First of all, I would like to clarify some... misconceptions and some rather rash statements without noting the important point I was trying to make earlier, as well as give some answers.
Before I discuss some points, let me remind everyone, specifically Hype and somewhat digi (since she asked why hype?) about the main "idea" that was SUPPOSED to be kept in mind in terms of the actual point of the idea I actually proposed.
I quote:
Again, this is all based on chance and trust,
It's an idea that could have been proposed by the Serial Killer, yes.
It's an idea that could have been proposed by a potential Mafia member, yes.
But, it's also an idea that could have been proposed by a civilian, vigilante, Mayor, copper, lucky civilian, copycat; a Townie, in simple case.
I never said you had to go along with anything about the idea, its just an idea proposed because I felt this game has already been won, purely based on where we are now.
I never said it was fullproof, because its not, nothing is.
Its something based on what YOU, the player, believes to be true, not true, suspicious, whatever.
It's a risk, but again, as I said afterwards in that quote, I feel this is the only time when we CAN, and in fact SHOULD take a risk without it biting us in the ass, because the more innocents that die, the more that ratio between Anti-town (currently 3), and actually town/civilians (currently 8) will shrink, and shrink, and that could just cost us the game because we either will be in a situation in which all the people we could trust are dead and we're essentially left on a guessing game, or we die just by getting lower than the needed amount for the Mafia to win.
I don't want that.
Same could be said for JK himself, no one has contested his claim that the copycat copied him but he could always be the SK with the copycat copying him, thus explaining why the copycat is reluctant to show themselves and this whole "I REALLY wish the copycat would let me reveal who they are" could just be a ploy to make his innocence seem more genuine.
The fact is that no one has exactly contested such a claim because really, that's all it is: a claim, there is nothing to back up or even remotely prove or trust a claim.
Yes, there is just as much of a likely chance that I could be the Serial Killer with the copycat being one as well, just as likely as I could also be a similar theory in which, due to the fact that the Copycat's choice is a 2-player team, I could just as likely be secretly the Mafia all along, lying that the copycat copied my role and in turn protecting myself since, as it turns out, it just so happens that only 2 Mafia remain; which seems strangely similar to a copycat-pairing (ignoring the fact real copycat could have claimed in this scenario), and yet, it is still just as likely I am any other role besides the Serial Killer.
I have yet to deny nor confirm anything in terms of my role; I've always left it up to the player, specifically
YOU (which means everyone since YOU are reading this). I've said this before because this is Mafia: you can't really FULLY trust anything because you don't KNOW anything to begin with unless you are the cop/contact (but even then there's the complication of not believing or believing in the wrong person if both are alive).
That's why its up to the player to decide whom he/she believes can be innocent, and whom can be suspicious.
So yes, there is that chance, but I'm placing my trust that the remaining players can believe I am not the Serial Killer or any other role, and have the towns interests at heart. It's a risk, plain and simple.
And again, that overarching idea of being able to trust whom you think you can.
JKangaroo May I ask what makes me seem "too innocent"? Considering that is your only argument against me and you haven't elaborated on why it is. And Harm and Dess are very eager to jump onto a vote, calling it "logic" or "convincing" when it has no kind of actual substance behind it. Its just because JK said it so it must be true.
And here you are also considerably forgetting a simple phrase I uttered in my previous post, and if read, these statements/post shouldn't even be here:
As in the words of my colleague: "He just seems, TOO innocent to be innocent."
I went to ask my partner, the copycat (since we get a Convo room together, its stated in the rules) if they were willing to let me announce who they were (because honestly for the idea to work to its greatest potential, we need to know/be able to "trust" in people remaining alive and narrow down are choices, which also brought up who was suspicious enough to warrant a space in those pool of suspects.
This is not my argument, in fact it clearly isn't mine seeing as I stated prior to it: "In the words of someone else." This is not my logic, nor is it really logic at all seeing as it was only a
single, nit-picked statement out of the entire argument.
In fact there IS NO ARGUMENT to begin with, because, once again, this all based on a chance, risk, etc.
A reminder if you will about the whole idea PRIOR to the actual vote, because if read and understood, this defensive tactic would be null and void seeing as once again,
the entire reason we are discussing this is based on a CHANCE, on the fact of TRUST, and being able to POOL SUSPECTED ANTI-TOWN based on what we already know.
Again, it's a chance. It's a risk. That's the overarching lesson and idea and etc that I've been trying to repeat but it doesn't seem to have stuck for some reason.
