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We all have reasons to be here brother. I was brought here because I am a hunter, quick and strong and fiercely loyal to the Imperium. Why were you brought?

Wow, bandwagoning in the RVS already!

I' got to admit after that little "episode" I feel a tad more suspicous of Halonachos. He was the main driving force behind that bandwagon.

I want to point out that Voting No Lynch is just as bad as voting randomly, no lynch is not helpful for the town. It's ok to not have a vote up all the time.

We need to cool it down. Inqusitior, Nachos and those other two guys whos named I've forgotten but can't check cause we're on a new page, can you please explain your actions?

I also wanna add that it's very scummy (scummy = bad heretic like, you get the drift) to vote for people due to "fluff" reasons etc. There's a time and a place for that, it's the RVS, but what happened to Scott went just way to far. I don't think it's good for people to be on multiple votes in the RVS, it can lead to bandwagons like we just saw.

RVS should start the discussion off and once discussion started, there is no excuse to vote for people due to background reasons. I think after that discussion has properly began and we're out of the RVS. unvote:Fifty

Lord Loss is mostly right. We've had our little "OMG! Teh gaem has started!" moment, now it's time to just talk. Say what comes into your head (well, think it through first, then say it, otherwise you're not going to last long) and don't let fluff or outside-game stuff influence your vote too much. This game is hard enough without trying to stay in character for the duration.

I disagree that 'bandwagoning' in the RVS is bad unless it gets taken too seriously. VikingScott was never in any danger of being taken down, there were just a few people picking on him because he was getting wound up.

Now then, we've got lots of people and that means a lot of stuff is going to get lost in the mire, so I suggest that everyone keep a .txt file handy (if you use the same computer a lot) and note down potentially interesting facts and quotes. This will help you a LOT when the page count reaches the double digits and you're trying to remember why you suspect someone, but can't really be bothered to go back through all those past posts. I didn't do it in the last 2 games and it made things very difficult for me, especially as I don't have a lot of time to post on Dakka.

Good luck to all. Oh and

Unvote: the_ferrett

It's time to get serious in our voting

Woo! New game and I'm excited already Inquisitors seem to have the shortest lifespans in the plots for these things...

Vote: BishopGore He's been pretty much a beacon of light in the other games, and he seems to be glowing less than I remember

Hard to glow so early on. You'll see the glow soon enough my friend

Oooh, and I'm just going to point out that I'm pretty sure the bad guy : good guy ratio is a lot higer than normal, so even a random first day vote has a better than normal chance of hitting scum. Good to have some clue who we're going after rather than targetting mathmeticians though...

What are you talking about Bishop, I never record any of the stuff I think and i'm fine. :p

It seems that Scarper, Bishop and Ginger have all been voices of reason so far.

I'm not a voice of reason? That hurts, man.

And sorry, but this is my first go round in this game. I'll try to be sharper next time we vote, so my bad for dog piling. I did apologize, but it wasn't aknowledged/accepted ):

I do not believe I've witnessesed a scenario where this day has lynched anywhere close to the matk by logic's value. Thus my earlier statement to mellow still stands. We will find them, just not while we are all bloodthirsty.

Okay, now to serious mode.
UNVOTE: Vikingscott

And no, I wasn't the driving force in the bandwagon, the record will clearly state that Dark_O was my first vote due to his over reactive response to ferrett's reaction.

Vikingscott then accused me, a respectable member of imperial society, of being a sleezy traitor. SO that is why my vote was cast against vikingscott.

I haven't seen any real evidence against him except for the fact that he may or may not have been trying to protect Drk_O who some believe is a traitor.

I really don't want to look like I'm bandwagoning here, but I want to see how some of the other players act before I cast a serious vote.

VOTE: No lynch

For those of you thought I might be over-reacting, I was actually UNDER REACTING.

Anyone who is/was/will be an Imperial Citizen knows that Inquisitors are the will of The Emperor, and therefore should be respected as such.

unvote: the_ferrett

However, I am largely suspicious of Bishops new found confidence, or excitement. Something like that. It makes me think he knows more than he's letting on...

