posted 19 August 2014 07:41 AM
EDT (US)
141 / 401
First, off-game topic, I want to thank Alex for holding the line for me over the weekend. I don’t know you, and I appreciate you trying to give me time to respond. Thanks.
On-game:
@Alex: I do like to role-play, a lot, and I am relatively new to mafia, with only a few games under my belt. BUT, I only allowed myself basically one post to roleplay, as I wanted to give my first spill as a god would (I think I stated that reason pretty early), and then settle in for a good game of mafia, where I could maybe learn some things.
@Mozzy: I just want to say the only thing useful in your attack on me was the part where you stated all your points against me were weak. I appreciate that admission, and will now go about proving just how weak I think they are, since you seem intent on getting me lynched.
1st point. First of all, regarding my “lying”, if you didn’t notice, Ash posted in between my pressure post on him and my second explanation post. In there, he had a prime chance to invoke LAL and get me lynched, but he didn’t. Instead, you were the one to jump in there, you who had NO knowledge of what I knew or didn’t know. If anyone could call me a liar, Ash could, but he didn’t. (Although he may now. IDK). If I weren’t fairly convinced you are just a townie trying to do your job, I would almost believe you were just covering for Ash.
I am deeply surprised that this well-trained town missed that. Perhaps it is a subtle cue they just want me gone?
Secondly, my post on Ash was a pressure post, on Day One. Day One random pressure posts, by definition, lack solid evidence. What did you want me to do, say, “Ash, I think you might be scum, please confirm this? That doesn’t work typically, instead you need to be able to act like the attack is real in order to get results. (In my experience) Ruffling someone’s feathers by claiming you know something that they are pretty positive you shouldn’t know is a sure method of getting a response. But Ash didn’t respond, at least not aggressively. I really think we were just two townies getting our signals crossed.
Lastly, you see I only kept up the farce long enough to get a response to my attack, and immediately dropped it. I did not continue “lying,” but instead openly admitted it was just a suspicion I wanted resolved, in case Ash was scum.
This is a point that I would really like removed from the list, as I did not make the post in an attempt to make a long-standing "lie" but rather in an attempt to pressure someone I felt suspicious. If any random, weak attack, on Day One of all days, is considered scummy by this town, then I'm really doubting this town's capabilities. A much more realistic look would be at the inactives or somewhat inactives, and compare that to my behaviour to see which is really the most scummy. I may have not contributed anything useful so far, but is that a point upon which I should be lynched and they should not be?
2nd point: Regarding my name-claim flavor, need I remind that, from near the beginning of the game, before anyone else had claimed, and especially before Blatant had made his modpost regarding scum flavor (and before you joined), I had already stated that my flavor post was completely and entirely my role email translated into the way that a god would have told the crowd. Even it was actual flavor, the point remains that it has nothing scummy in it, except that it was an early claim and that the god told the crowd they would, unfortunately, regret it. How else would the god say, “I’m town?” Perhaps I should have said, “And I have decided to help you?’ (I SHOULD have realized I was a fish, but….)
Nothing in my flavor makes any sense, to me, as the bad guy in the OP. I defy any actual scum player in this game to come up with random flavor based on his email that beats what I did with my simple name, role, alignment setup. Come on, I dare any scum to come up with something else that far out there, unless you sincerely believe that you are playing a statue that has been shipwrecked here for five-six hundred years.
However, I must say that I made a tremendous blunder in claiming like that, both early and in converting my role email to flavor. I should have simply stated Moorish Idol, and I would have been undeceived as to my identity from the first couple of a posts.
3rd point: You stated that I am the one harping on the name-claims too long, and that I am therefore suspicious. This is a bunch of dolphin dung (No offense, Scragins). Other players have "harped" on it longer than I have, even after you made this point. I request that you remove this point from your list against me, due to your inconsistent and arbitrary use of it.
@ Town. I am reading several posts stating that, Excelsior makes a bunch of claims, Excel is a nuisance, Excel is useless, etc, we should just cut him loose the first day. May I ask, what exactly have you done to advance town’s cause, hem? Where are your posts that are trying to lead town to get a mafia lynch without a cop result, and therefore cop exposure? I’m not seeing anything except from Alex, Ash, Scragins, with Mozz slightly helping, but even Mozz would be absent except for his posts against me. Even Yeeb, who has joined in the voting against me, has yet to make a point useful to the lynch, except to say, Excel made a mistake, he’s the best option for a lynch. (If anyone has suggested a good alternate lynch, I apologize for missing it, I will rectify the statement asap when notified, or if I see something. I appreciate Yeeb for being present and posting, as well as ninjap and sneaky squirrel.)
Nobody has done anything to help me in my search, except the three mentioned. Is it any surprise that I have turned up dead ends, when there is so little evidence to go on, with this being Day One? Is it my fault that I have a dislike for making a no-lynch or bad lynch on Day one? The main suspicion from these last players is from my aggression trying to find a good lynch. Suspicion should be on people trying to VOTE for a lynch, rather than people nosing for a good possibility. I have yet to vote, I have yet to suggest a vote, I have yet to suggest anything foolhardy for town to do, but others seem fine for settling for a “best lynch, IMO”. Forgive me, but I prefer going for a straight-up mafia lynch day one. That is my goal in every game, (except when I’m scum), and I see no reason to deviate in this one due to lack of activity or support.
I apologize for the wall of text. I merely wished to hit all points against me in a single post.