If I must repeat from my previous post, THE GAME IS AT A STANDSTILL. We are on a time-limit, perhaps 26-27 hours at most now? We need to decide on a vote sooner rather than later, and because it seems no one has wanted to bring forth any evidence or discussion "recently," or anything that can really be thought out into great detail, we need something REASONABLE; and to me, a greater chance based on, now, it's perhaps not even a pool of 7-8, rather shorter based on recent statements, so EVEN greater chance that we can possibly catch an anti-town through luck, I am on board with that, willing I can trust people not suspected enough for a vote.
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Let us go onto some basic ideas that we can "hopefully" trust that has actually led to the actual vote.
The whole idea was based on our current pool of players, that being 11.
-1 player, whom has my role, is the copycat. We know he cannot be Mafia seeing as Alpha has not said a player actually joined them (However only I, and anyone who's guessed correctly in their mind can cross that off since I nor the copycat has said who they are)
-^I "hopefully" can be trusted as a townie based on the fact that I was copied by the copycat, though I don't deny I can be SK, but that just increase the pool for
you.
-Digitalmez and Ltin can potentially be considered trusted based on the idea that all Killing-roles (Vig, SK, maf) have attacked each night besides the Mafia not being noted in the previous night (hitting the SK or Lucky Civ), and since Digi and Ltin claim they were pleasured, they can be none of those roles
-If I am not mistaken Harmak has basically claimed Vigilante at this point (read his post which states he isn't even going to hide his role at this point), and unless we can TRUST that he is (note the cop should totally investigate in case Harm turns up a civilian in which we know he is the SK), and so we can cross him off
So basically that takes away 5, leaving us with a pool of six consisting of: (7 here since I won't reveal the copycat unless they want to)
-Balloon
-Notty (Claims Lucky Civilian, hasn't been proven)
-Hype
-Oak (Claimed civilian at one point, I'm certain of that, but also hasn't been proven)
-Dess
-Grimmjow
-Or Kylie
Here let us look at one of Hypes post:
I guess the point I'm trying to convey is that the justification for my lynching isnt as conclusive as what I said about Dess and Old, so I dont understand why the votes are stacking up against me, when I believe there are far better candidates for the vote. I wouldnt make this post if I didnt feel threatened and that the town's people are making a big mistake.
I would like to disagree.
After reading over this I've come to the realization that basically any suspicions you have on a player, any so called "evidence" or "acting shifty" or "mafia-like" or whatever, is essentially just all a lie.
Again we go to the notion that we don't know what people's actual roles are, we can't tell if that's their play-style, there actual imaginations or theories or how they actually think in terms of what seems suspicious to them, it could be the way they write, type, etc. It can be ANYTHING. (unless of course its actual claim by the actual cop be he/she actually knows his shiz)
Yes we can suspect, but, in the end, there isn't anything "conclusive" against Dess, nor Oak, nor you. It's just what we WANT TO THINK.
Yes, I am also fairly suspicious of Dess and Oak, but, I must also agree with something Harmak has pointed out:
...I left Dess and Oak alone for now since I think they're working together as mafia and pleaser. I can't go for either Grimmjow or balloon (although I'm fairly certain which one is th' copycat) because I'm still not sure enough to base my vote on it, and it risks revealing who is the copycat (or who I think it is). Leaving me at you to think you're the serial killer (unless whoever the copycat is reveals himself, allowing me to put suspicion towards that person who isn't). At this point, it's really a 50/50 shot of getting the serial killer between you and whoever isn't the copycat...
Again, this all based on whom we think we can trust, and whom we can consider probable suspects.
If we want, we can take personal bias into account and say well take away people whom we "feel" we can trust, but that's still just all apart of the risk.
In the end it'll still be a chance out of anyone in there, and since there hasn't been the case of you, or any of these others in the list that have given a reason or suspicion or hint at their true roles, we have to assume.
They could be Mafia, they could be a potential SK, they could be a townie still, we don't know. In fact I would think if they were Mafia, since we've been suspecting those two so much, would have investigated them by now and if they were Mafia I would HOPE they actually would have said so by now.
There is still that
chance. Nothing is certain at this point.
And so, to answer your question, the reason I am voting for you because you are one of those in that pool whom I feel can be believed to be anti-town based on all the ideas that we can gather. Though they may not all be true, they are our, in my opinion, best bet, and again:
I am willing to take that risk. [/quote]