And we should have about 5:30 left in the phase.

That would put brainiac at 10 and JoH at 8 I believe.

Agreed.

I'm tempted to remove a vote on brainiac, but the stall tactic really rubbed me the wrong way. Bah, rational judgment wins.

remove vote

for breathing room.

*sigh* Screw this rock and this hard place.

Fine. I am town. My power is that I can target people at night to learn their name. It costs 60 S.

Targets:
malakim: got my own name instead.


....There, that's all I have to give you.

Umm, your character name and combo? Getting your own name as a result is a nice roundabout way of not claiming.

I'd like to point out that Rokk has also been inconsistent with his arguments on me, arguing that I am a cop, a reporter and a neutral. (There is zero evidence of that last one and two players "independently" coming up with that idea smells funny to me.)

I think Rokk is town but I'm downgrading him from town 3/5 to town 2/5. Same for ERS because that move could have been worked out in advance to make both players look good. Rokk would suspect Stranger would nix the bet so it's relatively safe for Rokk to do if he's scum and if ERS is his buddy. If Rokk's town, ERS is likely town as well, not having Rokk to tell him to make the bet.

The more I think about it, the less the writeup copping makes me trust Rokk. Remember Boneyard? And Runaway Star? Two of the last four mafias came with writeup safeclaims.

Rokk is being generous with his money, though, which points back to a town read. Mich is likely town (3/5) because he doesn't mind losing his powers and said so. A scummer, even one with bad powers, would want the town to drain their resources on him. So if Mich is likely town, it makes Rokk and Ice look more town as they're not just helping a scumbuddy.

On the flip side, revising my read of Mal from scum 2/5 to scum 1/5 for reasons I'd rather not share.

What night was this?

Question for those still thinking I'm scum.

Would you feel better about me if I have away all my S?

There are several strategic reasons not to do so but if I get vig killed tonight, the S is gone anyway so I'd spend everything I have for an ounce of goodwill to make it through the night and worry about the boat ticket if I make it that far.

I'm still somewhat useful with no night action.

I remember Boneyard, it was my fakeclaim. Ah the irony of Lock N' Load. The two games I should have been lynched I wasn't and the game I shouldn't have I was. But I digress. Nostalgia.

Rokk being generous points to a town read, but let's remember that it's likely that both mafias have S generating mechanics/powers. I think it points more to Rokk's reads than any sort of alignment. If he's scum, he knows he can replenish via scum mechanic and game mechanic as a high poster. If he's town and believes mich, then he's playing for the common good which is a way he plays. If he's the SK, same reasons as a scummer. So while it looks good, it's not a strong argument for a read to me.

Name could get me killed. Apparently, there's someone hunting me. Combo is Baron Mordo/Felix Faust.

Ah, yes. I forgot to list that. This was Night 1.

Lunch brainiac

Regardless of alignment.

Don't you leave the game when you're all out of S?

And would name cop be something that is more town or mafia, because it seems to be the latter but admittedly I haven't played recent games.

Rules don't say that you do. I would think that having 0 S means you can win with your faction (unless you did a lot for the team you are on). With the minimum being 200.

Damn autocorrect.

Objectively, BFTW is unlikely to be Mafia. He'd've been screamed at on the proboards about his fridge vote, then doing it again and clearly continuing to ignore the thread and antagonize the town would've only garnered more screaming and attention. If he's Mafia, he's not playing it well at all.

That being said, he's not playing very much like a helpful townie at al either, and we lucked into an early lead on scum deaths, so I'm willing to gamble with his life.

It strikes me as similar to clue cop. It'll be a clue to who they are, but not conclusive. Stranger tends to buck traditional scum or town powers though.

Still, not liking brainiac's claim. And if someone is hunting him, it suggests he's not town.