scum do not take these risks, they're unnecessary. It implicates qt later had he lived and it implicates me now as its link is so obvious its like literally just telling town your scum.
Qt was actually scum. This is fact. So it should be highly unlikely I'm his scum buddy, why would he try to communicate in such a painfully obvious way? Town pick up on these details, they have to, they're uninformed and have nothing else to work from. So mafia doesn't give this information away for free.
Its mafias job to make town look like scum. Notice how I'm now under suspicion from a single comment? He never had a conviction, didn't question me, raise suspicions or tunnel me, he knows I'm innocent. He drops a single comment, town can now react and he can play on that after sowing the seeds of discourse.
I don't assume he's town, but he's the most green of you 3. If you missed it, I was pressuring him pretty hard before Minuend flipped. His reactions and Minuend's green flip were telling for me. Maybe I'm wrong. If Puffs is last wolf, he's doing a fucking amazing job.Why is puffs being missed? I know I'm suspect now but can anyone explain why he's assumed town? Maybe I've missed something.
None of us can, but your posts have not only been infrequent, but of little substance as well. Maybe you don't have any solid reads or don't care about the game... or maybe you're a wolf who doesn't want to draw attention.As for me, I work evenings midweek and then sleep usually so I tried to post a little last night when I could. I know its shorter day cycles so it impacts the game more but its impossible to be here all the time.
My original thought wasn't that he was trying to communicate, but that he was trying to convince townies of your townieness.Some thoughts on my sus and what I tried to explain early in the game: mafia know everything, they call the shots, their job is just to blend in with the town and convince them to kill off fellow town. They're calculated, playing off towns thoughts and emotions and using it against them. Town are unknowing and inconsistent and oftentimes illogical, mafia twists this around and frame innocents for it, they make them look scummy to others.
It's possible (from your perspective) that qt was trying to tell me I looked scummy and not to act that way. But it's very obvious and risky as scum. Scum do not take these risks, they're unnecessary. It implicates qt later had he lived and it implicates me now as its link is so obvious its like literally just telling town your scum.
Qt was actually scum. This is fact. So it should be highly unlikely I'm his scum buddy, why would he try to communicate in such a painfully obvious way? Town pick up on these details, they have to, they're uninformed and have nothing else to work from. So mafia doesn't give this information away for free.
Its mafias job to make town look like scum. Notice how I'm now under suspicion from a single comment? He never had a conviction, didn't question me, raise suspicions or tunnel me, he knows I'm innocent. He drops a single comment, town can now react and he can play on that after sowing the seeds of discourse.
He was a VERY strong defender of Minuend, who was green. He had the perfect opportunity to agree with my suspicions of Minuend, but he didn't. Yes, that could have implicated him after a mislynch, but the mislynch would have put town in a very dangerous spot where I think wolves could easily win. I think if he were wolf, he would be happy as pie with a mislynch there. His reactions seem genuine and townie.You pm'd him and were asking him about the CC. Did you glean anything from the pm? This is all I've seen you and him talk about which isn't that much, how is that enough to assume they're town.
You'll need to pressure him if you believe that.Sinny is confirmed, cheese is doing more and more for me to town read him and you I'm pretty confident as town. But puffs I am seeing more and more to suggest he is scum.
I don't think he's noncommittal, he was first to vote today, but he voted for you. OMGUS?He has admitted two cases of very weak reasoning to pin people as scum. He is so non committal about everything.
I'm only on my phone atm, I'll build an actual case soon after I shower and get some food.
He's the only person who really makes sense to me as scum right now.
OK, I'm here.
I also picked up on Helv, so you're not the only person. No one else really stood out to me. I've been pretty consistent from the beginning, only swaying a little towards Min because others found her suspicious (plus Pmj's roleplaying, like I mentioned) so I thought I'd missed something. All this stuff can actually be found in the posts I've made.
Tbh, I'm far more surprised that people aren't jumping more on my lack of case-making over most of the game than they are over other inconsequential fluff.
I'd do the PM regardless of alignment because I like doing dumb shit like that.