VOTE: BishopGore

Drk_O I think that you're trying to mislead us into voting for people you do not like for some reason.

After seeing the list in the signup and noticing Inquisitor_Syphonious was on it twice, he's obviously mutating clones of himself.

VOTE: Inquisitor_Syphonious

halonachos wrote:Drk_O I think that you're trying to mislead us into voting for people you do not like for some reason.

I disagree, I'm not leading or misleading anyone.

So, are we still struggling for consensus, or have we found us a heretic to string up?

IGLannister wrote:So, are we still struggling for consensus, or have we found us a heretic to string up?

We still have 12 days, we have time

Anyone you leanng towards?

Now then. Is it actually that bad of an idea to have no lynch for the first day?
Because the cultist will night kill someone and from who they choose we might be able to get some suspicions.

There is also the flipside though if they just night kill a random player.

Decisions, decisions. . .

I'm good with no lynch. I voted for it, and youre right, the cultists will off someone and at least give us some small clue as to the makeup of our happy little crew.

People, calm down please! As any other citizen I know full well that any innocents killed by the inquisiton will always be taken to the emperors side, but let us not forget that more than the life of one innocent could be lost if we should choose wrongly. At least until we have something more concrete to go by let us not jump to conclusions.

Vote: No Lynch

What happens when we don't calm down? Will we face your Gom Jabar?

It's better to lynch someone, anyone day one. Other wise, we're stuck in RVS in Day 2, which should be over by the end of two days at most IMO.

Ahh.

Thats why you vote for a random person then. To push people to make mistakes so everyone can have thier own suspicions.

To vote no lynch would mean that we have no real suspicions on anybody and would have to randomly vote anyway.
Interesting

It's better to vote like this on Day 1, than to vote no lynch day 1.

This is why I dislike the common term RVS (Random Voting Stage) at the beginning of the game, IPVS (Initial Probing Vote Stage) is much more accurate

Current votes

the_ferrett -0
ginger_nid_dude -1
VikingScott -1
Scarper -0
Lord-Loss -0
Drk_0blitr8r -1
Inquisitor_Syphonious -1
Ultrafool -0
Paul Atreides -0
BishopGore -2
Arheiner -0
Karon -0
Fifty -1
Halonachos -0
Steempunk -0
BrotherStynier -0
IGLannister -0
No Lynch -3

With 17 alive 9 are required to lynch. Yet if this day phase were to run out of time the target with the most votes would go. That would be a no lynch at the moment.

It's Tuesday now leaving 13 days including today.
Vote log
Sorted like this voter (target)

Drk_0 (Ferret)
Halo (Drk_0)
Scott (Halo)
Nid (Scott)
50 (Nid)
Halo (Unvote Drk_0)
LL (50)
Syph (Drk_0)
Halo (Scott)
Lan (Scott)
Lan (unvote Scott)
Lan (No Lynch)
Scott (Unvote Halo)
Bishop (Ferret)
Bishop (unvote Ferret)
Scarper (Bishop)
Halo (unvote Scott)
Halo (No Lynch)
Drk_0 (unvote Ferret)
Drk_0 (Bishop)
Arhiener (Syph)
Paul (No Lynch)

Proponants of a No Lynch on Day 1 will be viewed with great suspicion in the coming days. The idea of today is to get an idea of voting patterns, vote for people and see how they react to said votes, join in on votes and see if people get wound up or upset, attack everyone and try to find chinks in their armour.

If people aren't voting for you, you're doing something wrong, trusting the wrong people or somehow guiding suspicion away from the forces of darkness.

Drk_O has started yet another game with loud denunciations of those who he deems threatening, people who have been seen to have at least a modicum of intelligence or the ability to string together sentences. I expect you'll all feel the probing of his thoughts eventually, but I shall shoulder them for now.

To channel Thor a little, why do you feel I'm more confident here Drk_O? What have you seen in me that makes me a target for others?

Those who are new here, take some time to think about what will make you suspicious, how voting patterns might come about, how people may work together to destroy us, and watch for that sort of behaviour.

And to learn something from my own mistakes of the past, if days go by in which you are not being attacked during the day and are not night killed, think about who you are trusting and think that maybe, just maybe, they aren't your friend at all.

