Sorry I couldn't post earlier; I have work Saturdays, hence 4AM was definitely not a good time for me to still be awake, heh. I was surprised that this thread hasn't gone on longer considering half a day has gone by - but reading though, I understand why.

We're in a difficult position right now; from the start we've been driven by a constant pace that Taure (and arguably Rats too) set in place by acting so strangely. But now we don't seem to have any real suspicious characters - or, rather, no real consensus on who is acting suspiciously. This is like the start of the last death eater thread; no one got voted off because they were so confused as to whom to point the finger at.

And yeah; right now I've no clue who we should suspect. No one is standing out to me, not even the people I suspected earlier.

So therefore I'm going to see if I can review the evidence a little more on each of the more visible ones currently being suggested. Can people link suspicious posts?

 

It's six in the morning here, and with fasting, that means I'm at least five hours behind depending on when I wake up.

It's suspicious we're pointing at you? HoS, I've voted for two people thus far. Rats and you. Rats was innocent sadly. You? I'm not so sure about. Either Zeit or Fiat has been covering or attacking you at different points, and both have backed off when it seemed like the situation could get some steam. If you do get lynched tonight and you're clean, then accept my apologies. But just know this: You've been suspicious as an Arab on a plane.

Edit: I'm going into town in a bit. Feel free to throw accusations my way. I'll probably respond to them when I get back.

 

@Hash- Fair enough man, I got hit by a car a few days ago and Im high off my ass on Vicodin so I can't give you any crap over it.

On who to vote for, honestly I'm just not sure at this point I can't help but feel like killing Vira was a ploy to throw people off of jwlk and mishie but at the same time I don't want to get gung ho about it in case I'm wrong. If we do decide on someone then I will help out but as of the moment I just really don't know who to pick.

 

Fair enough, if people are finally voting for HoS...
Rescind Vote
Vote Player: Hero of Stupidity

If he's guilty, he dies. If he's innocent, it confirms my suspicions of who's a death eater. Either way I win.

 

And that wasn't the most ominous sounding post ever. But still, there doesn't look to be much more discussion going on about alternate possibilities, so I guess I'll do my part for the village and vote for HoS. Let's make it clear that I don't think he's going to turn up as a Death Eater, due to there being several other more suspicious people in my mind, but we need to lynch to provide more information on who could be a Death Eater and who could not be.

Vote Player: Hero of Stupidity

P.S. I'm also out for a friend's birthday tonight, so if I get back at 2am and post something stupid, blame the no doubt copious amounts of alcohol I'll have imbibed by that point.

 

Vote Player: Hashasheen

If anything, even if Hash is not guilty, I really don't want someone who keeps going back and forth and back and forth just accusing people at random, throwing names around and generally confusing the village. If he's guilty, good riddance. I think all these 'drunk' 'fasting' 'got hit by a car' bullshit don't really have a place in the thread and are just calls for sympathy and should be disregarded as having any impact on actual gameplay.

 

Sorry to hear that man. Hope you make a full recovery, and I'll try and keep in mind you're high when reviewing your posts.

Same. I want some movement on getting another Death Eater, but we've got no visible leads.

You're just doing this because I'm Lebanese. :awesome

If that's your reasoning, lynch half the people with major postage rates in this thread. And I see you've continued to make assertations about what I've done that are untrue. I didn't throw any names around and said they were Death Eaters. I said I suspected certain people and informed them of that fact. They either defended themselves or stayed silent, which added to my decision-making. Unfortunately, part of that research went out the door with Vira getting killed. There doesn't seem to be a pattern thus far. :facepalm

So let me get this straight. You can go offline and barely post at all for no reason given, and that's apparently fine and un-suspicious to you. We have IRL issues but that's bullshit and suspicious?

...

Look, I've been trying to play this game, do some research on who's who and trying to stimulate conversation. Guilty or not in your eyes, that's what I've done. You? You've contributed nothing either way to this game, and there's half a dozen people who are on the waiting list who want to play this game and have while you sit around doing nothing, only getting involved because I mentioned your name as a joke.

Get over yourself.

 

The reason I've been so quiet is that I was out partying, and couldn't be fucked to get on the internet in my hotel room. Also, to reiterate, it's not as fun when you aren't a Death Eater. I'll check in later and vote....I can't think straight...

 

Ahh, damn, I echo the sentiment. I'm so tired right now, haha.

I had a look back at HoS's posts and Atomicwalrus's - the former has gone on about not bandwagoning in every post; he hasn't accused anyone until his latest post, where he tosses out that he's suspicious of Zeitgeist and Hashasheen - because they voted for him - and then votes for Atomicwalrus. All of his reasoning is very flimsy, and he hasn't tried to even back up why he is voting for Atomicwalrus this round. It strikes me as an attempt to divert suspicion from himself by leaping on the other bandwagon. Doesn't necessarily mean he's guilty, though. The lack of reasoning behind his choices is probably the most worrying thing.