Felt guilty not using the PM system since it's a novelty in mafia, but couldn't be bothered doing anything serious
with it so settled for second-best. We're supposed to keep logs of fun stuff for later enjoyment once the game's over. Again, you can find written evidence of this with Pmj.
Literally everything I'm saying you can find written evidence for in either my posts or Pmj's.
Also I'm not sure if 'more active' makes me suspicious or less suspicious to you.
I hope to god it's the latter, because if my attempt to actually play the Town game as it should be played by delaying sleep for hours makes me appear *more* suspicious to Town, then fuck.![]()
Ok, Sinny:
That's pretty damning. Your highest scum read was one of the most valuable players.
Yes, you caught 2 players based on intuition.
However you were 180degrees wrong on Min.
You've done the same thing in other games - happened upon some mafia by sheer luck,
then completely tunneled on some innocent villager and tried to get everyone on your wagon.
You've also been completely convinced someone's green and been wrong iirc, so your conviction on smithcommajohn means nothing to me. We haven't even seen the trail of evidence that's leading you to be so secure anyway - post the PMs (if that's allowed), if you find them so convincing. Or if that screws up another plot you've got going, then fine don't post, but surely you can see how that's not exactly compelling evidence for the rest of us?
Like I said, his recent activity isn't *more* damning; I'm taking it as newbie stuff.
But his association with you out of nowhere, and from the beginning, *is* questionable, newb or not. It's *not* damning, but it's a lead I want to follow up on.
The rest of the points I've explained already, but I'll reiterate:
I don't like voting (which Puffs understands).
I was on the fence because people didn't look sus.
When QT did because of Min's claim, I hopped on the computer when I had time and voted. That looks suspicious, I acknowledge that and can't help it. It's the way I operate.
Overly defensive:
Dunno what pulling a Jenny is.This is frankly irritating. I've said it multiple times and I'll say it again: This is a game. This is not my life. I don't fundamentally give a flying fuck who wins; I'm here to have fun, and if something more serious comes up in my life, I absolutely will take care of that first. Of course I *want* Town to win on the level I can afford to want superficial things, but I also haven't been well, haven't had much time, and have had visitors. The pressure you and others like you (Hado comes to mind) apply to take the game so seriously just sets my back up. You didn't exactly 'encourage' me to participate either - you showed no understanding of my circumstances and when I explained my situation and left, made sarcastic references in-thread to how well town was doing or whatever, since you were about to be lynched. I know it's frustrating, but I *was* actually there to vote when it counted. And yeah, when game ends you can look through my QT to find it was 100% for real. I've been stressed this whole time - additional pressure to participate more, and then snarkiness on top of that, is of course not welcome when I'm already trying. I told Pmj to replace me if he found it necessary, and he didn't, so my activity levels are fine. And I'm explaining at length because I'm trying to get the message across in no uncertain terms that this is RL cheese, not game cheese - if you think it's further defensiveness then whatever, I'll just tell you again when game's over and then you'll know I mean it.
Joke PMs and other dumb shit/dumb jokes/dumb references/dumb emoticons etc are who I am. Ask anyone who knows me. I'm surprised this is garnering any attention, but I guess I haven't been around the forum much lately so you're reading it in context of the game rather than as typical for me.
Sinny, can you tell us why exactly you trust john?
Helv's lack of activity has also been noted, as well as the QT connection.
Going to filter-dive Helv and john for now, then Puffs for loose ends and Sinny for connections (since she's the only confirmed town). I don't have enough to decide where to vote yet, but I definitely will be voting.
At 4-1, we can afford a mislynch, so we're definitely lynching someone today for the info - numbers aren't as important atm.
I do have more time now btw.
Yesterday was rehearsal (mentioned that in writing somewhere but can't remember if in-thread, PM or QT) so now that that's over I'm freer.
I don't think he's noncommittal, he was first to vote today, but he voted for you. OMGUS?
No edits, Helvete.
He was a VERY strong defender of Minuend, who was green. He had the perfect opportunity to agree with my suspicions of Minuend, but he didn't. Yes, that could have implicated him after a mislynch, but the mislynch would have put town in a very dangerous spot where I think wolves could easily win. I think if he were wolf, he would be happy as pie with a mislynch there. His reactions seem genuine and townie.
