M54: Not a Carrot Conspiracy

[Temasek22]

I'll buy a Canadian pizza here if I'm scum.

Is that a serious forefeit? Is Canadian pizza very bad?

Isn't Hawaiian worse?

[Temasek22]

I have a new idea for a survey. In my opinion, it is significantly easier to correctly identify town early than scum. I would like to test this by having everyone identify 5 players they think are most likely to be town. Yes, it is only half way through D1, and some players will criticize the survey as pointless, but I think the results could be interesting. Here is my list:

Balki, kgray, Jamie, xorxes, rdrivera

Balki: I doubt he would "joke" claim patient zero just to make a fake town slip

kgray: I liked her early questioning of Balki and BunnyGo

Jamie, xorxes, rdrivera: I have played a lot of mafia games with these three, so far their questions and comments seem town motivated to me.

I'm not surprised about this survey...


Anyways, I'll just go with Jamie, kgray, emc and two empty slots for now.

[Chaqa]

About halfway caught up. It's hard to even see the screen through all this toilet paper, but I'm trying. Preliminary and not that serious ##Vote EMC until he casts a vote or I find someone better.

Are you claiming VT as well?

Sure, why not.

[Chaqa]

About halfway caught up. It's hard to even see the screen through all this toilet paper, but I'm trying. Preliminary and not that serious ##Vote EMC until he casts a vote or I find someone better.

What do you conclude from the half of the game you have read so far?

That I’m much too high for comprehension

[Temasek22]

SHIT
I just answered a question for someon else

I must go silent as penance now

Social distancing time?

[Temasek22]

About halfway caught up. It's hard to even see the screen through all this toilet paper, but I'm trying. Preliminary and not that serious ##Vote EMC until he casts a vote or I find someone better.

Are you claiming VT as well?

Sure, why not.

Damn, a VT claim already? That's fast

[Temasek22]

And lastly ##vote emc as filler since he hasn't voted yet (again)

[Chaqa]

$5 says BB violates this proposed policy first.

Jamiet would remind you that betting is not allowed!
(Also, it's still not written down anywhere.)

That's because it has been asserted to be disallowed by forum policy; it is not a specific webDip Mafia policy. That is, offering cash bets (or pizza bets), etc in games of Diplomacy, like saying "I bet you 100 Simoleons you can't beat me in our next Gunboat" is against site rules...

Actually betting isn’t allowed, isn’t the original pizza bet from mafia?

[Chaqa]

Are you claiming VT as well?

Sure, why not.

Damn, a VT claim already? That's fast

Eh, I figure why not liven things up.

[Balki Bartokomous]

If I, theoretically, at some point, decided to offer to bet you 50,000,000 Zimbabwean Dollars that Balki is scum, would I be breaking the rules? Someone clarify this for me. We have former mods in this game.

@Jamiet,

I encourage you to spend some time saying why you think I am scum, rather than telling us how much you believe I am scum. I suggest that you present a list of 2-4 reasons. For each one, focus on why you think it is alignment indicative. For example, tell us your theory about why Scum!Balki was motivated to do that thing, and why that explanation is more likely than whatever Town!Balki's motivation might be.

Thanks.

[Jamiet99uk]

If I, theoretically, at some point, decided to offer to bet you 50,000,000 Zimbabwean Dollars that Balki is scum, would I be breaking the rules? Someone clarify this for me. We have former mods in this game.

@Jamiet,

I encourage you to spend some time saying why you think I am scum, rather than telling us how much you believe I am scum. I suggest that you present a list of 2-4 reasons. For each one, focus on why you think it is alignment indicative. For example, tell us your theory about why Scum!Balki was motivated to do that thing, and why that explanation is more likely than whatever Town!Balki's motivation might be.

Thanks.

I have already said why I believe you are scum.

[Jamiet99uk]

Classic deflection tactic there Balki.

"Oh, Jamie's banging on about how much he scumreads me, but he hasn't said why..."

Nice way to appeal to the people who are only skim-reading.

Good try.

[Jamiet99uk]

Dear Balki,

I encourage you to get bent.

Thanks.

[bo_sox48]

Jamiet would remind you that betting is not allowed!
(Also, it's still not written down anywhere.)

That's because it has been asserted to be disallowed by forum policy; it is not a specific webDip Mafia policy. That is, offering cash bets (or pizza bets), etc in games of Diplomacy, like saying "I bet you 100 Simoleons you can't beat me in our next Gunboat" is against site rules...

Actually betting isn’t allowed, isn’t the original pizza bet from mafia?

It was a good pizza too.

[Balki Bartokomous]

@Jamiet, respectfully, be nice. I don't want to deal with this.

If you are unwilling to make the bullet point list I've requested, then please point me to the post that you've made that provides the best, alignment-indicative rationale for your apparent firm conviction that you've caught scum!Balki.

[Jamiet99uk]

@Jamiet, respectfully, be nice. I don't want to deal with this.

If you are unwilling to make the bullet point list I've requested, then please point me to the post that you've made that provides the best, alignment-indicative rationale for your apparent firm conviction that you've caught scum!Balki.

Oh my goodness I am so sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I did not realise that the once great Balki was nowadays such a fragile little flower that being told to "get bent" causes him to be overcome with anxiety.

How sad to see such a titan of old reduced to such a brittle, tender creature.

Highly ironic as well, since Balki, earlier in this game, was very rude and disrespectful to my good pal Vecna.

[kgray]

@bozotheclown: my top 5 town are jamie, brainbomb, foxcastle, bozotheclown, and xorxes

[bozotheclown]

town survey:

bozo: Balki, kgray, Jamie, xorxes, rdrivera
Jamie: xorxes, BunnyGo, kgray, sulit, rdrivera
xorxes: Jamie, brainbomb, bozo, damo, Foxcastle
rdrivera: Balki, xorxes, kgray, Fluminator, brainbomb
BunnyGo: kgray, Balki, Jamie, damo, xorxes
damo: Balki, xorxes, rdrivera, kgray, bozo
worcej: BunnyGo, brainbomb, kgray, Balki, bo_sox
sulit: Jamie, brainbomb, bo_sox, emc, ?
Temasek: Jamie, kgray, emc, ?, ?
kgray: Jamie, brainbomb, Foxcastle, bozo, xorxes

Thanks for the participation, that is 10/19 already.

[Balki Bartokomous]

This is fucking painful.

[Jamiet99uk]

This is fucking painful.

What is the source of your pain, my poor lamb?