The latter player, Atomicwalrus, has backed up the majority of his suspicions with reasons, and looks like he made more of an effort than HoS did, although I can't say he's been insightful in any way. He also voted for Hero Of Stupidity - he didn't give a reason for the vote other than joining a bandwagon before he left.

Neither have said anything particularly incriminating, as far as I can see. Both haven't posted much at all.

Hope I didn't miss anything there. Thinking about it now, I'd rather vote off Hero of Stupidity if we have to vote off one of them - the discouragement of bandwagoning is odd, and I don't like how little thought he seems to have put into what he has done so far.

I don't think I'll pick voting him yet - I want to see if a better candidate doesn't crop up first. I plan to have a nap now - hopefully I'll be up before the thread closes for the night, so I can contribute a vote if it's needed.

 

I really don't know what the right decision is at this moment.
Sadly I also don't have all my notes with me. I'll be over-analyzing again on Monday if I survive the night.

Not lynching someone on flimsy evidence has the advantage of not killing an innocent on accident and more time for the Auror to investigate people before the situation becomes desperate.

Lynching someone has the advantage of giving a lot of info on people based on who they voted, how long they waited to vote and who they defended. (Lots of info on killing innocents and guilty people both.)
I'm just not sure I'll be able to interpret that data correctly and I don't think you people will be that much better at it.


Anyway. The second one sounds more fun right now. If we lynch an innocent, I'll regret it and beat myself up for this decision later and if it was a guilty person I'll remember myself being much more certain about this decision right now than I really am.

Vote Player: Hero of Stupidity

Btw: If you have a valuable role, better claim it before you're lynched. Even if you're then killed at night, the Hit-Wizard might be watching and will be able to find the murderer.

 

Well... The Hit Wizard should out if he knows someone that isn't the Auror or Healer. Of course, he should already have done so, if he does, but that's beside the point. Otherwise, there isn't really any point one way or another. Watching himself that night results in nothing, since he's dead, and getting Healer protection likely results in Auror death.

The Warlock... should perhaps out if in danger, and he can maybe get watched that evening to see if anyone kills him(of course, that means the role-blocker visits me, so maybe it could be a bluff, or even simply have that 50/50 risk and the Hit Wizard semi-randomly chooses to watch one, to try to either catch a killer, or a role-blocker). If guaranteed as watched, then killers may not come, and if I'm watched, then the role-blocker might not come. That very insecurity almost actually helps the situation.

The Healer is also a tricky one. Outing essentially insures the prompt death of both Healer and Auror, since only one person can be protected at a time, and the Healer can not protect themselves. I suppose the Healer becomes a guaranteed target, and the Hit Wizard can watch them to find a killer at least. If both killers are eager, then both Healer and Auror will die the same night. So, in short, the Healer should try not be in suspicion deserving of a lynching, hmm?


[Edit: In this time of uncertainty, I'll vote to ensure at least somebody gets lynched, at the very least. Like earlier though, almost anything I do or say that indicates suspicion of somebody will result in altered behavior, so I will mostly let the people decide on a target in this kind of situation.]

 

Alright, I'm going to bite the bullet. Since it looks like Atomicwalrus won't be getting the necessary votes, I'll be switching over to my secondary suspect, Hero of Stupidity, to ensure that someone gets lynched this round.

Rescind Vote.
Vote Player: Hero of Stupidity.

 

Hero of Stupidity: 6
Atomicwalrus, Zeitgeist, Hashasheen, Fiat Piscis, Ayreon and Kensington

Atomicwalrus: 1
Hero of Stupidity

Kensington: 1
jwlk

Hashasheen: 1
Aziraphale

Has Not Voted: 10
Aekiel, Ashaya, Fenraellis, KaiDASH, Krogan, mishie, MrINBN, Palindrome, Scrittore and Vesvius

19 players remain; 10 votes required to receive Dementor's Kiss

 

Vote Player: Hero of Stupidity

Bandwagon, HO!

 

Vote player: Hero of Stupidity

I hope I don't regret this -_-

 

Vote Player: Hero of Stupidity

I'm not going to hold things up but I really hope we don't end up regretting this one.

 

I'm actually starting to. Goddamn Death Eaters. Why can't they leave a trail? :facepalm

Edit:
Rescind Vote

Let's think this through a bit. We've got time. No need to rush through this.

 

I personally think they have. In the event that HoS turns up innocent, I've got a decent idea of who might be a death eater. If not...we've got at least one.

 

Its annoying isn't it? I wish they would all just pull a Taure and make this easier. The only thing that seems blatantly off to me right now is Vira getting killed, I honestly can't decide what the motive there was. On the one hand it is a perfectly good theory that it was done in an attempt to frame mishie and jwlk on the other hand though once you start to think it through it all just seems awfully convenient. Right when headway is being made against mishie and jwlk the person who was leading the charge against them dies and since people suspect a frame job the headway immediately vanishes and both of them are barely being discussed much less considered for lynching.

 

And I'm home after a nine hour workday and driving home through Irene.

We bandwagoning? Hm.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't think HoS is guilty. I'm going to read through the last day's posts to see who comes up suspicious to me. If I can't find anything, I'll probably vote HoS anyway.