You'll need to pressure him if you believe that.
I don't think he's noncommittal, he was first to vote today, but he voted for you. OMGUS?
Why is puffs being missed? I know I'm suspect now but can anyone explain why he's assumed town? Maybe I've missed something.
As for me, I work evenings midweek and then sleep usually so I tried to post a little last night when I could. I know its shorter day cycles so it impacts the game more but its impossible to be here all the time.
Some thoughts on my sus and what I tried to explain early in the game: mafia know everything, they call the shots, their job is just to blend in with the town and convince them to kill off fellow town. They're calculated, playing off towns thoughts and emotions and using it against them. Town are unknowing and inconsistent and oftentimes illogical, mafia twists this around and frame innocents for it, they make them look scummy to others.
It's possible (from your perspective) that qt was trying to tell me I looked scummy and not to act that way. But it's very obvious and risky as scum. Scum do not take these risks, they're unnecessary. It implicates qt later had he lived and it implicates me now as its link is so obvious its like literally just telling town your scum.
Qt was actually scum. This is fact. So it should be highly unlikely I'm his scum buddy, why would he try to communicate in such a painfully obvious way? Town pick up on these details, they have to, they're uninformed and have nothing else to work from. So mafia doesn't give this information away for free.
Its mafias job to make town look like scum. Notice how I'm now under suspicion from a single comment? He never had a conviction, didn't question me, raise suspicions or tunnel me, he knows I'm innocent. He drops a single comment, town can now react and he can play on that after sowing the seeds of discourse.
See so far you've admitted that you've barely had an independent thought or contribution. The only one being PMJ's role playing, which is inconsequential as evidence.
Well, the absence of cases speaks for it's self, and everything else you've posted has been fluff.. so..
But you want me to take you seriously?![]()
Sinny said:See, nobody else has to keep pleading that their stories can be backed up outside of the thread, via PMJ.
You say this a lot.
Some consistency wouldn't go amiss.
Sinny said:You did sign up for a fast paced game, but now all you are doing is making excuses. All your excuses could be true, granted, but you could be pulling a Jenny, and I'm well within my rights to hold you suspect.
(Pulling a Jenny, Definition: Playing on player emotions with some concocted sob story
**But with much more finesse that that description. )
Scum has full knowledge of who's town. They'd know you're Town. It's called buddying to avoid suspicion.Sinny said:I'm confirmed Town, how damning could it be?
Sinny said:Yea, I know that feeling, I had it when I was scum.
Sinny said:Numbers aren't important (?!) I want to know why you have been so defeatist since day one.
Sinny I'll re-evaluate cheese, I haven't really followed your latest discourse tbh so I'll go over that soon. What are your thoughts on my sus of puffs, how are you reading him atm?
Tbh, before anyone said anything I was thinking you're the top of my suspect list. That said though, I'm pretty WIFOMed about my remaining three options so choosing you was the Ne-equivalent of closing my eyes and point to a random name.
Here he has said nothing, stupid filler talk.
Oh, I thought I was doing pretty good about the swearing. I've only done that in like one or two posts.
And I have used a lot of bold/italics, but that's because I type the way I talk so I try to account for vocal intonation which means using bold/italics when I would just be putting emphasis there in speech. It differs from my usual forum talk because usually on the forum I'm just fucking around and trying to enjoy myself rather than trying to be emphatic.
You reading me town makes me think you're town, at this juncture (or at least slightly more town than my other options). A wolf would try to capitalize on the fact that other people have also pointed varying amounts of suspicion at me and would probably jump on me as well.
Here is basically more filler but it's ok. Explanation of how he presents himself. It comes off as open and helpful but really has nothing to do with helping town or showing his alignment
I don't think it was me. Iirc, the only person I leveled real suspicion at was Minu (nice going, me). I think Helv was consistently a slight town read until Minu's claim. Since the claim, though, I've reevaluated all my stances to fuck so I'm spinning in a lot of mental circles right now.
He was only reading minu as red until her claim, forcing him to blue read her as he is now cornered, only viable option.
Why does he town read me? What is it about minu's claim that changes his town read on me? This doesn't make any sense.