BishopGore wrote:We all have reasons to be here brother. I was brought here because I am a hunter, quick and strong and fiercely loyal to the Imperium. Why were you brought?

I was brought here because the Inquisitor selected me from my Guard Regiment, which is on world for rest and resupply, he mentioned he was he was looking for impartial warriors to assist him. I realize that little will be learned this day unless someone is brutally murdered and sent sit at the Emperor's side, unless we are very very lucky in our first choice. Let see how ever if we can get people talking before we kill them it would be better that way.

So now I see some off us have been rather quite, myself included, by why don't we get others riled up and see how they act?


I won't be starting with Drk_O, shocking I know.

How about Karon, he/she/it hasn't said a word yet? Well out with it, participate.

VOTE: Karon

BishopGore wrote:Drk_O has started yet another game with loud denunciations of those who he deems threatening, people who have been seen to have at least a modicum of intelligence or the ability to string together sentences. I expect you'll all feel the probing of his thoughts eventually, but I shall shoulder them for now.

I like starting very noticibly in these games, it usually ends the RVS quickly. Sure, it's ususally into "Whatever shall we do with this Mr. Drk_O fellow?" stage, but you'll generally get a better idea of who is who when I go.

BishopGore wrote:To channel Thor a little, why do you feel I'm more confident here Drk_O? What have you seen in me that makes me a target for others?

Well, for starters..

Bishopgore wrote:Now this is my third game, though I only feel I played one and a half games so far, due to the mess of the last one. In both I was loyal and good and generally used as a human shield by those who were evil. Not this time, oh no. This time the Daemons and the cultists shall fall before me and my loyal bretheren.

This. In your other 1.5/2 games, you weren't so... I can't put my finger on it atm, but you totally jumped out at me and grabbed my attention. I can't remember why but I was sure of it at the time, so it must have been good. Also, you haven't been anything other than a Civillian before, so I'm betting that you're not this game.

What I am sure of, is that something is different about the way you've been posting this game.

Also, I demand prods on those who haven't said anything yet!

Lord-Loss wrote:What are you talking about Bishop, I never record any of the stuff I think and i'm fine. :p

Yeah, but I've never experienced you living past a few days

Drk_O wrote:I disagree, I'm not leading or misleading anyone.

I disagree with your disagreement. By making cases against anyone you are taking a leading role. If you choose to make accusations then admit that you are a leader or admit to being a back seat pusher. Nobody likes a back seat pusher (or back seat driver if we're using a more realistic car metaphor for the game).

Drk_O wrote:This. In your other 1.5/2 games, you weren't so... I can't put my finger on it atm, but you totally jumped out at me and grabbed my attention. I can't remember why but I was sure of it at the time, so it must have been good. Also, you haven't been anything other than a Civillian before, so I'm betting that you're not this game.

What I am sure of, is that something is different about the way you've been posting this game.

The quote in question is easy to misinterpret. I have been loyal and boring for 2 games, and sadly I am loyal and boring again, but this time I do not plan to be used by the evil and end up twisted into their machinations. Players like EF and Thor (they are not here, but I know there will be players like them) will not use me for their puppet. Of this I vow.

You can bet all you wish, the majority of players in each game have no role. As for my playing style, of course it is different. In game one I was a complete newcomer, over excited and easily duped. I started the second game while the first was still going, so as I became more confident in the first game (over confident as it turned out) I neglected the second game, where I was led around by Thor, who talked all good sense and logic. Game three is standing alone and I plan to take it to a new level. I'm going to be logical, precise, and I'm going to trust nobody. Surviving to the end is not important, finding scum to kill is what we have to do.

So continue to attack my play style if you wish Drk_O, if it does not garner results I shall try other methods, if it does then you'll know I am righteous.

We have a lot of new players here today, so we have to provide guidance for those who are pro-town, hopefully giving them all the tools they need to discover the dark minions and destroy them. I hope I've given a few useful pointers so far, if anyone has any questions then feel free to ask them. The only stupid pro-towner is the uninformed flailing pro-towner (as I was in my first game), so don't feel you shouldn't ask anything.