Smith,john has been making me uneasy ever since the claim. He PM'd me almost immediately after (I can post the messages here if wanted) and it felt oddly like he was mining me for information and trying to make his next move based on that. Funny, then, that right after our exchange his next post is the one where he says I'm suspicious.
Everyone is now becoming ever more scummy after that claim. With one more confirmed town you have to really reach for those straws to mislynch on later days and stir chaos amongst town. Perhaps you want to elaborate on the messages to help alleviate suspicion, I have no idea what to read into this.
Not trying to respond to or refute this. I think it's true but I'm leaving this here as a note to myself to double check. I'll forget if I don't leave this here since I'll be going back to sleep soon.
I actually totally get this.
It's not a great way to play the game, definitely, but I understand.
He's being empathic here which is easy to do, besides puffs most likely knows cheese to be town, cheese has explained himself nicely which I also am reading as town.
Last minute thoughts: whoever we want to lynch, we should set up a chain of connections for who to pressure next if they flip green. Always go for the lynch which provides the most info (like QT vs Min) - this goes for me as well. Without connections we've worked through beforehand, lynches don't provide as much info. Who are the people suspecting me, Helv, Puffs, John, and Sinny before she was confirmed? What was each person's pattern of FoS? Etc
I'll work mine out when I'm back from work and free.
FOS list (Finger of suspicion, Smith)
Fos aimed at Helvete: Cheese, Cheesums, and Smith
Fos aimed at Cheesums: Helvete
Fos aimed at Cheese: Me
I think the Helvete lynch will be a mislynch.
I want to lynch puffs today. Sinny will die tonight and if puffs flip green I will be lynched tomorrow.
then shoot cheese if you suspect him that much? Either way, you or I am right and after you shoot someone we'll see.
How would you flipping green implicate Puffs? Sinny can't shoot anyone anymore.I'd prefer you kill me though, I didn't want to suggest you kill cheese because this will have me torn apart lol. Killing me will prove I have nothing to hide, no agenda and that puffs is most probably scum right now. I can't make you do this but I think it would be best for town for you to use your power today. If we mislynch today town lose. You're the NK leading to 1vs1. If you can confirm one more town before lynch then we have a far greater chance of lynching scum, if you fail to shoot town then you shoot scum instead and we win.![]()
How would you flipping green implicate Puffs? Sinny can't shoot anyone anymore.
SINNY CANNOT SHOOT ANYONE ANYMORE!!!!!!! IT WAS A ONE-TIME SHOT!!!!!It doesn't really implicate him but he has much to answer for and I don't think cheese should be lynched. If sinny still has the power it should definitely be used, it either clears one more town or wins the game. Basically I want to corner scum as much as possible before we lose sinny. If sinny misses then we have a 50/50 chance of lynching correctly and winning.
SINNY CANNOT SHOOT ANYONE ANYMORE!!!!!!! IT WAS A ONE-TIME SHOT!!!!!
Sorry for yelling, but it didn't seem like the message was getting through.Yeah that's really lame. I thought I just cracked the game![]()
Sinny you have cheese as voting Helvete, but I can't find that. I can't find him voting for anyone this round yet.
At 2:50am when I need to get up at 6:00am, I'm not really sure. I feel conflicted that we're all voting for different people. You suddenly strike me as townie (based on your posts in and out of this thread), so I removed my vote on you. Cheese was my number 2, so I default to him.lol we just posted at the same time. Why are you voting cheese?
I'm with you, let's do this.Yea well basically Cheese is yet to vote, but has pointed FOS at Helvete, so...
I think Helvete is a confused Townie.
You're a Townie, Im a a Towni.. Lets eliminate
The way forward is pretty clear, lynch Cheese and Cheesyuffs and the wolf will be revealed.
At 2:50am when I need to get up at 6:00am, I'm not really sure. I feel conflicted that we're all voting for different people. You suddenly strike me as townie (based on your posts in and out of this thread), so I removed my vote on you. Cheese was my number 2, so I default to him.
I'm with you, let's do this.
Helvete or Cheese have to move their vote to join us, otherwise cheese could weigh in an no lynch. That's bad, as he's a possible/likely wolf